By Nigel D’Sa

The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), which takes place every October in the south-eastern port city of Busan, South Korea gears up for its 11th edition, its largest thus far. In fact, the festival has grown to such proportions that US entertainment media Variety will begin publishing dailies at PIFF this year, something it until now had only done for the world’s top three film festivals, Cannes, Berlin, and Toronto.

In Seoul, South Korea at an unusually crowded press conference, PIFF director KIM Dong-ho and his team, presented an impressive line-up of premieres, programs, and celebrity events, all to take place during its 9 day run, October 12th to 20th “We have been focusing on securing a stable ground for the festival's survival for the past 10 years, and its turned out to be more successful than anyone could have expected