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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Pusan | Korea's big fest opens


Variety
's team in Korea will be reporting from the Pusan film festival and market all week.  Fest kicked off today with Rustem Abdrashev’s “The Gift to Stalin” along with traffic and teens:
Opening night boasted traffic jams and swarms of teenagers hoping for a glimpse of festival jury head Anna Karina; James Kyson Lee, from NBC’s “Heroes”; A-list Korean stars including Jang Dong-gun; and a bevy of Asian starlets.

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