Kim Jun-ho, “Comedian, aiming to advance into movies”
Kim Jun-ho, “Comedian, aiming to advance into movies”
Kim Jun-ho announced that he is aiming to advance into movies as a comedian.

On the 2nd, the 12th 'Busan International Comedy Festival' press conference was held at Nakwon Shopping Center in Insa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. The event included the BICF Organizing Committee (Executive Chairman Kim Jun-ho, Honorary Chairman Jeon Yoo-seong, Vice Executive Chairman Choi Dae-woong, Vice Executive Chairman Cho Kwang-sik, Director Kim Dae-hee, Programmer Cho Yoon-ho), Gag Concert with Bukofe (Song Young-gil, Na Hyun-young, Chae Hyo-ryeong), Showman (Park Seong-ho), Comic Talk Assemble @ Bukope (Lee Jae-yul, Kang Hyun-seok, Yoo Young-woo, Koo Jeong-mo), Seoul Comedy All Stars (Kim Dong-ha, Danny Cho, Song Ha-bin), Onggals (Cho Jun-woo), Two-Kop Show (Kim Min-ki, Kim Young, Lee Su-bin), Lee Bong-won SHOW (Lee Bong-won), Attended the congratulatory performance (Kim Na-hee) and the celebrity public relations group (Kim Seung-hye, Park So-young).

The 12th Busan International Comedy Festival, an Asian comedy festival held every year with domestic and foreign comedy artists, will be held for 10 days from August 23rd (Friday) to September 1st (Sunday).

Kim Jun-ho, who served as an executive committee member, said, "A lot of young people applied. We barely selected about 70 people with a competition rate of 4:1. I could feel the interest in the festival."

He said, "For the first time, we tried to do offline performances and videos together. It was slowed down due to budget issues, but YouTube content gradually became active. Comedians often use our performances to train. We incubate the concepts they practice when they are new, and turn them into broadcasts and performances. “I feel like they are doing a good job and they are coming back to our festival.”

Kim Jun-ho said, "This time, I'm trying to touch on the film field. Not many Korean comedians advance into the film industry. As comedians are versatile, I want to create a platform so that they can spread themselves in society. However, there are quite a few budget issues. We are coordinating in that aspect. “It’s growing,” he said.

Ten Asia Reporter Lee So-jeong forusojung@tenasia.co.kr