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Hong and Bong to speak with Weerasethakul at inaugural Busan Cinema Forum

For the inaugural Busan Cinema Forum (BCF), the 16th Busan International Film Festival has announced Korean auteurs Hong Sang-soo and Bong Joon-ho will be joining Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul in a discussion on the future of Asian cinema with critics from the legendary French film journal Les Cahiers du Cinema.

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Weerasethakul, who won last year's Cannes Palme d'Or with his film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, had also previously been announced as one of the Forum's keynote speakers, along with Yale University professor Dudley Andrew, whose works include Concepts of Film Theory and Film in the Aura of Art.

Aiming to help build a theoretical and academic base to enlarge the scope and field of the film industry, the BCF this year will open Oct. 10 – 12 with the theme "Seeking the Path of Asian Cinema in the 21st Century: East Asia".

In addition to the Les Cahiers du Cinéma programme, five other organization will be holding talks. The Film Studies Association of Korea (FISAK) – one of Korea's oldest non-profit research centers comprised of professors and researchers, will cover "Globalism and Localism of East Asian Films".

The Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference (ASEACC), a group of young cineastes and film scholars established at the Asian Cinema Conference of the Singapore National University in 2004, will cover "Southeast Asian Cinema in Time".

The Film Festival Research Network (FFRN), a group of scholars researching the diverse aspects of film festivals, will talk about "Film Festivals and Asia" while the Association of East Asian Film Studies (AEAF), an international academic organization that provides perspectives from East Asian film researchers, will cover "Competing Approaches to Understanding East Asian Cinema in the 21st century: National, Regional or Global?"

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), a leading scholarly organization comprised of 3,000 eminent scholars from eight different countries that researches film and the media in North America, will cover "Globalization and Asian Cinema".

Registration for BCF badges ends Oct. 5. Visit the BCF website at http://forum.biff.kr for more information.

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