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Foreign Film Fest Chiefs, Directors Back BIFF Chief

“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 [...]

Film Industry People Protest ‘Oppression’ of BIFF Chief

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 [...]