BUSAN -- Five jurors for the Busan International Film Festival’s New Currents Award – jury president Serge Toubiana, directors Alain Guiraudie and Kamila Andini, actor Ryo Kase and producer Lee Eugene -- said they are looking forward to discovering a rookie director's revolutionary work. “The most important standard when selecting a film is whether it can shake up our existing point of view,” To...

The award was presented to the actor during the opening ceremony on Wednesday at the Busan Cinema Center. This year's Busan International Film Festival, which runs through Oct. 14, screens 243 films from 71 countries.

“It’s really my great honor to receive this recognition at the Busan International Film Festival. And thank you for giving me an opportunity to come to Busan again to meet my Korean fans in person,” the actor said in his acceptance speech. The Korean cinema award, which was previously awarded at the opening ceremony, will be presented at the closing ceremony this year. The award is presented to ...

The director added that the Busan film fest's contribution to the development of Iranian cinema has been possible because it supports art films to have freedom. In Mohaghegh’s film, an electrician (Mohaghegh) travels from town to town to help fix a disabled man’s house in which the power went out. The electrician also devotes his own time, energy and money to help the disabled man further. Moha...

Closing Korea's largest film festival is Japanese director Kei Ishikawa's "A Man," a film adaptation of Keiichiro Hirano's award-winning 2018 novel of the same title. The film features Rie, a woman who moves back to her hometown with her child. She falls in love with Daisuke and the two start a family and have another child. Daisuke dies in a tragic accident and his estranged brother shows up at...

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"Confidential Assignment 2: International," the action-comedy sequel to a 2017 hit, became the third South Korean film to top 6 million tickets sold on Sunday. According to the film's distributor, CJ ENM, the film, starring Hyun Bin and Yoo Hae-jin, reached over the 6 million mark at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, 26 days after its premiere. It joined "The Roundup" and "Hansan: Rising Dragon" in the 6-mill...

Honest Candidate 2 (Korea) Opened Sept. 28 Comedy Directed by Jang Yoo-jung Sang-sook (Ra Mi-ran) is jobless after losing the Seoul mayoral election. One day, she accidentally saves a man in the sea and sees an opportunity to return to politics. She starts lying again for a higher approval rating. But Sang-sook soon finds out that she is once again unable to lie -- and this time, she’s not t...

Japanese star actors Satoshi Tsumabuki and Sakura Ando from the invited film “A Man” will also participate in this year’s event, according to BIFF. The 27th BIFF will return to its pre-pandemic full scale this year, with 243 films from 71 countries.

“Squid Game” star Jung Ho-yeon has been listed in the phenoms category of Time magazine's "100 Next." Launched in 2019, Time 100 Next is the youthful version of its more prominent "Time 100" list and was created to spotlight 100 rising stars shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, science, health and more. “I often joke around and call her a ‘warrior.’ There’s no doubt ...

For instance, at the beginning of the movie, Shin Nam decides to become a shaman because he is unable to find employment, like many young people today. “I thought it would be interesting if a young man who is struggling to get a job chooses to go to a hagwon (private educational institutes) to learn to become a shaman,” he said. Lee’s previous 43-minute short film with the same title was the ba...

One day, Bo-ra finds out that her best friend Yeon-doo (Roh) has a big crush on Hyun-jin (Park Jung-Woo), a close friend of Woon-ho. Yeon-doo, who has to go abroad for a heart surgery, asks Bo-ra to keep her eye on Hyun-jin and find out everything about him while she is away. Meanwhile, the release date for the sci-fi movie “Jung_E”-- the last on the list of Netflix movies announced in January -...

Korean heartthrob Song Joong-ki’s new crime movie "Hwaran" -- meaning disaster or chaos -- started shooting on Sept. 13 at a site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, according to the film’s distributor Megabox Joongang Plus M. Directed by Kim Chang-hoon, the film revolves around Yun-kyu, who wants to escape from his everyday struggles. One day, Yun-kyu meets a crime organization’s underboss Chi-g...

When asked what she would do if she has only a few months left to live like the protagonist in the film, Yum said she wants to go on a long holiday with her family. Aside from a business trip, Yum said she has only traveled abroad once with her mom. “I am 50 years old now and as a young kid I thought I would have visited various countries when I reach 50,” Yum said. "Life is Beautiful" will hi...

Project Wolf Hunting (Korea) Opened Sept. 21 Crime Directed by Kim Hong-sun A team of Korean police officers are on a mission to bring heinous criminals to South Korea from the Philippines via ship. Looking for an opportunity to escape are Jong-du (Seo In-guk), a cold-blooded killer, and Do-il (Jang Dong-yoon), who has an Interpol red notice on him. Meanwhile, a mysterious presence created ...