“Good Morning President” to open the 14th Pusan International Film Festival

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 8, 2009 under Pusan International Film Festival |

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“Good Morning President,” director Jang Jin’s new comedy about three Korean presidents will open the 14th Pusan International Film Festival.  The festival will close with “The Message,” a spy thriller directed by Chen Kuo-fu and Gao Qunshu set in 1942 China under Japanese rule.

The festival will screen a record 355 films from 70 countries, with 98 world premieres and 46 international premieres.

The festival will honor Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, former director of Hawaii International Film Festival and Riccardo Gelli, the director of Korean film festival in Florence with the Korean Cinema Award. Yash Chopra, a distinguished Bollywood director and founder of Yash Raj Films, India’s largest film production company, will receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.

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