Busan Film Fest to Mark 100th Anniversary of Korean Movies

Published on 2019/09/06 | Source

This year's Busan International Film Festival will kick off its 10-day run on Oct. 3, and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Korean film industry, 10 major Korean films will premiere there along with over 300 films from 85 countries.

The opening film is "The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time" by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov from Kazakhstan and Lisa Takeba from Japan, a fresh take on classic American Westerns.

"Moonlit Winter" by Korean director Lim Dae-hyeong, a story of an estranged mother and daughter, will close the festival.