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The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Korean: 제26회 부천국제판타스틱영화제), an international film festival held in Bucheon, South Korea, began on 7 July 2022 with the slogan 'Stay Strange'.[1] A non-competitive international film festival with a competitive section,[2] opened with film Men by Alex Garland. This year the festival resumed its offline events after two years, which were curtailed due to COVID-19.[3]
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| Opening film | Men by Alex Garland |
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| Closing film | New Normal by Jeong Beom-sik |
| Location | Bucheon, South Korea |
| Awards |
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| Hosted by | BIFAN Organizing Committee |
| No. of films | 268 films from 49 countries (118 features, 104 shorts, 42 XR) |
| Festival date | Opening: July 7, 2022 Closing: July 17, 2022 |
| Website | BIFAN 2022 Fact Sheet |
The opening ceremony was hosted by Park Byung-eun and Han Sun-hwa,[4] with the red carpet event held during the festival after 2 years. In addition face-to-face interaction between directors, actors, producers, and other people in the film industry and the audience also took place.[5] The festival featured 268 films from 49 countries, and closed with New Normal, a Korean film by Jeong Beom-sik on July 17. 92,353 people participated in the festival in 11 days.[6][7]
You Won't Be Alone by Goran Stolevski won 'Best of Bucheon award', whereas Christian Tafdrup of Denmark won 'Best Director Choice' for film Speak No Evil.[8]
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- Performances
- Strange Stage (Music Presented by ‘Essential Management for Artists’)
- Program Events
- Master Class with Brian Yuzna
- Master Class with Alexandre O. Philippe
- Master Class with Masato Harada
- Forum
- Exhibition
- Experiences
Halloween in July: Stay Strange
- July 8 — July 9
- Bucheon City Hall Lawn Square, Sohyang-ro, Bucheon Jungang Park, Ahn Jung-geun Park, BIFAN Street, Koryo Hotel
Special exhibition
The festival will resume the event after 3 years and host an actor special exhibition 'The Actor, Sol Kyung-gu' focusing on actor Sol Kyung-gu's 29-year acting career along with various events such as the publication of a commemorative booklet entitled 'Sol Kyung-gu is Snow Gyeong-gu', and mega talk during the festival.[9][10]
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Bucheon Choice: Features
- Masato Harada (Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor)
- Nick James (British film critic and former editor of the Sight & Sound magazine)
- Kang Hye-jung (CEO and founder of Filmmakers R&K since 2005.)
- Shim Hye-jin (South Korean actress and model)
- Monica Garcia (General Manager of the Foundation Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia)
Korean Fantastic: Features
- Lee Don-ku (South Korean film director, screenwriter and actor)
- Yoo Bo-ra (South Korean drama writer with a master’s degree from Dongguk University’s Graduate School of Digital Image and Contents)
- Lisa Dreyer (Festival Director for Fantastic Fest, the largest genre festival in the U.S.)
Bucheon Choice: Shorts and Korean Fantastic: Shorts
- Kim Kyung-Mook (South Korean filmmaker)
- Simojukka Ruippo (film director)
- Kim Ji-na (film producer)
MIFF Award for Best Asian Film
- Anders E Lasrsson (Critic, writer, editor, and festival director of Lund Fantastic Film Festival)
- Rocio Moreno (Spain, Program Coordinator at Fancine – Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga)
NETPAC Award
- Ida Anita Del Mundo (Writer, filmmaker, and musician)
- Lee Jin-na (Programmer at Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF))
- Kwak Myung-dong (Film reporter for Metro, Focus, and My Daily for 20 years from 2002)
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Opening film
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Alex Garland | United Kingdom, United States | |
Closing film
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Normal | 소름 | Jeong Beom-sik | South Korea |
Bucheon Choice
Bucheon Choice Features
- Highlighted title and ‡ indicates award winner
- Alien Artist (HOYA Seiyo, Japan 2021)
- Huesera: The Bone Woman Michelle Garza Cervera, Mexico, Peru 2022)
- La Pietà (Eduardo Casanova, Spain, 2022)
- Sissy (Hannah BARLOW, Kane SENES Australia, 2022)
- SLR (Lertsiri BOONMEE , Vutichai WONGNOPHADOL, Thailand, 2022)
- Social Distancing (Gilitte LEUNG, Hong Kong, China, 2022)
- ‡ Speak No Evil (Christian Tafdrup, Denmark, The Netherlands, 2022)
- Vesper (Kristina Buožytė, Bruno SAMPER, Lithuania, France, Belgium 2022)
- The Womb (Fajar NUGROS, Indonesia 2021)
- ‡ You Won't Be Alone (Goran Stolevski, Australia 2021)
Bucheon Choice Shorts
- Bird Woman (OOHARA Tokio, Japan 2022)
- Brutalia, Days of Labour (Manolis MAVRIS, Greece, Belgium 2021)
- Hideous (Yann GONZALEZ, UK 2021)
- Perfect City: The Mother (ZHOU Shengwei USA, China 2022)
- While Mortals Sleep (Alex FOFONOFF, USA 2021)
- Lucienne in a World Without Solitude (Geordy COUTURIAU, France 2021)
- Moshari (Nuhash HUMAYUN, Bangladesh 2021)
- Phlegm (Jan-David BOLT, Switzerland 2021)
- Such Small Hands (Maria MARTINEZ BAYONA, UK 2021)
- Warsha (Dania BDEIR, France, Lebanon 2021)
Korean Fantastic
Korean Fantastic: Features
- Highlighted title and ‡ indicates award winner
- ‡ Body Parts (CHOE Wonkyung, JEON Byeong Deok, LEE Gwang Jin, G’sam, KIM Jang Mi, Wally SEO, Korea 2022)
- Cabriolet (CHO Kwang-jin, Korea 2021)
- Chiaksan Mountain (KIM Sun-ung, Korea 2022)
- The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (PARK Syeyoung, Korea 2022)
- A Good Boy (SON Kyoungwon, Korea 2022)
- Mind Universe (KIM Jin Moo Korea 2022)
- Next Door (YEOM Ji-ho, Korea 2021)
- Thunderbird (LEE Jaewon, Korea 2022)
- Tiger's Trigger (LEE Kang-wook, Korea 2022)
- The Woman in the White Car (Christine KO, Korea 2022)
Korean Fantastic: Shorts
- House of Existence (JOUNG Yu Mi, Korea 2022)
- Persona (MOON Sujin, Korea 2022)
- The Stranger (SONG Wonchan, Korea 2022)
- Zzom! (KIM Youjune, KIM Hujung, Korea 2022)
- AMEN A MAN (KIM Kyeongbae, Korea 2022)
- Bardo (JUNG Jihyun, Korea 2022)
- Blessedness (PARK Sso, Korea 2022)
- Mr.Review (SHIN Ki-hun, Korea 2022)
- Cold (WON Yu, Korea 2022)
- Movie Rangers (AHN Jungmin, Korea 2021)
- Teatime with Mr. Park (Yu Woo-il, Korea 2022)
- Things that Disappear (KIM Changsoo, Korea 2022)
- The Autumn Poem (PARK Chan-ho, Korea 2022)
- The House of Loss (JEON Jinkyu, Korea 2022)
- Red Mask KF94 (KIM Min Ha, Korea 2022)
- Your Child (HONG Sunyoung, Korea 2022)
Korean Fantastic: Series Killer - Taste of Horror
- Gapjil (LIM Dae-woong, Korea 2021)
- Hey, Mammons! (AHN Sang-hoon, Korea 2021)
- Jackpot (CHAE Yeo-jun, Korea 2021)
- The Prey (YOON Eunkyoung, Korea 2021)
- The Residents-Only Gym (KIM Yong-gyun, Korea 2021)
- Ding-Dong Challenge (AHN Sang-hoon, Korea 2021)
- Gluttony (CHAE Yeo-jun, Korea 2021)
- Gold Tooth (YOON Eunkyoung, Korea 2021)
- Rehab (LIM Dae-woong, Korea 2021)
- Tick Tock Tick Tock (KIM Yong-gyun, Korea 2021)
Korean Fantastic: Series Killer - MONSTROUS
- Monstrous 1 (Jang Kun-jae, Korea 2022)
- Monstrous 2 (Jang Kun-jae, Korea 2022)
Korean Fantastic: Series Killer - SEEN
- Seen (JEON Doo Kwan, Korea 2021)
Korean Fantastic: Series Killer - Shortbusters
- Boosruck (LEE Tae-An , CHO Hyun Chul Korea 2022)
- The Mine (KIM Gok, KIM Sun, Korea 2022)
- School Caste (KWAK Kyung-taek, Korea 2022)
- Schrödinger’s Deserted Island (HONG Seok-jae, Korea 2022)
- Back to the Hong Kong (KIM Chohee, Korea 2022)
- It’s Alright (JOO Dong-Min, Korea 2022)
- Night Watch (RYU Deok Hwan, Korea 2022)
- Parallel Adventure of Madam Mizy (YOON Sung Ho, Korea 2022)
Mad MaxX
- Lesson in Murder (Kazuya Shiraishi, Japan 2022)
- Lynch/Oz (Alexandre O. Philippe, USA 2022)
- Mad God (Phil Tippett, USA 2022)
- The Mole Song: Final (MIIKE Takashi, Japan 2021)
- Noise (HIROKI RyuichiJapan 2022)
- Something in the Dirt (Justin BENSON, Aaron MOORHEAD, USA 2021)
- Veneciafrenia (Álex de la IGLEISA, Spain 2021)
- Warning From Hell (Danny PANG, Malaysia, Taiwan 2022)
Adrenaline Ride
- Alone with You (Emily BENNETT, Justin BROOKS, USA 2021)
- Barbarians (Charles Dorfman, UK 2021)
- Deadstream (Joseph WINTER, USA 2021)
- Deep Fear (Gregory BEGHIN, France 2022)
- The Devil's Deception (Kabir BHATIA, Malaysia 2022)
- The Execution (Lado KVATANIYA, Russia 2021)
Metal Noir
- Assault (Adilkhan YERZHANOV, Kazakhstan, Russia 2022)
- Gentle (Laszlo CSUJA , Anna NEMES, Hungary 2022)
- Grand Jeté (Isabelle STEVER, Germany 2022)
- Immersion (Nicolás POSTIGLIONE Chile, Mexico 2021)
- In Dream (Shin Jai-ho, Korea 2022)
- Manchurian Tiger (Geng Jun, China 2021)
- The Midnight Maiden War (NINOMIYA Ken, Japan 2022)
- Miracle (Bogdan GEORGE APETRI, Romania, Czech Republic, Latvia 2021)
- Runner (Andrius BLAZEVICIUS, Lithuania 2021)
- The Schoolmaster Games (Ylva FORNER, Sweden 2022)
- Unprecedented (Kudo Masaaki, Japan 2021)
- Zalava (Arsalan Amiri, Iran 2021)
Merry-Go-Round
- Girls In The Cage (KIM Sun-ung, Korea 2022)
- Angry Son (IIZUKA Kasho, Japan 2022)
- ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5✕20 Film: Record of Memories (TSUTSUMI Yukihiko, Japan 2021)
- Believers (JOJO Hideo, Japan 2021)
- DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins (HUANG Wen Chang, Taiwan 2022)
- Dual (Riley STEARNS, Finland, USA 2022)
- Girls, Be Ambitious! (Julian CHOU, Taiwan 2021)
- Iké Boys (Eric MCEVER, USA 2021)
- Jango: Uncharged (Baek Seung-kee, Korea 2022)
- Italo Disco. The Sparkling Sound of the 80s (Alessandro Melazzini, Italy, Germany 2021)
- Jinju’s Pearl (Kim Lokkyoung, Korea 2022)
- King Knight (Richard BATES, Jr., USA 2021)
- Office Royale (SEKI Kazuaki, Japan 2021)
- Please Baby Please (Amanda KRAMER, USA 2022)
- The Pond (Cheng Wei-hao, Taiwan 2021)
- Popran (UEDA Shinichiro, Japan 2021)
- Ring Wandering (Masakazu Kaneko, Japan 2021)
- Terrorizers (Ho Wi-ding, Taiwan 2021)
- Ultrasound (Rob SCHROEDER, USA 2021)
- To the Moon (Scott FRIEND, USA 2021)
- The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (Isao Yukisada, Japan 2020)
Odd Family
- Dragon Princess (Jean-Jacques DENIS, Anthony ROUX France 2021)
- The Great Yokai War: Guardians (Takashi Miike, Japan 2021)
- Guthlee Ladoo (Ishrat KHAN, India 2021)
- The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins (Paola Randi, Italy 2021)
- Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy (Ham TRAN, Vietnam 2022)
- Pororo Movie_Dragon Castle Adventure (KANG Seunghun, Yun Jea Wan, Korea 2022)
Strange Hommage
- Evil Come, Evil Go (Walt Davis, USA 1972)
- Society (Brian Yuzna, USA 1989)
- Dagon (Stuart Gordon, Spain 2001)
- The Cemetery Under The Moon (NAM Ginam, Korea 1996)
- To Catch a Virgin Ghost (Shin Jungwon, Korea 2004)
- Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess (Manlio GOMARASCA , Massimiliano ZANIN, Italy 2021)
- Though the Rose has withered (BAEK Jaeho, Korea 2021)
XL
- Between the Nights (WOO Jeseung, Korea 2022)
- Night Breakers (Gabriel CAMPOY, Guillem LAFOZ, Spain 2021)
- Puppet Story (PARK Se-hong, Korea 2022)
- Rise & Shine (Arnaud BAUR, Switzerland 2022)
- Cage (Andreas VARSAKOPOULOS, Korea 2022)
- The Top of the Tower (PARK Eunsae, Korea 2022)
- Father F***er (Kim Minhoon, Korea 2022)
- For Pete's Sake (Gerald B. Fillmore, USA, Spain 2022)
- Heaven's Door (Kim Gyu-tae, Korea 2021)
- You Will See (Kathleen BU Singapore 2022)
- Chaperone (Sam MAX, USA 2021)
- The Sisters (Muhammad AHMAD , Yazeid SUHAIMI, Malaysia 2021)
- Teratoma (BYEON Jeongwon, Korea 2022)
- The Three Men (LEE Gunhee, Korea 2022)
- Creature (María Silvia ESTEVE Argentina, Switzerland 2021)
- The Way Home (Cha Eun-bin, Korea 2022)
- Don’t Breathe (Milad NASIM SOBHAN, Iran 2022)
- Running Girls (BAK Nana, Korea 2022)
- Salvar (AHN Sangwook, Korea 2022)
- To my Unnie (KIM SHIN Ho-san, Korea 2022)
- The Great Clarke (JEONG Kiyeon, Korea 2022)
- Hidden Road (KIM Cheol-hwi, Korea 2022)
- Kiss Me If You Can (KIM Min Ji, Korea 2021)
- Ruina (Frank LUCAS, Spain 2021)
- Keyboard Warrior (Leo LIU, Taiwan 2022)
- Wall #4 (Lucas CAMPS, The Netherlands, 2021)
- My parent’s reaction to a surprise HUMAN (YOUN Jihye, Korea 2022)
- Sucker (Alix AUSTIN, UK 2022)
- Transcendence (JEONG Hyoseong, Korea 2021)
- Uh-puh! (PARK Dongchae, Korea 2022)
- Absence (JUNG Dahae, Korea 2021)
- Censor of Dreams (Léo BERNE, Raphaël RODRIGUEZ, France 2021)
- Cookie Coffee Dosirak (Kang Min-ji, Kim Hyemi, Lee Kyung-hwa, Han Byung-a, Korea 2022)
- The House of Brick and Stone (Ananth SUBRAMANIAM, Malaysia 2022)
- Clairvoyant (John Luke MIRAFLOR, The Philippines 2021)
- The Martial Arts War (LEE Wishang, Korea 2022)
- Dead Axel (KIM ChanYoung, Korea 2021)
- The Diamond (Vedran RUPIC, Sweden 2021)
- If Only I Could Kill That BASTARD (PYO Gukcheong, Korea 2022)
- James English Academy (KIM Kwonhoan, Korea 2022)
- Baby Boom (Thomas LUNDE, Norway 2021)
- The Cave (KIM Jinman, CHON Jiyoung, Korea 2022)
- Down the Mountain (KIM Joon, Korea 2022)
- It Gets Darker (Firas ABOU FAKHER, Daniel HABIB, Lebanon 2021)
- Aspirational Slut (Caroline LINDY, USA 2021)
- Starfuckers (Antonio MARZIALE, USA 2022)
- The Corner (SONG Hee-sook, Korea 2022)
- Cross (ZANG Minhye, Korea 2022)
- Let's Kill (Max GLESCHINSKI, Germany 2022)
- Visitors (UGANA Kenichi, Japan 2021)
- Atonement (Kaveh AKABER, Sweden 2022)
- Boom-Boom Bang-Bang (Alexandre VIGNAUD, Belgium 2021)
- Headless (BAEK Bason, Korea 2022)
- Not Human (JEON Seongyeol, Korea 2022)
- Backroom Blues (Andreas KYRIACOU, Cyprus 2022)
- Ririka of the Star (SHIOTA Tokitoshi, Japan 2022)
- The Scorching Air (SEO Sang-Woo, Korea 2022)
- Stone Heart (YANG Suhee, Korea 2022)
- Swallow (NAKANISHI Mai, Taiwan, Japan 2021)
- Among-Terrestrials (Lucas PARRA, Spain 2021)
- Can You Hear Me? (LI Nien-hsiu, Taiwan 2022)
- Love Villain (YI Ok Seop, Korea 2022)
- Replacement Driver VLOG (KOO Kyo Hwan, Korea 2022)
- Abyss (Moon Geun-young, Korea 2021)
- Be In My Dream (Moon Geun-young, Korea 2021)
- The Stage (Moon Geun-young, Korea 2021)
The Actor, Sol Kyung-gu
- Peppermint Candy (Lee Chang-dong, Korea 1999)
- Public Enemy (Kang Woo-suk, Korea 2001)
- Oasis (Lee Chang-dong, Korea 2002)
- Silmido (Kang Woo-suk, Korea 2003)
- Cold Eyes (Cho Ui-seok, Kim Byeong-seo, Korea 2013)
- The Merciless (Byun Sung Hyun, Korea 2017)
- The Book of Fish (Lee Joon-ik, Korea 2019)
39+1 Korean Academy of Film Arts(KAFA) in BIFAN
39+1 KAFA in BIFAN: Features
- Tinker Ticker (Kim Jung-hoon, Korea 2013)
- Duck Town (YU Ji-young, Korea 2016)
- Socialphobia (Hong Seok-jae, Korea 2014)
- After My Death (KIM Ui-seok, Korea 2017)
- Climbing (KIM Hyemi, Korea 2020)
39+1 KAFA in BIFAN: Shorts
- A Drop of Clear Salty Liquid (BOO Jiyoung, Korea 2002)
- The Oldman with Knapsack (PARK Hyun-kyung, Korea 2003)
- Don't Step Out Of The House (JO Sung Hee, Korea 2009)
- The Wish (HEO Jung, Korea 2013)
- My Small Doll House (JOUNG Yumi, Korea 2006)
- High School Girls (PARK Ji Wan, Korea 2008)
- Telepata (KWON Man Ki, Korea 2015)
- Forest (UM Tea Hwa, Korea 2012)
- Intruder (PARK Geun Buem Korea 2014)
- Squid (LEE Sanghak, Korea 2016)
- Home (KIM Bosol, Korea 2019)
- Born Hater (KIM Kyungyeon, Korea 2020)
Boys, Be, Love
- BL Metamorphosis (KARIYAMA Shunsuke, Japan 2022)
- Cherry Magic! THIRTY YEARS OF VIRGINITY CAN MAKE YOU A WIZARD?.. (KAZAMA Hiroki, Japan 2022)
- Ocean Likes Me (Lee Suji, Korea 2022)
- Oh! Boarding House (PARK Eun Joo, Korea 2021)
- Semantic Error (Kim Soo Jung, Korea 2022)
- What She Likes...(Kusano Shôgo, Japan 2021)
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Bucheon Choice
Bucheon Choice Features
- Best of Bucheon (₩20,000,000): You Won't Be Alone by Goran Stolevski, Australia 2021
- Best Director Choice (₩5,000,000): Christian Tafdrup for Speak No Evil
- Jury’s Special Mention: Huesera by Michelle Garza Cervera
- Jury's Choice (₩5,000,000): Vesper by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper
- Audience Award: Sissy by Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes
Bucheon Choice Shorts
- Best Short Film (₩5,000,000): Lucienne in a World Without Solitude by Geordy Couturiau
- Jury's Choice for short Film (₩3,000,000): Moshari by Nuhash Humayun
- Audience Award for Short Film: Brutalia, Days of Labour by Manolis Mavris
Korean Fantastic
Korean Fantastic: Features
- Korean Fantastic Film (KRW 20,000,000): Body Parts by Choe Wonkyung, Jeon Byeong Deok, Lee Gwang Jin, G’sam, KIM Jang Mi and Wally SEO
- Korean Fantastic Best Director (KRW 10,000,000): Park Syeyoung for The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra
- Fantastic Actor: (2 winners)
- Jung Ryeo-won in The Woman in a White Car by Christine Ko
- Seo Hyun-woo in Thunderbird by Lee Jae-won
- Fantastic Actor Jury’s Special Mention: Oh Dong-min in Next Door by Yeon Ji-ho
- Korean Fantastic Audience Award: The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra by Park Sye-young
- Nonghyup Award (distribution award, KRW 10,000,000):
- The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra by Park Sye-young
- Next Door by Yeon Ji-ho
- Watcha New Talent Award KRW 5,000,000):
- Thunderbird by Lee Jae-won
- The Woman in a White Car by Christine Ko
Korean Fantastic: Short
- Best Korean Short Film (KRW 5,000,000): Persona by Moon Sujin
- Audience Award for Korean Short Film: The Stranger by Song Wonchan
- Watcha New Talent Awards (KRW 5,000,000) (5 winners):
- Bardo by Jung Ji-hyun
- Down the Mountain by Kim Joon
- James English Academy by Kim Kwonhoan
- The Stranger by Song Wonchan
- Red Mask KF94 by Kim Min-ha
Méliès International Festivals Federation(MIFF) Award for Best Asian Film
This award is intended to discover and promote Asian genre films.
- Awardee: The Midnight Maiden War by Ninomiya Ken
NETPAC Award
This award is given by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC).
- Awardee: Office Royale by Seki Kazuaki
Odd Family Award
- Pororo: Dragon Castle Adventure by Kang Seung-hun, Yoon Jae-wan
Series Film Award
- Series Film Award: Squid Game[23]
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