{
  "id": 13240191,
  "title": "Afghan Asylum Seeker and Ukrainian Boy Find Common Ground in Busan Asian Project Market Drama ‘Babak’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/afghan-asylum-seeker-and-ukrainian-boy-find-common-ground-in-busan",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-09T22:28:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/afghan-refugee-drama-babak-busan-asian-project-market-1236906366/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An Afghan asylum seeker named Babak is pushed out of his temporary housing in Germany to make room for Ukrainian refugees in “Babak,” the next project from Payal Sethi, director of the upcoming “Kurinji.” The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}