All Busan articles – Page 4
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News‘Filipinana’ among winners at 2023 Asian Project Market
The 26th edition of the project market wrapped ram for four days from October 7-10.
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NewsChina’s Parallax boards Busan competition title ‘Borrowed Time’ (exclusive)
The film is executive produced by renowned filmmaker Stanley Kwan.
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NewsEST N8 adds Asian horrors ‘Dead Boys Club’, ‘The Scarecrow’ to Busan, Tokyo, AFM slate (exclusive)
EST N8 is joint venture launched by LA’s EST Studios, Bangkok’s N8 in Cannes.
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News‘Raging Grace’ director Paris Zarcilla reveals plans for the third in his ‘Rage’ trilogy (exclusive)
‘Ocean On Fire’ will move the drama from the UK to the Philippines.
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FeaturesBusan interim festival director Nam Dong-chul reflects on the event so far and looks to the future
BIFF will be working to recruit a new festival director in the coming months.
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Reviews‘House Of The Seasons’: Busan Review
A family drama set around a tofu factory is an engaging addition to the ‘Korean Cinema Today’ strand at Busan
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News‘Borrowed Time’ filmmakers talk challenges for first-time directors in China
The film plays in the main competition of Busan International Film Festival.
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Reviews‘After The Fever’: Busan Review
A young Japanese couple approach love from very different angles in Akira Yamamoto’s vacant drama
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Reviews‘The Spark’: Busan Review
A filmmaker is out to wreak bloody revenge in this hybrid docu/drama set in the sacred Hindu city of Varanasi
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NewsJapan’s Free Stone lands sales on Busan competition title ‘The Moon’ (exclusive)
Key Asian territories have picked up the drama.
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Reviews‘Heritage’: Busan Review
Three lives intersect in a welfare office in Korea in Lee Jong-su’s droll, dry debut
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Reviews‘That Summer’s Lie’: Busan Review
The events of one South Korean summer may not be all they appear in this twisting breakout Busan-set debut
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Reviews‘The Wrestler’: Busan Review
An underdog wrestler attempts to become a champion in the Bangladeshi sport of Boli khela
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Reviews‘The Stranger’: Busan Review
A young Bangladeshi boy struggles to connect with his largely absent father – and his true self – in this coming-of-age drama
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Reviews‘September 1923’: Busan Review
Powerful dramatisation of a massacre that followed an earthquake in Japan a century ago
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FeaturesFive to watch at Busan’s Asian Project Market 2023
The APM continues to grow with the addition of two new awards,
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Reviews‘24 Hours With Gaspar’: Busan Review
A detective with 24 hours to live attempts to close a longstanding case in this dystopian actioner from Indonesia
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NewsSteven Yeun, John Cho talk Hollywood strikes and AI threat in Busan
The stars of ‘Beef’ and ‘Star Trek’ respectively spoke on a panel alongside ‘Minari’ director Lee Isaac Chung and actor-director Justin Chon.
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FeaturesIndonesia’s cinematic renaissance under the spotlight in Busan
Indonesia is producing acclaimed features in increasing number and attracting international attention as a result. Now the territory is recognised in a special programme at Busan.
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NewsBlue Finch Films closes UK and key territories for Paris Zarcilla’s ‘Raging Grace’ (exclusive)
The horror will be released theatrically in the UK and Ireland on December 29.