Busan Film Festival to Honor Founder Director Kim Dong-ho With Korean Cinema Award

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Kim Dong-ho, founding festival director of the Busan International Film Festival, has been named the recipient of the 31st BIFF’s Korean Cinema Award.

The honor goes to figures whose work has shaped Korean cinema and helped raise its profile abroad.

Kim began his career at the Ministry of Culture and Information, now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. He went on to serve as president of the Korean Motion Picture Promotion Corporation, now the Korean Film Council, founding president of the Seoul Arts Center, and vice minister of the Ministry of Culture from 1992 to 1993.

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