“The Cannes International Film Festival fully supports BIFF and its executive director Lee Yong-kwan, putting all our honor on this. Outside forces should not have any influence on the programming of a film festival. A film festival should make its own decision on whether it likes a film or not.” - Thierry Fremaux, director of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A movie industry task force on Friday lodged a protest over the authorities’ alleged attempt to oust the executive director of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) for his decision to screen a politically sensitive documentary during last year’s film festival. “The authorities should stop all attempts to damage [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan city government’s alleged pressure on the director of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) to step down have sparked fierce backlash from the local film circle. Citing film industry sources, local dailies reported Saturday that a high-ranking official in the Busan city government recently met with BIFF [...]