Bifan forum debates post-Covid future for Korean film industry

Speakers included festival director Shin Chul and veteran producer Lee Eun.In South Korea, the 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) held a half-day forum (July 9) to discuss how the local film industry should move forward in the post-coronavirus era.Festival director Shin Chul opened the forum with the question of how to define cinema these days: “With the rapid changes of recent times, you ask is Space Sweepers [which was produced for theatrical release, but went direct to Netflix after the pandemic forced its postponement and dips at the box office] a film? Is Kingdom [a Netflix original series with high production values] a film?”Touching on how films and broadcasting were traditionally separate in South

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