Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Kamila Andini, Indonesian filmmaker and member of the jury at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, said that she would look out for “Asian texture” among the films presented in the festival’s premiere New Currents competition section.
French director Alain Guiraudie said that he would be seeking “new colors” and “new flavors.” He added that he thought Asian cinema could be “enigmatic and mysterious.” Both were speaking at a meet the press event on Thursday, the first full day of the festival.
And jurors have yet to start screening the competition titles. Festival director Huh Moonyoung was on hand to remind all present that New Currents is the festival’s most prestigious and important section.
But his task moderating the session was minimal. Such was the eloquence and care taken by the jurors that in an hour there was time only for three questions.Serge Toubiana, jury head, current president of French film export support body Unifrance International, and former editor of critical review Les Cahiers du Cinema, was punctilious about how his jury should function. “The first thing is to get to know other jury members.
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