BUSAN, South Korea, – Organisers of Asia’s top film festival, which opens in Busan this week, warn that a surge of global interest in the critically acclaimed South Korean movie “Parasite” masks a damaging underinvestment in local independent cinema. Bong Joon-ho’s darkly comic tale of class war in the Seoul suburbs won the Palme D’or for best film at Cannes and is firming as an Oscar favourite next year, in what would be the first ever win for a Korean film. It has been sold to 192 international markets — … Continue reading Asia’s top film festival opens in shadow of ‘Parasite’