Upcoming Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF)

The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) will take place this year from October 7th to 15th at the port city of Busan in South Korea. This is generally considered to be one of the best festivals in the world and certainly a must-visit for the Asian Film Industry. As the advisor to the festival and Asian Film Market (AFM) which runs alongside the festival, this year, will be a busy one for me there. I will have a film screening in competition, a film in the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP), moderating a panel and attending a lot of parties and drinking a lot of makgeolli + soju. Truly, one of the best festivals to watch films and meet people and carve friendships that last beyond the last call at the bar Pusan has been instrumental to the development and growth of asian cinema and filmmakers and this year is a special year. It is the last year of the most beloved festival director, Mr Kim Dong-ho. There will be an exhibition of all the photos he has taken in his many years as traveling around the world as festival director... he will be missed dearly.Below is a photo from Mr Kim's camera of two koreans whom i adore dearly.... (L-R Song Gangho, Lorna Tee, Kim Dongho)In addition, I am looking to reach out to artists from various other industries like music, graphic design, publishing, gaming, dance, theatre, sports, animation, new media, IT, advertising, banking, etc who may be keen to explore the subject of transmedia in asia during PIFF this year. So drop me a message if you have good ideas for a panel discussion on this subject!Below is the link to PIFF's site. Find out more details there but be warned that PIFF is a very addictive festival.... once you have been there, you will always want to be back ;-)http://www.piff.org/structure/eng/default.asp