19th Busan International Film Festival

2014 Busan International Film Festival
Opening filmParadise in Service
Closing filmGangster Payday
LocationBusan Cinema Center
Founded1995
Hosted byKen Watanabe
Moon So-ri
Festival dateOctober 2–11, 2014

The 19th Busan International Film Festival was held in South Korea from October 2 to October 11, 2014, and was hosted by Ken Watanabe and Moon So-ri. A total of 312 films from 79 countries were screened with total attendance of 226,473. Hong Kong director Ann Hui receives the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The closing film was Gangster Payday.[7][8]

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