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member Lalisa Manobel aka Lisa brought unexpected glamour to the opening night of the 30th edition of Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Straight from slaying the red carpet of the recently held Emmy Awards 2025, Lisa oozed oomph with her surprise appearance as she smiled for the shutterbugs. Park Chan-Wook's No Other Choice brought curtains up on the prestigious festival on September 17, that also saw its starcast in attendance. KPop Demon Hunters directed Maggie Kang and Guillermo del Toro also brought star power.
Lisa shines at BIFF 2025
Lisa chose an ensemble that was bold and creative for creating an optical illusion of a sheer silhouette. Her fans and BLINKs were left gasping. Many took to social media and reacted. A post read on X (formerly Twitter), "Lisa at the film festival? Talk about a blockbuster surprise! Can we get a sequel?" Another one said, "I have no words to describe how stunning and beautiful she looks!" A surprised fan reacted, "I thought this was edited, but it turned out to be real. It was very surprising. Yesterday in Emmy and now in here Wow just look amazing lisa."No Other Choice opens BIFF
Meanwhile, Lee Byung-Hun, Son Ye-Jin, Park Hee-Soon, Yum Hye-Ran, and Lee Sung-Min joined Park Chan-Wook to present their record-smashing movie No Other Choice that opened Asia's biggest film festival on Wednesday. This year, the festival has launched its first full fledged competition lineup. This is in sync with South Korea projects emerging as a global soft power following worldwide success of Squid Game, Parasite and KPop Demon Hunters.South Korean contingent
Other Korean names who came for the opening night were Kim Minha, Jeon Jong-Seo, Han So-Hee, Lee Jin-Wook, Yoo Ji-Tae, Lee Hye-Young, Krystal Jung, Jo Woo-Jin, and Park Ji-Hwan. The team of The Murky Stream including actors Rowoon, Shin Ye-eun, and Park Seo-ham were there. Hollywood filmmaker Michael Mann came apart from Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi who came for his Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.Asian, Indian artists in attendance
Indonesian star Dian Sastrowardoyo and Malaysian filmmaker, Hong Kong legend Tony Leung Ka-fai, and The Shadow’s Edge producer Victoria Hon and director Larry Yang also arrived. Nishijima Hidetoshi and Gwei Lun-mei for Mariko Tatsuya’s Dear Stranger represented the Japanese cinema, along with Watanabe Ken, Kentaro Takaguchi, Okada Junichi, and Miyake Sho.The Indian contingent saw producer Shiladitya Bora, and the team of Full Plate, namely actors Tannishtha Chatterjee and Kirti Kulhari.Do you find this article useful?
