The Mutation
Korean cineaste Shin Su-won’s first feature in three years, ‘The Mutation’ is a lyrical and heartfelt odd-couple road movie about bereavement, bigotry and self-belief.
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Posted by Clarence Tsui | Sep 20, 2025 | Festivals, Busan 2025 |
Korean cineaste Shin Su-won’s first feature in three years, ‘The Mutation’ is a lyrical and heartfelt odd-couple road movie about bereavement, bigotry and self-belief.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Sep 20, 2025 | Festivals, Busan 2025 |
With his first feature ‘Leave the Cat Alone’ competing in Busan, Japanese filmmaker Daisuke Shigaya offers a sensitive and subdued exploration into the loves and hopes of some artistic millennials.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Sep 18, 2025 | Festivals, Busan 2025 |
Iranian cineaste Jafar Panahi talks about his 30-year relationship with BIFF and calls for a change in the Academy Awards’ submission rules.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Sep 18, 2025 | Festivals, Busan 2025 |
New York-based Tajik-American filmmaker Isabelle Kalandar bows in competition at Busan with ‘Another Birth’, a mesmerising rite-of-passage drama bolstered by poetry, picturesque landscapes and a powerful turn from its child actor.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Sep 18, 2025 | Busan 2025, Festivals |
Koto Nagata’s surprisingly subtle and melancholy suspense thriller ‘Baka’s Identity’ about three Japanese scammers vaunts nuanced performances but gets derailed by flashbacks.
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