Busan at 30: Director Jung Hanseok Charts Bold New Course for Festival’s Future

As the Busan International Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary, director Jung Hanseok isn’t dwelling on past achievements. Instead, he’s orchestrating what he calls “the very beginning of a new chapter” for one of Asia’s most influential film festivals.

The milestone edition, which opened with Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice,” represents the most dramatic transformation in BIFF’s history, centered around the launch of its first-ever Competition section and a comprehensive reimagining of the festival’s structure.

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“The weight of the number ’30’ is definitely undeniable,” Jung tells Variety. “But I didn’t want this year to simply be about looking back on past

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