With anew leadership teamheaded by chairman and veteran filmmaker Park Kwang-su as well as Ellen Y.D.
Kim, the festival awarded the Asian Filmmaker of the Year honors to Japanese auteurKiyoshi Kurosawa.
Kurosawa won Venices Silver Lion for best director in 2020 withWife of a Spy.
The cast of ‘Uprising,’ led by Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min, on WednesdayBusan IFF
Being rejected countless times by production companies, I decided to survive and change their bias, Ryu said.
A hush fell across the audience when the festivals in memoriam video honoring the lateLee Sun-kyunstarted playing.
Besides appearing inParasite, Lee starred in titles likeMy Mister,Coffee PrinceandA Hard Day.
The festival will screen a total of 279 films from 63 countries.
The festival will close October 11 withSpirit Worldby Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo.
