Actors Song Joong-ki and Park So-dam will co-host the opening ceremony for the 26th Busan International Film Festival.

The festival committee announced the news Thursday, revealing that the two actors will host the opening ceremony on Oct. 6 at the Busan Cinema Center.

Song debuted on screen through the 2008 film “A Frozen Flower.”

He rose to stardom through KBS drama series “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” (2010), “The Innocent Man” (2012), “Descendants of the Sun” (2016), and tvN series “Arthdal Chronicles” (2019), “Vincenzo” (2021) and films “A Werewolf Boy” (2012) as well as “Space Sweepers” (2021) on Netflix.

He is currently reported to be filming for upcoming film “Bogota.”

Park debuted through a 2013 independent film “Steel Cold Winter” and won numerous awards for her unique presence in “The Priests” (2015). Her latest achievements include featuring as Ki-jung, the youngest daughter of the family that lives in a semi-basement apartment in director Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite.”


BY LEE JAE-LIM [lee.jaelim@joongang.co.kr]