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Variety to publish PIFF daily this year

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Variety, a U.S.-based entertainment news media, said it would publish a daily newsletter covering Korea's biggest film festival held in the southeastern coastal city of Busan this year.

 

The Pusan International Film Festival, or PIFF, has grown at a rapid pace in recent years, drawing keen interest from Asian filmmakers, critics, journalists and fans, amid heightened interest in Korean and other Asian films.

 

Variety's decision to publish a daily during the festival (Oct. 12-20) marks the elevated stature of PIFF as one of the top film festivals in Asia because it releases dailies for three top film festivals only - Cannes, Berlin and Toronto.

 

The direct momentum comes from PIFF's new Asian Film Market, which plans to cover financing, production, location scouting, post-production and sales. The film market is scheduled to put on more than 200 industry screenings.

 

The film market reflects PIFF's renewed emphasis on the commercial side of the festival. Festival organizers said they will promote the event as a venue for those who want to buy and sell high-quality Asian films.

 

Variety plans to dispatch a dozen reporters from Los Angeles to Busan for production of the daily newsletter, with additional correspondents and critics throughout Asia also flying into the Korean port city during the festival.

 

The source of news : The Korea Herald  2006.09.19