27th Busan International Film Festival

27th Busan International Film Festival
	BIFF official poster
Opening film	Scent of the Wind by Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh
Closing film	A Man by Kei Ishikawa
Location	Busan Cinema Center
Founded	1995
Awards	New Currents Award: A Wild Roomer by Lee Jeong-hong, South Korea; Shivamma by Jaishankar Aryar, India; ; Kim Jiseok Awards Scent of Wind by Hadi Mohaghegh, Iran; Alterations by Yalkin Tuychiev, Uzbekistan; ; Korean Cinema Award Goran Topalovic, United States; ; The Asian Filmmaker of the Year Tony Leung Chiu-wai; ;
Hosted by	Supported by:; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Metropolitan City of Busan; Korean Film Council;
No. of films	243 films from 71 countries
Festival date	Opening: October 5, 2022 ; Closing: October 14, 2022
Website	BIFF 2022
Busan International Film Festival
	28th 26th

The 27th Busan International Film Festival (Korean: 제27회 부산국제영화제) was held from October 5 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea till October 14. This year, the festival restarted events and program sections which were not conducted due to COVID-19 for last 2 years.^[1]^[2] The festival opened with Iranian film Scent of the Wind by director Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh, Jeon Yeo-been with Ryu Jun-yeol were master of ceremonies for the opening ceremony.^[3]

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In 27th edition 243 films from 71 countries were invited, in these films there were 89 world premieres, and 13 international premieres. 111 community service films were also part of 2022 festival.

This year BIFF opened special program, ‘The New Wave of Japanese Cinema’ dedicated to 10 notable next-generation Japanese directors. 10 Japanese-directed films selected by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Shozo Ichiyama, the executive director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, Teruoka Sozo, a programmer at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, and Toshiyuki Hasegawa, a programmer at the Skip City International D Cinema Film Festival, will be screened during the course of the festival.^[4] Another addition to special program was 'A New Perspective on Documentary in the 21st Century', which introduced 10 innovative documentaries. These films were fresh and unique works that are outside the traditional documentary framework.^[5] The third feature of 'Special Program in Focus' was screening of 6 films of Tony Leung, a Hong Kong actor and singer, who is also the winner of the 'Asian Filmmaker of the Year' award this year.^[6]

The festival visited by 160,000 people closed on October 14, with Japanese film One Man by director Kei Ishikawa.^[7] Han Sun-hwa with Kwon Yul hosted the closing ceremony of the festival.^[8]^[9]

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Actors' House: Contemporary actors representing Korea, having acting talents and star qualities, tell honest and in-depth stories about their acting and works.
BIFF in the Neighborhood: BIFF in the Neighborhood is a program where the entire village of Busan is transformed into a venue for the film festival.
Cinema Together: October 10 to 12 — Mentors and mentees program with 16 people including directors, actors, critics, and music directors acting as mentors.^[10]
Everything About Avatar: The Way of Water:
Unveiling of the remastered version of Nakdong River: The film Nakdong River (1952) by Jeon Chang-geun, produced during the Korean War will be digitally remastered and premiered at the festival.^[11]

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New Currents Award

Serge Toubiana, a French journalist and film critic . He was director of the Cinémathèque française and president of Unifrance, (Chairman of jury)
Alain Guiraudie, French film director and screenwriter
Kamila Andini, an Indonesian film director
Ryō Kase, a Japanese actor
Lee Yoo-Jin, CEO of Film History and South Korean producer.

Kim Jiseok Award

Jean-Michel Frodon, a French journalist, critic and historian of cinema.
Naoko Ogigami, a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer.
Kim Hee-jung, director and winner of the 21st Busan International Film Festival APM Creative Content Agency Director's Award.

BIFF Mecenat Award

Wang Bing, Chinese director, documentary film-maker. Chairman of the jury for the BIFF Mecenat Awards
Mohammed Osama, Syrian director
Kim Il-ran, South Korean director

Sonje Award

Saeed Roustayi, Iranian director, screenwriter and producer
Hayakawa Chie, Japanese director
Yoon Ga-eun, South Korean film director and script writer

FIPRESCI Award

Eija Niskanen, Finnish film critic and film event coordinator.
WANG Hsin, a Taiwanese writer and cultural critic.
AHN Chi-yong, South Korean film critic, A member of both the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Korean Association of Film Critics, Ahn writes film critiques at Le Monde diplomatique and OhmyNews.

NETPAC Award

Gerwin Tamsma, Netherlands Film Critic
Tsengel Davaasambuu, Mongolia Film Producer
Kim Dong-hyun, Festival Director of Seoul Independent Film Festival

Actor of the Year Award

Lee Young-ae, a South Korean actress
Kim Sang-kyung, a South Korean actor

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The festival has following sections:

Gala Presentation
Icons
New Currents
Kim Jiseok
A Window on Asian Cinema
Korean Cinema Today Vision Section
World Cinema
Flash Forward
Wide Angle
Open Cinema
Midnight Passion
On Screen
Special Program in Focus
- Discovering New Japanese Cinema
- New Perspective of Documentary in the 21st Century

Opening and closing films

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Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Opening film
2022	Scent of the Wind		Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh	Iran
Closing film
2022	A Man	ある男	Kei Ishikawa	Japan

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