Korean Film Guilds Call for Urgent Reform of Busan Festival
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Some 18 film industry guilds and trade associations are calling for urgent structural reform of the Busan International Film Festival.
They point out that this year’s edition of the festival is looming less than 100 days away. The festival’s management has made a succession of management missteps in recent weeks, including one that resulted in an official apology.
At the beginning of May, a decision to split the festival’s senior management in two by creating a new position for Cho Jongkook, was followed by consternation among guilds and the resignation of festival director Huh Moonyoung.
Festival chairman Lee Yong-kwan offered to resign for his clumsy handling of the situation. But that has not brought back Huh, who is now being investigated by the Center for Gender Equality in Korean Cinema after a complaint by a festival employee.
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