27th Busan International Film Festival

27th Busan International Film Festival
BIFF official poster
Opening filmScent of the Wind by Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh
Closing filmA Man by Kei Ishikawa
LocationBusan Cinema Center
Founded1995
Awards
  • New Currents Award:
    • A Wild Roomer by Lee Jeong-hong, South Korea
    • Shivamma by Jaishankar Aryar, India
  • Kim Jiseok Awards
    • Scent of Wind by Hadi Mohaghegh, Iran
    • Alterations by Yalkin Tuychiev, Uzbekistan
  • Korean Cinema Award
    • Goran Topalovic, United States
  • The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
Hosted by
No. of films243 films from 71 countries
Festival dateOpening: October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05)
Closing: October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)
WebsiteBIFF 2022
Busan International Film Festival

The 27th Busan International Film Festival (Korean: 제27회 부산국제영화제) was held from October 5 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea till October 14. This year, the festival restarted events and program sections which were not conducted due to COVID-19 for last 2 years.[1][2] The festival opened with Iranian film Scent of the Wind by director Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh, Jeon Yeo-been with Ryu Jun-yeol were master of ceremonies for the opening ceremony.[3]

In 27th edition 243 films from 71 countries were invited, in these films there were 89 world premieres, and 13 international premieres. 111 community service films were also part of 2022 festival.

This year BIFF opened special program, ‘The New Wave of Japanese Cinema’ dedicated to 10 notable next-generation Japanese directors. 10 Japanese-directed films selected by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Shozo Ichiyama, the executive director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, Teruoka Sozo, a programmer at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, and Toshiyuki Hasegawa, a programmer at the Skip City International D Cinema Film Festival, will be screened during the course of the festival.[4] Another addition to special program was 'A New Perspective on Documentary in the 21st Century', which introduced 10 innovative documentaries. These films were fresh and unique works that are outside the traditional documentary framework.[5] The third feature of 'Special Program in Focus' was screening of 6 films of Tony Leung, a Hong Kong actor and singer, who is also the winner of the 'Asian Filmmaker of the Year' award this year.[6]

The festival visited by 160,000 people closed on October 14, with Japanese film One Man by director Kei Ishikawa.[7] Han Sun-hwa with Kwon Yul hosted the closing ceremony of the festival.[8][9]

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  2. ^ "Presenting the Official Poster for the 27th Busan International Film Festival". Acrofan. August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  3. ^ Kim Soo-young (September 14, 2022). "류준열·전여빈, 부산국제영화제 개막식 사회 맡는다" [Ryu Jun-yeol and Jeon Yeo-bin to host the opening ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Jeong In-deok (August 17, 2022). "제27회 BIFF 특별기획 프로그램 상영작 공개…일본 감독 작품 10편" [The 27th BIFF Special Program Screenings Released... 10 Japanese Director Works]. International Newspaper (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  5. ^ "제27회 BIFF, '21세기 다큐멘터리 새로운 시선'…다큐 10편 소개" [21st Century Documentary New Perspective]. News 1 (in Korean). Naver. August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference tony:variety was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Son Jeong-bin (September 7, 2022). "3년만에 정상화…"아시아 최고 영화제 돌아온다"(종합)" [Back to normal after 3 years... "Asia's Best Film Festival is Back" (Comprehensive)]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  8. ^ Kim Mi-hwa (September 26, 2022). "권율X한선화, 부산국제영화제 폐막식 사회 본다 [공식]" [Kwon Yul X Han Seon-hwa, Hosting the Closing Ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival [Official]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  9. ^ Kim Yoo-jin (October 14, 2022). "제27회 부산국제영화제, 오늘(14일) 폐막…3년 만의 정상 개최, 16만 명 방문" [The 27th Busan International Film Festival closes today (14th)... Summit held for the first time in 3 years, visited by 160,000 people]. Xports News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 15, 2022.