Busan appoints Director of Asian Content and Film Market
Busan Asian Content and Film Market (ACFM) has appointed experienced programmer and independent arts producer Ellen Y. Dae Kim as its new director. She was officially approved at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) General Assembly and will begin her four-year term on Friday (March 8). She was previously the Program Director of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Kim is well known to ACFM, where he played a key role in founding the event in 2006, and has been involved in the production of arts films such as A woman’s scream In 2002 and Sewing sisters After 18 years. She also held several key roles at BIFF, ACFM’s parent company, which has now passed this year’s work plan and budget in the General Assembly, as it seeks to return to normalcy after a series of resignations last year. BIFF also approved 18 Board members and auditors, who will participate in the newly reformed BIFF Executive Committees. Furthermore, BIFF is now calling for applications for the open position of Festival Director. The festival appointed Park Kwang-soo as president last month after a turbulent 2023 in which the director resigned. The 29th BIFF will be held from October 2 to 11 in Korea.
Trailer for the movie Indian Independence Prime Video
Here’s the trailer Any homeland is just a homeland, Prime Video’s upcoming feature set against the backdrop of the Quit India movement of 1942. The film, which is described as a “thrilling patriotic drama”, comes from Dharmatic Entertainment, and is produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra. Kanan Iyer is the director and co-writer alongside Darab Farooqi. Sara Ali Khan stars opposite Sachin Khedekar, Abhay Verma, Sparsh Shrivastav, Alex O’Neill and Anand Tiwari, with Emraan Hashmi making a special guest appearance. The producers say that the film is inspired by true events, and chronicles a pivotal chapter in India’s quest for independence from Britain. Khan will play a 22-year-old college girl who forms an underground radio station that becomes the fuel that ignites Mahatma Gandhi’s Quit India movement. It will premiere globally on Prime Video on March 21 in Hindi, with dubbed versions available in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
Japanese actor Ryohei Suzuki receives the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award
Japanese film and television actor Ryohei Suzuki will receive the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award at this year’s Asian Film Awards. Suzuki first made waves with this comedy film Hong Kong: Hentai Kamen (2013). In 2022, he won five Best Supporting Actor Awards, including a Japan Academy Award, for his performance as a sadistic Yakuza assassin in Blood of wolves, part two (2021). In 2023, Ryohei starred in two films, Tokyo mir And selfish. “I am deeply honored by this honor bestowed upon me by the Asian Film Awards,” Suzuki said. “It will fuel my motivation to strive for greater heights and contribute more to the industry. I am also very much looking forward to attending the 17th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong where I can connect with audiences and fellow film professionals from all over Asia.
Nippon is gearing up for a trilogy of formats
Some early MIPTV news here. Japan’s Nippon TV is heading to the Cannes TV market in two scripted formats – a TV drama Hackers A series of ten parts Alice in the Magnificent Kitchen – An unwritten presentation Stars on the shelf. Hackers It comes from the makers of the Japanese series Reboot It follows three women who break into a luxury apartment in search of the informal cash their company’s CEO is rumored to be hiding, only to encounter a series of unexpected events. Alice in the Magnificent Kitchen It is described as “a compassionate dramatic mystery about an extraordinary cook”. Stars on the shelf It is described as a “scalable” business/doc hybrid, where celebrities show their prowess to shine in competitive business arenas.
Talpa by John De Mol brings “The Quiz With Balls” to Spain
Competition with balls It moves to Spain’s Antena 3 after John de Mol’s Talpa Studios signed a deal with the Spanish broadcaster for the brains-for-balls format. The show involves teams answering questions while a giant ball heads toward one of their group members positioned on a platform above the pool. If they do not answer correctly in time, the team member drowns in the water. The Spanish deal follows an agreement with Fox in the US. Antena 3 will be produced at the Dutch production center in Talpa and will be produced in collaboration with its Spanish producer, Warner Bros. The show was launched on SBS6 in the Netherlands.