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Busan Film Fest’s Asian Cinema Fund Selects 14 Projects From Record-Breaking Submissions
Busan International Film Festival's Asian Cinema Fund announces 14 selections from record 850 submissions, supporting filmmakers across Asia.
Korean selections include Jeong Seung-o’s “Coming of Age,” which captures diverse perspectives across generations and social classes, and Lim Junghwan’s “The Observer’s Journal,” blending tension and humor in surreal circumstances. International picks feature Sanju Surendran’s “If on a Winter’s Night” (India), offering layered views of Indian society through multiple couples’ interwoven stories, and Chen Jianhang’s “The River that Holds Our Hands” (Hong Kong/China/Vietnam), following a man’s journey reflecting on Chinese ethnic minority diaspora. Four Korean projects explore society, space and memory through unique lenses: Cho Hanna’s “Our Complex” reflects on Yeosu’s transformation through Expo, industrial and tourism developments; Yim Jeunghae’s “Sea, Star, Woman” (Korea/France) presents a personal investigation into a mother’s disappearance; Yang Dayeon’s “Sprouted Potato Lives on” revisits a demolished Seoul hillside neighborhood; and Kwon Sunhyeon’s “Weathering Architect” examines memory and temporality in Seoul’s changing landscape through veteran architect Joh Sung-yong’s philosophy.
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