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Busan Film Festival opens with “Uprising” and ends with “Spirit World”


Busan Film Festival opens with “Uprising” and ends with “Spirit World”

The Korean Busan International Film Festival has announced the full program of its 29th edition, which will open with the world premiere of Uprisingproduced and co-written by Park Chan-wook, and ends with Spirit worldstarring Catherine Deneuve and directed by Singaporean Eric Khoo. Director: Kim Sang-Man, Uprising is Park’s first collaboration with Netflix. Gang Dong-won and […]

Busan Film Festival 2024 kicks off with Netflix war epic “Uprising”


Busan Film Festival 2024 kicks off with Netflix war epic “Uprising”

The Busan International Film Festival 2024 begins on October 2 with the international premiere of Uprisingthe historical war epic by director Kim Sang-man with a screenplay by auteur Park Chan-wook (Old boy) and distributed by Netflix. The 29th edition of the 10-day event will end with the film by Singaporean director Eric Khoo Spirit worldwith […]

Busan Film Festival expands program despite funding cuts


Busan Film Festival expands program despite funding cuts

The Busan International Film Festival will expand its film program by about 8%, describing it as an “attempt to maintain a size worthy of Asia’s largest film festival,” despite a 50% cut in government funding. The festival opens on October 2 with “Uprising,” a star-studded historical drama from Netflix written and produced by Park Chan-wook […]