All Bifan articles
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News‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ and Korea’s ‘Esper’s Light’ win top prizes at Bifan 2024
Further winners include US director JT Mollner.
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NewsKenneth Dagatan’s ‘Molder’ wins top Bucheon Award at NAFF project market 2024
Further winners hail from Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea.
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News“Something huge is coming” say AI experts as Bifan awards first AI film prizes
A three-day conference dedicated to artificial intelligence concluded with the awarding of prizes to AI-generated films.
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NewsTaiwan’s Hope Marketing sells Bifan drama ‘Who’ll Stop The Rain’ (exclusive)
The firm has also closed a deal for documentary ‘In Search of A Mixed Identity’.
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NewsBucheon International Fantastic Film Festival reveals 2024 line-up
The festival in South Korea is set to open with Rose Glass’s ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and close with Soi Cheang’s ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’.
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NewsKenneth Dagatan, Nelson Yeo titles among Korea’s Bifan genre project line-up for NAFF 2024
Further projects selected from filmmaker Patiparn Boontarig and the producers of Cannes drama ‘Viet And Nam’.
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NewsKorea’s Bifan launches first AI film competition with 15 titles
The films will compete for awards of up to $11,000.
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Features14 films to watch from the summer festivals
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Bifan, Karlovy Vary, New York Asian Film Festival, Galway and Fantasia.
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FeaturesTakashi Shimizu, creator of ‘The Grudge’, talks working with boyband Generations on latest horror ‘Sana’
The horror receives its world premiere as the closing film of Bifan.
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NewsChile’s ‘Sorcery’, Korea’s ‘Iron Mask’ win top awards at Bifan film festival
The festival’s closing film was the world premiere of Takashi Shimizu’s ‘Sana’.
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Reviews‘Bad Education’: Bifan Review
Three Taiwanese high school graduates embark on a night of increasing peversity in Kai Ko’s directorial debut
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FeaturesCannes award-winner Takamasa Oe on directing ‘Whale Bones’ after Oscar success of ‘Drive My Car’
The film ombines magical realism with tech horror and received its world premiere at Bifan.
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Reviews‘Restore Point’: Karlovy Vary Review
Ambitious Czech thriller is set in a near future where dead bodies can be restored to life
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NewsHow streaming and division have fed the folk horror resurgence
A panel at Bifan in South Korea discussed the reasons behind the popularity of the genre.
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NewsMalaysia’s ‘The Passport’ wins top Bucheon Award at Bifan’s NAFF project market
Projects from South Korea, Japan and the Philippines among winners.
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NewsJapan’s Macoto Tezka on how “monsters, horror and art” inspired his filmmaking
The self-styled visualist is the son of “godfather of manga” Osamu Tezuka.
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FeaturesHow XR projects are blurring reality and moving beyond VR headsets
Bifan’s Beyond Reality section is showcasing cutting edge XR projects.
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FeaturesHow Hong Kong’s ‘Warriors Of Future’ and Thailand’s ‘Love Destiny The Movie’ scored local box office success
The biggest local hits in the 13 Asian markets are also reported.
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FeaturesFive Japanese genre projects under the spotlight at Bifan’s NAFF
Projects include talent such as ‘#Manhole’ director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and Hiroshi Takahashi, the co-writer of iconic horror ‘Ring’.
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Features‘Tiger Stripes’ director Amanda Nell Eu tracks the wild journey of the award-winning Malaysian film
The Cannes’ Critics’ Week award-winner is playing in competition at Bifan in South Korea.