Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLee Yong-kwan has been reappointed as chairman of the Busan International Film Festival for a further four years.
He was one of the festival’s original co-founders back in 1996 and has held the chairman’s job since 2018. His renewal was agreed at a general assembly on Thursday.The next edition of the festival will run Oct.
5-14, 2022. The accompanying Asian Contents & Film Market will run Oct. 8-11.The festival operated for the past two years in physical form, but under tight anti-COVID restrictions that reduced screenings, pushed the ACFM largely online and meant few foreign filmmakers, media or other guests were able to attend.
Both the festival and market were under new management from last year. Huh Moonyung was the new festival director while industry-administrative veteran Oh Seok-geun took over at the ACFM.
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