BUSAN, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Thirty years ago, Busan was a place better known for its shipyards and sun-splashed beaches than for cinema. The notion that South Korea’s second-largest city would one day play host to one of Asia’s premier film festivals seemed far-fetched, if not fanciful. But in 1996, a small band of cinephiles [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The period drama “Uprising” will open this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) early next month, the organizer said Tuesday. Starring Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min, “Uprising,” set in the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), tells the story of two men who grew up together — one as a master (Park) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) secretariat said Tuesday it will invite participants to its Cinema Together program, which was designed to enable participants to enjoy movies together with mentors like directors and actors during the festival period. Cinema Together is a program that allows movie spectators and mentors [...]
BUSAN, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Request Cinema program will launch a crowd ticketing service during the 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Request Cinema is an audience participation program that decides what films to screen and which guests to invite based on requests from the audience. The audience can participate in the process [...]
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. 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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]