SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is set to open with a wide selection of art house favorites and commercial blockbusters as well as star guests to attract movie buffs and cinephiles. BIFF, Asia’s biggest film festival, kicks off Wednesday for a 10-day run in the southeastern port [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wraps up its 10-day run Friday, leaving behind a vibrant festival mood for the event held at full scale for the first time in three years. The 27th edition screened 242 films, including 88 world premieres, from 71 countries at seven theaters in [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has constantly evolved to attract movie buffs and the Asian cinema industry, and this year it set an expanded stage for highly anticipated over-the-top (OTT) dramas to reflect their rising popularity. Running in full-scale without social distancing measures for the first time in [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) kicked off its 10-day run Wednesday with a tightly packed opening ceremony, returning in full force after two years of scaled-down events. Celebrities in lavish dress posed for photos to claim the spotlight of the night and then walked the red carpet in [...]
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. 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, 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 [...]
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 [...]