Who are the Chinese figures in the 27th Busan International Film Festival?

has been a carnival day for movie fans and friends recently.

Spain San Sebastian International Film Festival is over soon, National Day is about to end, Busan International Film Festival has just kicked off, Tokyo International Film Festival is also ready to go.

Here, let's talk about Busan International Film Festival .

Speaking of Korean movie , I have to mention its growing international influence.

The Korean film " Parasite " won the 2020 Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Film 4 awards.

Bong Joon-ho's work "Parasite"

won four heavyweight awards, it also broke the Oscar's record for the best picture award in the past 100 years, which was only awarded to English-language films .

Zhang Yimou 's " High Red Lanterns " and Chen Kaige 's "Farewell My Concubine" are all very good films, but only won the Oscar nomination for the best foreign language film .

And the most dazzling Chinese director on the international stage represents Ang Lee , his " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film .

This is not only the pride of Korean movies, but also the glory of the entire Asian movie, which is of great significance.

The Korean web drama "Squid Game" , which will be launched on Netflix in 2021, has swept the world and has become the highest-rated drama on Netflix. It is estimated that it has created a market value of 891 million US dollars.

and "Squid Game" won the Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama, Best Guest Actress in a Drama, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects and Best Stunts for .

"Squid Game" directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk

Since 1998, the Cannes Film Festival has screened 4-10 Korean films every year.

At this year's 75th Cannes Film Festival, Korean films also shined.

is Hirokazu Kore-eda's work "The Broker"

Korean actor Song Kang-ho won the Best Actor Award for "The Broker" , Korean director Park Chan-wook won the Best Director Award for "'s Determination to Break Up ".

The 27th Busan International Film Festival poster

This 27th Busan International Film Festival is in full swing, which will be held from October 5th to 14th at . There will be 242 from 71 countries (regions) The movie was exhibited.

This includes films that have won awards at international film festivals.

At the 75th Cannes International Film Festival, won the Palme d'Or for "Triangle of Sorrows" , Jury Prize winner "Intimacy", Jury Prize winner "Eight Mountains" and "Donkey Barking", and Best Director Award's "Resolve to Break Up" .

At the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival , the Golden Bear Award-winning film "Alcaraz" , the Jury Award "Novelist's Film", the Best Director Silver Bear Award "Double-Edged Sword", etc. Will meet the audience during the film festival .

The "Avatar 2:"The Way of Water" will have a 15-minute trial screening in advance at this film festival.

and director James Cameron will communicate with the audience via video link.

In the "Film Maker&39;s Talk" segment, Chen Kexin , the director of the movie " Sweet " well-known to the Korean audience, will interact with the audience and tell about his movie world.

Director Chen Kexin

Although the Busan International Film Festival is an international B-type film festival, its influence on the Asian circuit is not inferior to other A-type film festivals. It is one of the most important film festivals in Asia.

This is thanks to the unique Asian cultural concern of the Busan International Film Festival.

This opening film is the work "Breath of the Wind" by Iranian director Hadi Mohahe, which is the world premiere of this film.

and 's closing movie is "A Certain Man" by Japanese director Ishikawa Kei .

mentioned the opening and closing ceremonies of the Busan International Film Festival, Chinese film is already a regular customer .

There are many classic works from China, such as " In the Mood for Love ", " Crazy Stones ", " Hawthorn Tree Love " , including the recent " Band of Seven ", "Anita Mui" , Arranged by the Busan International Film Festival to screen at the opening and closing ceremonies of .

Except for the opening and closing ceremonies, which are Asian elements , almost all awards at the Busan International Film Festival are around Asia, such as the Korean Film Award, Kim Ji Suk Award, Best Documentary Award, Best Asian Short Film Award and many other awards.

and some heavyweight awards, even has in China, .

Asian Filmmaker of the Year Awards


Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award - awarded to Asian filmmakers who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the Asian film industry and culture throughout the year.

actor Tony Leung

This year's winner is Hong Kong actor Tony Leung . As a very well-known actor in South Korea, his visit has become the biggest attraction of this film festival. The

Film Festival also held an exhibition of works for him, who has been in film for nearly 40 years, and screened 6 works carefully selected by Tony Leung, "2046", " East and West is ", "In the Mood for Love", "Dark Flower", "Springtime", "Infernal Affairs" ".

Tony Leung has 5 times as the best actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards , 3 times as the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award actor , is the actor who has won the most of these two honors, and also won the best actor at the Cannes Film Festival Actor Award , and Asian Film Awards Best Actor .

He is 60 years old and still active in the world of cinema.

Next year's Spring Festival, we are expected to watch his new work " nameless " on the screen.

New Wave

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New Wave Award - for the Asian film competition unit , the participants are mainly new directors who have directed feature films for the first time or the second time, aiming to encourage and explore talented new directors in Asia.

The Chinese director of is also a familiar face on this track.

At the 1st Busan International Film Festival, Wushan Yunyu directed by Zhang Ming won the New Wave Award.

"Xiao Wu" directed by Jia Zhangke won the New Wave Award at the 3rd Busan International Film Festival.

Zhang Lu's "The Seed" won the New Wave Award at the 10th Busan International Film Festival.

" Knife in Clear Water " directed by Wang Xuebo won the New Wave Award at the 21st Busan International Film Festival.

Traceway's " Snowstorm " won the New Wave Award at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival.

Asian Content

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Asian Content Awards-a side competition for TV series , which aims to recognize awards for high-quality film and television content in Asia.

This year's competition, Gigi Leung competed with Ma Sichun, who appeared in " Jiang Zhaoliang ", on the same stage as and . In addition to

, ​​"Anti-Starting Line League" was also shortlisted for the Best Screenplay Award .

Liu Weiheng directed the work "Reverse Starting Line Alliance"

"IT Dog" was nominated for the Rising Star Award , at the same time, the play's actor Cen Jiaqi will compete with Park Hae-soo of "Squid Game" for the first prize of Best Supporting Actor .

This year's "Window of Asia" unit is full of Chinese elements , three Chinese films "Ordinary Men and Women", "Love Myth" and "Hidden in the Dust" are all shortlisted.

At the end of the last century, Hong Kong movies had a profound influence on South Korea, , Tony Leung, Chow Yun-fat , Leslie Cheung and other actors are well-known in South Korea.

The crime genre film that South Korea is proud of is actually also subtly influenced by Hong Kong films in the golden age.

The Korean drama " please answer 1988" clip

Up to now, the shadow of Hong Kong film can be seen in many Korean programs.

After the rapid development of the Korean entertainment industry, a group of Chinese artists represented by Han Geng , Zhang Yixing , and Huang Zitao went to Korean entertainment agencies for further education.

In terms of film and television, in 2007, " Assembly " directed by Feng Xiaogang enabled the Korean special effects team who produced "Taichi Flag Flying".

Still photo of " Flying Dance " directed by Kim Rongjun

Chinese actor Wang Yanan and Korean actor Kim Hee-sun co-starred in "Flying Dance" .

Zhang Ziyi took over the film " Samurai " directed by Kim Sung-soo, and Jang Dong-gun starred in the film " Wuji " directed by Chen Kaige.

Chinese actor Tang Wei even got married in 2014 by appearing in Korean director Kim Tae-yong 's movie "Late Autumn", and he got married with him.

goldTai Yong and Tang Wei

"Breakup Contract" is a remake of the Korean movie "Gift" , and the final film received 192 million box office.

After that, many investors rushed forward, and the remake of Korean movies in China became a craze for a while.

" returns to 20 years old " is a remake of the Korean love film "Strange Her" , starring Yang Zishan and Lu Han together, and the word of mouth is overwhelming, and it ends with a box office score of 360 million.

The success of the film has a lot to do with the excellent localization design . The details of Chinese characteristics such as

playing mahjong, square dancing, and in the elderly university make the film more grounded.

Chinese writer Yu Hua 's novel "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" was brought to the screen in 2015 by Korean director Ha Jung-woo .

Xu Yulan's identity changed from "you tiao xi shi" to "popcorn xi shi" well-known to Korean women and children; Xu Sanguan after selling blood, the "a plate of fried pork liver, two liang of rice wine" was replaced by "A plate of rice sausage, a bottle of white wine". Director

combines the national conditions of South Korea, retains the local characteristics of South Korea , which is recognized by the audience.

Korean director Cao Yixi's work "Top Secret Tracking" is a remake of Hong Kong director You Naihai's work "Tracking" .

Park Hoon-jung's work " New World " is also known as the Korean version of "Infernal Affairs" .

Surprisingly, "Oh! Wen Ji" will be released in mainland China on December 3, 2021 on . This is the first time in six years that Korean films have returned to the Chinese big screen. Before it, the last Korean film to be introduced was "Assassination" in September 2015.

Zheng Shijiao's work "Oh! Wen Ji "


Text: Tea

Editor: Skylar