Zhi Yi Nov 30, 20176 min readIs virtual reality here to stay?Participants try out the VR experience Virtual reality (VR) films have recently been introduced into the film festival circuit, making...
Zhi Yi Nov 30, 20175 min readIn Retrospect(ive): 7 questions with Jongsuk Thomas Nam Above: Kim Ki-young retrospective curator Jongsuk Thomas Nam, who is currently the managing director of the Bucheon International...
Zhi Yi Nov 30, 20175 min readA tale of 3 BIFF programmers: Pak Dosin, Kim Young-woo & Nam Dong-chulTop to bottom: Pak Dosin, Nam Dong-chul, Kim Young-woo Photo credit: biff.kr At the Busan International Film Festival, audiences often...
Zhi Yi Nov 26, 20177 min readBIFF: is bigger the better, the more the merrier? When it comes to the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), the festival clearly holds true to the mantra “the more the merrier.” This...
Zhi Yi Nov 26, 20177 min readThe success of BIFF’s programming: how it upstaged the HKIFF as the hub of Asian cinema (Above): Excited visitors gather at an Outdoor Greeting with the cast of The Day After. Since it began in 1996, the Busan International...
Zhi Yi Nov 26, 20175 min readThe magical world of Sakha cinemaPhoto credit: biff.kr Not many filmmakers can say they have experienced filming at extreme subzero temperatures in one of the harshest...
Zhi Yi Nov 26, 20175 min readDocumentary co-productions flourish in Asia Above: A still from In the Claws of a Century Wanting, a Philippines, Germany and Qatar documentary co-production in the Wide Angle...
