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)

2026/10/11 BY Kong Rithdee executive member of the Thai Film Foundation

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The Kinder Programmer

THE KINDER PROGRAMMER

[BIFF 2026] The Kinder Programmer - JEONG Jihye

The Table: Day and Night - Kim Jong-kwan The crowning work of Kim Jong-kwan, who has continually experimented with and expanded his unique cinematic form, style, sensibility, and vision through films like Worst Woman (2016), The Table (2016), and Josée (2020). The ensemble featuring Kim Min-ha, Joo

JEONG Jihye Programmer

2026/09/11

Selection Review

Long Long Night

YOUM Kyubock / Korea / 2026 / 99 min / Competition The journey of Noden the rhinoceros and a penguin begins as an adventure in search of a place to live. Yet their destination is unclear from the

2026/10/11 BY Lee Jayeon

Hilol

Botir ABDURAKHMANOV / Uzbekistan / 2026 / 87min / Competition “Tell me, father. Who am I?” Thirty minutes into the film, the protagonist asks that existential question with seething anger. Hilol

Long Long Night

VERDICT: Youm Kyu-bock lights up Busan’s top-tier competition with a crowd-pleasing, tear-jerking, excellently animated road movie about two animals’ search for a better place to live.Clarence TsuiOct

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

Satoko Always

VERDICT: A subtle celebration of the transformative power of the written word, 'Satoko Always' features three women in very different stages in life.Clarence TsuiOctober 6th, 2026Revolving around a tr

2026/10/11 BY Yuu Sato Freelance Film Journalist

IBUKU

Eddie CAHYONO / Indonesia, Japan / 2026 / 96min / Competition is the fourth feature from director Eddie Cahyono, who has continued to make films based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and first drew att

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

Satoko Always

The film has its international premiere in Busan competition after releasing in Japan last monthDir: Shuichi Okita. Japan. 2026. 138minsThe importance of self-fulfilment and life’s big and small conne

2026/10/11 BY Amber Wilkinson

Shaving

Kim Jung-hoon’s follow-up to 2013’s ‘Tinker Ticker’ bows in Busan competition Dir: Kim Jung-hoon. South Korea. 2026. 93minsA restorative long weekend intended to be one of many steps in a young woman’

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

The First Taste of Loneliness

The Busan competition premiere follows ‘Dwelling In The Fuchan Mountains’ and ‘Dwelling By The West Lake’ Dir: Gu You. China/France. 2026 135minsThe concluding film in director Gu You’s ’Landscape’ (

2026/10/11 BY Allan Hunter

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

HOPE

VERDICT: Korean director Na Hong-jin's gonzo sci-fi action comedy is a wild rollercoaster ride loaded with just enough famous names, lowbrow jokes and blood-splattered thrills to excuse its thin plot

2026/10/09 BY Stephen Dalton

Parallel Tales

VERDICT: Art and life take turns imitating each other in a long cascade of intricately interwoven stories in Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’, part engrossing puzzle and part a repetitively revolving

2026/10/10 BY Deborah Young

IBUKU

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

The Cord

VERDICT: A mother's world unravels when her only son is charged with a violent crime in this dark, chilly and pointed Kazakh drama.Ben NicholsonOctober 9th, 2026Sometimes it is not see easy for a moth

2026/10/10 BY Ben Nicholson

Long Long Night