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▲This photo, provided by BIFF, shows movie "A Wild Roomer." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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▲This photo, provided by BIFF, shows movie "Hail to Hell." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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SEOUL, September 2 (Yonhap) -- Ten movies were nominated for the New Currents Awards at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which will be held on October 5.
The secretariat of BIFF announced on Friday that ten movies for the Asian movie competition have been nominated for the New Currents Award The New Currents Awards of the Busan International Film Festival have been discovering new Asian movies for 26 years and have become a gateway to success for skilled directors.
Movies nominated for the New Currents Awards will be competing for the KB New Currents Audience Award, the FIPRESCI Award, The New Currents Award, and the NETPAC Award.
Movies like "Thousand and One Nights" by director KUBOTA Nao and "No End" by director Nader Saeivar stand out among the ten nominated movies.
The film"Thousand and One Nights" depicts a story about people who have lost someone and losing someone.
The film "No End," is a story about a man who is exposed to tremendous violence due to a minor lie, and this movie shows how much potential Iranian films have.
Two Korean movies were nominated. They are director Lee Jeong-hong's "A Wild Roomer" and director Lim Oh-jeong's "Hail to Hell."
The film"A Wild Rommer" mysteriously depicts the story of a man who is a carpenter and his surroundings.
The film "Hail to Hell" is about the adventures of two girls who decide to exact revenge on the evil people who bullied them, and it stands out for its excellent planning and imagination.
The 27th Busan International Film Festival will start on October 5 and will continue till October 14 for ten days at the Busan Cinema Center.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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