The 30th Busan International Film Festival has unveiled its most expansive program yet, featuring 241 official selections, with Taiwanese screen icon Shu Qi both starring in “Resurrection” by acclaimed Chinese director Bi Gan and making her directorial debut with “Girl” as part of a new competition section launched for the festival’s milestone edition.

The competition section features 14 films from Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Iran, Tajikistan and Sri Lanka, with five directorial debuts and six films by female filmmakers. Ten of the competition titles will have their world premieres at BIFF, including Isabelle Kalandar’s “Another Birth” (Tajikistan/U.S./Qatar), Nagata Koto’s “Baka’s Identity” (Japan), Lee Jeahan’s “By Another Name” (Korea), Yoo Jaein’s “En Route To” (Korea), and Han

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