Kim Ji-seok (김지석)

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  VCR1 Weekly Star Scene
  2011/10/28, Source,
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  A new era for Asia's biggest film festival
  2011/10/20, Source,
  'We want to be able to strike that delicate balance between showing something new and being accessible'. -Kim Ji-seok The opening ceremony for the 16th annual Busan International Film Festival was held in the outdoor venue in front of the new Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae District, Busan. [YONHAP] BUSAN - When a small film festival opened at an outdoor market in Nampo-dong, Busan, during the mid-90s, few expected it to make a mark in the industry amid more prominent competition in Asia. Back then, the Asian festival circuit was based mostly on two strongholds - the Tokyo International Film Festival, located in the second-biggest film market on the globe, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival, located in the world's fastest-growing film market. Coming almost 10 years after Tokyo and 20 years after Hong Kong, the Busan festival was challenged not only because of these bigger events but also because of the insignificant size of the Korean film industry. Back then, Korean films made up less than a quarter of screenings, even at the local box office,...More

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  From Luc Besson to 'Yoyochu in the Land of the Rising Sex'
  2011/09/29, Source,
  The Korean romance "Always" (left) will open the 16th Busan International Film Festival. French director Luc Besson's "The Lady" (right) will also premiere. Provided by BIFF Director Luc Besson is among the luminaries who will grace the carpet and give seminars at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which opens on Thursday and welcomes a rich line up of 307 films from 30 countries divided into 10 sections. This year marks the 16th incarnation of Asia's premier film fest and to commemorate it has switched location to the purpose-built Busan Cinema Center, making Haeundae Beach the scenic backdrop to the opening and closing ceremonies, among other events, instead of Suyeong Bay,...More

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  PIFF focuses on quality this year, not quantity
  2010/10/06, Source,
  Clockwise from left: 'Under the Hawthorn Tree', 'Iron Pussy: A Kimchi Affair', and 'Certified Copy' will screen at this year's PIFF, which opens today. Provided by the organizer Crisp October air wafts over Haeundae Beach, hotels are full and beautiful people are streaming into the city. For Busaners and movie lovers alike, these are telltale signs of the onset of the Pusan International Film Festival - the biggest of its kind in Asia. PIFF director Kim Dong-ho, who will step down after this year's festival, said the mission for PIFF has remained the same,...More