BUSAN International Film Festival

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31st BUSAN International Film Festival

Honoring the Winners
and Award-Winning Films

Moments of Glory in The Ocean of Cinema

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31st BUSAN International Film Festival

2026 BIFF
Final Report

Key Figures, Achievements, and Festival Records

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News & Notices

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Competition

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Indonesia/Japan 2026 96min

Artistic Contribution, Best Actor

World Premiere

The First Taste of Loneliness

GU You

China 2026 135min

Best Actor

International Premiere

The Sea Speaks His Name

Yosep Anggi NOEN

Indonesia 2026 133min

Uzbekistan 2026 87min

2026 Official Selections

WHAT'S ON

BIFF Events

MASTER CLASS

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

Oct 8 (Thu)

Culture Hall (9F), Shinsegae Centum City

MASTER CLASS

Master Class: The Cinematic Visions of Alfonso CUARÓN

Oct 8 (Thu)

Busan Cinema Center Cinema 1

ACTORS HOUSE

Actors’ House: KIM Goeun

Oct 8 (Thu)

Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City

OPEN TALK

Open Talk

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 13 (Tue)

Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater

ACTORS HOUSE

Actors’ House: KIM Minha

Oct 8 (Thu)

Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City

SPECIAL EVENT

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

Oct 8 (Thu)

Busan Cinema Center Cinema 2

MASTER CLASS

Master Class: Lav DIAZ - Time and Memory

Oct 9 (Fri)

Culture Hall (9F), Shinsegae Centum City

ACTORS HOUSE

Actors’ House: RYU Seung-ryong

Oct 9 (Fri)

Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City

OUTDOOR STAGE GREETING

Outdoor Stage Greeting

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 11 (Sun)

Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater

ACTORS HOUSE

Actors’ House: JU Jihoon

10.09 (Fri)

Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City

MASTER CLASS

Master Class: Bertrand MANDICO, A Magician of Wild Cinema

Oct 10 (Sat)

Culture Hall (9F), Shinsegae Centum City

MASTER CLASS

Master Class: Rintaro, a Living Legend of Japanese Animation

Oct 10 (Sat)

Culture Hall (9F), Shinsegae Centum City

ACTORS HOUSE

Actors’ House: SHIN Mina

Oct 10 (Sat)

Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City

SPECIAL TALK

Special Talk

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 12 (Mon)

Varies by Event

TALK-TO-TALK

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

Oct 12 (Mon)

HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE

TALK-TO-TALK

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

Oct 12 (Mon)

HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE

TALK-TO-TALK

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

Oct 13 (Tue)

HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE

TALK-TO-TALK

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

Oct 13 (Tue)

HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE

CINE CLASS

Cine Class

Oct 8 (Thu) ~ Oct 14 (Wed)

Varies by Event

TALK-TO-TALK

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

Oct 14 (Wed)

HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE

TALK-TO-TALK

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

Oct 14 (Wed)

HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE

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BIFF 2026

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Audience & Critics

BIFF Story

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The Kinder Programmer

THE KINDER PROGRAMMER

[BIFF 2026] The Kinder Programmer - SEO Seunghee

Dear audiences, welcome to Busan! I am truly delighted to share with you once again a rich and captivating selection of new films from Europe.

SEO Seunghee Programmer

2026/09/18

Selection Review

Midday Meal

Veteran director Majid Majidi's latest film is anchored by a great performance from lead actor Mohammad Rahimi. “Midday Meal” isn’t necessarily about the art of cooking, but it is in part about the ri

2026/10/13 BY Kambole Campbell

Satoko Always

OKITA Shuichi / Japan / 2026 / 138 min / Competition An omnibus narrative unfolds around three women named Satoko. Fifteen-year-old Satoko (Kashun Himeno) is preoccupied with a boy her age whom

2026/10/11 BY Kim Min-se

Between Two Lovers

HIROSE Nanako / Japan / 2026 / 128min / CompetitionUta(Masami Nagasawa), a successful children’s book author, appears to have a near-perfect marriage with her supportive husband Morio(Tasuku Emot

2026/10/13 BY Robert Daniels Film Critic (USA)

Beach Fictions

A highlight of Busan's main competition, Lim Hayeon's artful, confident debut follows a young woman through two versions of the same timeline, steered by tellers of stories and fortune. Fatalism, self

2026/10/15 BY Guy Lodge

Beach Fictions

LIM Hayeon / Korea / 2026 / 144min / Competition A train passes by in the distance, after which, the camera pans, lingering inside a busy restaurant and its busy patrons excitedly engaged in thei

2026/10/11 BY Oggs Cruz Film Critic (Philippines)

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

Long Long Night

Youm Kyu-bock’s feature debut plays Busan competition following a Toronto premiere Dir: Youm Kyu-bock. South Korea. 2026. 99minsA lone White Boulder Rhinoceros raised by a herd of elephants in Africa

2026/10/11 BY Elizabeth KERR

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

2026/10/13 BY Elizabeth KERR

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

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

The Sea Speaks His Name

Busan competition premiere reunites director Yosep Anggi Noen with his ‘24 Hours With Gaspar’ star Reza Rahadian Dir: Yosep Anggi Noen. Indonesia. 2026. 133minsDictatorial rule, oppression and the pow

2026/10/13 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

Selvi

VERDICT: Actress Anjali Patil’s delicate turn as an overstretched homecare worker anchors 'Selvi', Sailesh Rathnakumar’s humane feature-film debut.Clarence TsuiOctober 10th, 2026They laugh, they cry,

2026/10/13 BY Clarence Tsui

The Flower

VERDICT: The first feature by Korean Academy of Film Arts graduate Kim Si-jin is a delicately designed stop-action animation that is at once funny and moving.Clarence TsuiOctober 12th, 2026In The Flow

2026/10/13 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

2026/10/09 BY Clarence Tsui

Zogsool

VERDICT: Love blooms for two social pariahs at a petrol stop on the Mongolian steppes in Byamba Sakhya’s poised and politically charged 'Zogsool', bowing in Busan.Clarence TsuiOctober 11th, 2026After

2026/10/13 BY Clarence Tsui

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

Possible Love

VERDICT: A working class family fallen into poverty becomes embroiled with a wealthy married couple who have a creepy agenda in Lee Chang-dong’s heartfelt depiction of the aftermath of a failed strike

2026/10/09 BY Deborah Young

Beach Fictions

LIM Hayeon / Korea / 2026 / 144min / Competition A train passes by in the distance, after which, the camera pans, lingering inside a busy restaurant and its busy patrons excitedly engaged in thei

2026/10/11 BY Oggs Cruz Film Critic (Philippines)

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

2026/10/11 BY Jeongeun Kim

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