24th Busan International Film Festival

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24th Busan International Film Festival
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BIFF official poster
Opening filmThe Horse Thieves. Roads of Time
Closing film Moonlit Winter
Location Busan Cinema Center
Founded1995
Awards
Festival dateOpening: October 3, 2019 (2019-10-03)
Closing: October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)
Busan International Film Festival

The 24th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 3 to October 12, 2019 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea. A total of 299 films from 85 countries were screened at the festival, including 118 world premieres and 27 international premieres. [1] [2]

Contents

A new "Icons" section was created to introduce the latest films made by iconic filmmakers from around the world in order to focus on both the directors and their works. The Wide Angle section on Animation Showcase and Cinekids have been integrated into A Window on Asian Cinema and World Cinema sections. [1]

This Busan International Film Festival also screened 10 of the most historically meaningful and remarkable classic films to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Korean cinema. Korean cinema had become the fifth-largest player in the world film industry based on the number of box office admissions, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. [1] [3]

Program

Opening

Gala Presentation

Icons

A Window on Asian Cinema

New Currents

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

Korean Cinema Retrospective

Director of Photography Jung Il-sung

World Cinema

Flash Forward

Wide Angle

Korean Short Film Competition

  • AKA 5JO - LEE Kyeong-won (Korea)
  • Fruits - YANG Jae-joon (Korea)
  • Hello - JIN Seong-moon (Korea)
  • How are you, Joo-hee - CHOI Min-goo (Korea)
  • Jesa - SONG Kyungwon (United States/Korea)
  • Joan - KIM Jisan, YOO Jungsoo (Korea)
  • My Little Television - LI Hongmei (Korea)
  • Nose - YOON Hanna (Korea)
  • Snail Man - PARK Jae-beom (Korea)
  • Starex - ROH Dohyeon (Korea)
  • The Dog Days - LEE Haeun (Korea)
  • While you play - KIM Kyungrae (Korea)

Asian Short Film Competition

  • BASURERO - Eileen CABILING (Philippines/United States)
  • Birdland - KOGAHARA Takeshi (Japan)
  • Dragon's Tail - Saeed KESHAVARZ (Iran)
  • In This Land We′re Briefly Ghosts - Chen-Wen LO (Taiwan/Myanmar)
  • KALAM - Prabin Kumar RAWAT (Nepal)
  • Maulen - Darina MANAPOVA (Kazakhstan)
  • No One is Crazy in This Town - Wregas BHANUTEJA (Indonesia)
  • Reprise - Stanley XU (Taiwan/Singapore)
  • Shooting Ms Rena's Film! - Elvin ADIGOZEL (Azerbaijan/France)
  • Sweet, Salty - DUONG Dieu Linh (Vietnam)

Short Film Showcase

  • Erotica - Gavin Lin (Taiwan)
  • Knock Knock Knock - Sudhanshu Saria (India)
  • Piece of Meat - Huang Junxiang, Jerrold CHONG (Singapore)
  • Roqaia - Diana Saqeb JAMAL (Afghanistan/Bangladesh)
  • Stay Awake, Be Ready - PHAM THIEN An (Vietnam/Korea/United States)

Documentary Competition

  • book-paper-scissors - HIROSE Nanako (Japan)
  • Come and See - Nottapon BOONPRAKOB (Thailand)
  • Flag, Blue Sky, Party - JANG Yun-mi (Korea)
  • Letters to Buriram - OH Minwook (Korea)
  • Noodle Kid - HUO Ning (China)
  • The Taste of Secrets - Guillaume Suon (Cambodia/France)
  • Underground - KIM Jeong-keun (Korea)
  • The Unseen - Behzad NALBANDI (Iran)
  • Welcome to X-world - HAN Taeee (Korea)
  • Yellow Ribbon - JU Hyunsook (Korea)

Documentary Showcase

  • The Cave - Feras Fayyad (Syria/Denmark)
  • The Cordillera of Dreams - Patricio Guzmán (Chile/France)
  • HAMBA - BANG Sungjun (Korea)
  • I AM A PILOT - KIM Daehyun (Korea)
  • I BY YOU BY EVERYBODY - KIM Namsuk, CHOI Seung Yoon (Korea)
  • M for Malaysia - Ineza ROUSSILLE, Dian LEE (Malaysia)
  • The Men's Room - Petter SOMMER, Jo Vemund SVENDSEN (Norway)
  • Mullah's Daughter - Hassan SOLHJOU, Mahdieh Sadat MIRHABIBI (Iran/United Kingdom)
  • Musoon, Across the Universe - NAM Seung-suk (Korea)
  • Narrow Red Line - Farzad KHOSHDAST (Iran)
  • One Child Nation - Nanfu Wang, ZHANG Jialing (China/United States)
  • Overseas - YOON Sung-A (Belgium/France)
  • Pebble - Quentin QIAO (China)
  • President's 7 Hours - LEE Sangho (Korea)
  • Que Sea Ley (Let It Be Law) - Juan Diego Solanas (France/Argentina/Uruguay)
  • Sacavém - Júlio ALVES (Portugal)
  • Things That Do Us Part - Im Heung-soon (Korea)
  • This is not a Documentary 2 - PARK Hong-yeol, HWANG Da-eun (Korea)
  • Tiny Souls - Dina NASER (Jordan/France/Qatar/Lebanon)
  • Transnistra - Anna EBORN (Sweden/Denmark/Belgium)
  • Vulnerable Histories (A Road Movie) - TANAKA Koki (Japan)
  • What Can You Do about It - TSUBOTA Yoshifumi(Japan)

Open Cinema

Special Programs in Focus

The 100 Year History of Korean Cinema: 10 Great Korean Films

Gaze and Memories: Asia's Leading Women Filmmakers

Busan Classic

Midnight Passion

Closing

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 "24th BUSAN International Film Festival". BIFF . September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Noh, Jean (4 September 2019). "Busan to open with The Horse Thieves. Roads Of Time, close with Moonlit Winter". www.screendaily.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Yoon, Min-sik (30 May 2019). "Korean cinema: 100 years in the making". The Korea Herald . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "24th Busan International Film Festival Awards Announced". BIFF . 12 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Noh, Jean (12 October 2019). "Busan awards top prizes to Rom, Haifa Street, Moving On". screendaily.com. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Scott, Mathew (12 October 2019). "Busan: Main Awards Handed to Iraqi-Qatari and Vietnamese Dramas". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Noh, Jean (4 September 2019). "Hirokazu Kore-eda recognized as Asian filmmaker of the year at 24th Busan International Film Festival". The Japan Times . Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "24th Busan International Film Festival Awards - Korean Cinema Award". BIFF . October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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