The curtain came down on the 30th edition of the Busan International Film Festival last Friday night with a closing ceremony that doubled as an awards gala, bringing the event’s […]
Busan Hidden Gem: Zhang Zhongchen On His Journey from Factory Floor to Festival Red Carpet with ‘Nighttime Sounds’
If Good Will Hunting were to get a Chinese remake, Zhang Zhongchen could be the protagonist. Just swap Matt Damon’s math wunderkind for a Chinese arthouse prodigy. Zhang, now 34, […]
Busan: Cutting Edge Films Partners With Top French Colorist Yov Moor
Taipei’s fast-rising post-production house Cutting Edge Films is adding more firepower to its creative team at the Busan International Film Festival and Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM). The company […]
Yeon Sang-ho on ‘The Ugly,’ Microbudget Filmmaking and Reclaiming Creative Freedom in Korea’s Post-‘Squid Game’ Era
Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho is known for directing some of South Korea’s biggest commercial hits of screens large and small, such as the zombie blockbuster Train to Busan (a $140 million […]
Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice,’ Starring Lee Byung-hun, to Open Busan Film Festival
Arguably, there was no other choice… The Busan International Film Festival has selected the latest wildly anticipated feature from Korean maestro Park Chan-wook to open its landmark 30th edition on […]