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‘Bedford Park’ Star and Busan Juror Moon Choi on Locking Away Her Trophies and Plotting a Screen Version of a Molière-Winning Play

‘Bedford Park’ Star and Busan Juror Moon Choi on Locking Away Her Trophies and Plotting a Screen Version of a Molière-Winning Play

For several years after the biggest run of her career, Moon Choi, known in Korea as Choi Hee-seo, kept her trophies out of sight. The haul was substantial. Her turn as Japanese anarchist Kaneko Fumiko in “Anarchist from Colony” swept Korea’s new actress prizes, and her lead role in independent feature “Our Body,” which bowed […]
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Busan Market Chief Ellen Y.D. Kim Plots Year-Round ACFM 365 Platform, Warns Public Funding Has Stalled

Busan Market Chief Ellen Y.D. Kim Plots Year-Round ACFM 365 Platform, Warns Public Funding Has Stalled

The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) should grow beyond its four days in Busan into a platform that runs all year, director Ellen Y.D. Kim tells Variety. She adds that public money for the market has not grown alongside it. Kim calls the idea ACFM 365. It would be a permanent database and matchmaking […]
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Philippines Revamps International Co-Production Fund With Minority and Majority Tracks, Unveiled at Busan Market

Philippines Revamps International Co-Production Fund With Minority and Majority Tracks, Unveiled at Busan Market

The Philippines has revamped its International Co-Production Fund (ICOF) around two tracks, with the amount of cash on offer tied to the size of the Filipino stake in a project. The Film Philippines Office (FPO) unveiled the new framework at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market. The Majority Track covers projects […]
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Australian Dramedy ‘Her Last Laugh,’ With ‘XO, Kitty’ and ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Actors, Heads to Busan Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)

Australian Dramedy ‘Her Last Laugh,’ With ‘XO, Kitty’ and ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Actors, Heads to Busan Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)

Hong Kong-based Cappu Films has taken on sales beyond Australia and New Zealand for “Her Last Laugh,” Joy Hopwood’s Australian dramedy featuring Peter Thurnwald (“XO, Kitty”) and Ana Thu Nguyen (“Mortal Kombat II”). The finished film is being introduced to buyers at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market. Hopwood wrote, directed […]
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Thai Horror ‘Rinrada: The Influencer’ Scores Asia, Middle East Deals Around Screamfest Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Thai Horror ‘Rinrada: The Influencer’ Scores Asia, Middle East Deals Around Screamfest Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Thai horror hit “Rinrada: The Influencer,” which stars Yoshi Rinrada in her first horror lead, has closed distribution deals in Asia and the Middle East around its North American debut at Screamfest. The story centers on an influencer whose life is wrecked by an online pile-on. She comes back as a ghost with little time […]
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Netflix Says 67% of Surveyed Members Want to Visit Korea as Busan’s Creative Asia Puts Locations in Focus

Netflix Says 67% of Surveyed Members Want to Visit Korea as Busan’s Creative Asia Puts Locations in Focus

Netflix research found that 67% of surveyed members internationally expressed interest in visiting South Korea. For the streamer’s Sung Q Lee, the pull lies in the stories set there, rather than the scenery alone. Lee, Netflix’s senior director of APAC production, made the case at the opening masterclass of Creative Asia, which Netflix and the […]
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Tribeca Queer Romance ‘Ephemera’ Lands Worldwide Sales Deal With Cappu Films (EXCLUSIVE)

Tribeca Queer Romance ‘Ephemera’ Lands Worldwide Sales Deal With Cappu Films (EXCLUSIVE)

Hong Kong’s Cappu Films has taken on worldwide sales for “Ephemera,” Shan Jiang’s queer romance, which had its world premiere in Tribeca’s U.S. narrative competition this year. Cappu is shopping the film at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market. Yvonne Shuyu Zhang and Shu-Yi play two young women whose lives are […]
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Keanu Reeves-Voiced Stop-Motion Samurai Film ‘Hidari’ Looks for New Partner After U.S. Talks Stall

Keanu Reeves-Voiced Stop-Motion Samurai Film ‘Hidari’ Looks for New Partner After U.S. Talks Stall

Japan’s Dwarf Studios is looking for a new partner for “Hidari,” the stop-motion samurai film voiced by Keanu Reeves, after talks with a U.S. company that offered to fund the entire budget in exchange for all rights stalled, producer Matsumoto Noriko told an audience at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market […]
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Law Kar-ying and Paw Hee-ching Joined by Sham Kaki, QBobo, Virginia Lau, Ahstisham Ahmad and Jayan Marquez in Sri Kishore’s ‘The Grand Tribute’ (EX...

Law Kar-ying and Paw Hee-ching Joined by Sham Kaki, QBobo, Virginia Lau, Ahstisham Ahmad and Jayan Marquez in Sri Kishore’s ‘The Grand Tribute’ (EX...

Sri Kishore has set his supporting cast for “The Grand Tribute,” adding Sham Kaki, QBobo, Virginia Lau, Ahstisham Ahmad and Jayan Yvette C. Marquez alongside Hong Kong veterans Law Kar-ying and Paw Hee-ching, with the Hong Kong shoot underway. The story follows a Cantonese opera performer in his 70s staging one final show as a […]
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Pakistani Drama ‘Dancers’ Brings a Generation Torn Between Leaving and Staying Home to Busan Asian Project Market

Pakistani Drama ‘Dancers’ Brings a Generation Torn Between Leaving and Staying Home to Busan Asian Project Market

The pull between leaving Pakistan and staying rooted there drives “Dancers,” writer-director Eshah Shakeel’s coming-of-age drama about two young people in a Punjab town near Lahore who bond through clandestine dance lessons. The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market. Paras […]
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AI Grief-Bot Dramedy ‘Talk to Me When You Are Dead,’ Produced by Anthony Chen, Probes the Limits of Digital Afterlives at Busan Asian Project Marke...

AI Grief-Bot Dramedy ‘Talk to Me When You Are Dead,’ Produced by Anthony Chen, Probes the Limits of Digital Afterlives at Busan Asian Project Marke...

A widowed programmer who builds a digital copy of his late wife ends up turning grief into a business in “Talk to Me When You Are Dead,” the debut feature from Singapore’s Alvin Lee, produced by Anthony Chen and Gina Tan. The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan […]
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Paolo Sorrentino Debuts as Producer for Film on 2001 G8 Genoa Clashes

Paolo Sorrentino Debuts as Producer for Film on 2001 G8 Genoa Clashes

Paolo Sorrentino Debuts as Producer for Film on 2001 G8 Genoa Clashes