"Diving Bell" - co-directed by Ahn Hae-Ryong and prominent leftwing journalist Lee Sang-Ho - stirred emotions before the festival opened Thursday, with critics including Busan mayor and festival chairman Seo Byung-soo slamming it as too political and insensitive and calling on festival organisers to scrap the screening.
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