144 [BIAF2023 Press]BIAF2023 Selects 81 Short Films in Competition 2023-08-01 09:15

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81, All-time favorite animation(s)!
 

 

 
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81 animated short films (38 short Films, 13 graduation films, 11 TV&commissioned for International Competition, and 22 Korean short films) have been selected for the Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF), which will be held from October 20 to 24, 2023, in South Korea.
 
BIAF Selection Committee—director Im Chaerin, critic Rhee Souewon, BIAF program director Eugene
Kim, and BIAF Programmer Lee Eunwha—has selected 81 animated shorts among 3,015 submissions from 101 countries.
 
A Silent Voice director Naoko Yamada's Garden of Remembrance, which draws everyday life after the loss of a lover and how it changes, and Nezumikozō Jirokichi, the new short of Galaxy Express 999 director Rintaro, were selected as two of the most anticipated films.
 
Academy Award-winning director of The Lost Thing, Andrew Ruhemann's The Day I Became a Bird and Student Oscars Gold Medal winner Hanna Kim's Peculiar and Strange are in the selection as well.
 

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Some of the notable selections are: I'm Hip, the latest work of John Musker, director of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Moana; Flutter, produced by the associated producer of Zootopia, Brad Simonson, and directed by Adam Levy; Little T, Masha Ellsworth s directorial debut film, a part of Pixar's co-op program; and The Brave Locomotive, created by Andrew Chesworth, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker with Disney’s animators such as Dale Baer and Hyun-min Lee.
 
Along with these strong contenders, three Korean films have been selected for the International Competition: the director of Love Games, Joung Yumi's new film The Waves, Yeo Eun-a's A Long Alone, and Festival Annecy’s winning film Sura director, Jeong Haeji's See You on the Other Side.
In the TV&Commissioned category, the animation of a Kakao character, Dododo Choonsik and BTS character BT21 music video, Would You were selected.
 
Among the 22 films in the Korean Short Competition, The Scenes Left Behind, BIAF2022 production-supported work, and Hard to Say, produced by KAFA,will have their world premieres at BIAF2023.
BIAF2023 will be held from October 20th (Friday) to 24th (Tuesday), 2023. (www.biaf.or.kr). 

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