All articles by Jean Noh – Page 13
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NewsBusan launches OTT series section, reveals showcase line-ups
Festival’s 26 th edition runs October 6-15.
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NewsBusan selects 26 titles for Asian Project Market 2021
A selection of 26 titles from 15 different countries.
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NewsSouth Korean box office falls 32% year-on-year
Admissions in the first half of 2021 are the lowest since KOFIC started keeping track in 2004.
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FeaturesWhy Bifan expanded its XR programme to Incheon international airport
XR curator Jay Kim talks to Screen about the South Korean festival’s augmented, virtual and mixed reality titles.
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FeaturesHow Bifan’s Scary Tales is looking to foster a new generation of genre talent
Initiative launched in 2020 to discover and archive scary stories.
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NewsBifan forum debates post-Covid future for Korean film industry
Speakers included festival director Shin Chul and veteran producer Lee Eun.
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NewsNa Hong-Jin produced horror ‘The Medium’ wins top Bifan 2021 award
Asia’s largest genre film festival handed out prizes at its second hybrid edition.
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NewsBifan buzz title ‘The Medium’ is hot seller for South Korea’s Finecut
Buyers keen to get the next hit in the vein of The Chaser, The Yellow Sea and The Wailing.
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NewsJenny Suen’s ‘Peaches’ scoops top NAFF prize at Korea’s Bifan
Further awards included a prize for We Jun Cho’s ‘Hungry Ghost Diner’.
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NewsSeoul cinemas, Bifan adjust to heightened Covid-19 measures
There is now a 22.00 curfew for two weeks.
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NewsFinecut scores deals for Kwon Oh-seung’s ‘Midnight’
Finecut has also sold Hong Sangsoo’s ’In Front Of Your Face’ to international territories.
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FeaturesCannes 2021: South Korea hot projects
Family comedies, K-pop documentaries and zombie thrillers are among the titles available from Korean sellers during the Marché.
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NewsMegabox Plus M unpacks trio of South Korean thrillers (exclusive)
They include the anticipated ’Bogota: City Of The Lost’ directed by actor-filmmaker Kim Seong-je.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2021: Peter Lee (South Korea)
Lee is assistant manager, international business team at Contents Panda.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2021: Sophie J Kim (South Korea)
Kim is international sales manager at K-Movie Entertainment.
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NewsBifan’s 25th edition ready to roll with new sections and nearly 100 world premieres
The Korean fantastic film festival will run July 8-18.
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FeaturesBifan director Shin Chul talks changes ahead of the Korean fantastic festival’s 25th edition
Anniversary edition of the festival to be hosted as a hybrid event due to the pandemic.
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FeaturesDirector Giddens Ko talks Bifan opening film ‘Till We Meet Again’
The Taiwanese filmmaker endured wet sand and a misbehaving dog making his latest fantasy feature.
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Features‘The Wailing’ director Na Hong-Jin on producing Thai horror ‘The Medium’
The horror centred on a shaman in rural Thailand is set to world premiere at BIFAN.
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NewsFinecut boards ScreenX horror mystery ‘Guimoon’ for international sales
The producers hope to lure buyers into releasing the film in the panoramic ScreenX format.