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Busan Film Festival Announces Doc Square and Closing Ceremony Host

Updated 2026-09-04 09:10 UTC 2 sources Neutral

The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will present the Asian Contents & Film Market’s Doc Square 2026, featuring eight partner organizations from five countries. Yim Siwan has been named as the closing ceremony host for this year's festival.

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Variety

Busan Market Unveils Doc Square, Launches Impact Asia as Yim Siwan Named Festival Closing Ceremony Host

The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), the market of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), will present Doc Square 2026 from Oct. 10-13, bringing together eight partner organizations from five countries to connect Asian documentary creators with industry professionals. Launched last ye

2026-09-04 08:53 UTC

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Jack Huston On The Tough Questions About Sexual Abuse Posed By Paul Schrader’s Film ‘The Basics Of Philosophy’: “It’s Almost Become A Taboo Subject” – Venice Film Festival

Paul Schrader writes great parts for great actors, and has been doing so for 50 years, since Robert De Niro played Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Since then, to name but a few, he’s given us William Devane in Rolling Thunder, Richard Gere in American Gigolo, Willem Dafoe in Light Sl

2026-09-04 09:03 UTC