Still shot from the opening film "Scent of the Wind" courtesy of BIFF ()
The 27th edition of the Busan International Film Festival will return to pre-pandemic days with the pomp and circumstance of pre-pandemic years.
The festival announced that 100% of seats will be sold this year for the first time since 2019.
Other highlights include: - 243 films (features and shorts) from 71 countries and territories will be screened, including 89 world premieres and 13 international premieres - The opening and closing red carpet ceremonies will return - 30 screens at seven venues will be used - Tony Leung Chiu-wai was named “Asian Filmmaker of the Year” and will be at the festival to accept the award - “Scent of Wind” by Iraninan director Hagi Mohaghegh who previously won the 2015 New Currents competition in Busan with his second feature Immortal will open the festival - Japanese director Ishikawa Kei’s “A Man” was selected as the closing film - Alain Guiraudie’s “Nobody’s Hero” and Pietro Marcello’s “Scarlet” head up the Gala section, with Tony Leung Chui-wai selecting six others - Also rumored to come to the festival are Thai actor and model Mario Maurer, Japanese actors Satoshi Tsubuji and Ryo Kase, as well as Korean director Kim Ji-woon and actor Lee Byung-hun - Ticket dates were not announced, but traditionally go on sale around the 3rd to 4th week in September
