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Maggie Gyllenhaal holds a microphone against a red film festival backdrop.

While strides have been made, women still underrepresented at BIFF

The Busan film festival's majority-female jury stood in stark contrast to a persistent gap at the event, as only four of 13 films in the competiton were directed by women.

2026.10.9

'Fiction is fiction': BIFF jurors defend 'The Assassin(s)' from historical distortion accusations

At the 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), some jurors of the main competition section defended "The Assassin(s)," which allegedly suggests that the government was behind the 1974 failed presidential assassination attempt.

2026.10.7

BIFF names Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou as Competition jury chief

The acclaimed Chinese director will head the seven-member jury at Asia’s largest film festival in Busan next month.

2026.9.17

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While strides have been made, women still underrepresented at BIFF

'Fiction is fiction': BIFF jurors defend 'The Assassin(s)' from historical distortion accusations

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