26th Busan International Film Festival

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26th Busan International Film Festival
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Opening film Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
by Im Sang-soo
Closing film Anita
by Longman Leung
Location Busan Cinema Center
Founded1995
Awards
  • New Currents Award
    • The Apartment with Two Women
    • Farewell, My Hometown
  • Kim Jiseok Awards
  • Korean Cinema Award
    • Lee Choon-yun
  • The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
Hosted by
No. of films223 films from 70 countries
Festival dateOpening: October 6, 2021 (2021-10-06)
Closing: October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15)
Website BIFF 2021
Busan International Film Festival

The 26th Busan International Film Festival opened on October 6 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea [1] [2] with South Korean film Heaven: To the Land of Happiness by Im Sang-soo. [3] Park So-dam and Song Joong-ki hosted the opening of the festival, which was streamed live on YouTube. [4]

Contents

In 26th edition, 223 films from 70 countries were officially invited to the festival. 63 community service screenings were also part of the festival. [5] In addition, this year BIFF opened two special programs, ‘New Voices, Chinese Films’ dedicated to emerging, talented Chinese directors, [6] and the best Asian films by female directors, ‘Wonder Women Movies’, to highlight the contribution of female directors to the world of cinema. [7] This edition of festival has constituted a new award 'Watcha Award' to be awarded to two selected films screened in the 'New Currents' section and the 'Korean Cinema Today-Vision' section. [8] 22 short films official invited to the 'Wide Angle' competition section were screened online on YouTube and Naver. [9]

'Vision Night' awards ceremony was held on October 14 in which winners of 'Korean Cinema Today - Vision Section' were announced. [10] On October 15 in an online press conference the winners of 'New Currents' and other awards were announced and it was informed that 76,072 people visited the film festival in ten days. [11] The festival closed on October 15 with closing ceremony hosted by Lee Joon-hyuk and Lee Joo-young and screening of film Anita by Longman Leung. South Korean film The Apartment with Two Women by Kim Se-in won five awards, including New Currents award. [12]

Jury

Source: [13] [14] [15] [16]

New Currents (competition section)

Kim Jiseok Award

BIFF Mecenat Award

Sonje Award

Actor and Actress of the Year

FIPRESCI Award

NETPAC Award

DGK MEGABOX Award

KBS Independent Film Award

CGK Award

Critic b Award

Program sections

Sources: [17] [18] [19]

The festival has following sections:

Opening and closing films

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Opening film
2020 Heaven: To the Land of Happiness 헤븐: 행복의 나라로 Im Sang-soo South Korea
Closing film
2021 Anita 梅艷芳Longman LeungChina

Gala Presentation

Source: [21]

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
2021 Annette Leos Carax France
2021 Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
2021 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然と想像Ryusuke HamaguchiJapan

Icons

Source: [22] [23]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Ahed's Knee Nadav Lapid Israel, France, Germany
Bergman Island Mia Hansen-Løve France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Mexico
Cow Andrea Arnold United Kingdom
Deception Tromperie Arnaud Desplechin France
Everything Went Fine Tout s'est bien passé François Ozon France
France Bruno Dumont France, Germany, Belgium
The French Dispatch Wes Anderson United States
Funny Boy Deepa Mehta Canada
The Hand of God È stata la mano di Dio Paolo Sorrentino Italy
A Hero قهرمان Asghar Farhadi Iran, France
In Front of Your Face 당신얼굴 앞에서 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Introduction 인트로덕션 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds Lingui Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad, France, Belgium, Germany
Marx Can Wait Marx può aspettare Marco Bellocchio Colombia, Taiwan, France, Germany, Mexico, Qatar
One Second 一秒钟 Zhang Yimou China, Hong Kong
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion New Zealand, Australia
Red Rocket Sean Baker United States
Sundown Michel Franco Mexico, France, Sweden
Three Floors Tre piani Nanni Moretti Italy, France
The Tsugua DiariesDiários de Otsoga Miguel Gomes, Maureen FazendeiroPortugal, France
Vortex Gaspar Noé France
Yanagawa Zhang Lü China

New Currents

Main competition section at BIFF, showcases the works by emerging Asian directors. [24] [25]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
The Absent DirectorArvand DashtarayIran
The Apartment with Two Women같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자Kim Se-inSouth Korea
AsteroidMehdi Hoseinivand AalipourIran
Farewell, My HometownWang Er ZhouChina
Kalkokkho কালকোকখোRajdeep Paul, Sarmistha MaitiIndia
MemorylandMiền Ký ỨcKim Quy BuiVietnam, Germany
MissingKatayama ShinzoJapan
PedroNatesh HegdeIndia
Photocopier Penyalin Cahaya Wregas Bhanuteja Indonesia
Red PomegranateSharipa UrazbayevaKazakhstan
Seire 세이레Park KangSouth Korea

A Window on Asian Cinema

Seven films were selected to compete for the Kim Jiseok award: [26] [27]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
24 Royston Tan Singapore, Thailand
The BargainWang KiChina
Gensan Punch Brillante Mendoza Philippines
No Land's Man Mostofa Sarwar Farooki United States, Bangladesh, India
The Rapist Aparna Sen India
Riverside Mukolitta川っぺりムコリッタ Naoko Ogigami Japan
Sughra and Her SonsSuğra və oğullarıIlgar NajafAzerbaijan, France, Germany

Out of competition

These films were screened 'out of competition' as part of A Window on Asian Cinema: [28] [29]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Anatomy of Time Jakrawal NilthamrongThailand, France, Singapore, Netherlands
Annular EclipseZhang ChiChina
Are You Lonesome Tonight?热带往事Wen ShipeiChina
Ballad of a White Cow قصیده گاو سفید Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moqadam Iran, France
Days Before the MillenniumChang Teng-YuanTaiwan
Deep6Madhuja MukherjeeIndia
The ExamEzmûnShawkat Amin KorkiIraq, Germany, Qatar, Kurdistan
The Falls 瀑布 Chung Mong-hong Taiwan
Farha Darin J. Sallam Jordan, Sweden, Saudi Arabia
FireAizhana KassymbekKazakhstan
Haruhara-san's Recorder春原さんのうたKyoshi SugitaJapan
Huda's Salon Hany Abu-Assad Palestine, Egypt, Netherlands
In the Wake Takahisa Zeze Japan
Increasing EchoChienn HsiangTaiwan
Inu-Oh 犬王 Masaaki Yuasa Japan, China
Moneyboys 尋找C.B. YiAustria, France, Belgium, Taiwan
A New Old Play椒麻堂会 Qiu Jiongjiong Hong Kong, France
No Ground Beneath the Feet পায়ের তলায় মাটি নাইMohammad Rabby MridhaBangladesh
On the Job: The Missing 8 Erik Matti Philippines
Rehana Abdullah Mohammad Saad Bangladesh, Singapore, Qatar
The Road to KuthriyarBharat MirleIndia
Shankar's FairiesIrfana MajumdarIndia
TasteVịLe BaoVietnam
TengizMansur AbdukhalikovUzbekistan
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas Edwin Indonesia, Singapore, Germany
White Building ប៊ូឌីញ សKavich NeangCambodia, France, China, Qatar
Yuni Kamila Andini Indonesia, Singapore

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama Section

Sources: [30] [31] [32] [33]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)
The Book of Fish 자산어보 Lee Joon-ik
The CaveLee Young-ah
Chun Tae-il태일이Hong Jun-pyo
The Contorted House뒤틀린 집Kang Dong-hun
The Cursed: Dead Man's Prey 방법: 재차의Kim Yong-wan
Fairy요정Shin Tack-su
The Girl on a Bulldozer 불도저에 탄 소녀Park Ri-woong
Last Film Jeon Soo-il
New Year Blues 새해전야Hong Ji-Young
Night in Paradise 낙원의 밤 Park Hoon-jung
Sinkhole 싱크홀 Kim Ji-hoon
Space Sweepers 승리호 Jo Sung-hee
Unframed 언프레임드 Park Jeong-min, Son Seok-koo, Choi Hee-seo, Lee Je-hoon
UsuOh Sehyeon

Korean Cinema Today - Vision Section

In 2021 it was expanded to 12 selections and showcased as world premiere. [34]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)
A Bit Different한 끗Lee Woo-dong
Chorokbam초록밤Yoon Seo-jin
The Conversation컨버세이션Kim Dukjoong
Doom Doom둠둠Jung Wonhee
Film for the Coming Winter올 겨울에 찍을 영화Kim Kyung-rae
Hot in Day, Cold at Night낮에는 덥고 밤에는 춥고Park Song-yeol
A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea절해고도Kim Miyoung
No Surprise모퉁이Shin Sun
Nobody's Lover만인의 연인Han In-mi
Not One and Not Two벗어날 탈 脫Seoh-hyeong
Sophie's World소피의 세계Lee Jea-han
Through My Midwinter그 겨울, 나는Oh Seong-ho

World Cinema

Source: [35] [36]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
(Im)PatientConstanza FernándezChile
After Blue (Dirty Paradise) After Blue (Paradis sale) Bertrand Mandico France
Ali & Ava Clio Barnard United Kingdom
Amparo Simón Mesa Soto Colombia, Sweden, Qatar
As in HeavenDu som er i himlenTea LindeburgDenmark
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc Radu Jude Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See TitanicSokea mies, joka ei halunnut nähdä TitaniciaTeemu NikkiFinland
Blue Bayou Justin Chon United States
Brigitte Bardot Forever Lech Majewski Poland
Captain Volkonogov Escaped Капитан Волконогов бежал Natalya Merkulova, Alexey ChupovRussia, Estonia, France
A Chiara Jonas Carpignano Italy
Cop Secret Leynilöggan Hannes Þór Halldórsson Iceland
Deserted Kadri Kõusaar Estonia, Sweden, Finland
Dusk Stone Iván Fund Argentina, Chile, Spain
Fabian – Going to the Dogs Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde Dominik Graf Germany, France
The FamilyDan SlaterCanada
The Girl and the Spider Das Mädchen und die SpinneRamon Zürcher, Silvan ZürcherSwitzerland
Good MotherBonne mère Hafsia Herzi France
Great Freedom Große FreiheitSebastian MeiseAustria, Germany
Hive ZgjoiBlerta BasholliKosovo, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania
Hold Me TightSerre-moi fort Mathieu Amalric France, Germany
House Arrest Дело Aleksei Alekseivich German Russia
Il buco Michelangelo Frammartino Italy, Germany, France
Întregalde Radu Muntean Romania
The IslandInsula Anca Damian Romania, Belgium, France
Magnetic BeatsLes magnétiquesVincent Maël CardonaFrance
Nitram Justin Kurzel Australia
The Odd-Job Men Sis dies corrents Neus Ballús Spain
Passing Rebecca Hall United States
Reflection Відблиск Valentyn Vasyanovych Ukraine
Small Body Piccolo corpoLaura SamaniItaly, France, Slovenia
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg United Kingdom
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg United Kingdom
A Tale of Love and DesireUne histoire d'amour et de désir Leyla Bouzid France
Titane Julia Ducournau France
Vanishing Denis Dercourt France, South Korea
The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Joachim Trier Norway

Flash Forward

From this edition, this section has the films that have already won awards or become hot topic at other film festivals. [37]

Highlighted title indicates award winner
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Compartment No. 6 Juho Kuosmanen Finland, Germany, Estonia, Russia
El Planeta Amalia Ulman Spain
FeathersريشOmar El ZohairyFrance, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece
Freaks Out Gabriele Mainetti Italy, Belgium
Jockey Clint BentleyUnited States
Mass Fran Kranz United States
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle Onoda (10.000 nuits dans la jungle) Arthur Harari France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia
Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego Tatiana Huezo Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? რას ვხედავთ, როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ?Alexandre KoberidzeGeorgia, Germany

Wide Angle

Source: [38]

Korean Short Film Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)
All Is Well, Fighting!그래도, 화이팅!Kim Jun-seok
Anthill개미무덤Lee Sol-hui
The Blank공백Shin Si-jeong
ErrandLee Youngwoong
Gut: ExorcismPark So-e
Outing나들이Lee Yujin
Source of the OdourKim Hyoeun
Stay Over NightLee Jihoo
Suicidal StudentPark Jun-hyeok
Take Me Home, Country RoadsJeon Shi-hyoung
We Have to Love Each Other우리는 서로 사랑해야 한다Lee Ru-ri
A Winter GloveLee Hyeonju

Asian Short Film Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country(s)
Cloudy ManShahin JalaliIran
Good DayZhang Zhi-TengTaiwan
PaanhaHemant KudaleIndia
Salvador DaliEldiar MadakimKyrgyzstan
SariraLi MingyangChina
The Sea Calls for MeLaut MemanggilkuTumpal TampubolonIndonesia
The Third Solar TermSong ZhanfeiChina, United Kingdom
Why Is the Sky Dark at Night?Kelzang DorjeeBhutan
WindowsShigaya DaisukeJapan
Yet Another WinterKiran ShresthaNepal

Nominees for Mecenat Award

Documentary Competition

10 nominations, consisting of 5 Korean and 5 Asian feature-length documentaries were announced. [39]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
206: Unearthed206: 사라지지 않는Heo Cheol-nyeongSouth Korea, Thailand
Crossing’s EndShih Yu-LunTaiwan
Fanatic성덕Oh Se-yeonSouth Korea
Kim Jong-boon of Wangshimni왕십리 김종분Kim Jin-yeolSouth Korea
Ladies OnlyRebana Liz JohnIndia
Names of Revolution10월의 이름들Lee Dong-yunSouth Korea
Piano Prism피아노 프리즘Oh Jae-hyeongSouth Korea
Self-Portrait: Fairy Tale in 47KMZhang Meng-ChiChina
The Taste of Wild TomatoLau Kek HuatTaiwan
The Unnameable Dance Isshin Inudo Japan

Documentary Showcase

(Busan Cinephile Award Nominees)
Highlighted title indicates award winner
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
An Actor Prepares by Gi GukseoWhang CheolmeanSouth Korea
FacelessJennifer NgoHong Kong, United States
I am MoreLee IlhaKorea
I′m So SorryZhao LiangHong Kong, France, Netherlands
Map without IslandKim SungeunKorea
A Night of Knowing Nothing Payal Kapadia India, France
Odorikoヌード・アット・ハート (Nude at Heart)Okutani YoichiroJapan, United States, France
Poets' WindowKim JeonhanKorea
Rain in 2020Lee Yong ChaoTaiwan, Myanmar
Steel BoatKim JigonKorea
TargetNishijima ShinjiJapan
Out of competition
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Artificial Immortality Ann Shin Canada
Django & Django Luca ReaItaly
The First Wave Matthew Heineman United States
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen Denmark, France
For LucioPer Lucio Pietro Marcello Italy
Mariner of the MountainsO marinheiro das montanhas Karim Aïnouz Brazil, France, Germany
Returning to Reims (Fragments)Retour à Reims (Fragments) Jean-Gabriel Périot France
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson United States

Open Cinema

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Benedetta Paul Verhoeven France, Belgium, Netherlands
Inexorable Fabrice Du Welz Belgium, France
Infernal Affairs Andrew Lau, Alan Mak Hong Kong, China
Last Night in Soho Edgar Wright United Kingdom
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon Ana Lily Amirpour United States
Tokyo Revengers 東京卍リベンジャーズ Tsutomu Hanabusa Japan
What She Likes...彼女が好きなものはShogo KusanoJapan

On Screen

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)Platform/ Network
Hellbound 지옥 Yeon Sang-ho South KoreaNetflix [40]
My Name 마이 네임 Kim Jin-min South KoreaNetflix
ForbiddenAnucha Boonyawatana, Josh KimHBO Asia's original Thai series HBO Go [41]

Special program in focus

Wonder Women Movies

10 best Asian films by female directors selected on the basis of responses from 117 film professionals in a span of one year: [42] [43]

YearRankEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
19881 Salaam Bombay! Mira Nair India, France, United Kingdom
20002 Blackboards تخته سياه Samira Makhmalbaf Iran, Italy, Japan
2011 A Simple Life 桃姐 Ann Hui Hong Kong
19954The Murmuring낮은 목소리 Byun Young-joo South Korea
19975 Suzaku 萌の朱雀 Naomi Kawase Japan
20006 The Day I Became a Woman روزی که زن شدم Marzieh Meshkini Iran
20017 Take Care of My Cat 고양이를 부탁해 Jeong Jae-eun South Korea
20178 Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Marlina si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak Mouly Surya Indonesia, France, Malaysia, Thailand
20189 Capernaum کفرناحوم Nadine Labaki Lebanon
2012 Wadjda وجدة Haifaa al-Mansour Germany, Jordan, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

New Voices, Chinese Films

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Genre
2014 Black Coal, Thin Ice 白日焰火 Diao Yinan Neo-noir
2015 Kaili Blues 路边野餐 Bi Gan Drama, Mystery
2017 Walking Past the Future 路過未來 Li Ruijun Drama
2019Dwelling in the Fuchun MountainsChun jiang shui nuanGu XiaogangDrama
2020The Cloud in Her RoomTa fang jian li de yunZheng Lu XinyuanDrama
2020The Calming平静 (Ping Jing)Song FangDrama
2021Ripples of LifeYong an zhen gu shi jiShujun WeiDrama

Awards and winners

Awards

The following awards will be presented at the 26th edition: [44] [8]

Winners

Source: [45]

Im Kwon-taek, The Asian Filmmaker of the Year Marie Claire Korea imgweontaeggwa 10inyi gamdogdeul imgweontaeg.png
Im Kwon-taek, The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
Winner(s)Work/ directorNotesRef.
The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
Im Kwon-taek Honoured [46]
Korean Cinema Award
Lee Choon-yunHonoured [47] [48]
New Currents Award
The Apartment with Two WomenKim Se-in [49]
Farewell, My HometownWang Er Zhou
Kim Jiseok Award
The Rapist Aparna Sen Joint winner [50]
Gensan Punch Brillante Mendoza
The BargainWang KiSpecial mention
BIFF Mecenat Award
206: UnearthedHeo Cheol-nyeongKorean section [51]
Self-Portrait: Fairy Tale in 47KMZhang Meng-ChiAsia section
Sonje Award
A Winter GloveLee HyeonjuJoint winner [52]
The Sea Calls for MeTumpal Tampubolon
SariraLi MingyangSpecial mention
Actor of the year Award
Kwon DahamThrough My Midwinter [53]
Actress of the year Award
Lim Ji-hoThe Apartment with Two Women [53]
KB New Currents Audience Award
The Apartment with Two WomenKim Se-in
Flash Forward Audience Award
Mass Fran Kranz
NETPAC Award
The Apartment with Two WomenKim Se-in [54]
FIPRESCI Award
Seire Park Kang [54]
Busan Cinephile Award
I′m So SorryZhao Liang [54]
CGK Award
Choo Kyeong-yeobChorokbam [54]
DGK MEGABOX Award
Through My MidwinterOh Seong-ho [54]
A Lonely Island in the Distant SeaKim Miyoung
Critic b Award
Hot in Day, Cold at NightPark Song-yeol [55]
CGV Arthouse Award
ChorokbamYoon Seo-jin [56]
KBS Independent Film Award
Hot in Day, Cold at NightPark Song-yeol [55]
Watcha Award
Through My MidwinterOh Seong-ho [54]
The Apartment with Two WomenKim Se-in
Citizen Critics' Award
ChorokbamYoon Seo-jin [55]

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