Selection List
Opening Film & Closing Film
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| O Uprising | KIM Sang-man | Korea |
| C Spirit World | Eric KHOO | France / Singapore / Japan |
Gala Presentation Influential filmmakers and actors present their films in Busan to celebrate their artistic achievements.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Caught by the Tides | JIA Zhang-Ke | China |
| Cloud | KUROSAWA Kiyoshi | Japan |
| Grand Tour | Miguel GOMES | Portugal / Italy / France |
| Serpent′s Path (2024) | KUROSAWA Kiyoshi | Japan / France |
| Visiting Hours | Patricia MAZUY | France |
Icons A showcase of the latest films of contemporary iconic filmmakers from around the world.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| A Traveler’s Needs | HONG Sangsoo | Korea |
| Anora | Sean BAKER | United States |
| Emilia Perez | Jacques AUDIARD | France / United States |
| Here Children Do Not Play Together | Mohsen MAKHMALBAF | Iran / United Kingdom |
| It′s Not Me | Leos CARAX | France |
| Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie | Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV | Italy / France / Spain |
| May I Say? Chapter 2 | Marco BELLOCCHIO | Italy |
| Meeting with Pol Pot | Rithy PANH | France / Cambodia / Taiwan / Qatar / Turkiye |
| Misericordia | Alain GUIRAUDIE | France / Spain / Portugal |
| Phantosmia | Lav DIAZ | Philippines |
| Suspended Time | Olivier ASSAYAS | France |
| The Empire | Bruno DUMONT | France / Germany / Italy / Belgium / Portugal |
| The Room Next Door | Pedro ALMODÓVAR | Spain |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | Mohammad RASOULOF | Iran / France / Germany |
| Three Friends | Emmanuel MOURET | France |
| Youth (Hard Times) | WANG Bing | France / Luxembourg / Netherlands |
| Youth (Homecoming) | WANG Bing | France / Luxembourg / Netherlands |
Jiseok A competition section for established Asian filmmakers with three or more feature films. The two best films are presented with the Kim Jiseok Award. The award was created in commemoration of the late Kim Jiseok, program director who devoted his life to nurture and support Asian cinema.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Aimitagai | KUSANO Shogo | Japan |
| Deal at the Border | Dastan ZHAPAR RYSKELDI | Kyrgyzstan |
| I Am Love | BAEK Seungbin | Korea |
| Motherland | Brillante MENDOZA | Philippines |
| So it goes | LEE Haram | Korea |
| Traveling Alone | ISHIBASHI Yuho | Japan |
| Village Rockstars 2 | Rima DAS | India |
| Yen and Ai-Lee | Tom LIN Shu-Yu | Taiwan |
A Window on Asian Cinema A peek into the various styles and visions within Asian Cinema, highlighting the latest films from well-established directors as well as the upcoming rookies of the industry. The audience can grasp the zeitgeist of Asian films of the year.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| All We Imagine as Light | Payal KAPADIA | France / India / Netherlands / Luxembourg / Italy |
| Black Dog | GUAN Hu | China |
| Blue Sea | SONG Jinxiao | China |
| Blue Sun Palace | Constance TSANG | United States |
| Crocodile Tears | Tumpal TAMPUBOLON | Indonesia / France / Singapore / Germany |
| Desert of Namibia | YAMANAKA Yoko | Japan |
| Don′t Cry, Butterfly | DUONG Dieu Linh | Vietnam / Singapore / Philippines / Indonesia |
| How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies | Pat BOONNITIPAT | Thailand |
| In Retreat | Maisam ALI | India |
| Land of Broken Hearts | WEN Shipei | China |
| Mongrel | CHIANG Wei Liang, YIN You Qiao | Taiwan / Singapore / France |
| My Favourite Cake | Maryam MOGHADDAM, Behtash SANAEEHA | Iran / France / Sweden / Germany |
| Pierce | Nelicia LOW | Singapore / Taiwan / Poland |
| Pooja, Sir | Deepak RAUNIYAR | Nepal / United States / Norway |
| Regretfully at Dawn | Sivaroj KONGSAKUL | Thailand / Singapore |
| Saba | Maksud HOSSAIN | Bangladesh |
| Sad Letters of an Imaginary Woman | Nidhi SAXENA | India |
| Santosh | Sandhya SURI | United Kingdom / India / France / Germany |
| Second Chance | Subhadra MAHAJAN | India |
| Soldier of Love | Farkhat SHARIPOV | Kazakhstan |
| State of Statelessness | Tenzin Tsetan CHOKLAY, Sonam TSETEN, Tenzing SONAM, Ritu SARIN, Tsering Tashi GYALTHANG | India / United States / Vietnam |
| Super Happy Forever | IGARASHI Kohei | France / Japan |
| The Colors Within | YAMADA Naoko | Japan |
| The Hearing | Lawrence FAJARDO | Philippines |
| The Witness | Nader SAEIVAR | Germany / Austria |
| To Kill a Mongolian Horse | JIANG Xiaoxuan | Malaysia / Hong Kong, China |
| Travesty | BATSUKH Baatar | Mongolia |
| Viet and Nam | TRUONG Minh Quy | Philippines / Singapore / France / Netherlands / Italy / Germany / Vietnam |
New Currents A competition among up-and-coming Asian filmmakers’ first or second features that bestows two films with a New Currents Award. All films must be presented as World or International Premiere.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Abel | Elzat ESKENDIR | Kazakhstan |
| As the River Goes By | Charles HU | China |
| For Rana | Iman YAZDI | Iran |
| Kaneko′s Commissary | FURUKAWA Go | Japan |
| MA – Cry of Silence | The MAW NAING | Myanmar / Korea / Singapore / France / Norway / Qatar |
| Montages of a Modern Motherhood | Oliver Siu Kuen CHAN | Hong Kong, China |
| Tale of the Land | Loeloe HENDRA | Indonesia / Philippines / Taiwan / Qatar |
| The Height of the Coconut Trees | DU Jie | Japan |
| The Land of Morning Calm | PARK Ri-woong | Korea |
| Waterdrop | CHOI Jongyong | Korea |
Korean Cinema Today - Special Premiere This section premieres the latest and representative selections of contemporary Korean mainstream commercial films with special public attractions and status.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| A Girl with Closed Eyes | CHUN Sunyoung | Korea |
| A Normal Family | HUR Jin-ho | Korea |
| Bogota: City of the Lost | KIM Seong-je | Korea |
| DIRTY MONEY | KIM Minsu | Korea |
| Hear Me: Our Summer | JO Seon-ho | Korea |
Korean Cinema Today - Panorama An introduction to the year's most significant and popular Korean films, from commercial blockbusters to art house favorites.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| 12.12: The Day | KIM Sung-soo | Korea |
| Method Acting | LEE Ki-hyuk | Korea |
| Revolver | OH Seung-uk | Korea |
| Somebody | KIM Yeo-jung, LEE Jung-chan | Korea |
| The Killers | KIM Jong-kwan, ROH Deok, CHANG Hang-jun, LEE Myung-Se | Korea |
| You Are the Apple of My Eye | CHO Young-myoung | Korea |
Korean Cinema Today - Vision A carefully selected lineup of Korean independent feature films of the year and a glimpse into the future of Korean cinema.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Fragment | KIM Sung-yoon | Korea |
| Humming | LEE Seungjae | Korea |
| Inserts | LEE Jong-su | Korea |
| Journey to Face Them | HWANG In-won | Korea |
| Kike Will Hit a Home Run | PARK Songyeol | Korea |
| Merely Known as Something Else | JO Heeyoung | Korea |
| Red Nails | HWANG Seulgi | Korea |
| Spring Night | KANG Mija | Korea |
| Tango at Dawn | KIM Hyo-eun | Korea |
| The face of Hwanhee | LEE Jeahan | Korea |
| The Final Semester | LEE Ran-hee | Korea |
| The Waves of Winter | LEE Hanju | Korea |
World Cinema A showcase of the year's non-Asian narrative features including the latest works from well-known filmmakers and international film festival awardees.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| A Real Pain | Jesse EISENBERG | United States / Poland |
| And Their Children After Them | Ludovic BOUKHERMA, Zoran BOUKHERMA | France |
| April | Dea KULUMBEGASHVILI | France / Italy / Georgia |
| Armand | Halfdan ULLMANN TØNDEL | Norway / Netherlands / Sweden / Germany |
| Dad Croaked on Saturday | Zaka ABDRAKHMANOVA | Russia / Kazakhstan |
| Dog on Trial | Laetitia DOSCH | Switzerland / France |
| Dying | Matthias GLASNER | Germany |
| Familia | Francesco COSTABILE | Italy |
| Ghostlight | Alex THOMPSON, Kelly O’SULLIVAN | United States |
| Gloria! | Margherita VICARIO | Italy / Switzerland |
| Grey Bees | Dmytro MOISEIEV | Ukraine |
| Harvest | Athina Rachel TSANGARI | United Kingdom / Germany / Greece / France / United States |
| Julie Keeps Quiet | Leonardo VAN DIJL | Belgium / Sweden |
| Kill the Jockey | Luis ORTEGA | Argentina / Spain / Denmark / United States / Mexico |
| Kneecap | Rich PEPPIATT | Ireland / United Kingdom |
| Love | Dag Johan HAUGERUD | Norway |
| Of Dogs and Men | Dani ROSENBERG | Israel |
| Sasquatch Sunset | David ZELLNER, Nathan ZELLNER | United States |
| Souleymane′s Story | Boris LOJKINE | France |
| The Damned | Roberto MINERVINI | Italy / United States / Belgium |
| The Girl with the Needle | Magnus VON HORN | Denmark / Poland / Sweden |
| The Other Way Around | Jonás TRUEBA | Spain / France |
| The Quiet Son | Muriel COULIN, Delphine COULIN | France |
| The Sparrow in the Chimney | Ramon ZÜRCHER | Switzerland |
| There’s Still Tomorrow | Paola CORTELLESI | Italy |
| Universal Language | Matthew RANKIN | Canada |
| Vermiglio | Maura DELPERO | Italy / France / Belgium |
| When the Light Breaks | Rúnar RÚNARSSON | Iceland / Netherlands / Croatia / France |
| Wild Diamond | Agathe RIEDINGER | France |
Flash Forward A competition among non-Asian filmmakers’ first or second features that take an innovative and original approach to cinema. The winner is decided by the audience and awarded the Flash Forward Award.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere Anytime | Milad TANGSHIR | Italy |
| Do I Know You From Somewhere? | Arianna MARTINEZ | Canada |
| Drowning Dry | Laurynas BAREIŠA | Lithuania / Latvia |
| Ghost Trail | Jonathan MILLET | France / Germany / Belgium |
| Holy Cow | Louise COURVOISIER | France |
| Memories of a Burning Body | Antonella SUDASASSI FURNISS | Costa Rica / Spain |
| Mr. K | Tallulah H. SCHWAB | Netherlands / Belgium |
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano NYONI | Zambia / United Kingdom / Ireland / United States |
| Paul and Paulette Take a Bath | Jethro MASSEY | United Kingdom |
| The End | Joshua OPPENHEIMER | Denmark / Germany / Ireland / Italy / United Kingdom / Sweden |
| The Village Next to Paradise | Mo HARAWE | Austria / France / Germany / Somalia |
Wide Angle - Korean Short Film Competition A section dedicated to outstanding short films and documentary films that offer broad cinematic viewpoints and distinct visions.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| By Hand | YOU Junsang | Korea |
| Dive | HEO Dahee | Korea |
| Driver | KIM Ki-ik | Korea |
| Escape Velocity | PARK Se-yong | Korea |
| Just Another Film | JUNG Bit-areum | Korea |
| Lost Target | KIM Dongeun | Korea |
| MICHELLE | PARK Syeyoung | Korea |
| Night Walkers | LIM Lee-rang | Korea |
| The Dream with Sofa | NAM Yeon-woo | Korea |
| Variation | PARK Jihoon | Korea |
| WavyWavy | KIM Ye-won | Korea |
| Yurim | SONG Jiseo | Korea |
Wide Angle - Asian Short Film Competition A section dedicated to outstanding short films and documentary films that offer broad cinematic viewpoints and distinct visions.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| A Garden in Winter | Eléonore MAHMOUDIAN, MATSUI Hiroshi | Japan / France |
| Ash Valley: Janyl | Shu ZHU | Kyrgyzstan / Canada |
| Blue Boy | Nik DODANI | United States / India |
| Lao San | WANG Ziming | China |
| Lucky Dog | Ujwal NAIR | India |
| Shoredust | P. R. Monencillo PATINDOL | Philippines |
| Suintrah | Ayesha ALMA ALMERA | Indonesia |
| The Black Dog | YANG Ling | Taiwan |
| The Last Day | Farzad SAMIMI | Iran |
| threefor100: or the thrifting of love and various other things | Cedrick LABADIA | Philippines |
Wide Angle - Short Film Showcase This section introduces short films that have garnered international attention or are set to become topics of conversation.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Candies | NISHIO Daisuke | Japan |
Wide Angle - Documentary Competition A section dedicated to outstanding documentary films that offer broad cinematic viewpoints and distinct visions.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| A Fly on the Wall | Shonali BOSE | India |
| Ainu Puri | FUKUNAGA Takeshi | Japan / United States |
| Another Home | Frankie SIN | Taiwan / Hong Kong, China / France |
| At the Park | SOHN Koo-yong | Korea |
| Every Single Dot | LEE So-jeong | Korea |
| Gingerbread for Her Dad | Alina MUSTAFINA | Kazakhstan |
| K-Number | JO Seyoung | Korea |
| Ms. Hu′s Garden | PAN Zhiqi | China |
| The First Responders | RYU Hyung-seok | Korea |
| Works and Days | PARK Minsoo, AHN Kearn-hyung | Korea |
Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase A section dedicated to showing outstanding documentary films that offer broad cinematic viewpoints and distinct vision.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Black Box Diaries | ITO Shiori | Japan / United Kingdom / United States |
| Dahomey | Mati DIOP | France / Benin / Senegal |
| Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | Raoul PECK | France / United States |
| Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 | Göran Hugo OLSSON | Sweden / Finland / Denmark |
| Landscape Drifting | HWANG Da-eun, PARK Hong-yeol | Korea |
| Lula | Oliver STONE, Rob WILSON | United States / Brazil |
| Mother′s Household Ledger | SUNG Seungtaek | Korea |
| My Stolen Planet | Farahnaz SHARIFI | Iran / Germany |
| No Other Land | Basel ADRA, Hamdan BALLAL, Yuval ABRAHAM, Rachel SZOR | Palestine / Nepal |
| SAVE THE GAME | PARK Yunjin | Korea |
| So Long | Guillaume BRAC | France |
| Soundtrack to a Coup d′Etat | Johan GRIMONPREZ | Belgium / France / Netherlands |
| The Last of the Sea Women | Sue KIM | United States |
| The Other One | Marie-Magdalena KOCHOVÁ | Czech Republic / Slovak Republic |
| The Remarkable Life of Ibelin | Benjamin REE | Norway |
| The Sense of Violence | KIM Mooyoung | Korea |
| XiXi | WU Fan | Taiwan / Philippines / Korea |
Open Cinema A collection of new and internationally acclaimed films that offer an ideal mix of the popular with the artistic are screened at the hallmark outdoor theater.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Civil War | Alex GARLAND | United States / United Kingdom |
| Flow | Gints ZILBALODIS | Latvia / France / Belgium |
| Ghost Cat Anzu | KUNO Yoko, YAMASHITA Nobuhiro | Japan / France |
| I Am the Secret in Your Heart | LAI Meng-Jie | Taiwan |
| Kalki 2898 AD | Nag ASHWIN | India |
| RM: Right People, Wrong Place | LEE Seokjun | Korea |
| The Solitary Gourmet | MATSUSHIGE Yutaka | Japan |
Midnight Passion A collection of thrillers, horror and action films that are certain to keep diehard genre fans awake throughout the night.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Do Not Enter | Hugo CARDOZO | Paraguay |
| Ghost Train | TAK Se-woong | Korea |
| Night Call | Michiel BLANCHART | Belgium / France |
| The Damned | Thordur PALSSON | United Kingdom / Iceland / Ireland / Belgium |
| The Shameless | Konstantin BOJANOV | Switzerland / France / Bulgaria / Taiwan |
| The Substance | Coralie FARGEAT | United Kingdom / United States / France |
On Screen Presentation of highly anticipated or most talked about drama series of the year.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Beyond Goodbye | KUROSAKI Hiroshi | Japan |
| Born for the Spotlight | YEN Yi-wen | Taiwan |
| Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard | PARK Gun-ho | Korea |
| Gangnam B-Side | PARK Noori | Korea |
| Hellbound Season 2 | YEON Sang-ho | Korea |
| Way Back Love | KIM Hyeyoung, CHOI Hana | Korea |
Special Program in Focus - Teen Spirit, Teen Movie This year’s Special Program in Focus I is “Teen Spirit, Teen Movie”. Through the Special Program in Focus, which contains diverse stories of Asian teenagers, we encounter internationally acclaimed coming-of-age films focused on adolescents.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| City of Wind | PUREV-OCHIR Lkhagvadulam | France / Qatar / Germany / Mongolia / Netherlands / Portugal |
| Fishbone | ZHANG Xuyu | China |
| Girls Will Be Girls | Shuchi TALATI | India / France / United States / Norway |
| Happyend | SORA Neo | Japan / United States |
| I Am the Secret in Your Heart | LAI Meng-Jie | Taiwan |
| My Sunshine | OKUYAMA Hiroshi | Japan / France |
| Swimming in a Sand Pool | YAMASHITA Nobuhiro | Japan |
| The Uniform | CHUANG Ching-shen | Taiwan |
| Tiger Stripes | Amanda Nell EU | Malaysia / Taiwan / Singapore / France / Germany / Netherlands / Indonesia / Qatar |
Special Program in Focus - Miguel GOMES, a filmmaker of Joyful Melncholy This year’s Special Program in Focus II is “Miguel Gomes, a filmmaker of Joyful Melancholy”. We invite the master director Miguel Gomes, who has garnered attention from both cinephiles and critics alike, to introduce his entire feature filmography and illuminate his unique cinematic world
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Arabian Nights Vol. I - The Restless One | Miguel GOMES | Portugal / France / Germany / Switzerland |
| Arabian Nights Vol. II - The Desolate One | Miguel GOMES | Portugal / France / Germany / Switzerland |
| Arabian Nights Vol. III - The Enchanted One | Miguel GOMES | Portugal / France / Germany / Switzerland |
| Grand Tour | Miguel GOMES | Portugal / Italy / France |
| Our Beloved Month of August | Miguel GOMES | Portugal / France |
| Tabu | Miguel GOMES | Portugal / Germany / Brazil / France |
| The Face You Deserve | Miguel GOMES | Portugal |
| The Tsugua Diaries | Maureen FAZENDEIRO, Miguel GOMES | Portugal |
Special Program in Focus - In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun This year’s Special Program in Focus III is “In Memory of LEE Sun-kyun”. We revisit the artistic world of the late actor Lee Sun-kyun, who passed away in 2023, through his representative works. We aim to create an opportunity to remember Lee Sun-kyun, a contemporary outstanding actor who contributed to promoting Korean cinema to the world, and to revisit his value.
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| A Hard Day | KIM Seong-hun | Korea |
| Land of Happiness | CHOO Chang-min | Korea |
| My Mister | KIM Wonsuk | Korea |
| Our Sunhi | HONG Sangsoo | Korea |
| Paju | PARK Chan-ok | Korea |
| Parasite | BONG Joon-ho | Korea |
Special Screening
| Title | Director | Country / Region |
|---|---|---|
| Walking in the Movies | KIM Lyang | Korea |
