13th PiFan Film Festival

PiFan - poster

The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) kicked off its 13th year on July 16 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do. The festival will run for 10 days, screening 201 films from 41 countries under the theme of ‘Love, Fantasy, Adventure’.

Celebrities including Ahn Sung Ki, Jang Na Ra, and Ku Hye Sun walked the red carpet.

Cho Jae Hyun, Ahn Sung Ki, Kim Moon Soo

KP’s note: Kim Moon Soo is the current governor of Gyeonggi-do.

Jang Na Ra with father Ju Ho Sung & older brother Jang Sung Won

KP’s note: All three are actors.

Ku Hye Sun

KP’s note: Ku attended as the director of her short film – not as an actress. The English title of her 14-minute film is The Madonna (유쾌한 두우미), not the Cheerful Caretaker.

Chu Sang Mi

Jeon Se Hong

Oh Yeon Seo, Song Min Jung, Yoo Shin Ae, Son Eun Seo, Jang Gyeong Ah

KP’s note: The five ladies are the leads of Horror School 5.

Andre Kim

KP’s note: I don’t know why I bother putting up Andre Kim’s picture when he always looks the same anyways…

Model turned actress Lee Young Jin was chosen as this year’s festival ambassador, referred to as PiFan Lady.

Lee Young Jin, PiFan Lady

Actors Lee Jong Hyeuk (Crush and Blush) and Cho Eun Ji (Yoga School) presided over the opening ceremony.

Lee Jong Hyeuk & Cho Eun Ji, MCs

The festival’s opening film was director Iwamoto Hitoshi’s MW, which tells the story of two men plotting revenge on the Japanese government for hushing up an island massacre that took place 16 years ago.

PiFan will come to a close on July 26 with British director Gareth Huw Evans’ Indonesian film, Merantau.

Source: Yonhap News via Naver

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