Short films by locals to be screened at Busan International Film Festival

Short films made by Busan locals will be screened at the 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). [BUSAN URBAN REGENERATION CENTER]

Short films made by Busan locals will be screened at the 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), according to the Busan Urban Regeneration Center on Monday.

The townspeople of three Busan municipalities participated in the Village Filmmaking Project to produce three short films. The films will be screened as part of the Community BIFF section, a culture festival held jointly with BIFF, at the Lotte Cinema Daeyoung on Oct. 10. The BIFF itself starts on Oct. 5.

Films by the Village Filmmaking Project this year include “100-year-old ballet company” by Ami Moms, a community of mothers living in Ami-dong in Busan’s Seo District, “Isongdo Blues” by the Huinnyeoul Culture Village community and “Jinsoon is getting married” by the Let’s Go village community in Dong District.

The residents of those areas, which are designated for the urban regeneration project, received help from directors and actors to produce the films themselves. A documentary chronicling the filmmaking process will also be screened, along with an exhibition of still images from the completed films, open from Oct. 6 to 13 on the second floor of BNK Busan Bank Art Cinema.

Five other films produced by other local communities and clubs will be screened.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]