The 31st edition drew its biggest audiences since 2015 while the row over ‘The Assassin(s)’ and Majid Majidi’s war speech put politics center stage.
By Naman Ramachandran, Ophélie Surcouf, Lin Ying-Hsuan Add us as a Google Preferred Source
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Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival drew its largest film audience in more than a decade at its 31st edition, which ran Oct. 6–15, while a political firestorm over a Korean box office hit and an Iranian director’s war speech kept politics in the spotlight.
These are Variety’s takeaways from the festival and its Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM).
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