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Busan Film Festival Appoints New Director

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Veteran film critic Huh Moon-younghas been appointed director of South Korea'sinfluential Busan International Film Festival.

He will replace former festival head Jay Jeon, who stepped down abruptly in January. Huh has been the acting head of the Cinematheque Busan since 2005, as well as program director of the Busan Cinema Center.

He also served as the Busan International Film Festival's Korean cinema programmer for a five-year stint in the early 2000s, following a distinguished film writing career for various local publications.

In a parallel appointment, Oh Seok-geun, former chair of the Korean Film Council, replaced Tcha Sung-jai as co-director of Busan's industry trade show, the Asian Contents & Film Market.

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