All Busan articles – Page 2
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Reviews‘Seven O’Clock Breakfast Club For The Brokenhearted’ review: Seoul-set romance explores love and loss
Moving Busan Competition drama follows a young woman struggling to move on from a relationship
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NewsRecord attendance but buyers cautious at Busan’s ACFM
An all-time high visitor turnout has been recorded for the market but some bemoaned a lack of buyers.
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NewsCarlos Reygadas backs Christine Haroutounian’s Asian Project Market title ‘Black Star Angel’
EXCLUSIVE: Haroutounian debut feature was ‘After Dreaming’, which premiered at this year’s Berlinale.
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NewsBusan 2025: Screen’s dailies
Browse Screen International’s daily editions from the 2025 Busan International Film Festival and Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM).
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FeaturesHow Trump, Covid and technology have fuelled the Asian animation boom
A bumper year for Asian animated features builds on years of building up audience, expertise and technological advances and is now attracting major investment.
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NewsMichael Mann aiming to shoot ‘Heat 2’ in 2026
The US filmmaker shared an update on the anticipated sequel at Busan International Film Festival
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News‘Kokuho’ director Lee Sang-il reflects on Japan box-office success and lasting impact
The filmmaker discussed the hit feature alongside star Ryo Yoshizawa in Busan.
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News‘KPop Demon Hunters’ director Maggie Kang on how Bong Joon Ho inspired the Netflix hit
The animated feature is Netflix’s most-watched film of all time with more than 300 million views.
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Reviews‘Beautiful Dreamer’ review: Sensitive South Korean drama explores the impact of suicide
A mother and daughter attempt to move on from the death of the family patriarch in Lee Kwang-kuk’s Busan premiere
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Reviews‘Without Permission’ review: An exiled filmmaker returns to Iran in Hassan Nazer’s bold docudrama
Real Iranian children discuss love and hope in the British-Iranian director’s Busan Competition feature
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Reviews‘The Second Child’ review: Lim Soo-jung stars in atmospheric South Korean horror-tinged mystery
A mother and daughter attempt to move on from tragedy in Yu Eun-jeong’s Busan Competition premiere
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FeaturesBusan 2025: The buzz titles from Hong Kong and China
A former Busan award-winner, a family drama with AI themes and a black magic horror comedy are among the films from Hong Kong and China set for this year’s festival and market.
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FeaturesBusan 2025: The buzz titles from Southeast Asia
Highly anticipated horror titles from Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand lead the charge from Southeast Asia at the ACFM.
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NewsBi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’ sold to more key territories ahead of Busan bow
EXCLUSIVE: The fantasy epic won the special jury prize when it premiered at Cannes.
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Features‘Baka’s Identity’ filmmakers talk exposing youth poverty in Tokyo
The film plays in Competition at Busan International Film Festival.
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NewsGaga pitches baseball biopic ‘One Last Throw’ at Busan market
EXCLUSIVE: The film is based on the life of Japanese baseball player Shintaro Yokota.
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NewsKorea’s Lotte Entertainment makes Vietnam sales move led by ‘Bride Of The Covenant’
EXCLUSIVE: The firm’s first titles from the country include horror ‘Bride Of The Covenant’, which plays at Busan.
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NewsGuillermo del Toro and Yeon Sang-ho talk cinema vs streaming at Busan
Del Toro suggests Netflix viewers will experience ‘Frankenstein’ in a very different way to cinemagoers.
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Reviews‘Leave The Cat Alone’ review: Enigmatic Japanese debut depicts a marriage blown off course
Shigaya Daisuke’s Tokyo-set relationship drama bows in Busan Competition
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NewsNetflix unveils fresh industry initiatives at Busan’s Creative Asia Forum
The streamer also revealed it would expand its forum to Indonesia.