History

Overview

Festival Period
Oct 6th (Wed) - Oct 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 Selection: 223 films from 70 countries
  • Community BIFF Selections: 58 films
Total Attendance
  • Film Festival: 76,072 (Available Seats 95,163/Occupied Seats 80%)
  • Community BIFF: 3,330
  • BIFF Everywhere: 3,771
Program Events
  • 6 Open Talk
  • 10 Outdoor Stage Greeting
  • 1 Special Talk
  • 6 Actors’ House
  • 1 Master Class
  • 4 Talk-to-Talk
  • 3 Short Film, Long Chat
  • 191 GVs (Guest Visits)(149 on-site GVs/40 online GVs/2 simultaneous online and on-site GVs)

Asian Contents & Film Market Summary

Market Badges
  • Total of 55 countries, 853 companies, and 1,479 holders
Online Booths
  • Total of 23 countries, 200 companies, and 200 booths (94 newly added companies/970 contents in transaction)
Market Screening
  • 319 films from 18 countries and 83 companies (141 marketpremieres)
Asian Project Market (APM) Meetings
  • 515
E-IP Market Meetings
  • 824

Busan International Film Festival Guests

Total Participants
0
Domestic Festival Guests
0
International Festival Guests
0
ACFM Guests
0

※ Excluding visitors & press members

BNK부산은행
제네시스
네스프레소
한맥
네이버
CGV
파라다이스 호텔 부산
한국거래소
드비치골프클럽 주식회사
트립닷컴
아이앱 스튜디오
두산트리븐센텀
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER