Latest Busan news – Page 14

  • Paper Planes
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    Korea, Australia sign co-pro agreement

    2014-10-02T10:23:00Z

    Screen Australia has announced it will sign an MOU on co-production with the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) Oct 4 at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).

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    Busan, Youku to sign MOU

    2014-10-01T14:06:00Z

    Busan Film Festival and Chinese video platform Youku to sign MOU on Asia’s Masters and Newcomers Project

  • The Look of Silence
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    EFP reveals Busan 2014 line-up

    2014-09-04T07:00:00Z

    X +Y director Morgan Matthews and The Look of Silence doc maker Joshua Oppenheimer among those set to receive support at the festival in South Korea.

  • Paradise In Service
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    Busan unveils 2014 line-up

    2014-09-02T20:19:00Z

    Chen-Zer Doze Niu’s Paradise In Service and Lee Bo-Cheung’s Gangster Pay Day to bookend 19th edition.

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    Busan to host Korean hitmakers forum

    2014-08-27T16:48:00Z

    Busan’s Asian Film Market has announced major events including a Korean Producers Forum featuring 10 filmmakers whose hits broke the 10 million admissions landmark at the local box office.

  • Asghar Farhadi
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    Asgar Farhadi to head Busan jury

    2014-08-21T11:38:00Z

    The Oscar-winning director of A Seperation will oversee jury members including Bong Joon Ho.

  • Brillante Mendoza
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    Busan's Asian Project Market line-up

    2014-08-19T12:12:00Z

    Directors include Brillante Mendoza, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Yeon Sang-ho.

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    Busan unveils Film Academy fellows

    2014-07-18T12:27:00Z

    24 participants have been selected for the 10th Asian Film Academy, which will have Hungarian director Bela Tarr as its dean.

  • O Muel
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    Busan reveals ACF selection

    2014-06-30T20:56:00Z

    The 19th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced 29 projects selected to benefit from Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) 2014, including projects by award-winning directors such as O Muel (Jiseul) and Hannah Espia (Transit).

  • Kim Young-woo
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    Busan names Asian Cinema programmer

    2014-06-02T10:35:00Z

    Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has appointed Kim Young-woo as Asian Cinema programmer, to handle documentaries and short films from Asia.

  • Chiaki Kuriyama
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    HKIFF, Busan, Tokyo expand Academy

    2014-03-24T00:02:00Z

    The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) celebrated its inauguration last night (March 23) with Moet-AFA Special Award Rising Star of Asia awardees Chiaki Kuriyama and Kim Nam-gil.

  • Jin Park
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    Park named Busan world programmer

    2014-03-03T02:08:00Z

    Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has named Jin Park a World Cinema programmer starting this month. Park will be responsible for films from Central and South America.

  • The Terror, Live
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    Lotte reports busy Busan sales

    2013-10-14T11:10:00Z

    Hot sellers include Hope and The Terror, Live.

  • Remote Control
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    Pascha, Remote Control take top prizes at Busan

    2013-10-14T02:14:00Z

    The 18th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped with the two New Currents Awards going to Ahn Seonkyoung’s Korean film Pascha and Byamba Sakhya’s Mongolia-Germany co-production Remote Control.

  • Bong Joon Ho and Quentin Tarantino
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    Quentin Tarantino and Bong Joon Ho in conversation

    2013-10-11T13:38:00Z

    Two of the world’s biggest genre geeks, Quentin Tarantino and Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, discussed Asian cinema, casting and creative independence at the Busan film festival on Friday.

  • Michael Favelle
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    Asian Film Market wraps with prizes

    2013-10-11T02:30:00Z

    Busan’s Asian Film Market wrapped with a record number of participants and the Asian Project Market (APM)’s top Busan Award going to Kim Jee-woon’s Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade.

  • 36
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    Pop Pictures sells 36 to UK

    2013-10-10T13:40:00Z

    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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    International Asian doc fund launches

    2013-10-10T12:35:00Z

    Busan’s Asian Network of Documentary partners with Taskovski Film on new fund.

  • Shirley Visions of Reality
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    EastWest makes 'Shirley' sales

    2013-10-09T10:22:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: EastWest sells raft of films; launches English-language Never Die Young.

  • Queen
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    Indian cinema gets boost at Busan

    2013-10-09T04:52:00Z

    Eleven Indian features are screening at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, reflecting the growing strength and diversity of cinema from the subcontinent.