BIFF Unveils its Meet and Greet Schedule

Posted on 27. Sep, 2011 by Jeff Liebsch Tag: biff 2011, Biff2011, busan international film festival, guest meetings, how to buy tickets, movies, news, pusan international film festival news, Tang Wei, vips

BIFF released its Meet and Greet Schedule today with several stars slated to be available to the public. Chinese beauty Tang Wei (above) will be one of those in attendance.

BUSAN, South Korea - As the releases of the main official program selections and guests have heated the festival offerings over the last few weeks, the Busan International Film Festival unveiled the guests and their schedules for the festival’s special events; Meet the Guests: Talk to Talk, Outdoor Greeting Event and Open Talk.

BIFF general ticketing also begins tomorrow at 9 a.m. at all Busan Bank outlets around the city. Internet ticketing can also be done via Daum, but be prepared for some hassles as they ask for verification using e-mail, and your passport number for non-residents. You can find more information on the Busan Haps BIFF ticketing page.

Busan Haps will have updated coverage of the film festival, including all the events happening around town. You can check out our full coverage of the festival at our BIFF homepage.

Special communication about diverse topics- Meet the Guest: Talk to Talk.

This event offers interactive communications between audiences and guests from various films under a wider variety of topics. The ‘Meet the Guest: Talk to Talk’ will come back to the new venue at the Dureraum Plaza, located in the Busan Cinema Center.

Audience can learn about AND (Asian Network of Documentary) Directors, and foresee the prospect of Korean Animation and experience the Latin American culture. This event will introduce a wide range of topics and guests will promote audience participation through various topics and guests.

Date		Time	Program	Venue
10/09	Sun.	14:00	[PARK Chul soo and KIM Tai-sik-Talk about‘Sex’ and ‘Adultery’ in Korean Cinema] Guest: PARK Chulsoo, KIM Tai-sik	Dureraum Plaza, Busan Cinema Center
		17:30	[AND Directors] Guest: Shashwati TALUKDAR, P. Kerim FRIEDMAN ,Ranu GHOSH, Ching-Hui LEE , Davy CHOU ,Sandeep RAY
		18:30	[YAMASHITA Nobuhiro, the Spirit of the Times.] Guest: YAMASHITA Nobuhiro, TSUMABUKISatoshi
10/10	Mon.	15:00	[Punch in ‘Multicultural Text’] Guest: Director & cast from Punch, KU Mo-ryong (Professor)
10/10	Mon.	17:00	With Sanjay Leela BHANSALI [Breeze of Love from India] Guest: Sanjay Leela BHANSALI
10/11	Tues.	16:30	[“How We Made It!”-The Potential, the Limitation and the Vision of Korean Animation] Guest: OH Seong-yoon, KIM Sun goo +YEON Sang-ho, CHO Young-gak
		18:00	[New Faces of Latin American Cinema] Guest: Pablo GIORGELLI, Ivan FUND, Martín BOULOCQ
		19:30	[The Blue Chip of Japanese Indies] Guest: ISHII Yuya, NAKA Riisa, ISHIBASHI Ryo	Academy Room, Busan Cinema Center
10/12	Wed.	18:30	[Masters Talk about Korean Cinema] LEE Jang-ho, LEE Doo-yong, PARK Chulsoo, JUNG Ji-young	Dureraum Plaza, Busan Cinema Center

Korean Actor Won Bin at last year's Meet and Greet

● Leading actors and directors of Korean Cinema and European Artists at the Haeundae Beach- Outdoor Greeting Event

Star directors, actors, and actresses, at the Outdoor Greeting Event will exchange and share ideas with the audience. The event will be held at the outdoor stage at the BIFF Village located in Haeundae Beach. This year, the director Kang Hyoung-chul, and actresses from the biggest box-office hit of the year, Sunny, will take part in the Outdoor Greeting Event. The director of The Peach Tree, Ku Hye Sun and casts will participate in the event and Lee Sang-woo, the director of controversial films Father is a Dog and Mother Is a Whore will be ready for the Outdoor Greeting Event with his latest film, Barbie. Lee Jeong-Hyang and casts from A Reason to Live will return to Busan in the Gala Presentation. In addition, the stars and directors From Seoul to Varanasi, Punch, and European filmmakers will enjoy the Haeundae autumn.

Date		Time	Program	Venue
10/07	Fri.	17:30	Always Guest: Director & cast	Outdoor Stage on BIFF Village, Haeundae
		19:30	The Peach Tree Guest: KU Hye Sun (Director), NAM Sangmi, RYU Dukhwan
		20:00	Sunny (Directors’ Cut) Guest: KANG Hyoung-chu l(Director), YOU Ho-jeong, KANG So-ra, MIN Hyo-rin, JIN Hee-kyung, KIM Sun-kyung, PARK Jin-joo, KIM Min-young, KIM Bo-mi, AN Byung-ki (Producer)
10/08	Sat.	14:30	Barbie Guest: LEE Sang-woo (Director), LEE Chun-hee, Cat TEBO, KIM Se-ron, KIM A-ron
		16:30	The Front Line Guest: JANG Hoon (Director), SIN Ha-gyoon, KO Soo, RYOO Seung-soo, KO Chang-seok LEE Je-hoon, LEE David
		17:00	A Reason to Live Guest: LEE Jeong-Hyang (Director), SONG Hye-kyo, NAM Ji Hyen, HWANG Woo-hyun
10/09	Sun.	12:30	From Seoul to Varanasi Guest: JEON Kyu-hwan (Director), YOON Dong-hwan, CHOI Won-jung, PARK Beom-shin, CHOI Mi-ae
		14:30	The Kick Guest: Prachya PINKAEW(Director), CHO Jaehyun, YE Jiwon, JeeJa YANIN, KANG SK, Sangar CHATCHAIRUNGRUANG
		17:00	Punch Guest: LEE Han(Director), KIM Yunseok, YU Aine, PARK Soo-young, LEE Jasmine, KIM Sang-ho, PARK Hyo-joo, KIM Dong-wu
		18:00	[Meet the European Artists in Busan] Guest: Directors & Cast (around 20 people)

Be prepared for some big crowds on the beach

● World Renowned Directors and Actors for - Open Talk

The ‘Open Talk’ will be held at the Haeundae Beach, to share and exchange ideas with internationally recognized directors, actors and actresses. This year, Korean representative directors and international stars will join for a variety of Open Talk.

Date		Time	Program	Venue
10/08	Sat.	15:30	[The Masters & Their Successors: “What is Cinema?”] Guest: IM Kwon-taek, KANG Woo-suk, KANG Soo-yeon, LEE Jang-ho	Outdoor Stage on BIFF Village, Haeundae
10/08	Sat.	17:00	[Meet at Busan, HONG Sang Su and Isabelle HUPPERT] Guest: HONG Sang-su, Isabelle HUPPERT	GoEun Museum of Photography
10/09	Sun.	13:30	Wu Xia Guest: Peter CHAN (Director), Takeshi KANESHIRO, TANG Wei	Outdoor Stage on BIFF Village, Haeundae
		15:00	[East Meets West : Today’s Stars on Tomorrow’s Cinema] Guest: Logan LERMAN, JANG Geun-suk
		19:30	[Men on Talk : Firsthand Accounts of My-Way]Guest: KANG Je-gyu (Director), JANG Dong-gun, ODAGIRI Joe