All Bifan articles 1y1k1n
-
News‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ and Korea’s ‘Esper’s Light’ win top prizes at Bifan 2024 1v5h37
Further winners include US director JT Mollner.
- News
Kenneth Dagatan’s ‘Molder’ wins top Bucheon Award at NAFF project market 2024 3l1fb
Further winners hail from Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea.
-
News“Something huge is coming” say AI experts as Bifan awards first AI film prizes 1j4g22
A three-day conference dedicated to artificial intelligence concluded with the awarding of prizes to AI-generated films.
- News
Taiwan’s Hope Marketing sells Bifan drama ‘Who’ll Stop The Rain’ (exclusive) 5u5a3d
The firm has also closed a deal for documentary ‘In Search of A Mixed Identity’.
- News
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival reveals 2024 line-up d2l56
The festival in South Korea is set to open with Rose Glass’s ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and close with Soi Cheang’s ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’.
- News
Kenneth Dagatan, Nelson Yeo titles among Korea’s Bifan genre project line-up for NAFF 2024 m4lm
Further projects selected from filmmaker Patiparn Boontarig and the producers of Cannes drama ‘Viet And Nam’.
- News
Korea’s Bifan launches first AI film competition with 15 titles 155767
The films will compete for awards of up to $11,000.
-
Features14 films to watch from the summer festivals 133z2j
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Bifan, Karlovy Vary, New York Asian Film Festival, Galway and Fantasia.
- Features
Takashi Shimizu, creator of ‘The Grudge’, talks working with boyband Generations on latest horror ‘Sana’ 5m1v6i
The horror receives its world premiere as the closing film of Bifan.
- News
Chile’s ‘Sorcery’, Korea’s ‘Iron Mask’ win top awards at Bifan film festival 5p2y1z
The festival’s closing film was the world premiere of Takashi Shimizu’s ‘Sana’.
- Reviews
‘Bad Education’: Bifan Review g104g
Three Taiwanese high school graduates embark on a night of increasing peversity in Kai Ko’s directorial debut
- Features
Cannes award-winner Takamasa Oe on directing ‘Whale Bones’ after Oscar success of ‘Drive My Car’ 4f6r67
The film ombines magical realism with tech horror and received its world premiere at Bifan.
-
Reviews‘Restore Point’: Karlovy Vary Review 6a2s5d
Ambitious Czech thriller is set in a near future where dead bodies can be restored to life
- News
How streaming and division have fed the folk horror resurgence 142r29
A at Bifan in South Korea discussed the reasons behind the popularity of the genre.
- News
Malaysia’s ‘The port’ wins top Bucheon Award at Bifan’s NAFF project market 2d1z5c
Projects from South Korea, Japan and the Philippines among winners.
- News
Japan’s Macoto Tezka on how “monsters, horror and art” inspired his filmmaking 413v6a
The self-styled visualist is the son of “godfather of manga” Osamu Tezuka.
- Features
How XR projects are blurring reality and moving beyond VR headsets 3q3e6r
Bifan’s Beyond Reality section is showcasing cutting edge XR projects.
- Features
How Hong Kong’s ‘Warriors Of Future’ and Thailand’s ‘Love Destiny The Movie’ scored local box office success s2f4u
The biggest local hits in the 13 Asian markets are also reported.
- Features
Five Japanese genre projects under the spotlight at Bifan’s NAFF 6w616g
Projects include talent such as ‘#Manhole’ director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and Hiroshi Takahashi, the co-writer of iconic horror ‘Ring’.
- Features
‘Tiger Stripes’ director Amanda Nell Eu tracks the wild journey of the award-winning Malaysian film 3we3d
The Cannes’ Critics’ Week award-winner is playing in competition at Bifan in South Korea.
