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[2026 BIFF] Ann Hui wins Camellia Award, Michelle Yeoh named Asia Filmmaker of the Year as 31st Busan International Film Festival opens

[2026 BIFF] Ann Hui wins Camellia Award, Michelle Yeoh named Asia Filmmaker of the Year as 31st Busan International Film Festival opens

The 31st Busan International Film Festival opened with a grand ceremony at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae, Busan, kicking off Asia's largest film festival. This year BIFF moved its opening day up by one day from Wednesday to Tuesday.
| Kim Ji-yeon
[On the Ground at BIFF] “Art Is Art”: Zhang Yimou Breaks Silence on Historical Controversy Over “Assassins”; Top Asian Film to Be Named on 15th

[On the Ground at BIFF] “Art Is Art”: Zhang Yimou Breaks Silence on Historical Controversy Over “Assassins”; Top Asian Film to Be Named on 15th

Director Jung Juri shares concerns that creators could be intimidated; the 31st Busan International Film Festival jury will select South Korea’s Academy submission from 13 competition entries
Director “Zhang Yimou”, the Chinese cinema master serving as jury president for this year’s 31st Busan International Film Festival competition, has firmly stated his position on the controversy over historical distortion surrounding “Assassins”, a film that has recently stirred South Korea’s movie...
| James choi
Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jeong blasts ideological litmus test for film ‘Assassin(s)’: “Questionable motives ... We’ll keep providing filming spaces to creators”

Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jeong blasts ideological litmus test for film ‘Assassin(s)’: “Questionable motives ... We’ll keep providing filming spaces to creators”

100 Days in Office Briefing
Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jeong has taken a firm stance on the recent political controversy over renting filming locations for the movie 'Assassin '. He strongly criticized a flood of document-submission demands from National Assembly lawmakers affiliated with the People Power Party, calling them an...
| James choi
Little-Known Stories About Korean Film Directors, Part 2: Kim Han-min Once Fled a Theater to Escape an Elephant

Little-Known Stories About Korean Film Directors, Part 2: Kim Han-min Once Fled a Theater to Escape an Elephant

※[Fascinating anecdotes about Korean film directors you probably didn't know] continues from Part 1.〈The Admiral: Roaring Currents〉 〈Hansan: Rising Dragon〉 director Kim Han-min once ran out of a theater after thinking an elephant on screen was charging at him Kim Han-min, the director of the Yi...
| Kim Ji-yeon
LA screening: “Korean men are conditioned by oppression” — Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ takes aim at Oscars

LA screening: “Korean men are conditioned by oppression” — Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ takes aim at Oscars

After winning the Venice jury’s Grand Prix, the film is selected as South Korea’s Academy submission, with Seol Kyung-gu and Jeon Do-yeon praised for their performances as a wounded laid-off worker and his wife
Acclaimed director 'Lee Chang-dong' raised a weighty and pointed question at a special Los Angeles screening of 'Possible Love', saying, "Korean men are conditioned by a far more oppressive structure than the one in the United States.
| James choi
Bae Sung-jae and Kim Da-young Expect First Child 18 Months After Marriage

Bae Sung-jae and Kim Da-young Expect First Child 18 Months After Marriage

The couple, who drew attention with their “no-wedding” ceremony last May, are expecting a child after two years of dating Former announcer Bae Sung-jae, 48, and former announcer Kim Da-young, 34, are expecting their first child.
| James choi
31st Busan International Film Festival to screen 247 films ... 'The Day and the Night Are for Each Other' to premiere Oct. 6

31st Busan International Film Festival to screen 247 films ... 'The Day and the Night Are for Each Other' to premiere Oct. 6

247 films from 59 countries to be screened ... Opening film 'The Day and the Night Are for Each Other' to premiere Named an 'A-list film festival' ... A business hub for Asia's film industry
Festival to be held across Busan for 10 days starting Oct. 6, with 14 competition entries and 64 industry programs 'A-list' festival becomes a hub for Asia's film industry The '31st Busan International Film Festival' , which has earned global recognition beyond Asia, will fill Busan with the...
| James choi
Teresa Giudice reveals during airport turmoil: “Daughter Milania tested positive for fentanyl” — behind-the-scenes look at mental health protective custody

Teresa Giudice reveals during airport turmoil: “Daughter Milania tested positive for fentanyl” — behind-the-scenes look at mental health protective custody

- TMZ exclusively obtains body-camera footage of the Giudice family’s emotional breakdown at Tampa International Airport - Teresa Giudice tells police, “My daughter tested positive for fentanyl”; Milania claims “someone secretly laced my medication or drink” - The incident occurred just before Milania was to be taken to a mental-health facility under Florida’s Baker Act - Older sister Gia Giudice reveals the family hired a counselor and tearfully tells Milania, “I want to save your life”
Teresa Giudice (54), a star of the hit reality show The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and her daughter, Milania Giudice, endured an intense emotional breakdown at an airport that prompted police to respond, it has emerged.
| Yangsimoh
BTS sets new Oricon record in Japan, sweeps three VMAs in U.S. global run

BTS sets new Oricon record in Japan, sweeps three VMAs in U.S. global run

“Boy With Luv” surpasses 1 million cumulative points on Oricon’s weekly combined singles chart in Japan, setting the group’s fourth record BTS sweeps three awards at the 2026 MTV VMAs with new song “SWIM,” becoming the first K-pop act to win Song of the Year and setting a new personal best BTS continues its global push with a nomination for Most Popular International Artist at Australia’s top music awards, the 2026 ARIA Awards
Global supergroup BTS has reached another milestone on Japan’s Oricon charts. According to Oricon on Sept. 28, BTS’ title track “Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)” from the mini album “MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA” surpassed 1 million cumulative points on the latest Weekly Combined Singles Ranking, dated...
| Seongchan Eol
‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ director Toshio Masuda dies at 98; ‘Space Battleship Yamato’ earns 2.1 billion yen in 1977

‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ director Toshio Masuda dies at 98; ‘Space Battleship Yamato’ earns 2.1 billion yen in 1977

Masuda directed ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ after Akira Kurosawa’s departure and made 25 films with Yujiro Ishihara
Box-office titan of his era leaves behind a genre-spanning legacy Toshio Masuda, a director who helped lead Japan’s film industry through its golden age and worked across action, romance and animation, has died.
| James choi