Asia's showcase film festival to screen regional blockbusters, rare Afghan, NKorean movies
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Along with a galaxy of stars promoting blockbusters from across Asia, this year's Busan International Film Festival will screen a North Korean film for the first time in almost a decade.
It will also show classic Afghan movies that were hidden in a wall to save them from a radical Taliban regime that banned most entertainment.
The continent's showcase film festival is a glitzy nine-day affair that opens Thursday. It has become a way for Asian nations to highlight their rise in the world pop culture scene. This year's fest will even feature a performance by South Korean rapper PSY, who galloped to fame with "Gangnam Style."
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But it is films from two nations not normally on the radar of regional cinephiles that are also drawing attention.