[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-31457":3},{"festival":4,"years":22,"news":25,"about":46},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":12,"logoAppearance":13,"logoOg":19,"about":20,"isManaged":21},31457,"busan-international-film-festival-biff","open","Busan International Film Festival","부산국제영화제",[11],"BIFF","https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Fbusan-international-film-festival-biff-yqlu76n7.webp?v=0a547ec2",{"mode":14,"edge":15,"edgeLight":16,"plateLight":17,"plateDark":17,"crop":18,"og":18},"card","#ffffff",true,"none",null,"\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F31186.jpg?v=0a547ec2","The Busan International Film Festival, held in the South Korean port city of Busan, opened in 1996 as the first international film festival in Korea, with 169 films from 31 countries. Since 2011 its home has been the Busan Cinema Center. In 2026 it was recognised as an A-list festival by FIAPF, and the winner of its Busan Award for Best Film qualifies for submission to the Academy Award for International Feature Film. The Competition section, introduced in 2025, is limited to Asian films; Vision presents Korean and Asian independent cinema, Wide Angle shows short films and documentaries, and Flash Forward covers first and second features by non-Asian directors. The Asian Contents & Film Market, with the Asian Project Market, runs alongside. The dates for the 31st edition are 6–15 October 2026.",false,[23],{"year":24,"hasAwards":21,"hasSelection":16},"2011",[26,31,36,41],{"entryId":27,"urlTitle":28,"title":29,"summary":30},31813,"the-land-of-morning-calm-and-ma-cry-of-silence-claim-top-awards-at-2024-busan-international-film-festival","\"The Land of Morning Calm\" and \"MA – Cry of Silence\" Claim Top Awards at 2024 Busan International Film Festival","Korean film \"The Land of Morning Calm\" and Myanmar’s \"MA – Cry of Silence\" won the New Currents Award at the 29th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. Rima Das's \"Village Rockstars 2\" and…",{"entryId":32,"urlTitle":33,"title":34,"summary":35},31643,"producer-park-kwansu-honored-with-choon-yun-award-at-29th-busan-international-film-festival-in-south-korea","Producer Park Kwansu Honored with Choon-yun Award at 29th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea","Producer Park Kwansu has been named the recipient of the Choon-yun Award at the 29th Busan International Film Festival (South Korea). The award, sponsored by NEXTWORLD Co., Ltd., honors outstanding co…",{"entryId":37,"urlTitle":38,"title":39,"summary":40},31622,"busan-2024-63-european-films-and-female-filmmakers-take-center-stage","Busan 2024: 63 European Films and Female Filmmakers Take Center Stage","The 29th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), taking place in South Korea from Oct 2-11, 2024, will showcase over 60 European films, including works by emerging female directors. A Special Progra…",{"entryId":42,"urlTitle":43,"title":44,"summary":45},31458,"busan-film-festival-2024-to-open-with-park-chan-wooks-netflix-drama-uprising-faces-financial-challenges","Busan Film Festival 2024 to Open with Park Chan-wook's Netflix Drama 'Uprising,' Faces Financial Challenges","The 29th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will open with the world premiere of Netflix’s period drama Uprising, co-written and produced by Park Chan-wook, and close with Eric Khoo’s Spirit Wor…",{"aboutHtml":47,"countries":48,"focus":50,"categories":51,"nextDates":18,"awardsPrizes":56,"rules":57,"website":58,"contacts":59,"editDate":79},"\u003Cp>The Busan International Film Festival, held in the South Korean port city of Busan, opened in 1996 as the first international film festival in Korea, with 169 films from 31 countries. Since 2011 its home has been the Busan Cinema Center. In 2026 it was recognised as an A-list festival by FIAPF, and the winner of its Busan Award for Best Film qualifies for submission to the Academy Award for International Feature Film.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Competition section, introduced in 2025, is limited to Asian films; Vision presents Korean and Asian independent cinema, Wide Angle shows short films and documentaries, and Flash Forward covers first and second features by non-Asian directors. The Asian Contents & Film Market, with the Asian Project Market, runs alongside. The dates for the 31st edition are 6–15 October 2026.\u003C\u002Fp>",[49],"South Korea",[],[52,53,54,55],"Animation","Documentary","Feature","Short","Presented at the Opening Ceremony: the Asian Filmmaker of the Year, the Korean Cinema Award and the Camellia Award (established in 2024 with CHANEL, for filmmakers or industry professionals who have advanced the role of women in cinema).\n\nPresented at the Closing Ceremony, for films in Competition: the Busan Award for Best Film, a grand prize of KRW 50,000,000 shared equally by the director and the producer; the Busan Award for Best Director, KRW 20,000,000; the Busan Award Special Jury Prize, KRW 10,000,000 to the director; the Busan Award for Best Actor, KRW 10,000,000 to each of two performers; and the Busan Award for Artistic Contribution, KRW 10,000,000. The New Currents Award of KRW 20,000,000 goes to the most promising directorial debut in Competition or Vision.\n\nVision section awards include the NETPAC Award, the FIPRESCI Award, the Songwon Vision Audience Awards for Asia and for Korea, and sponsored awards of KRW 10,000,000 each such as the Bishkek International Film Festival Central Asia Cinema Award, the Face of the Future Award, the Hylife Vision Award, the International Film Festival of India Vision Asia Award, the Taipei Film Commission Award and the Vision of Jiseok Award.\n\nWide Angle awards include the BIFF Mecenat Award for documentaries and the Sonje Award for short films, each KRW 10,000,000 as funding for the next production, the Documentary Audience Award and the Busan Cinephile Award. The Flash Forward Audience Award is voted by the audience. The festival lists the awards as subject to change.","Films are submitted online through the official website. Email addresses are verified first, then the online submission form is completed and the screener is uploaded. There is no entry fee. Submission is complete only when the film information is registered and the screener is uploaded by 18:00 (KST) on the deadline date; for the 2026 edition the deadlines are 2 June for short films and 8 July for feature films.\n\nThe festival accepts feature films, short films, documentaries and animations. For the 2026 edition a film must be completed no earlier than September 2025 and no later than the first week of September 2026. A film under 60 minutes is a short, and a film of 60 minutes or longer is a feature. Short documentaries and non-Asian short fiction films are not open to submission. The Wide Angle Korean and Asian short film competitions take only world and international premieres of up to 30 minutes. Films submitted to a previous edition should not be resubmitted.\n\nFilms not in Korean or English need English subtitles on the screener. The Selection Committee gives priority to world and international premieres and decides the section of each selected film. Selected films must be available as a DCP or 35mm print by the first week of September, with English subtitles unless the original language is English; the festival produces the Korean subtitles and covers shipping and insurance both ways.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.biff.kr\u002F",[60,64,68,72,76],{"type":61,"value":62,"note":63},"Email","guest@biff.kr","Festival badge accreditation for filmmakers and film professionals",{"type":65,"value":66,"note":67},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Fbiff.kr\u002Fpop\u002Ffile\u002F2026_Official_Submission_and_Selection_Rules_&_Regulation_eng_final_as_of_2026-03-10.pdf?ver=1","Submission and selection rules (PDF)",{"type":69,"value":70,"note":71},"Phone","1688-3010","Festival call center",{"type":73,"value":74,"note":75},"Address","3rd Floor, BIFF HILL, Busan Cinema Center, 120, Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea","Busan office",{"type":73,"value":77,"note":78},"5th Floor, 63 World Cup buk-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul 03999, Korea","Seoul office",1792832820]