The Pusan International Film Festival, South Korean cinema, and globalization.

This book provides a social, political and cultural exploration of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) in South Korea that since its inception in 1996. By paying a particular attention to the organizers' use of an Asian regionalization strategy, the book reveals how the festival staked...

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Main Author: Ahn, SooJeong
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, 2012.
©2012
Series:TransAsia--screen cultures.
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Table of Contents:
  • Note to Reader; Abbreviations; Introduction
  • Film Festivals between the National and the Regional in the Age of Globalization; 1. Why Pusan?: The Political Economy of a Film Festival; 2. Negotiating a Place between Korean Cinema and Asian Cinema: Programming Politics; 3. Re-imagining the Past: Programming Retrospectives; 4. A Global Film Producer: The Pusan Promotion Plan; 5. Remapping Asian Cinema: The Tenth Anniversary in 2005; Conclusion: Toward a New Channel; Appendix 1. Film Festivals in East Asia (1999); Appendix 2. PIFF over 15 Years (1996-2010).
  • Appendix 3. Main Program Sections of PIFFAppendix 4. An Overview of the Tenth PIFF (October 6-14, 2005); Appendix 5. PPP Project Accomplishments (1998-2005); Notes; Bibliography; Index.