Busan Festival Launches Youth Film Section, Teen Spirit, Teen Movie
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Asian-produced teen and coming-of-age films will be the focus of a special section at this year’s Busan International Film Festival which is heading for its 29 edition in October.
With 10 titles, the section comprises a mix of notable recent productions, such as Malaysian body horror and self-discovery title “Tiger Stripes,” and a pair of world premieres.
In addition to “Tiger Stripes,” which won the Grand Prix Prize in Critics Week at Cannes in 2023, was selected as Malaysia’s Oscar contender only to be cut by local censors, the selection includes: “City of Wind,” winner of the Orizzonti Award for best actor at Venice last year; Okuyama Hiroshi’s “My Sunshine,” from this year’s Cannes Un Certain Regard section; Sora Neo’s “Happyend,” which will play at Venice next month’; Shuchi Talati’s “Girls Will Be Girls,” winner of the audience awards at Sundance in January; and “Fishbone,” which won a screenwriting prize at June’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
The two premieres are: “The Uniform,” a story of students who share the same desk, one in the daytime, one at night, by Taiwan’s Chuang Ching-shen; and “Water Can Go Anywhere,” a story of youngsters who have moved to a big city in search of employment, directed by China’s Fang Liang.
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