Busan International Film Festival

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   South Korean Sensation Rain Enters Military as Hundreds of Fans Bid Him Farewell

   3:39 pm 10/11/2011

   • by Sofia M. Fernandez

   The pop singer-actor’s latest film, "Soar Into the Sun," will be released in 2012.Read more

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   Inseparable: Busan Film Review

   11:10 am 10/11/2011

   • by Kirk Honeycutt

   Kevin Spacey plays a mysterious ex-pat living in China in the writer-director Dayyan Eng’s first Chinese movie with an American star. Read more

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   BUSAN FILM FESTIVAL: THR's Festival Daily

   10:43 am 10/11/2011

   • by THR staff

   News, reviews and analysis from the fifth day of the Korean festival, including a look at Luc Besson's "The Lady."Read more

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4. Watch Indian Circus: Busan Film Review

   10:34 am 10/11/2011

   • by Kirk Honeycutt

   Director-writer Mangesh Hadawale approach the issues of third-world corruption and lack of opportunity in this story about young children who want to go to the circus.Read more

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5. Korean Animators Face Screen, Financing Barriers

   5:13 am 10/11/2011

   • by Park Soo-mee

   "Leafie, A Hen into the Wild" was nicknamed “the emperor of the matinee” in Korea when the film first hit theaters this summer.Read more

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6. Mixed Reviews for Asian Film Market on First Day

   4:56 am 10/11/2011

   • by Park Soo-mee

   Buyers and exhibitors at the Asian Film Market expressed mixed feelings as the trade show opened, moving to the Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre (BEXCO) after five years at the Seacloud Hotel.Read more

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7. Dangerously Excited: Busan Film Review

   3:10 am 10/11/2011

   • by Elizabeth Kerr

   Sophomore Korean director Koo Ja-hong tells a story of kids trying to live their pop star dreams.Read more

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8. The Perfect Stranger: Busan Film Review

   2:57 am 10/11/2011

   • by Elizabeth Kerr

   Toni Bestard’s unassuming debut has a Being There quality as a stranger with no Spanish language skills completely transforms a Spanish village by means of his silence and stares.Read more

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9. Choked: Busan Film Review

   2:33 am 10/11/2011

   • by Maggie Lee

   Director-writer Kim Joong-hyun tackles rampant materialism and obsession with status in a Korean society going through recession.Read more

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    Here...or There?: Busan Film Review

    2:12 am 10/11/2011

    • by Maggie Lee

    Actor-writer-editor Jean-Luc Mello creates a metaphysical film-within-a-film that showcases his talents while exploring small town or suburban life in Vietnam. Read more

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