Thu, 17 May 2012 15:39 PM (HKT)
Busan West reveals selection
By Patrick Frater
Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:37 PM (HKT)
Busan West (11-13 Nov 2011), a film festival being organised by South Korea's Busan International Film Festival 부산국제영화제 and Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in the US, has unveiled an 11-title inaugural line up.
The programme includes three films making their North American premiere; BONG Joon-ho 봉준호's The Host 3D, Korean animation Leafie 마당을 나온 암탉 (pictured) directed by OH Seong-yun 오성윤 | 吳成允, and Filipino drama Niño directed by Loy ARCENAS, winner of the New Currents Award at BIFF 2011.
The festival on Orange County, California, will close with FENG Xiaogang 馮小剛's Aftershock 唐山大地震 (2010).
BUSAN WEST 2011 LINEUP
- Aftershock (China)
- Barking Dogs Never Bite 플란다스의 개 (2000) (South Korea)
- Floating Lives Cánh đồng bất tận (2010) (Vietnam)
- Leafie (South Korea)
- Memories of Murder 살인의 추억 (2003) (South Korea)
- Niño (Philippines)
- Possessed 불신지옥 (2009) (South Korea)
- Secret Reunion 의형제 (2010) (South Korea)
- Sunny 써니 (South Korea)
- The Host 3D (South Korea)
- When Love Comes 當愛來的時候 (2010) (Taiwan)
Related Reviews
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Aftershock
| 唐山大地震
Long-limbed drama is surprisingly moving without being a simple tearjerker.
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Floating Lives
| Cánh đồng bất tận
Photogenic but over-languid drama set on a boat in the Mekong Delta.
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Leafie
| 마당을 나온 암탉
Likeable, if very traditional, cartoon about a battery hen who flees the coop.
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Secret Reunion
| 의형제
Serio-comic mixture of buddy movie and North-South spy thriller that works in bursts.
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Sunny
| 써니
A joyous comedy-drama of female friendship, with excellent ensemble work and lots of retro nostalgia.
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When Love Comes
| 當愛來的時候
Over-long but finally rewarding drama centred on a teenage daughter in a dysfunctional family.
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