Busan International Film Festival has unquestionable dominance in the International Film Festival circuit. This year’s festival is being scheduled from October 1st – 10th, and it will run long with the Asian Film market which will be conducted from October 3rd – 6th. The recent news from the corner is regarding the unveil of Jury Panel in the ‘New Currents‘ section.

Acclaimed Taiwanese actress and filmmaker Sylvia Chang will lead the jury panel in the New Currents section. Sylvia Chang is not a a new name in the land of Busan. Her Golden Bear-nominated ’20 30 40′ was screened in Busan’s ‘A Window on Cinema‘ section in 2004.

The jury panel members who will join Sylvia are all eminent personalities. Indian director Anurag Kashyap who has made acclaimed films like, Black Friday, Dev.D and Gangs of Wasseypur I & II will be a member of this year’s jury panel.

Acclaimed German actress German actress Nastassja Kinski, Korean director Kim Tae-yong and Stephanie Zacharek (Chief Film Critic in Village Voice) are also part of the jury board.

$ 30,000 each will be given to two films from the Asian section who comes out with flying colors.

This year, the festival has included a special segment called ‘Asian Cinema 100′ which is meant for ‘celebrating Asian Cinema legacy’. The festival will screen top 10 movies in this list of 100 along with a book of information and reviews. There are two ties this year, and this makes the total list eleven.

Please scroll down to read the complete list of top 10 Asian movies which will be screened in this year’s festival.

1. Tokyo Story (1953) Yasujiro Ozu (Japan)
2. Rashomon (1950) Akira Kurosawa Akira (Japan)
3. In The Mood For Love (2000) Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong)
4. The Apu Trilogy (1955) Satyajit Ray (India)
5. A City Of Sadness (1989) Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Taiwan)
6. Seven Samurai (1954) Akira Kurosawa (Japan)
7. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Edward Yang (Taiwan)
8. Spring In A Small Town (1948) Fei Mu (China)
9. Still Life (2006) Jia Zhangke (China)
10. The Housemaid (1960) Kim Ki-young (Korea)
11. Close-Up (1990) Abbas Kiarostami (Iran)