S. Korea's Bucheon film festival set to open for 11-day run with record 321 films

SEOUL- The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea's largest genre film fest, will kick off its 11-day run Thursday with a record 321 films, organizers said.BIFAN, which marks its 30th anniversary this year, will take place in venues across Bucheon, west of Seoul, through July 12, according to the organizers.Under the slogan "New era, new skin," this year's event will showcase features and shorts from 50 countries, including 93 films that will make their world premiere.Opening the film fest will be prominent Hong Kong filmmaker Yuen Woo-ping's "Blades of the Guard…READ FULL ARTICLE