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 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — “Septet: The Story of Hong Kong,” an omnibus film by seven Hong Kong directors, will open this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) with the event to be scaled down by one third due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Monday. The festival is annually held in early [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) will kick off next month for a five-day run, the event’s organizers said Saturday. It will be held offline from Oct. 23-27 at the Korea Manhwa Museum and multiplex chain CGV’s theaters in Bucheon, west of Seoul, despite the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will be staged two weeks behind schedule and on a lower scale due to the coronavirus pandemic, its organizer said Friday. The biggest film festival in Asia was initially to be held from Oct. 7-16, but the secretariat decided to postpone it until [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Im Kwon-taek, one of the most prominent film directors in South Korea, had a life-long goal: to make films fully charged with subtle Korean emotions and details. He seems to have attained the goal, with about 100 films under his belt over his 52-year career, including “Seopyeonje” (1993) and [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) started its 24th edition in the southern port city of Busan on Thursday, featuring more than 300 movies and various intriguing programs. The opening ceremony was held at the fully-packed 5,000-seat outdoor stage of the Busan Cinema Center in the city, located 450 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Four Netflix original movies have been invited to this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in an apparent move to keep up with rapidly changing trends in the industry. Last week, the festival announced this year’s lineup of 303 films from 85 countries. The list included four Netflix films [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will screen 10 masterpieces by renowned Korean directors to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Korean cinema, organizers said Saturday. The special screening program will be held under the name “The 100 Year History of Korean Cinema, 10 Great Korean Films” during the [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival will jointly open this year’s event with the Busan metropolitan government and the Korean film industry on Thursday in a show of unity after nearly four years of political feuding over artistic freedom. The three parties will be represented by Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Telecommunications giant KT announced on September 12 that it has teamed up with virtual reality content producer Barunson to hold a VR screening room at this year’s Busan International Film Festival. Titled ‘VR Cinema in BIFF’, the screening room will show 23 short films. The daily schedule runs from [...]