The Busan International Film festival (BIFF) has launched its 24th voyage towards the sea of the film.
The 24th Busan International Film festival opening ceremony was held at the Busan Haeundae-gu Film Hall at 7 pm on March 3.
The Event was canceled on the eve of the opening ceremony due to the influence of the 18th typhoon Meatak, which was just north of the Busan International Film festival this year, but the day when the Film festival started, it boasted a blue sky. However, when the Busan International Film festival has been hit by typhoons recently, this year, all outdoor Events at Haeundae White House have been moved to the BIFF Plaza of the movie hall.
At the opening ceremony of Jung Woo-sung Lee Ha-nui, An Sung Ki, Kim Ji Mi, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Ha-nui, Ryu Seung-ryong, Lim Yoon-a, Cho Jung-seok, Cho Yeo-jung, Jung Hae-in, Chun Woo-hee, Exo Suho, Seo Ji-seok, Lee Yeol-eum, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, Kim Kyu-ri, There were a lot of filmmakers such as Bae Jeong-nam, Eugene, Son Hyun-joo, Jung Ha-dam, Kwon Hae-hyo and Moon Sung-geun.
At the opening ceremony, a refugee girl who settled in Korea, who was a native of Myanmar Karen and lived in a Thai refugee camp, added a special meaning by singing "I want a house".
Since then, the hosts such as Jung Woo-sung and Lee Ha-nui have anchored, shouting, "I declare the opening of the 24th Busan International Film festival."
Hirokazu Koreeda of Japan was selected as the winner of the Asia Film Award of the Year and gave a thank-you greeting to the video.
This year's Film festival opening is Kazakh director E. Rannurmukhambetov's "The Horse Thieves: The Way of Time"; the closing film will feature "To Yun Hee" by Lim Dae-hyeong. 150 of the 303 screened films (World Premier 120 and International Premiere 30) will be unveiled to Korea for the first time this year through the Film festival.
The Gala presentation, the main section of the Busan International Film festival, includes "The Truth About Fabianne" directed by Hirokazu Goreeda, the opening film of the Venice International Film festival, as well as "Coming Home Again" directed by King Wayne based on autobiographical essays by Lee Chang-rae, a Korean-American, and "The Original Film" directed by David Mikod, Netflix's original film King: Henry Lau V, France's director Robert Gedigian's "Gloria Mundy" was selected 'The King: Henry Lau V' protagonists Timothy Chalame and Joel Edgerton meet Korean fans for the first time in the year in line with the Film festival. Wayne Wang said he was sorry to announce that he was canceling his visit to Korea due to illness.
In the New Currents category, which is a competition for the Busan International Film festival, a total of 14 films, including three Korean films, including "69 years old" (director Lim Sun-ae), "Lucky Monster" (director Bong Joon-young), "Education" (director Kim Duk-jung), compete for the best picture.
The Busan Film festival has prepared a variety of programs for the audience, including the 'Community Beef' Event, which is the Film festival in the Film festival. In Nampo-dong, which announced the start of the Film festival, Events involving several actors and directors were held. In addition, Asia Film Market, Asia Project Market, and Asia Film Fund, operated by Cha Seung-jae and Oh Dong-jin, co-chairman, will be the venue for many domestic and overseas film businesses during the Film festival.
This year's Film festival, which will be held for 10 days, ends with the screening of the closing film Yun Hee' on the 13th.