History

World Cinema

Entre Nos
  • Paola MENDOZA,Gloria LA MORTE
  • United States,Colombia
  • 2009
  • 82min

Loosely based on true events, [Entre Nos] is a study in the inherent resilience of humanity and one woman’s ferocious battle to keep her family together. It is also casts a cold ey...

World Cinema

Ex
  • Fausto BRIZZI
  • Italy
  • 2009
  • 120min

A romantic comedy featuring six couples and their ex(s) during the period between Christmas and St. Valentine’s day. Many cases are shown in the film: a policeman stalking his ex-g...

World Cinema

Eye of the Storm
  • Eduardo VALENTE
  • Portugal
  • 2009
  • 118min

Prevailing middle-class violence is the subject of this film, told in three timelines, about a cop, a victim, and a perpetrator. In the present, the cop at the scene is crushed ben...

World Cinema

The Famous and the Dead
  • Esmir FILHO
  • Brazil,France
  • 2009
  • 95min

A 16-year-boy is into Bob Dylan so much he is called “Mr. Tambourine”. He spends most of his time surfing the internet like other teens while listening to the songs of Mr. Folk. In...

World Cinema

Father of My Children
  • Mia HANSEN-LØVE
  • France,Germany
  • 2009
  • 110min

In [Father of My Children], Mia Hansen-Løve explores the consequences of a desperate but devastating act by a man on his family. On the surface Gregoire is a successful film produc...

World Cinema

Fish Tank
  • Andrea ARNOLD
  • UK
  • 2009
  • 124min

With her debut film, [Red Road], Andrea Arnold proved that she was unafraid to shine a light on Britain’s simmering frustrations and the alienation felt by the individual. In [Fish...

World Cinema

Five Minutes of Heaven
  • Oliver HIRSCHBIEGEL
  • UK,Ireland
  • 2009
  • 90min

Few among us would dispute that violence as a way of life is cyclical; it is something that is learned and perpetuated. And while it is easy to fall into violence, forgiveness is m...

International Premiere

World Cinema

The Forest
  • Piotr DUMALA
  • Poland
  • 2009
  • 75min

Animator Piotr Dumala’s live action debut is an amazing feat of technological art as well as an intense exploration of loss. Dumala is renowned for his meticulous and vivid animati...

International Premiere

World Cinema

Foxes
  • Mira FORNAY
  • SlovakRepublic,Czech Republic,Ireland
  • 2009
  • 83min

“The film tells a story of sister’s love. The main drama is based on an intimate line of the sister’s relationship with the dark history, however, there is an important level of so...

International Premiere

World Cinema

Francesca
  • Bobby PAUNESCU
  • Romania
  • 2009
  • 96min

Francesca is a kindergarten teacher in Bucharest, living with her mother. Desperate to better herself by moving to Italy, she accepts a dodgy job offer from a broker: For 2,000 Eur...

BNK Busan Bank
GENESIS
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co., Ltd.
NUTRILITE
NAVER
카카오 오픈채팅
PARADISE HOTEL BUSAN
Korea Exchange
POSCO
Shinhan Card
Debeach Golf Club
TOPTEN10
CJ CGV
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER
Busan Office 3rd Floor, BIFF HILL, Busan Cinema Center, 120, Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea Seoul Office #1601, GARDEN TOWER, 84, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03131, Korea
2024 BIFF 로고