SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The 26th Busan International Film Festival came to a close Friday, with its experiment on returning to normal likely finishing with flying colors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s BIFF, which opened Oct. 6 for a 10-day run, screened 223 films from 70 countries at the Busan Cinema Center [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has launched a program to screen films at various outdoor places in the host city of Busan in an effort to reach a wider audience despite COVID-19 limitations. The “BIFF in the Neighborhood” program allows people to watch films invited to the festival [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has been drawing attention from the entertainment industry at home and abroad by making various fresh attempts. The festival kicked off Wednesday last week with a glamorous opening ceremony attended by hundreds of silver screen stars and filmmakers, and over 1,000 [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho on Thursday gave a thumbs-up sign to Ryusuke Hamaguchi, a rising Japanese director who made an impressive impact on world cinema this year with his two latest projects. “Director Hamaguchi is a filmmaker who has captivating power and energy rarely seen in Japanese films,” [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Led by Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho, silver screen stars and filmmakers at home and abroad returned to the red carpet of the Busan International Film Festival on its opening night Wednesday, celebrating that cinema is on its way to overcoming the yearlong pandemic. The 26th edition of Asia’s biggest [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will return almost to normal after a pandemic-disrupted year, holding an offline opening ceremony with spectators and on-site events with some big-name filmmakers from home and abroad, organizers said Wednesday. The biggest film festival in Asia will be held from Oct. 6-15 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has opened its doors to non-theatrical original content from online streaming services. BIFF, one of the largest film festivals in Asia, said Friday that it newly launched the “On Screen” section for screening new drama series to be released on online video streamers, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The 25th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) came to a close Friday, with its experimental hybrid format off to a good start amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. This year’s BIFF, which opened Oct. 21 for a 10-day run, screened 192 films from 68 countries at the Busan Cinema Center [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — When it comes to an international film festival, typical scenes pop into one’s mind. Big-name silver screen stars and filmmakers dressed to the nines walk down the red carpet for the glamorous opening ceremony, with bright camera flashes lighting up the night sky and wows and applause from spectators [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) kicked off Wednesday in a reduced format amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The festival will run through Oct. 30 at the Busan Cinema Center in the southern port city of Busan, some 453 kilometers southeast of Seoul, featuring 192 films from 68 [...]