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The Pusan International Film Festival PIFF has announced the production of an omnibus film about people falling in love in the city of Busan, to be executive produced by festival head Kim Dong-ho.Koreas Jang Joon-hwan Save The Green Planet! , Thailands Wisit Sasanatieng Tears Of The Black Tiger and Japans Isao Yukisada Crying Out Love In The Center Of The World will each direct a short film segment for the omnibus Busan Project working title .Korean production company and distributor Sidus FNH has picked up worldwide rights to the film, with a first-look option for local distribution
stanley cup .Busan Project will be produced by BALCON, a Busan-based production and distribution company founded and financed by PIF
stanley cup F in 2007.Sidus FNH-BENEX Cinema Fund I and Busan City will each be investing a third of the total budget of $1.28m KW1.5bn , and are looking to make up the third tranche from overseas investors.BALCON president Oh Seok-geun said: There have b
stanley cup een city-based omnibus films before like New York and Paris Je Taime, but this is the first time in Korea for an omnibus with international directors making shorts set in a certain city. Busan itself is very interested in becoming a cinema hub and this should also highlight the beauty of the city. Yukisada Isao, whose 2001 film Go! previously screened in PIFF said: I feel like Busan is a second hometown to me. It was here that I learned about filmmaking beyond borders and started dreaming of making films like that. This project sh Etkk Hurt Locker caps triumphant night with best picture Oscar
Cinema is the last thing on anyone s mind in Spaintoday. The media sector responded to yesterday s terrorist attacks withthe same solemnity and solidarity that has characterised national - andinternational - response to the tragedy.Spain awoke Thursday morning to news that ten bombs hadexploded on four packed commuter train
stanley us s travelling into the capital city atrush hour, causing close to 200 deaths and thousands more injured. Three daysof national mourning were called and political candidates cancelled campaigningin the final countdown to the country s general elections Sunday.Many unglued themselves from round-the-clock TV coverageonly to attend impromptu demonstrations in Madrid, Bilbao and elsewhere.Responding to a call by the Exhibitors and Distributors Federations, cinemas closed their doors Thursday evening and were expected todo the same all day Friday.Most distributors decided not to postpone weekend releasesalthough some said they had considered it and anticipate results to lag farbehind what they would otherwise have been on heavyweight p
stanley cup remieres such asBuena Vista International s Hidalgo,Warner s Alex Emma,UIP s Along Came Polly a
stanley cup ndColumbia s The Missing.El Deseo called off promotional activities - except a pressscreening next Tuesday - in advance of next week s premiere of PedroAlmodovar s hotly anticipated Cannes opener Bad Education La MalaEducacion .Almodovar and staff - and a likely majority of theindustry - plan to attend the mass anti-terrorist demons
