The 27th Busan International Film Festival
Final Report

Table of Contents

Ⅰ. Overview

Ⅱ. Busan International Film Festival Report

Ⅲ. Program Report

ⅰ. CHANEL X BIFF Asian Film Academy

ⅱ. Forum BIFF

ⅲ. Community BIFF

ⅳ. BIFF Everywhere

Ⅳ. Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) Report

Ⅰ. Overview

1. Basic Overview

○ Busan International Film Festival Period: Oct 5th (Wed) - Oct 14th (Fri), 2022

○ Screening Venues: 30 screens in 7 theaters

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

Sohyang Theatre, KOFIC Theater, LOTTE CINEMA Daeyoung (Community BIFF),

BNK Busan Bank Art Cinema (Community BIFF)

○ Selections

- Official Selection: 242 films from 71 countries

- World + International Premiere: 101 films

- World Premiere: 88 films

- International Premiere: 13 films

- Community BIFF & BIFF Everywhere: 161 films (Excluding duplicates)

2. Total Attendance

○ Film Festival: 161,145 (Occupied seats: approximately 74%)
○ Community BIFF: 17,166
○ BIFF Everywhere: 11,002

3. Program Events

○ 11 Open Talk
○ 9 Outdoor Greeting
○ 2 Special Talk
○ 4 Actors’ House
○ 2 Master Class
○ 5 Talk-to-Talk

○ 1 Handprinting Ceremony
○ 3 Short Film, Long Chat

○ 16 mentors for Cinema Together

○ 304 Guest Visits (301 on-site GVs / 3 online & on-site GVs)

4. Asian Contents & Film Market Summary

○ Market Badges: A total of 49 countries, 1,102 companies, 2,465 badge holders

(55 countries, 853 companies, and 1,479 holders in 2021)

○ Sales Booths: A total of 22 countries, 272 companies, 72 sales booths
○ Asian Project Market (APM) Meetings: 705
○ Busan Story Market Meetings: 1,027
○ Platform BUSAN Participants: A total of 25 countries, 165 participants

5. Busan International Film Festival Guests

○ Total Participants                        7,542
- Domestic Festival Guests             3,189

- International Festival Guests           752
- Domestic ACFM Guests                 1,523

- International ACFM Guests            942

- Cinephile Guests                         1,136

※  Excluding visitors & press members