Puchon film fest to open with Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra feature

Official poster of the 15th annual Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival [PiFan]

The 15th annual Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) will kick off next month with famed Indian director Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra's movie "Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.”

PiFan, set to open on July 14 this year, will end its festivities ten days later with Korean actress Kim Ha-neul and actor Yoo Seung-ho's action film "Blind," helmed by director Ahn Sang-hoon, which will open nationwide in August.

A total of 221 works from 34 countries, including 54 world premieres, 23 international premieres and 54 Asia premieres, will be featured at the festival.

The fest will also feature the 4th annual Network of Asian Fantastic Film (NAFF), to be held concurrently with PiFan from July 17 to 20, which introduces the It Project amongst 18 film projects from eight territories including China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and USA.

This year NAFF announced the official selections for Project Spotlight: Japan which will show five creative genre film projects from modern Japan.

Held under the theme of "Love, Fantasy and Adventure," the fest has appointed Korean actress Park Bo-young as PiFan Lady, the promotional ambassador for the fest.

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