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Busan International Film Festival

Busan · held each October

The "Cannes of Asia" and the continent's most influential festival. Each October, Busan premieres the new wave of Asian cinema — its New Currents competition and Asian Project Market have launched a generation of first-time directors onto the world stage.

20 titles across 9 editions in our catalogue, ranked by Celluloid Score.

Award winners: Memories of Murder (Korean Cinema Today, 2003) , The Handmaiden (Korean Cinema Today, 2016) , All We Imagine as Light (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2024) , How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2024) , No Other Choice (Opening Film, 2025) , Oldboy (Defining Moments of Asian Cinema, 2025) , Bad Genius (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2017) , Left-Handed Girl (Competition, 2025) , Train to Busan (Korean Cinema Today, 2016) , Better Days (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2019) , Burning (Defining Moments of Asian Cinema, 2025) , The Host (Korean Cinema Today, 2006) , Caught by the Tides (Gala Presentation, 2024) , Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2017) , Happyend (Special Program, 2024) , Girls Will Be Girls (Special Program, 2024) , Viet and Nam (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2024) , The Medium (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2021) , Santosh (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2024) , Hunger (A Window on Asian Cinema, 2023)

Busan 2025 · 4 films

Busan 2024 · 7 films

Busan 2023 · 1 film

Busan 2021 · 1 film

Busan 2019 · 1 film

Busan 2017 · 2 films

Busan 2016 · 2 films

Busan 2006 · 1 film

Busan 2003 · 1 film