Heo Moonyoung, Chairperson of the BIFF Executive Committee, Appointed to a Jury for Cannes Critics’ Week.

Heo Moonyoung, the chairperson of the BIFF Executive Committee, the best film festival in Asia, has been appointed as a jury for Cannes Critics’ Week.Marking its 61st anniversary this year, Cannes Critics’ Week is a side section of the Cannes International Fil...

Busan International Film Festival Appoints HUH Moon-young as Festival Director

At the close of its annual boarding meeting this year on March 25, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) announced two major new appointments. Respected critic and programer HUH Moon-young has taken over as the new festival director, while OH Seok-geun,...

JANG Dong-gun and KIM Ha-neul to Host BIFF Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of this year’s 22nd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will be hosted by actors JANG Dong-gun and KIM Ha-neul. The ceremony will take place at the Busan Cinema Center on October 12th and will be followed by a presentation of this yea...

BIFF to Hold Asia’s Biggest VR Cinema Events

The 22nd edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will host Asia’s largest Virtual Reality (VR) cinema event. Titled ‘VR CINEMA in BIFF’, the program will launch this fall and is expected to be “a long-term project to lead the technology for the...

Film Industry Mourns Passing of KIM Ji-seok

Filmmakers from South Korea and neighboring Asian countries travelled to Busan to pay their respect to the late KIM Ji-seok during a memorial service held on Monday, May 29th. 400 guests mourned the former deputy director and executive programmer of the Busan ...

Busan Independent Film Association Joins UNESCO 2017 Film Production Residency in Busan

For the first time this year, UNESCO starts its film production project in Busan, one of the creative cities. UNESCO 2017 Film Production Residency in Busan is a program to provide opportunities to produce short films for filmmakers from UNESCO City of Film in...

Independent Film Festival BUSAN Featured by UNESCO

The 18th edition of the Independent Film Festival BUSAN was held from November 18th to 21st. The festival, which has been running since 1999, screened 56 films highlighting new talents from within Korea and all around the world at the famous Busan Cinema Cente...