Busan Film Festival Elects Kim Young-duk as Chair of Asia Contents & Film Market

No Qualified Candidates for Executive Committee Chairperson, Reannouncement Issued

The Busan Film Festival announced on the 4th at the 2024 extraordinary general meeting held at the Busan Cinema Center that Kim Young-deok was elected as the Chairperson of the Asia Contents & Film Market Committee. The term will be four years starting from the 8th.

Chairperson Kim began as the programming team leader and planning team leader of the Busan International Film Festival, and served as the preparation TF team member and the inaugural marketing team leader of the Asia Film Market, which started in 2006. Recently, he served as the chief programmer of the Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival.

Chairman Kim Young-duk of the Asia Contents & Film Market
[Photo by Busan International Film Festival Secretariat]

This is the first time that the Chairperson of the Asia Contents & Film Market Committee has been appointed through an open recruitment process. Along with this, 18 directors and 1 auditor were newly appointed.

The Busan Film Festival Executive Recommendation Committee did not find a suitable candidate in the previous executive director recruitment and plans to reannounce from the 7th to the 19th and hold a final election at the extraordinary general meeting to be held in April.

This year’s Busan Film Festival will be held for ten days from October 2 to 11 around the Busan Cinema Center. The 2024 Asia Contents & Film Market will take place from October 5 to 18 at BEXCO Exhibition Hall 2.

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