BUSAN, South Korea-Monday 16 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Busan Metropolitan City will host the 24th Busan International Film Festival and G-STAR 2019.
2019 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will showcase 303 films on 37 screens from October 3 to 12. Game Show & Trade, All-Round ‘G-STAR 2019’,
the global game exhibition, will take place at BEXCO, Busan from
November 14 to 17. G-STAR 2019 will feature a variety of events
including BTC (Business To Consumer) Program, BTB (Business To Business)
Program, Global Game Conference, Game Investment Market, Game Industry
Job Fair, and Korea Game Award.
During the BIFF, 303
films from 85 countries will be shown on 37 screens at 6 theaters
including Busan Cinema Center, CGV Centum City, Lotte Cinema Centum
City, Megabox Haeundae, Dongseo University Sohyang Theater, and Lotte
Cinema Daeyoung.
The program
includes 150 premieres such as 120 World Premieres (97 feature films and
23 short films), and 30 International Premieres (29 feature films and 1
short film).
It is notable that a new section, ICON
will be established to introduce the films made by iconic filmmakers
from around the world. In addition, 10 of the most historically
meaningful classic films will be screened to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the Korean Film Industry. The selected films will be
screened at Busan Citizen Park to allow more citizens to watch the films
with historical significance.
The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time co-directed by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov and Lisa Takeba and Moonlit Winter directed by Lim Dae-hyung were respectively selected for opening and closing ceremony.
Other major
events include Hand Printing, Master Class, Platform Busan, Open Talk,
and Outdoor Greeting. In particular, the Asian Film Market is expected
to become an integrated contents market in Asia as the market will cover
the broader scope of contents beyond the film industry including
publication, webtoon, and broadcasting. (www.biff.kr)
East meets West at G-STAR 2019, Asia's largest game exhibition in Busan, Korea, on November 14-17.
This year G-STAR is expecting over 700 exhibiting companies and over 2,000 trade visitors from 36 countries as well as massive 200,000 gamers.
Busan
Metropolitan City has hosted G-STAR since 2009. In 2018, 689
participating businesses from 36 countries operated 2,966 booths and
230,000 visitors attended the event, the largest number of participants
in its history. (www.gstar.or.kr)
Contacts
Busan Metropolitan City
Ryoo Hying-Suk,
+82-51-888-1314
aaaa6444@korea.kr
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