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