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NewsQuentin Tarantino and Bong Joon Ho in conversation
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.
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NewsAsian Film Market wraps with prizes
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.
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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.