The 26th edition of Asia’s premier film festival will be held in Busan, South Korea and will continue till October 15
South Korean stars Song Jong-ki and Park So-dam will host the opening ceremony of the upcoming Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) on October 6, organizers announced on Thursday.
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The 26th edition of Asia’s premier film festival will be held in Busan, South Korea and will continue till October 15.
According to the BIFF official website, the socially distanced opening ceremony will take place on the night of October 6 at Busan Cinema Center.
Song, known internationally for hit Korean dramas such as “Descent of the Sun” and “Sungkyunkwan Scandal”, recently landed the lead role in Netflix’s legal crime series “Vincenzo”.
He also appeared in the South Korean space western film “Space Sweeper”. The film, regarded as the first Korean space blockbuster, was also released on Netflix.
Park rose to global fame as Clever Ki-jung, the youngest daughter of the Kim family, in the widely celebrated South Korean film “Parasite” directed by Bong Joon-ho.
Prior to the multiple Academy Award-winning “Parasite”, she also starred in films such as “The Royal Tailor” and “The Silence”. Her Korean drama credits include shows such as “A Beautiful Mind”, “Cinderella and the Four Nights” and “Record of Youth”.
As announced earlier, BIFF will screen 223 films from 70 countries, of which 92 will have world premieres and four will have international premieres.
The festival will begin with the world premiere of Im Sang-soo’s “Heaven: To the Land of Happiness”, which was selected for last year’s Cannes 2020 label.
The world premiere of Longman Leung’s “Anita”, the much-anticipated biopic about late Hong Kong cinema legend Anita Mui, will kick off the film gala.
From India, filmmaker Shoojit Sircar’s production “Deep 6” and Aparna Sen’s feature “The Rapist” will premiere in the ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ section at the festival.
‘The Rapist’ starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Arjun Rampal and Tanmay Dhanania has been nominated for the prestigious Kim Jacques Award at the film festival.
Bangladeshi filmmaker Mustofa Sarwar Farooqui has also been nominated for the Kim Jisok Award for his latest film “No Land’s Man” starring Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
This year, BIFF has introduced a new segment “On Screen”, which will showcase the highly anticipated drama series which will be streamed on the online video streaming platform.
Yeon Sang-ho’s “Hellbound”, Kim Jin-min’s “My Name”, and “Forbidden”, co-directed by Anucha Boonyawatana (Thailand) and Josh Kim (US), are the three dramas that were launched. has been invited to. Section.
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