The 18th
Busan International Film Festival (Oct. 3 – Oct. 12) presents an Irish Cinema special, ‘
Rogues, Rebels and Romantics: A Season of Irish Cinema’. A total of 11 films by upcoming directors and established directors have been selected. The lineup includes films by
John Boorman (a two-time recipient of the Best Director Award at the Cannes International Film Festival with
Leo the Last (1970) and
The General (1998)) and Jim Sheridan of
In the Name of the Father (1993).