Michelle Yeoh will be honored at the 2026 Busan Festival

06/08/26 •0•0

The actress will receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award and have her career celebrated with special screenings at the festival.

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Michelle Yeoh will be honored with the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award at the 31st Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. The annual distinction recognizes an Asian professional or organization for exceptional contributions to the advancement of cinema on the continent.

The presentation will take place at the event's opening ceremony, scheduled for October 6 at the Busan Cinema Center. Actress Kim Minha, known for Pachinko, will host the evening. The festival runs from October 6 to 15, while the 21st Asian Contents & Film Market is scheduled for October 10 to 13.

Born in Malaysia in 1962, Yeoh began her career in Hong Kong action cinema with Yes, Madam! in 1985. She later appeared in productions such as Police Story 3: Supercop and Wing Chun, helping expand the space for female leads in the genre.

Her international profile gained momentum with 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997 and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, released in 2000. More recently, the actress appeared in titles such as Crazy Rich Asians, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, A Haunting in Venice, Wicked, and Star Trek: Section 31.

In 2022, Yeoh became the first Asian artist to win the Oscar for Best Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once. The film's awards season also earned her wins at the SAG Awards and the Golden Globes. Earlier this year, she also became the first Asian woman to receive the Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival.

The actress's relationship with Busan began in 2002. Since then, she has returned to the event with films such as Far North, Reign of Assassins, The Lady, Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy, and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

To mark the tribute, the festival will screen a special program featuring three works selected by Yeoh herself: Reign of Assassins, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Sandiwara. Her new feature film, It's My Time, will also be presented as part of the retrospective dedicated to the star's career.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a 2022 American science-fiction comedy-drama directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Michelle Yeoh plays Evelyn Wang, a Chinese American laundromat owner drawn into a multiverse conflict. The film co-stars K

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 martial-arts film directed by Ang Lee, adapted from Wang Dulu's novel. Set in Qing-dynasty China, it follows warrior Li Mu-bai, Yu Shu-lien, and aristocrat Jen Yu as a stolen sword draws them into conflict. Th

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Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian actress and producer, born in Ipoh, Perak, in 1962. She gained recognition through Hong Kong films including Police Story 3: Supercop and Tomorrow Never Dies. Yeoh won the Oscar for Best Actress for Everything Everywhere

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Kim Min-ha

Kim Min-ha is a South Korean actress, born September 1, 1995. She gained international recognition portraying the younger Sunja in Apple TV+'s drama series Pachinko, adapted from Min Jin Lee's novel. Her screen credits also include the South Korean t

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Pachinko

Pachinko is an Apple TV+ drama series created by Soo Hugh and adapted from Min Jin Lee’s 2017 novel. Spanning four generations and much of the twentieth century, it follows a Korean family whose lives unfold across Korea, Japan, and the United States

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Wicked

Wicked is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu, adapted from the first act of the stage musical Wicked. Cynthia Erivo plays Elphaba and Ariana Grande plays Glinda. The film explores their friendship at Shiz University before El

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