MUMBAI: The 14th Pusan International Film Festival will open with director Jang Jin‘s new comedy Good Morning President.

The film is about three Korean presidents including the youngest one played by Jang Dong-kun who was earlier seen in The Promise.

The festival which runs from 8 to 16 October brings a record of 355 films from 70 countries, with 98 world premieres and 46 international premieres.

Gala Presentation, featuring screenings of latest works by noted directors, offers seven films from six countries, including Fruit Chan‘s drama Chengdu, I Love You and Symbol by Matsumoto Hitoshi. The festival closes with The Message, a spy thriller directed by Chen Kuo-fu and Gao Qunshu set in 1942 China under Japanese rule.

This year‘s Pusan, arguably Asia‘s largest film fest, brings a balanced mixture of arthouse and genre films.