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Film Archive Special 2 Gets Underway Tuesday at the BCC 12 weeks 6 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- The second Film Archive Special series gets underway Tuesday, February 26th at the Busan Cinema Center. The program will run for two weeks until March 14th, though there are no screenings on Mondays. Tickets cost 6,000 won for all or 4,000 won for members. For more information you can call 051) 780-6000 or check out their website at www.dureraum.org. * Film List Last Days Paranoid Park...
Chris Ciosk: From Filmgoer to Filmmaker and a Final Busan Screening 15 weeks 3 days ago BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA -- Chris Ciosk made his first film in grade 7. It was for history class. The night before it was due, Ciosk was eager to work in any medium not involving double-spaced lined paper, so he grabbed a camera, enlisted...
Exploring Busan`s Cinema Center 29 weeks 4 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- To answer the question whether it’s still open for business now that Busan’s international film festival (BIFF) has wrapped: absolutely. In front...
Interview: My Lunch with Niv Fichman 32 weeks 3 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- I first met Canada’s Oscar-winning producer Niv Fichman during last year...
BIFF News: Get Your BIFF Tickets! 35 weeks 3 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- The Busan International Film Festival has opened an exclusive ticketing website (biff.movie.daum.net/ticket/home) with more stabilized services. With a stronger online system this year, the DAUM ticketing page will open on Sep 20 and the actual ticketing for the Opening/Closing films will start on Sep 24, only available online. Those interested will be required to sign up as a...
Busan International Film Festival Announces the Korean Cinema Award Recipient 39 weeks 1 day ago SEOUL, South Korea -- Hayashi Kanako has played crucial role in the introduction of Korean Cinema to Japanese film professionals. FILMeX has supported Korean cinema through the introduction of various Korean films to the Japanese film market. She has helped Korean Cinema embark on a wider chapter in Japan and Asia. The Busan International Film Festival appreciates her contribution to the advancement of Korean cinema in the international film industry and acknowledges her efforts with the...
Spielberg and Eastwood Film Fest at the Busan Cinema Center 39 weeks 2 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- The Busan Cinema Center is running an Eastwood and Spielberg movie festival starting Thursday, highlighting 16 of the pairs best films over the past 40 years in cinema. The two-week event of films costs 6,000 won per film, or 4,000 won for Cinematheque members. We don't know who came up with the idea for this, but kudos to them for bringing Clint and Steve together in this unlikely pairing of two greats. Film...
The Expendables 2 and the Lost Art of the Action Movie 39 weeks 3 days ago TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The action movie genre is something of a lost art these days. No one can quite pinpoint when the degradation of action on celluloid started to happen, but many will be quick to accuse the shaky camera execution of the Bourne sequels (Supremacy and Ultimatum, both of which were headed up by director Paul “Shaky-Cam” Greengrass) for the decade-long trend in nonsensical action cinematography. Shaky-cam is...
BIKI Opening and Closing Films Selected 44 weeks 4 days ago BUSAN, South Korea - The 7th Busan International Kid’s Film Festival will be held July 20-24, 2012 at Busan Cinema Center. The opening and closing films for the 7th Busan International Kid's Film Festival have been selected. The opening film is “The Great Bear” (original title: Gadkiy Utyonok). It is a 73 minute Danish animated feature film which was directed by Garri Bardin. The Great Bear is an animated fantasy inspired by Scandinavian nature and...
Alleyways: My Two Years Making a Film in Korea (and Iowa) 1 year 2 days ago Red Stroke is a 52-minute independent film set in South Korea. The main character, Hyo-shik, a mathematically-minded delivery driver, is urgently trying to get much-needed allergy medicine...

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