26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

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]

26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

Official poster
Opening film	Men by Alex Garland
Closing film	New Normal by Jeong Beom-sik
Location	Bucheon, South Korea
Awards	Bucheon Choice (Best of Bucheon): You Won't Be Alone by Goran Stolevski Series Film Award: Squid Game
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 (2022-07-07) Closing: July 17, 2022 (2022-07-17)
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 his film Speak No Evil.^[8]

Events

• 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 'Sul Kyung-gu is Snow Gyeong-gu', and mega talk during the festival.^[9][10]

Jury

Sources:^[11]

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)

Program

Sources:^{[12][13][14][15]}

Opening film

Source:^[16]

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)

Awards and winners

Source:^{[17][18][19][20][21][22]}

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]