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.
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
