The Busan International Film Festival and accompanying industry events Asian Project Market and market BIFCOM closed last week, with numbers similar to last year’s. Antipodean wins included one for Film NZ and one for the Michael Wrenn-produced Australian feature End of Animal.
Film NZ’s win was in the market, for its stand. End of Animal, the only market project from beyond Asia to take a prize, took the 10 million Korean won KOCCA Award (from Korea’s equivalent of NZTE). The feature is a reimagining of a low-budget Korean student film.
