Pusan International Film Festival Kicks Off

orea's super-hot film industry has cooled off in the past year. But international stars still flocked to the southern port city of Busan for the 13th Pusan International Film Festival which has come to be considered Asia leading film festival.

Festival visitors enjoy the sun at Haeundae, Korea's most famous beach. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)


Visitors crowd PIFF Plaza. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)


Korean-American remake dealmaker and producer Roy Lee has said that the recent Hollywood remake of the 2001 South Korean hit My Sassy Girl flopped because American men couldn't accept the premise of a man putting up with a bossy love interest. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)


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Chinese actress Li Jacqueline attended the Asia Pacific Actors Network Conference during the 13th Pusan International Film Festival in Busan. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)



Korean American actor Aaron Yoo participates in the Asia Pacific Actors Network Conference. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)