After a typhoon wiped out Wednesday evening events in Busan and brought back memories of last year’s drenching, organizers of themust be mighty pleased to have got proceedings under way Thursday largely as planned.
Korean film-making, which during the lifetime of the Busan festival has gone from obscurity to world-beating, is also being celebrated. The Korean Cinema Award was presented to Bae Yong-jae and Yoo Dong-suk, organizers of the Paris Korean Film Festival, which has screened 500 features over its 14 years existence. “Our goal is to create a cultural code of Korean cinema, in France, said Bae.
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