BUSAN International Film Festival

Master Class: NA Hong-jin, A Genre of His Own

Master Class: The Cinematic Visions of Alfonso CUARÓN

Busan Cinema Center Cinema 1

Actors’ House: KIM Goeun

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 13 (Tue)

OPEN TALK

Open Talk

Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater

Actors’ House: KIM Minha

Special Talk: The Cinematic Life of Ann Hui, Winner of the Camellia Award

SPECIAL EVENT

Busan Cinema Center Cinema 2

Master Class: Lav DIAZ - Time and Memory

Oct 9 (Fri)

Actors’ House: RYU Seung-ryong

Oct 9 (Fri)

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 11 (Sun)

OUTDOOR STAGE GREETING

Outdoor Stage Greeting

Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater

Actors’ House: JU Jihoon

10.09 (Fri)

Master Class: Bertrand MANDICO, A Magician of Wild Cinema

Oct 10 (Sat)

Master Class: Rintaro, a Living Legend of Japanese Animation

Oct 10 (Sat)

Actors’ House: SHIN Mina

Oct 10 (Sat)

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 12 (Mon)

SPECIAL TALK

Special Talk

Varies by Event

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Kukhee

Oct 12 (Mon)

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Jaechul

Oct 12 (Mon)

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor GONG Minjeung

Oct 13 (Tue)

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor PARK Jiyeon

Oct 13 (Tue)

Oct 8 (Thu) ~ Oct 14 (Wed)

CINE CLASS

Cine Class

Varies by Event

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor IM Seongjae

Oct 14 (Wed)

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Junhan

Oct 14 (Wed)

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BIFF 2026

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The Kinder Programmer

THE KINDER PROGRAMMER

[BIFF 2026] The Kinder Programmer - JUNG Mi

This year marks the ninth edition of Community BIFF and the sixth edition of BIFF Everywhere.

JUNG Mi Programmer

2026/10/04

Selection Review

Between Two Lovers

Tasuku Emoto and Shizuka Ishibashi also star in Nanako Hirose’s Busan competition title Dir/scr: Nanako Hirose. Japan. 2026. 128minsA free-spirited if slightly self-centred writer conspires to have he

The Table: Day and Night

Kim Jong-kwan’s follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Table’ stars Shim Eun-kyung and Han Sun-hwaDir: Kim Jong-kwan. South Korea. 2026. 80minsA chic neighbourhood café bears witness to the various romantic trial

2026/10/11 BY Elizabeth KERR

Cosmic Trace

VERDICT: Filmmaker Jang Woo-jin delivers a moving, meditative and masterful paean to mortality in his fourth feature, which bows in Busan’s Vision Korea competition.Clarence TsuiOctober 10th, 2026Cosm

2026/10/11 BY Jeongeun Kim

The Sea Speaks His Name

Adapted from Leila S. Chudori's well-regarded novel, Yosep Anggi Noen's film follows an idealistic young student down a perilous path of protest in the final years of the Suharto dictatorship. In an a

2026/10/13 BY Guy Lodge

silver express

Tanaka Miki / Japan / 2026 / 97min / Competition Chieri (Yui Okamoto) cannot relate to the characters in romance films and does not know how to respond when someone expresses romantic interest in

silver express

Yui Okamoto and Hayato Kurihara's performances bolster an understated story that chafes at societal conditioning around hetero-coupledom. There are films and series with asexual characters in them, bu

2026/10/15 BY Kambole Campbell

Between Two Lovers

2026/10/13 BY Elizabeth KERR

Midday Meal

A nuanced performance by Mohammad Rahimi powers Majidi’s Busan competition premiere Dir: Majid Majidi. Iran. 2026. 133minsIn the opening frames of director Majid Majidi’s Midday Meal, the camera glide

2026/10/11 BY Elizabeth KERR

silver express

Miki Tanaka’s Busan competition title features a strong central performance from Yui Okamoto Dir/scr: Miki Tanaka. Japan. 2026. 97minsA sensitive drama about a young woman wrestling with her sexual i

2026/10/11 BY Elizabeth KERR

Beach Fictions

Lim Hayeon’s absorbing first feature bows in Busan competition Dir/scr. Lim Hayeon. South Korea. 2026. 145mins“Falsehood flies,” wrote Jonathan Swift, “while truth comes limping after”. It’s a quote f

2026/10/11 BY Wendy IDE, Senior international critic

Hilol

Nargiza Bakayeva gives a strong performance in Botir Abdurakhmanov’s Busan competition debutDir/scr: Botir Abdurakhmanov. Uzbekistan. 2026. 87minsOn her family’s meagre smallholding in Uzbekistan, 23-

2026/10/13 BY

To Be Ordinary

Lee Yun Chan’s accomplished Busan competition title boasts a strong ensemble cast Dir: Lee Yun Chan. Taiwan. 2026. 112minsA young man’s life-changing injuries have a profound impact on all of his imme

2026/10/13 BY Allan HUNTER

Ria

VERDICT: The portrait of a fiery punk on stage and off, Arvin Belarmino's 'Ria' celebrates rebellion against a greedy society and an unjust system.Clarence TsuiOctober 10th, 2026A meek chambermaid by

2026/10/09 BY Clarence Tsui

IBUKU

VERDICT: Christine Hakim’s bravura performance anchors 'Ibuku', an absorbingly textured study of a woman’s anguished attempts to make amends for failing her condemned daughter.Clarence TsuiOctober 8th

Cosmic Trace

2026/10/10 BY Clarence Tsui

Midday Meal

VERDICT: Iranian auteur Majid Majidi’s first film in six years, 'Midday Meal' is illuminated by Mohammad Rahimi’s dazzling performance as a morally conflicted schoolteacher.Clarence TsuiOctober 9th, 2

There Will Be Snow

VERDICT: Chinese filmmaker Story Chen makes her bow at Busan with 'There Will Be Snow', a futuristic, frosty and strangely forbidding first feature about two former lovers reuniting in their dystopian