Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTwo films each from India, Iran and South Korea feature in the eleven-title New Currents competition that is at the heart of the Busan International Film Festival.The festival this year will be operated as an in-person event Oct 6-15, 2021.
But with Korea’s ongoing restrictions on cross-border travel, it may be a less international gathering.From India, Natesh Hegde’s “Pedro” depicts the difficult situation of an electrician living in a forest village and the forest’s cinematic transformation. “House of Time,” co-directed by Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti, is a suspense story of a doctor who is locked in a house that is occupied by three women.Two films were selected from Iran.
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