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- KIM Jee-woon to Be Decorated as Officer of Arts and Letters by French Embassy in Seoul
- Famed genre auteur KIM Jee-woon is set to be decorated as an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Embassy in Seoul. The celebrated filmmaker will receive the designation during the Busan International Film Festival‘s French Night organized by the Embassy at the Paradise Hotel in Ha...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 10, 2018
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- BIFF Leaps into Stabilization
- LEE Yong-kwan and Jay JEON Returns as Festival Chairman and Director A new team of leaders will be spearheading the 2018 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). After ex-chairman KIM Dong-ho and ex-festival director KANG Soo-youn stepped down following the October festival last year, BIFF was with...
- by SHIM Eun-ha / May 09, 2018
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- LEE Yong-kwan and Jay JEON Reinstated by Busan Film Festival
- Following a special assembly held on January 31, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) reinstated former festival leaders LEE Yong-kwan and Jay JEON. LEE, who left the festival as its festival director, will now step into the festival chairman position. Meanwhile former deputy director and As...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 09, 2018
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- Hiroshima Invites BROTHERS IN HEAVEN and THE GRAVITY OF ACTING
- Korean indies BROTHERS IN HEAVENand The Gravity of Acting have both been invited to take part in this year’s 4th Hiroshima International Film Festival, which takes place November 24-26. Also in the lineup is the short film Jury, directed by former Busan International Film Festival chairman KIM Dong-...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 24, 2017
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- BIFF Chairman KIM Dong-ho Becomes Co-chairman of New Marianas International Film Festival
- KIM Dong-ho, the Chairman of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), will be a co-chairman of the 1st Marianas International Film Festival. The festival will take place in Saipan which is not only famous for its turquoise waters and natural environment, but is also remembered as a fierce battl...
- by KIM Su-bin / Sep 19, 2017
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- Film Industry Mourns Passing of KIM Ji-seok
- Filmmakers from South Korea and neighboring Asian countries travelled to Busan to pay their respect to the late KIM Ji-seok during a memorial service held on Monday, May 29th. 400 guests mourned the former deputy director and executive programmer of the Busan International Film Festival. KIM passed ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 01, 2017
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- Busan Film Festival Deputy Director KIM Ji-seok Passes
- KIM Ji-seok, the deputy director and the executive programmer of Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) passed away on the evening of Thursday, May 18th during the Cannes Film Festival after suffering from a heart attack. Tributes poured in from festivals and filmmakers around the world to honor K...
- by Pierce Conran / May 22, 2017
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- Florence Korean Film Fest Pulls Out All the Stops for 15th Edition
- Later this month, the world’s longest running celebration of Korean film, the Florence Korea Film Fest, will return with a program boasting 44 feature-length and short Korean films. For its 15th edition, the festival will open on March 23rd with KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows, which had its world...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 14, 2017
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- YOUN Yuh-jung Earns JURY GRAND PRIZE from APSAs
- 2016 was a good year for Korean cinema at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards with three separate awards going to Korean film talent. Legendary star YOUN Yuh-jung, earned the Jury Grand Prize for her leading turn in E J-yong’s The Bacchus Lady, in which she plays an elderly prostitute who becomes an ange...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 01, 2016
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- BIFF Opens 21st Edition with A QUIET DREAM
- Busan Welcomes Annual Celebration of Film The Busan International Film Festival launched its 21st edition on Thursday, October 6th in the open air auditorium of the Busan Cinema Center in Busan’s Centum neighborhood. The ceremony was hosted by stars HAN Hyo-joo and SUL Kyung-gu, co-stars of the 201...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 12, 2016