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Busan Film Festival Names Park Kwang-su As Chair


Park Kwang-su has been appointed chair of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which runs from October 2-11 this year.  His appointment at the general meeting comes after a tumultuous 2023…

Busan International Film Festival 2023YELIM LEE/AFP via Getty Images Park Kwang-su has been appointed chair of the Busan International Film Festival(BIFF), which runs from October 2-11 this year. An acclaimed filmmaker from the Korean New Wave, Park was a founding member of BIFF and the festival’s Deputy Director for three consecutive years from its first edition. Park is well known in Korea for directing films like Chilsu and Mansu(1988), Black Republic(1990), To the Starry Island(1993) and A Single Spark(1995).

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