Six of his films that the Hong Kong actor selected, including "Happy Together" (1997), “The Longest Nite” (1998), "In the Mood for Love" (2000) and "2046" (2004), will be screened during the festival.

Meanwhile, BIFF director Huh on Wednesday presented details of this year’s festival, which is set to return to its pre-pandemic full scale in three years.

A total of 243 films from 71 countries will be screened during this year’s film festival, which will be held from Oct. 5 to 14.

This year’s opener will be Iranian director Hadi Mohaghegh's "Scent of Wind" and Japanese director Ishikawa Kei's "A Man" will close the festival.

The event organizer highlighted that all the seats in theaters will be filled without distancing and Asian film support programs, including the Asia Cinema Fund, will resume this year after three years of hiatus.

The BIFF director also said that the festivals will only screen Russian movies made by dissident directors.

“We will not screen Russian government-funded films and films directed by directors who support the war,” Huh said.

He added that there would be a special time allocated for Kang Soo-youn, the iconic Korean movie star who brought home the nation’s first acting award from the Venice film festival, during BIFF.

Kang, who served as co-executive director of the BIFF from 2015 to 2017, died of a brain hemorrhage in May.

 

BIFF will also expand On Screen program, which was launched last year, and screen upcoming nine highly anticipated OTT streaming series content, including Lee Jun-ik’s “Yonder,” Jung Ji-woo’s “Somebody,” Miike Takashi’s “Connet” and Lars von Trier’s “The Kingdom Exodus.”

Last year, this new section was added to reflect the expansion of streaming platforms and their content’s influence on the global market.

Three series contents-- Hellbound,” directed by Yeon Sang-ho, “My Name,” directed by Kim Jin-min, and “Forbidden,” co-directed by Anucha Boonyawatana and Josh Kim – were screened last year.