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Busan Film Festival Announces 13-Film Japanese Animation Showcase

The 31st edition's out-of-competition section includes a French film that influenced Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.

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The 31st Busan International Film Festival announced a new animation section on Monday, featuring 12 Japanese films and the French fantasy cartoon The King and the mockingbird.

The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) announced a new Japanese animation section on Monday. It will screen 13 films out of competition.

The section, titled “Japanese Animation Special: Masterpieces of Madness, Exhilarating Prospects 12+1,” includes these 12 films:

  • The White Snake Enchantress (1958)
  • Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
  • Phoenix 2772 (Space Firebird) (1980)
  • Angel's Egg (1985)
  • Memories (1995)
  • Metropolis (2001)
  • Mind Game (2004)
  • Kakurenbo (2004)
  • ghost – end of night (2026)
  • Shiranui (2026)
  • We Are Aliens (2026)
  • A New Dawn (2026)

The section will also show The King and the mockingbird (1952, 1980). The French fantasy cartoon had a major influence on Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.

The 30th BIFF ran September 17–26. Its Open Cinema section screened the live-action adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's anime film 5 Centimeters Per Second.

The 29th edition screened the following films:

  • The live-action adaptation of Masayuki Kusumi and Jiro Taniguchi's manga Solitary Gourmet (Kodoku no Gourmet)
  • The anime feature The Colors Within
  • The French-Japanese animated film Ghost Cat Anzu

Sources: BIFF's website via ANN

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