MUMBAI: The 15th edition of the Pusan International Film Festival, that is scheduled to open on 7 October, will have dignitaries like Oliver Stone and Juliette Binoche as the event‘s guests.

The Pusan International Film Festival has said on its website that the annual weeklong event in the southern South Korean city will open with Zhang‘s Under the Hawthorn Tree, a love story set in China‘s decade-long ultra-leftist Cultural Revolution that will premiere in the country next week.

The eight-day programme will close with Camellia, a three-part film shot in the festival‘s host city by directors from South Korea, Japan and Thailand.

On the whole, the festival will feature 103 world premieres, 82 for feature productions and 21 for short films including special sections on Czech and Kurdish cinema.

Organizers will also present their annual Asian Filmmaker of the Year award to Malaysian Tsai Ming-liang, best known for exploring isolation and loneliness in slow-paced art-house productions with minimal dialogue and music.