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Ferry disaster, politics and cinema intermingle at BIFF


October 7, 2019

BUSAN: A new film about the Sewol ferry sinking, a disaster that killed more than 300 people — most of them children, will premiere at Asia´s biggest film festival, five years after director Lee Sang-ho caused controversy with his first documentary on the topic. “Diving Bell”, which screened at the 2014 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), criticised then leader Park …

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