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, [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda on Monday formally announced his plan to executive produce a Japanese spin-off of the 2015 Hong Kong sleeper hit “Ten Years.” “Ten Years Japan” will compose an international omnibus film project along with “Ten Years Thailand” and “Ten Years Taiwan,” which are already filming in [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Visitors to this year’s star-studded Busan International Film Festival had the pleasant surprise of meeting none other than President Moon Jae-in over the weekend, as the commander-in-chief paid an unexpected visit to the renowned annual film festival in the port city on the south coast of South Korea. Moon’s surprise [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer and actress Im Yoon-ah, better known as Yoona from Girls’ Generation, will replace actress Kim Ha-neul as a co-host of the opening ceremony for this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), organizers said Tuesday. The BIFF organizers said that Kim recently gave notice that she cannot attend the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — For many Korean film reporters, autumn brings with it the opening of an international film festival held annually in the southern port city of Busan. The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) provides a rare chance for them to see the latest movies from prominent Asian directors before they arrive [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Film Festival had a showcase of six rising young stars representing South Korea, Japan and Taiwan on Monday. The panel included Kim Woo-bin and Kim Go-eun from South Korea, Taiwan-based stars Mark Chao and Sandrine Pinna, and Takeru Satoh and Masami Nagasawa of Japan. The “casting board” event selects one male and female [...]
“I once felt much burden due to the title. I wanted to get rid of and overcome it, but couldn’t.” “I think I have to live with the title as long as I work as an actress because Cannes’ best actress was such a huge award.” “I used to be called ‘box-office princess of the [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean actress Son Ye-jin returned to the silver screen after one year with a Korean-Chinese co-produced action comedy. “Bad Guys Always Die” also marks her debut film in the growing Chinese market. “I came to debut in a Chinese film,” Son said during a news conference in this port city [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival will open in the southern port city of Busan on Thursday, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a rich lineup of films and celebrities. Founded in 1996, it unarguably has developed into Asia’s largest film festival with a budget of about 12 billion won (US$10 [...]