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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.

Box-office prospects were already more or less lost, yet 〈Digger〉 is earning strong reviews from audiences. Of course, some viewers dislike it as critics did before release, but in South Korea (as of Oct. 7) it has a Watcha score of 3. 8 and a CGV Golden Egg of 92%, earning especially strong marks.

Leading South Korean filmmakers, including directors Jung Ji-young and Lee Myung-se, have taken a firm stand over the controversy surrounding 'Assassins', a film at the center of allegations of historical distortion.

A tighter narrative and psychological battle, deepened by 19 minutes of cinematic artistry The Korean Film Archive officially announced on the 8th that it will hold a special screening on the 13th of the extended version of master director ‘Park Chan-wook’’s thriller ‘No Other Choice’ (2025) at...

Just five years. That is how long it took for the one-shot manga 「Look Back」 to move beyond Japan and capture readers around the world. Tatsuki Fujimoto published the short manga in 2021. It follows Fujino Ayumu and her truant classmate Kyomoto, an exceptionally gifted artist, and what happens when...

Shin Young-kyun Arts and Culture Foundation officially announced on the 7th that it had finalized its selection of five recipients for the 16th ‘Beautiful Artist Awards’, including actors Kim Moo-yeol, Park Geun-hyung and Ahn Sung-ki.

Kim Hyun-joo of 〈Paradise Lost〉, officially invited to the 31st Busan International Film Festival’s Gala Presentation section, appeared on the opening-night red carpet. With tickets for all four official screenings sold out ahead of its domestic premiere, the film has drawn intense interest, and...

If I had to name just one Korean commercial film released this year whose performance fell short of expectations, it would unquestionably be 〈Gyeongju Trip〉. The film's provocative story and its sheer determination to swing between comedy and tragedy with almost ungainly roughness certainly shone,...

South Korea's premier film event and Asia's largest film festival, the '31st Busan International Film Festival' , opened in grand style on Oct. 6. The festival launched a 10-day cinematic journey featuring 316 films, including 93 'world premieres' being shown for the first time anywhere in the...

What texture does the world have when seen through children’s eyes, in places beyond adults’ view. Save the Children, an international nongovernmental organization focused on children’s rights, is using film to raise serious questions for society.