Busan features – Page 4

  • Busan
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    New Busan co-director Kang Soo-youn talks bright future

    2015-10-03T10:56:00Z

    As the 20th Busan International Film Festival launches, new co-director Kang Soo-youn tells Jean Noh why the event is stronger than ever despite a year of political turmoil and funding cuts

  • Hana Makhmalbaf
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    Busan's Asian Project Market: bridging the divide

    2015-10-03T10:43:00Z

    Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Project Market will once again bring together the continent’s film-makers with major players from the European industry.

  • Anthony Chen
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    'Ilo Ilo' director Anthony Chen talks Asian Film Academy and challenges

    2015-10-02T23:00:00Z

    Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen is in Busan this year at the Asian Film Academy (AFA) as directing mentor.

  • Eric Khoo
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    Eric Khoo talks 'In the Room', '7 Letters'

    2015-10-02T23:00:00Z

    Singaporean director Eric Khoo has two films in Busan’s A Window On Asian Cinema section.

  • Zubaan
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    Mozez Singh talks Busan opener 'Zubaan'

    2015-10-02T16:37:00Z

    Nine years in the making, Mozez Singh’s feature directorial debut is the story of a young man who escapes his humble roots in Punjab to become a big shot in the corporate world in both Delhi and Dubai.

  • Lee Hyun-Myoung
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    Korea’s digital market gives industry hope

    2014-10-08T11:08:00Z

    Digital revenues have more than tripled in Korea in the past four years, although VOD revenue is driven by theatrical hits and the industry is clamouring for more data.

  • Tetsuya Nakashima
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    Tetsuya Nakashima, The World Of Kanako

    2014-10-08T06:46:00Z

    Japanese director Tetsuya Nakashima, known for films such as Confessions and Memories Of Matsuko, has brought The World Of Kanako to Busan’s Midnight Passion section.

  • Li Xiaofeng
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    Li Xiaofeng, Nezha

    2014-10-08T06:18:00Z

    Li Xiaofeng’s debut feature Nezha, which is premiering in Busan’s New Currents competition, is a coming-of-age drama about the friendship between two teenage girls.

  • Lana Gogoberidze
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    Lana Gogoberidze, Salome Alexi

    2014-10-08T04:02:00Z

    The daughter and granddaughter of Georgia’s first female director talk about their films, Day Is Longer Than Night and Felicita, which are screening in Busan showcase ‘The Power of Georgian Women Filmmakers’.

  • Woo Ming Jin
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    Woo Ming Jin, The Second Life Of Thieves

    2014-10-07T09:25:00Z

    Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin is in Busan to present his film The Second Life Of Thieves, which is making its world premiere in the Window on Asian Cinema section.

  • Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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    Mohsen Makhmalbaf talks The President

    2014-10-05T07:21:00Z

    Iranian director-in-exile Mohsen Makhmalbaf has The President screening in the Gala Presentation section of this year’s BIFF, while Hassan Solhjou’s documentary Daddy’s School, about him and his filmmaking family, screens in Wide Angle.

  • Asian Film Market
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    Busan: Asian Film Market 2014

    2014-10-05T00:01:00Z

    Korea’s expanding VoD market and increasing cooperation between Korea and China are driving growth at this year’s Asian Film Market. 

  • Ann Hui
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    Ann Hui, The Golden Era

    2014-10-04T00:53:00Z

    Ann Hui, Busan’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year, talks to Liz Shackleton about her Venice closing film, The Golden Era, Hong Kong cinema and her history with BIFF.

  • Alive
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    Busan: Asian Project Market 2014

    2014-10-03T17:23:00Z

    This year’s Asian Project Market includes a strong showing from China among the 30 projects.

  • Lee Yong-kwan
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    Lee Yong-kwan, Busan Film Festival

    2014-10-03T17:02:00Z

    Lee Yong-kwan tells Jean Noh about Busan International Film Festival’s role in the international industry, the diverse, new voices of Asian cinema and the festival’s focus on safety and stability

  • Partho Sen-Gupta
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    Partho Sen-Gupta, Sunrise

    2014-10-03T13:17:00Z

    Receiving its world premiere in BIFF’s New Currents competition, Partho Sen-Gupta’s Sunrise tells the story of a police inspector whose daughter was kidnapped years ago when she was only six.The Marathi-language film blurs the boundaries between reality and dreams, as the police inspector believes he has found her working in ...

  • Farooki
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    Mostofa S. Farooki

    2012-10-17T16:49:00Z

    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 10
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    Busan International Film Festival

    2012-10-15T12:10:00Z

    17th edition of the Busan International Film Festival ran Oct 4-13; Mostofa Farooki’s Television closed the festival.

  • Screen_Busan_Special_2012_1
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    Busan 2012

    2012-10-03T14:09:00Z

    Screen’s special supplement looks at the hottest films and projects in Busan.

  • Busan
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    Busan 2011: Festival Special Edition

    2011-10-04T11:33:00Z

    Project profiles, reviews, director interviews, Asian Film Market listings, and more.