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Busan Film Festival Opens With Kiyoshi Kurosawa Honors, Female Industry Award & Netflix’s ‘Uprising’


Lee Jung-jae, Song Joong-ki and Gang Dong-won walked the Busan Film Fest red carpet, before the opening night screening of Netflix's 'Uprising.'

This year, the honor was given to production designer Ryu Seong-hie, who has worked on seminal Korean films like Bong’s Memories of Murder and The Host as well as Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy and Decision to Leave. She pointed out that there are many women in the film industry who have been overlooked because of their gender, although they possess similar abilities to “express all the joys and sorrows of human life” through cinema. Posthumously bestowing the “Korean Cinema Award” to Lee, BIFF is also running a program showcasing five of his films, including Parasite, as well as one episode from My Mister.

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