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World Premiere IBUKU
IBUKU
Eddie CAHYONO
Indonesia/Japan 2026 96min
World Premiere Beach Fictions
Beach Fictions
LIM Hayeon
Korea 2026 144min
International Premiere Satoko Always
Satoko Always
OKITA Shuichi
Japan 2026 138min
World Premiere silver express
silver express
TANAKA Miki
Japan 2026 97min
World Premiere To Be Ordinary
To Be Ordinary
LEE Yun Chan
Taiwan 2026 112min
World Premiere The Day After Sunday
The Day After Sunday
KATO Takuya
Japan 2026 82min
World Premiere The Sea Speaks His Name
The Sea Speaks His Name
Yosep Anggi NOEN
Indonesia 2026 133min
World Premiere Midday Meal
Midday Meal
Majid MAJIDI
Iran 2026 133min
World Premiere Shaving
Shaving
KIM Jung-hoon
Korea 2026 93min
Long Long Night
Long Long Night
YOUM Kyubock
Korea 2026 99min
World Premiere Between Two Lovers
Between Two Lovers
HIROSE Nanako
Japan 2026 128min
World Premiere Hilol
Hilol
Botir ABDURAKHMANOV
Uzbekistan 2026 87min
World Premiere The First Taste of Loneliness
The First Taste of Loneliness
GU You
China 2026 135min
2026 Official Selections
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BIFF Events

MASTER CLASS
나홍진
Master Class: NA Hong-jin, A Genre of His Own
Oct 8 (Thu)
Culture Hall (9F), Shinsegae Centum City
MASTER CLASS
알폰소 쿠아론
Master Class: The Cinematic Visions of Alfonso CUARÓN
Oct 8 (Thu)
Busan Cinema Center Cinema 1
ACTORS HOUSE
김고은
Actors’ House: KIM Goeun
Oct 8 (Thu)
Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City
OPEN TALK
이벤트배너
Open Talk
Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 13 (Tue)
Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater
ACTORS HOUSE
김민하
Actors’ House: KIM Minha
Oct 8 (Thu)
Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City
SPECIAL EVENT
허안나
Special Talk: The Cinematic Life of Ann Hui, Winner of the Camellia Award
Oct 8 (Thu)
Busan Cinema Center Cinema 2
MASTER CLASS
라브 디아즈
Master Class: Lav DIAZ - Time and Memory
Oct 9 (Fri)
Culture Hall (9F), Shinsegae Centum City
ACTORS HOUSE
류승룡
Actors’ House: RYU Seung-ryong
Oct 9 (Fri)
Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City
OUTDOOR STAGE GREETING
이벤트배너
Outdoor Stage Greeting
Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 11 (Sun)
Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater
ACTORS HOUSE
주지훈
Actors’ House: JU Jihoon
10.09 (Fri)
Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City
MASTER CLASS
베르트랑 만디코
Master Class: Bertrand MANDICO, A Magician of Wild Cinema
Oct 10 (Sat)
Culture Hall (9F), Shinsegae Centum City
MASTER CLASS
린타로
Master Class: Rintaro, a Living Legend of Japanese Animation
Oct 10 (Sat)
Culture Hall (9F), Shinsegae Centum City
ACTORS HOUSE
신민아
Actors’ House: SHIN Mina
Oct 10 (Sat)
Culture Hall(9F), Shinsegae Centum City
SPECIAL TALK
이벤트배너
Special Talk
Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 12 (Mon)
Varies by Event
TALK-TO-TALK
김국희
Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Kukhee
Oct 12 (Mon)
HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE
TALK-TO-TALK
김재철
Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Jaechul
Oct 12 (Mon)
HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE
TALK-TO-TALK
공민정
Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor GONG Minjeung
Oct 13 (Tue)
HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE
TALK-TO-TALK
박지연
Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor PARK Jiyeon
Oct 13 (Tue)
HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE
CINE CLASS
이벤트배너
Cine Class
Oct 8 (Thu) ~ Oct 14 (Wed)
Varies by Event
TALK-TO-TALK
임성재
Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor IM Seongjae
Oct 14 (Wed)
HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE
TALK-TO-TALK
김준한
Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Junhan
Oct 14 (Wed)
HANMAC SMOOOOOTH LOUNGE
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The Kinder Programmer
THE KINDER PROGRAMMER

[BIFF 2026] The Kinder Programmer - Karen PARK

[BIFF 2026] The Kinder Programmer - Karen PARK

The ocean of cinema brings a fresh wave of films every year. This edition of The Kinder Programmer covers a rich spectrum of cinema—ranging from highly anticipated works by visionary directors to star-studded casts, nuanced picks for cinephiles, and hidden gems that exceed all expectations.

박가언Deputy Director
Karen PARK Deputy Director
2026/09/15
Selection Review
Shaving

Shaving

Kim Junghoon / South Korea / 2026 / 93min / Competition Three years after announcing her retirement from writing, horror novelist Suyeon (Roh Jeong-eui) reveals plans for a new book. Declaring th

2026/10/11 BY Jaehyun Jung
The Sea Speaks His Name

The Sea Speaks His Name

Busan competition premiere reunites director Yosep Anggi Noen with his ‘24 Hours With Gaspar’ star Reza Rahadian Dir: Yosep Anggi Noen. Indonesia. 2026. 133minsDictatorial rule, oppression and the pow

2026/10/13 BY Elizabeth KERR
Hilol

Hilol

Botir ABDURAKHMANOV / Uzbekistan / 2026 / 87min / Competition “Tell me, father. Who am I?” Thirty minutes into the film, the protagonist asks that existential question with seething anger. Hilol

2026/10/11 BY Kong Rithdee executive member of the Thai Film Foundation
Midday Meal

Midday Meal

Majid MAJIDI / Iran / 2026 / 133min / Competition Solan dreams of moving into a new home where he can live with his mother. To qualify for a bank loan to purchase the house, he must first secure

2026/10/11 BY Cho Hyunna
Parallel Tales

Parallel Tales

VERDICT: Art and life take turns imitating each other in a long cascade of intricately interwoven stories in Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’, part engrossing puzzle and part a repetitively revolving

2026/10/10 BY Deborah Young
The Table: Day and Night

The Table: Day and Night

In this year's Busan festival opener, director Kim Jong-kwan assembles a starry cast for a quartet of romantic interludes set in the same Seoul coffee shop, but the concept overpowers the stories them

2026/10/13 BY James Marsh
To Be Ordinary

To Be Ordinary

Lee Yun Chan’s accomplished Busan competition title boasts a strong ensemble cast Dir: Lee Yun Chan. Taiwan. 2026. 112minsA young man’s life-changing injuries have a profound impact on all of his imme

2026/10/13 BY Allan HUNTER
The Table: Day and Night

The Table: Day and Night

Kim Jong-kwan’s follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Table’ stars Shim Eun-kyung and Han Sun-hwa​Dir: Kim Jong-kwan. South Korea. 2026. 80minsA chic neighbourhood café bears witness to the various romantic trial

2026/10/11 BY Elizabeth KERR
Hilol

Hilol

Nargiza Bakayeva gives a strong performance in Botir Abdurakhmanov’s Busan competition debutDir/scr: Botir Abdurakhmanov. Uzbekistan. 2026. 87minsOn her family’s meagre smallholding in Uzbekistan, 23-

2026/10/13 BY
Long Long Night

Long Long Night

Youm Kyu-bock’s feature debut plays Busan competition following a Toronto premiere Dir: Youm Kyu-bock. South Korea. 2026. 99minsA lone White Boulder Rhinoceros raised by a herd of elephants in Africa

2026/10/11 BY Elizabeth KERR
The First Taste of Loneliness

The First Taste of Loneliness

The Busan competition premiere follows ‘Dwelling In The Fuchan Mountains’ and ‘Dwelling By The West Lake’ Dir: Gu You. China/France. 2026 135minsThe concluding film in director Gu You’s ’Landscape’ (

2026/10/11 BY Allan HUNTER
Between Two Lovers

Between Two Lovers

Tasuku Emoto and Shizuka Ishibashi also star in Nanako Hirose’s Busan competition title Dir/scr: Nanako Hirose. Japan. 2026. 128minsA free-spirited if slightly self-centred writer conspires to have he

2026/10/13 BY Elizabeth KERR
Cosmic Trace

Cosmic Trace

VERDICT: Filmmaker Jang Woo-jin delivers a moving, meditative and masterful paean to mortality in his fourth feature, which bows in Busan’s Vision Korea competition.Clarence TsuiOctober 10th, 2026Cosm

2026/10/13 BY Clarence Tsui
The Flower

The Flower

VERDICT: The first feature by Korean Academy of Film Arts graduate Kim Si-jin is a delicately designed stop-action animation that is at once funny and moving.Clarence TsuiOctober 12th, 2026In The Flow

2026/10/13 BY Clarence Tsui
The Cord

The Cord

VERDICT: A mother's world unravels when her only son is charged with a violent crime in this dark, chilly and pointed Kazakh drama.Ben NicholsonOctober 9th, 2026Sometimes it is not see easy for a moth

2026/10/10 BY Ben Nicholson
Satoko Always

Satoko Always

VERDICT: A subtle celebration of the transformative power of the written word, 'Satoko Always' features three women in very different stages in life.Clarence TsuiOctober 6th, 2026Revolving around a tr

2026/10/09 BY Clarence Tsui
FULL MOON

FULL MOON

VERDICT: Jeong Ji-hye’s tender second feature 'Full Moon' pairs an occasionally overexplained coming-of-age narrative with exceptional casting and beautifully judged performances.The Film VerdictOctob

2026/10/13 BY Nemo Kim
Selvi

Selvi

VERDICT: Actress Anjali Patil’s delicate turn as an overstretched homecare worker anchors 'Selvi', Sailesh Rathnakumar’s humane feature-film debut.Clarence TsuiOctober 10th, 2026They laugh, they cry,

2026/10/13 BY Clarence Tsui
Satoko Always

Satoko Always

OKITA Shuichi / Japan / 2026 / 138 min / Competition An omnibus narrative unfolds around three women named Satoko. Fifteen-year-old Satoko (Kashun Himeno) is preoccupied with a boy her age whom

2026/10/11 BY Kim Min-se
Midday Meal

Midday Meal

Majid MAJIDI / Iran / 2026 / 133min / Competition Solan dreams of moving into a new home where he can live with his mother. To qualify for a bank loan to purchase the house, he must first secure

2026/10/11 BY Cho Hyunna
Long Long Night

Long Long Night

YOUM Kyubock / Korea / 2026 / 99 min / Competition The journey of Noden the rhinoceros and a penguin begins as an adventure in search of a place to live. Yet their destination is unclear from the

2026/10/11 BY Lee Jayeon
To Be Ordinary

To Be Ordinary

LEE Yun Chan / Taiwan / 2026 / 112min / Competition At the center of To Be Ordinary is a seemingly unremarkable family of four: a married couple and their son and daughter. They seem neither abn

2026/10/13 BY Sunwoo Nam
Beach Fictions

Beach Fictions

LIM Hayeon / Korea / 2026 / 144min / Competition A train passes by in the distance, after which, the camera pans, lingering inside a busy restaurant and its busy patrons excitedly engaged in thei

2026/10/11 BY Oggs Cruz Film Critic (Philippines)
Between Two Lovers

Between Two Lovers

HIROSE Nanako / Japan / 2026 / 128min / Competition​Uta(Masami Nagasawa), a successful children’s book author, appears to have a near-perfect marriage with her supportive husband Morio(Tasuku Emot

2026/10/13 BY Robert Daniels Film Critic (USA)
Between Two Lovers

Between Two Lovers

Masami Nagasawa is applaudably unlikable as an adulterous author with a resistance to motherhood, who invites her husband and girlfriend to conceive a child together in a tantalizing proposition that

2026/10/13 BY James Marsh
IBUKU

IBUKU

The fourth film from writer-director Eddie Cahyono, playing in competition at Busan, explores the struggles of migrant workers through the family left behind. The fraught relationship between an estr

2026/10/13 BY Kambole Campbell
Midday Meal

Midday Meal

Veteran director Majid Majidi's latest film is anchored by a great performance from lead actor Mohammad Rahimi. “Midday Meal” isn’t necessarily about the art of cooking, but it is in part about the ri

2026/10/13 BY Kambole Campbell
The Sea Speaks His Name

The Sea Speaks His Name

Adapted from Leila S. Chudori's well-regarded novel, Yosep Anggi Noen's film follows an idealistic young student down a perilous path of protest in the final years of the Suharto dictatorship. In an a

2026/10/13 BY Guy Lodge
Bedford Park

Bedford Park

In Stephanie Ahn’s debut, a dual character study, the performances remain consistently measured, while the subplots and burdens each character carries occasionally overwhelm the narrative. As the “Roc

2026/10/13 BY Carlos Aguilar
The Table: Day and Night

The Table: Day and Night

In this year's Busan festival opener, director Kim Jong-kwan assembles a starry cast for a quartet of romantic interludes set in the same Seoul coffee shop, but the concept overpowers the stories them

2026/10/13 BY James Marsh