Busan Takeaways: Record Crowds Meet a Political Storm as Asia’s Producers Close Ranks

Variety - Oct 16, 2026

The Busan International Film Festival drew its largest film audience in more than a decade at its 31st edition, which ran Oct. 6–15, while a political firestorm over a Korean box office hit and an Iranian director’s war speech kept politics in the spotlight. These are Variety’s takeaways from the festival and its Asian Contents […]

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