Community BIFF, now in its eighth year within the Busan International Film Festival, operates under the slogan "Made by Audience." This program shows that regardless of where you are in life, everyone can create and share common feelings while viewing the same images at the same moment.

I am Kang Sowon, the programmer for the Wide Angle section. This year, I’ve grouped the Korean and Asian documentaries around a few keywords. Rather than lengthy explanations, I wanted to offer audiences a shortcut to selections that might match their tastes and interests.

Film is a composite art that fuses two seemingly contradictory values—artistry and popular appeal—while always offering audiences new cultural experiences. Among them, short films allow directors the most freedom and originality, without the pressures of commercial success or safe aesthetic choices.

Blood types, horoscopes, physiognomy, the Four Pillars of Destiny — I never understood the fascination with such pseudoscience and wouldn’t even entertain it in small talk.

Presenting The Kinder Programmer Film recommendations from the programmers of the 30th Busan International Film Festival! Each BIFF programmer introduces selections from their curation. Discover the 30th BIFF through the programmers’ thoughtful insights and personal picks.

Marco Bellocchio. Just hearing his name makes my heart flutter, as scenes from his films come rushing back to me. How about you? Younger audiences might find him unfamiliar, but that’s okay. I’m sure that after watching just one of the eight titles in ‘Marco Bellocchio, the filmmaker who never stopped raising his fist’, you’ll feel the same excitement I do.