The 9th Busan Inter-City Film Festival Begins. This year's festival presents four key sections: Inter-City, Drawing City, Busan, and Residency. The Drawing City section features works rooted in Tainan, Taiwan, along with a special forum titled Park Sensibility: vividly empty city (空園感覺). In Inter-City, we showcase local cinemas from 10 cities, and introduce new collaborations with Hong Kong-based artist platform Cinemovement and the Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival. In Residency, two brand-new films created by Busan-based filmmakers will have their world premiere. These works were filmed in Cannes, France, and Quezon, the Philippines. Since 2017, this production project has facilitated the creation of 26 new films across different cities worldwide. It stands as a testament to the sincerity and creative determination of filmmakers who have grappled with the realities of production and transformed them into cinema. We kindly ask for your great interest in the new encounters and creative networks that this year's festival brings forth between cities.
_OH Minwook Festival Director, Busan Inter-City Film Festival