Latest Busan news – Page 16
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NewsPop Pictures sells 36 to UK
EXCLUSIVE: At Busan’s Asian Film Market, Thailand’s Pop Pictures has sold previous New Currents Award winner 36 to UK distributor Day for Night.
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NewsInternational Asian doc fund launches
Busan’s Asian Network of Documentary partners with Taskovski Film on new fund.
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NewsEastWest makes 'Shirley' sales
EXCLUSIVE: EastWest sells raft of films; launches English-language Never Die Young.
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NewsIndian cinema gets boost at Busan
Eleven Indian features are screening at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, reflecting the growing strength and diversity of cinema from the subcontinent.
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NewsDigital edition Busan 2013
Browse the digital edition of our Busan International Film Festival supplement here.
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NewsKorea, China eye greater collaboration
Local film executives talked of the need for joint Korean-Chinese funds and institutions to support co-productions at the first session of Busan’s Asian Film Market today.
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NewsLotte adds three for Busan slate
Line-up includes Memories Of The Sword, set to star Lee Byung-hun.
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NewsIm Kwon-taek plots 102nd film
South Korean master director Im Kwon-taek launched his 102nd film project today at the Busan International Film Festival, where a major retrospective on his work is underway.
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NewsAblaze Image picks up high-profile duo
Taipei-based sales company Ablaze Image has picked up international rights to Kano, produced by Wei Te-sheng (Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale), and Yee Chih-yen’s long-awaited third feature.
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NewsEFP reveals Busan line-up
Albert Serra and Pawel Pawlikowski are among 23 European film-makers who will be presenting their films in person as part of European Film Promotion’s (EFP) Opening Doors programme at this year’s Busan International Film Festival (Oct 3-13).
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NewsBusan reveals 2013 line-up
The 18th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced its full line-up of 301 films from 70 countries with 95 world premieres and 42 international premieres.
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NewsBusan unveils APM line-up
The Busan International Film Festival has announced its Asian Project Market (APM) line-up for this year with 30 projects including name directors like Kim Jee-woon, Wayne Wang and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
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NewsLee 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.
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NewsGlobal 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.
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NewsKayan, 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.
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NewsFortissimo'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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NewsTom Waller plans Thai executioner biopic
Thailand-based filmmaker Tom Waller will direct the story of Thailand’s last prison executioner, Chavoret Jaruboon in feature film Chavoret: The Last Executioner.
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NewsEFP to spotlight European films in Busan
19 European directors and their newest films will be presented by European Film Promotion at the upcoming festival, which runs Oct 4-13.
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NewsBusan closes with admissions jump; new Cinema Center leaking during rain
Busan’s New Currents Award shared by Mourning and Nino.
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NewsAsian Film Market closes with 39% rise in attendance; European presence boosted
Busan’s Sixth Asian Film Market closed today (Oct 13) with a 39% increase of participants since last year.