Table of Contents

Ⅰ. Overview

Ⅱ. Awards

Ⅲ. Final Report

Ⅳ. Program Report

 ⅰ. CHANEL X BIFF Asian Film Academy

 ⅱ. Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

Ⅴ. Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) Final Report

Ⅰ. Overview

1. Basic Overview

○ Busan International Film Festival Period: Oct 4th (Wed) - Oct 13rd (Fri), 2023

○ Screening Venues: 25 screens in 4 theaters

- Busan Cinema Center, CGV Centum City, LOTTE CINEMA Centum City,

LOTTE CINEMA Daeyoung (Community BIFF)

○ Selections: 269

- Official Selection: 209 films from 70 countries

- World + International Premiere: 88 films

- World Premiere: 80 films

- International Premiere: 8 films

- Community BIFF: 60 films

2. Total Attendance

○ Film Festival: 142,432 (Occupied seats: approximately 82%)

○ Community BIFF: 11,092 (Occupied seats: 79.4%)

○ BIFF Everywhere: 8,228

3. Program Events

○ 12 Open Talk

○ 11 Outdoor Greeting

○ 2 Special Talk

○ 4 Actors’ House

○ 1 Master Class

○ 1 Hand-Printing Ceremony

○ 252 Guest Visit (GV)

4. Asian Contents & Film Market Summary

○ Market Badges: A total of 49 countries, 918 companies, 2,479 participants

○ Sales Booths: A total of 23 countries, 271 companies, 98 sales booths

○ Asian Project Market (APM) Meetings: 826

○ Busan Story Market Meetings: 1,000

○ Platform BUSAN Participants: A total of 24 countries, 115 participants

5. Busan International Film Festival Guests

○ Total Participants: 7,772             

   - Domestic Festival Guests: 2,903                

- International Festival Guests: 891               
- Domestic ACFM Guests: 1,383        

- International ACFM Guests: 1,096              

- Cinephile Guests: 1,499                           

※  Excluding visitors & press members