Busan International Film Festival

26th Busan International Film Festival Final Report

I. Overview

1. Basic Overview

○ Period: October 6th (Wed) to October 15th (Fri), 2021

○ Screening Venues: 29 screens at 6 theaters

- Busan Cinema Center, CGV Centum City, LOTTE CINEMA Centum City, LOTTE CINEMA Daeyoung, Sohyang Theatre, and BNK Busan Bank Art Cinema (Community BIFF)

○ Selections

- Official Selections: 223 films from 70 countries

- Community BIFF Selections: 58 films

2. Total Attendance & Online Viewers

○ Film Festival: 76,072 (# of Seats 95,163/Occupied Seats 80%)

○ Community BIFF: 3,330

○ BIFF in the Neighborhood: 3,771

3. Program Events

○ 6 Open Talk

○ 10 Outdoor Stage Greeting

○ 1 Special Talk (Director HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke X BONG Joon Ho)

○ 6 Actor’s House

○ 1 Master Class (Director Leos CARAX)

○ 4 Talk to Talk (released only on YouTube)

○ 3 Short Film, Long Chat (released only on YouTube)

○ 191 GVs (Guest Visits)

(149 on-site GVs/40 online GVs/2 simultaneous online and on-site GVs)

4. Asian Contents & Film Market

○ Market Badges: Total of 55 countries, 853 companies, and 1,479 holders (45 countries, 611 companies, and 885 holders in 2020)

○ Online Booths: Total of 23 countries, 200 companies, and 200 booths (94 newly added companies/970 contents in transaction)

○ # of APM Meetings: 515

○ # of E-IP Market Meetings: 824