Busan Film Festival Unveils Diverse 2022 New Currents Selections – The Hollywood Reporter – newsdubai

The Busan International Film Festival has revealed its selection of 10 films for New Currents, the event’s main competition section that focuses on Asian cinema. Since the festival was launched in 1996, the program has been one of the region’s most important platforms for introducing new directors.

This year, two Indian films have been selected for the section including Jaishankar Aryar’s debut film Shivamma (2022), tracing the struggles of a poor and uneducated middle-aged woman; and Aamir Bashir’s Winter inside (2022), which also depicts the plight of a woman in the Kashmir region, where political strife and terrorist attacks are ongoing.

No end (2022) by Iranian filmmaker Nader Saeivar will also premiere in Busan. The film depicts the story of a man who is subjected to brutal violence as a result of a trivial lie. Singapore’s He Shuming, who has gained wide recognition by winning several awards for short films such as And the wind fallsreturns with I’m hungry (2022). The film has attracted life with its international cast, including Hong Huifang, Singapore’s most prominent actress, and Korean stars such as Yeo Jin Goo and Jung Dong-Hwan.

Several debut films by Asian auteurs are also included in this year’s section. A Thai screenwriter Thapanee Loosuwan’s new film Blue again (2022) is a biographical film that conveys a sophisticated sense of cinematography. Filmmaker Marcus Vu Manh Cuong, also a film journalist, will bring Memento Mori: Earth (2022), a film that captures the director’s perspective on life and death.

Two Korean films – director Lee Jeong-hong’s ONE Wild Roomer (2022) and Lim Oh-jeong’s Say hello to hell (2022) – is also selected for the section.

A Wild Roomer (2022) is a mystery film that surrounds a man who makes a living as a carpenter and the people around him; Say hello to hell (2022) traces the adventure of two girls who seek revenge on a villain responsible for tormenting their lives.

From Malaysia, Sam Quah returns with A place called silence (2022) after his debut film Sheep without a shepherd, a 2019 Chinese thriller, became one of the highest-grossing Chinese films of that year. Quah’s latest film is also a thriller based on a serial murder case. It is tipped to have a well-written plot and fast story development.

One thousand and one nights (2022) by Japanese director Kubota Nao delves into a story of people who have lost loved ones and deals with the mystery of time in a unique way.

The selected films for New Currents will be nominated for awards including the New Currents Award, FIPRESCI Award, NETPAC Award and KB New Currents Audience Award.

Last week, the festival also published a list of jurors for this year’s New Currents section. Led by a film critic, Serge Toubiana, as jury president, director Alain Guiradie, director Kamila Andini, actor Ryo Kase and director Lee Eugene were nominated.

The Busan International Film Festival opens on October 5th and runs until October 14th.