Hong-Jin's 'Hope,' Netflix's 'Dead-End Job' and 'Blue Road,' Disney+'s 'The Remarried Empress' Among Selections as Busan Unveils Korean Cinema Today, On Screen Lineups

The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has revealed its Korean Cinema Today and On Screen lineups, including Na Hong-jin’s thriller Hope in a nine-film program spanning Panorama and Special Premiere. Hope, already selected for competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender. The Panorama section also includes world premieres: Yoon Dan-bi’s The World Before, and returning-screen veteran Kim Hye-ja in Still Shining by Song Il-gon. Other entries in Panorama range from Hong Sung-min’s Sinner to Lee Yong-jae’s directorial debut Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng and Kim Joung-hoon’s ensemble mystery Final Interview. In Special Premiere, BIFF will host world debuts of Cattle Run, Sapiens and The Sorry Generation, while On Screen presents Netflix’s Dead-End Job and Disney+’s The Remarried Empress.