[Korea.net News, Culture / Events, October 24 2007] Regional governments across Korean Straits to hold film festival in 2009

Eight Korean and Japanese regional governments across the Korean Straits agreed Tuesday (Oct. 23) to hold a joint film festival in Japan's Saga Prefecture in 2009 in a bid to nurture young filmmakers in the region, officials from the Busan metropolitan government said.

The eight regional governments also said in a joint declaration that they will inaugurate an ad-hoc committee to attract the production of movies jointly made by Korea and Japan, and give support to such projects involving the region of the two neighboring countries.