BUSAN International Film Festival

Master Class: NA Hong-jin, A Genre of His Own

Master Class: The Cinematic Visions of Alfonso CUARÓN

Busan Cinema Center Cinema 1

Actors’ House: KIM Goeun

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 13 (Tue)

OPEN TALK

Open Talk

Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater

Actors’ House: KIM Minha

Special Talk: The Cinematic Life of Ann Hui, Winner of the Camellia Award

SPECIAL EVENT

Busan Cinema Center Cinema 2

Master Class: Lav DIAZ - Time and Memory

Oct 9 (Fri)

Actors’ House: RYU Seung-ryong

Oct 9 (Fri)

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 11 (Sun)

OUTDOOR STAGE GREETING

Outdoor Stage Greeting

Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater

Actors’ House: JU Jihoon

10.09 (Fri)

Master Class: Bertrand MANDICO, A Magician of Wild Cinema

Oct 10 (Sat)

Master Class: Rintaro, a Living Legend of Japanese Animation

Oct 10 (Sat)

Actors’ House: SHIN Mina

Oct 10 (Sat)

Oct 7 (Wed) ~ Oct 12 (Mon)

SPECIAL TALK

Special Talk

Varies by Event

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Kukhee

Oct 12 (Mon)

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Jaechul

Oct 12 (Mon)

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor GONG Minjeung

Oct 13 (Tue)

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor PARK Jiyeon

Oct 13 (Tue)

Oct 8 (Thu) ~ Oct 14 (Wed)

CINE CLASS

Cine Class

Varies by Event

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor IM Seongjae

Oct 14 (Wed)

Talk-to-Talk-Scene Stealer: Actor KIM Junhan

Oct 14 (Wed)

Karen PARK Deputy Director

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BIFF 2026

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The Kinder Programmer

THE KINDER PROGRAMMER

[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.

2026/09/15

Selection Review

Satoko Always

Kasumi Arimura, Hikari Ishida and young breakout Kashun Himeno play three women with the same name, who tap into their creative sides in this charming Busan competition entry. Three total strangers, w

2026/10/13 BY James Marsh

Satoko Always

The film has its international premiere in Busan competition after releasing in Japan last monthDir: Shuichi Okita. Japan. 2026. 138minsThe importance of self-fulfilment and life’s big and small conne

2026/10/11 BY Amber WILKINSON

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

The Day After Sunday

Kato Takuya / Japan / 2026 / 82min / CompetitionThe latest film from the young Japanese director Kato Takuya, The Day After Sunday, is one of constantly simmering tension. Set over around a week

2026/10/11 BY Kambole Campbell, Film Critic

Possible Love

Lee's fathomless, curious (in both senses) eighth feature delivers wit, soul, social insight and a scintillating central turn from his 'Secret Sunshine' star Jeon Do-yeon. One of the key moments from

2026/10/13 BY Jessica Kiang

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

IBUKU

Ayushita Nugraha also stars in Eddie Cahyono’s Busan competition title Dir/scr: Eddie Cahyono. Indonesia/Japan. 2026. 96minsEconomic privation, labour abuses, generational disconnect and patriarchal

silver express

Miki Tanaka’s Busan competition title features a strong central performance from Yui Okamoto Dir/scr: Miki Tanaka. Japan. 2026. 97minsA sensitive drama about a young woman wrestling with her sexual i

2026/10/11 BY Amber WILKINSON

Satoko Always

The Table: Day and Night

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

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

2026/10/13 BY Elizabeth KERR

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

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

2026/10/10 BY Deborah Young

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

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,

Ria

VERDICT: The portrait of a fiery punk on stage and off, Arvin Belarmino's 'Ria' celebrates rebellion against a greedy society and an unjust system.Clarence TsuiOctober 10th, 2026A meek chambermaid by

2026/10/09 BY Clarence Tsui

IBUKU

VERDICT: Christine Hakim’s bravura performance anchors 'Ibuku', an absorbingly textured study of a woman’s anguished attempts to make amends for failing her condemned daughter.Clarence TsuiOctober 8th

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