Pusan News
Lee Chang-dong named Asian Film Academy dean
Busan’s Asian Film Academy (AFA) has appointed Korean director Lee Chang-dong as dean of the workshop this year.
Global Film Initiative picks up Busan trio
The Global Film Initiative has picked up three films that screened at the recent Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) for North American distribution - 111 Girls, Beijing Flickers and Shyamal Uncle Turns Off The Lights.
Kayan, 36 take New Currents awards at close of Busan fest
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped yesterday (Oct 13) with a record of more than 221,000 admissions.
Fortissimo's Touch of the Light sells to Cinema de Manon for Korea
Taiwan’s official submission to the Academy Awards to be released this coming spring in Korea.
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Tom Waller plans Thai executioner biopic
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Busan closes with admissions jump; new Cinema Center leaking during rain
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CJ, Sovik, Isu launch new funds at Busan's Asian Film Market
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Busan's Asian Film Market kicks off with registration up 24%
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m-appeal takes on international sales for Golden Shell winner and Veit Helmer's Baikonur
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Colla and Madsen among 20 European filmmakers showcased by EFP in Korea's Busan
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Busan's Asian Cinema Fund backs films including Venice-bound Cut
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BIFF announces further changes
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Pusan, Mumbai festivals link together
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CJ has strong Pusan market with Ghost remake
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Mirovision's Pusan sales include deals with Gaga
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Pusan Promotion Plan bites for Mushroom Watermelon
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Global stars attend 15th Pusan International Film Festival
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Pusan plans special programme on Kurdish cinema
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Pusan to launch new online screening service
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Kim Dong-ho to step down from Pusan role
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Aoyama’s Decadent Sisters takes top prize at PPP
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Asian film commissions to jointly develop incentives system
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Cambodia, Japan film commissions come into focus
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Asian producers bemoan dearth of bond companies
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PIFF, EAVE join forces to boost Asian-Euro collaboration
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Won Bin is the Man for United Pictures
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Chopra named as PIFF’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year
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Pusan's Asian Cinema Fund supports 25 projects
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PIFF receives public funding boost to offset downturn
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Showbox Mediaplexpicks up Breathless, The Pot from Pusan line-up
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PUSAN: CJ strikes four-film deal with Splendid
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EFP to spotlight European films in Busan
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Asian Film Market closes with 39% rise in attendance; European presence boosted
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GTH secures pre sales on The Billionaire
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A Separation, Anatolia lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations
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Busan kicks off 16th festival to roars of applause in new cinema center
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Busan International Film Festival unveils New Currents line-up
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Busan's Asian Cinema Fund expands
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Pusan festival changing its name to Busan International Film Festival
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Pusan New Current Award goes to The Journals of Musan, Bleak Night
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FineCut's latest deals include Poetry to Edko
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Toei introduces Strangers to Korea's Mountain Pictures
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Korean sales agency Panda launches at Asian Film Market
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Pusan to open with Zhang Yimou's Under The Hawthorne Tree
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Pusan unveils jurors including Wada Emi
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Pusan Promotion Plan takes on new projects from Tsai, Ovashvili, Trapero, Pang
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Pusan Asian Cinema Fund supports Tan Chui Mui, Ashvin Kumar
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Asian Film Market still quiet but busier than last year
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Double Edge scores raft of Korean deals at Pusan market
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Vietnam to launch international film festival
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CJ launches joint venture with Japan’s T-joy
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PIFF lines up Asian auteurs for omnibus project
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Pusan film festival to screen record 355 films
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Beineix to head Pusan’s New Currents jury
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PIFF launches $20,000 award for non-Asian directors
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Pusan appoints new executives and programmers
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PUSAN: New Currents Awards presented to three films
Pusan Feature
Mostofa S. Farooki
Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa S. Farooki’s Television received a warm response when it screened as the closing film of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) last week.
Busan International Film Festival
17th edition of the Busan International Film Festival ran Oct 4-13; Mostofa Farooki’s Television closed the festival.
The man behind Pusan: Kim Dong-ho
Launched in 1996, the Pusan International Film Festival (Oct 7-15) quickly became established as an international hub for Asian cinema. As he prepares for his final festival before retirement, founding festival director Kim Dong-ho speaks to Jean Noh about Pusan’s swift growth ? and its future
Pusan Reviews
Pusan People
Meet the neighbours
International buyers are looking forward to this year’s Asian Film Market (Oct 11-14) as a place to do business with their Asian colleagues.
