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Busan Film Festival Opens With Red-Carpet, Resistance and Reflection: ‘Vision of Asia, Ocean of Cinema’
Glitz, glamor and a glorious setting helped make the Busan Film Festival's 2024 opening ceremony an act of stylish, gritty resistance.
The ceremony, held under the semi-open roof of the futuristic Busan Cinema Center, was buoyant and attended by 4,500 guests, masking some the woes incurred by the festival itself and by the wider Korean film industry. Officials at the event debuted a new slogan — “Vision of Asia, Ocean of Cinema” — reflecting the South Korean port city’s revised ambitions ahead of next year’s 30th anniversary edition. Korean celebrities in attendance included: Gang Dong-won lead star of the opening film “Uprising” the ceremony’s hosts Park Boyoung and Ahn Jaehong, director Hur Jin-ho of “A Normal Family,” and Kim Dong-ho, the former censor turned advocate who was the festival’s first chairman.
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