Jay Jeon to Step Down as Busan Festival Director
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Jay Jeon, who has been director of the Busan International Film Festival since 2018, is to step down at the end of the month. The move was said to have surprised colleagues at the festival.
His three-year contract will expire at the end of January, and he will not seek its renewal. A senior source at the festival told
Variety that management will meet towards the end of February to decide his successor.
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Jeon announced the unexpected decision on his personal Facebook account with text written in both Korean and English. “I will be leaving the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) as of 31st January 2021 to pastures new after 25 years, time which has mostly been happy and rewarding although some of it was peppered with some painful moments,” Jeon wrote.