Global Information28th Busan International Film Festival information
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| Opening film | Because I Hate Korea by Jang Kun-jae |
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| Closing film | The Movie Emperor by Ning Hao |
| Location | Busan Cinema Center |
| Founded | 1995 |
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| No. of films | 269 |
| Festival date | Opening: October 4, 2023 Closing: October 13, 2023 |
| Website | BIFF 2023 |
The 28th Busan International Film Festival (Korean: 제28회 부산국제영화제) opened on October 4 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea. Song Kang-ho of Parasite fame welcomed filmmakers as host of the festival, while Park Eun-bin acted as the moderator of the ceremony, which was broadcast live on YouTube channel and Naver TV.[1] Opening with South Korean film Because I Hate Korea by Jang Kun-jae, 269 films were screened, including 209 officially invited films from 69 countries and 60 community beef screenings.[2] Jung Sung-il, South Korean film critic, director and screenwriter served as chairman of the jury for its main competition section.[3]
BIFF this year opened special program, ‘Renaissance of Indonesian Cinema’ paying attention to Indonesia with 7 feature films and 5 short films, including a series to be released on Netflix.[4] Chow Yun-fat, a Hong Kong star, received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award, whereas Yoon Jeong-hee posthumously received the Korean Film Achievement Award.
BIFF closed on October 13 with Go Min-si and Hong Kyung acting as master of ceremonies,[5] and the Chinese film industry satire The Movie Emperor by Ning Hao, screened as closing film.[6]
The main award of the festival New Currents Award was given to Bangladeshi film The Wrestler by Iqbal H. Chowdhary, which follows an eccentric old fisherman who trains rigorously in a traditional form of wrestling; and Japanese film September 1923 by Tatsuya Mori, a historical feature marking 100 years of Great Kanto earthquake, which dramatises a massacre that followed the natural disaster.[7][8]
- ^ Lee Ha-neul (October 3, 2023). "28th BIFF 개막식, 온라인 통해 생중계된다" [28th BIFF opening ceremony to be broadcast live online]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ^ Yang Yu-jin (September 5, 2023). "송강호, 제28회 부산국제영화제 대표한다…'올해의 호스트' 확정" [Song Kang-ho represents the 28th Busan International Film Festival... ‘Host of the Year’ confirmed]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
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