Busan 2025 Review: FUNKY FREAKY FREAKS, Korean Teens Put Through the Wringer in Livewire Debut

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Han Chang-lok announces himself as a talent to watch with the grungy and livewire debut Funky Freaky Freaks, one of the titles duking it out in Busan's revamped competition section this year. This Korea National University of Arts (K'Arts) feature project sets itself apart from other Korea university features -- including the other two premiering at the festival this year -- En Route To and The Accordion Door, both from the Korean Academy of Film Arts -- with aggressive mise-en-scene that seeks to brings out the turbulent inner worlds of its young protagonists, rather than bottle them up. Three close high school friends get up to mischief to amuse themselves whenever they're not in class. Yong-gi is an ordinary boy who looks out for Ji-sook,...

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