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Busan International Film Festival dates announced

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
The 19th edition of the Busan International Film Festival will be held from has been October 2 to 8.

The film extravaganza will be held in Busan, the second largest city of South Korean, the Hollywood Reporter said.

The 18th edition of BIFF had featured 301 films from across 70 countries, which was slightly lesser than the stats of 2012, when 304 films from 75 countries got featured during the fest.

Overall, organisers reported that 218,000 movie tickets were sold at the 2013 festival.

The Asian Film Market and Asian Project Market are moving one day earlier to open on a Sunday this year. The festival's parallel industry events will run October 5-8.

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First Published: Jan 21 2014 | 3:27 PM IST

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