29th Busan International Film Festival
The 29th Busan International Film Festival () will open on October 2 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea. BIFF this year announced a Special Program in Focus, 'In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun' who died on December 27, 2023, and was known for his role in the Oscar winning film Parasite. He will also posthumously receive the Korean Film Achievement Award.

The festival will open with South Korean film Uprising by Kim Sang-man, and close with Spirit World,  a fantasy-drama film directed by Singapore's Eric Khoo and starring French actress Catherine Deneuve. This year 279 films from 63 countries will be screened, including 224 officially invited films and 55 community beef screenings. Mohammad Rasoulof, an Iranian film director was chosen as president of the competitive section 'New Currents' jury.

Park Bo-young and Ahn Jae-hong will host the opening ceremony.

Overview

The film registration for the festival began in March 2024 with the closing date for submission fixed for July 17, 2024.

The poster for 29th edition of the festival was unveiled on August 27, 2024. Based on the motif of numerous waves powerfully rising in the ocean of films, symbolically capturing the diverse waves of films, each with their own story, the art director Choi Soon-dae, who has been working as an art director since the 2nd Busan International Film Festival planned and designed it. According to the director Choi Soon-dae, "The image of the ocean, a space of infinite possibilities, and waves of different colors coming together is so vivid that it seems to visualize a fleeting moment of the Busan International Film Festival."

This year documentary filmmakers will compete for a new prize, an audience award for feature documentaries. The prize will be given to a single documentary feature competing within "Wide Angle – Documentary" section of the festival.

The titles for New Currents and Jiseok, the competitive sections were announced on August 27, 2024. New Currents is a section for first and second films by up-and-coming Asian filmmakers, whereas Jiseok section selects films from Asian directors with more than three feature films to their credit and honours two such directors with Jiseok awards. On September 3, BIFF unveiled full line-up for its 2024 edition and announced Kiyoshi Kurosawa the winner of Asian Filmmaker of the Year award. The opening film of the festival will be Kim Sang-man's Uprising and closing film Eric Khoo's France, Singapore, Japan co-production Spirit World, a fantasy film starring French actress Catherine Deneuve.

Jury

New Currents Award
 Mohammad Rasoulof, Iranian independent filmmaker who lives in exile in Europe, (Chairman of jury)
 Lee Myung-se, South Korean filmmaker
 Zhou Dongyu, Chinese actress
 Kani Kusruti, Indian actress and model
 Vanja Kaludjercic, Croatia-born festival programmer, festival director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

Kim Jiseok Award

 Christian Jeune, French, director of Film Department at the Cannes Film Festival
 Prasanna Vithanage, Sri Lankan, filmmaker
 Shin Su-won, South Korean film director and screenwriter

BIFF Mecenat Award

 Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian documentary film director
 Fuzioka Asako, Japanese, chairman of Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
 Jéro Yun, South Korean film director

Sonje Award

 Yamanaka Yoko, Japanese director
 Constance Tsang, Chinese American filmmaker based in New York
 Lim Dae-hyung, South Korean film director and screenwriter

DGK PLUS M Award
 Kim Lokk-young, South Korean director
 Lee Dong-eun, South Korean film director and screenwriter
 Lee Ho-jae, South Korean film director and screenwriter

KBS Independent Film Awards

 Junh Sung-il, South Korean film critic, director
 Choi Kook-hee, South Korean producer
 An Eun-mi, South Korean film producer

CGK Cinematography Award 
 Park Jung-hun, South Korean cinematographer
 Sung Seung-taek, South Korean cinematographer
 Cho Yong-kyou, South Korean cinematographer

Critic B Award
 Kim Young-gwang, South Korean film critic
 Han Changwook, South Korean film critic
 Ham Yoon-jeong, South Korean film critic

Program sections

The festival has following sections:

 Gala Presentation
 Icons
 New Currents
 Jiseok
 A Window on Asian Cinema
 Korean Cinema Today Vision Section
 Korean Cinema Today - Special Premiere
 Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
 World Cinema
 Flash Forward
 Wide Angle
 Open Cinema
 Midnight Passion
 On Screen
 Special Program in Focus
 In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun
 Miguel Gomes, a filmmaker of Joyful Melancholy
 Teenage Minds, Teenage Movies
 Special Screening

Opening and closing films
Source:

 Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)Opening film 2024 Uprising  전,란 Kim Sang-man South Korea Closing film 2024 Spirit World Eric Khoo France, Singapore, Japan

Gala Presentation

 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies) Caught by the Tides 风流一代  Jia Zhangke China Cloud クラウド  Kiyoshi Kurosawa JapanGrand Tour  Miguel Gomes Portugal, Italy, France  Serpent′s Path Le chemin du serpent  Kiyoshi Kurosawa France, Japan Visiting Hours La Prisonnière de Bordeaux Patricia Mazuy France

Icons
 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies) A Traveler's Needs  여행자의 필요 Hong Sang-soo South Korea Anora Sean Baker United StatesEmilia Pérez  Jacques Audiard France, MexicoHere Children Do Not Play Together  Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran, United Kingdom It's Not Me  C'est Pas Moi Leos Carax FranceLimonov: The Ballad Kirill Serebrennikov France, Italy, Spain If I May - Chapter II  Se posso permettermi - Capitolo II Marco Bellocchio Italy  Meeting with Pol Pot Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot Rithy Panh France, Cambodia, Taiwan, Qatar, Turkey Misericordia Miséricorde Alain Guiraudie France, Portugal, SpainPhantosmia Lav Diaz Philippines Suspended Time  Hors du temps Olivier Assayas France The Empire  L'Empire Bruno Dumont France / Germany / Italy / Belgium / Portugal The Room Next Door  La habitación de al lado Pedro Almodóvar Spain The Seed of the Sacred Fig  دانه‌ی انجیر معابد Mohammad Rasoulof Iran, France, Germany Three Friends  Trois amies Emmanuel Mouret France Youth (Hard Times)  青春：苦 Wang Bing France, Luxembourg, Netherlands Youth (Homecoming)  青春：归 Wang Bing France, Luxembourg, Netherlands

New Currents
The selected titles are eligible for multiple awards, including the New Currents Award, the FIPRESCI Award, the NETPAC Award, and the KB New Currents Audience Award.

Highlighted title indicates award winner

 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies) Able  Elzak Eskendir Kazakhstan As the River Goes By  Charles Hu China For Rana  Iman Yazadi Iran The Height of the Coconut Trees  Du Jie Japan Kaneko's Commissar  Furukawa Go Japan The Land of Morning Calm 아침바다 갈매기는 Park Yi-woong South Korea Ma – Cry of Silence  The Maw Nang Myanmar, Korea, Singapore, France, Norway, Qatar Montages of a Modern Motherhood  Oliver Siu, Kuen Chan Hong Kong Tale of the Land  Loeloe Hendra Indonesia, Philippines, Qatar Waterdrop 수연의 선율 Choi Jong-yong South Korea

Jiseok
This section selected films from Asian directors with a portfolio of more than three feature films, and from the line-up of eight films, two were honoured with Jiseok awards.

Highlighted title indicates award winner

 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies) Aimitagai アイミタガイ Kusano Shogo Japan  Deal at the Border  Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi Kyrgyzstan  I Am Love 아이 엠 러브 Baek Sung-bin South Korea  Motherland  Brillante Mendoza Philippines  So It Goes 뭐 그런 거지 Lee Ha-ram South Korea  Travelling Alone  Ishibashi Yuho Japan Village Rockstars 2 Rima Das India  Yen and Ai-Lee 小雁與吳愛麗 Tom Lin Shu-yu Taiwan 

A Window on Asian Cinema
 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia India, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands Black Dog 狗阵 Guan Hu China Blue Sea  Song Jinxiao ChinaBlue Sun Palace  Constance Tsang United StatesCrocodile Tears  Tumpal Tampubolon Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany Desert of Namibia ナミビアの砂漠 Yôko Yamanaka Japan Don′t Cry, Butterfly  Duong Dieu Linh Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies  หลานม่า Pat Boonnitipat ThailandIn RetreatMaisam AliIndia, France Land of Broken Hearts 负负得正 Wen Shipei China Mongrel  白衣蒼狗 Chiang Wei Liang and You Qiao YinTaiwan My Favourite Cake  Keyk-e mahboob-e man  Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha  Iran, France, Sweden, Germany Pierce  Cì xīn qiè gŭ  Nelicia Low  Singapore, Taiwan, PolandPooja, Sir  Deepak Rauniyar  Nepal, United States, NorwayRegretfully at Dawn  Sivaroj Kongsakul  Thailand, SingaporeSaba  Maksud Hossain  BangladeshSad Letters of an Imaginary Woman  Nidhi Saxena  India Santosh Sandhya Suri India, France, Germany, United KingdomSecond Chance  Subhadra Mahajan  India Soldier of Love Farkhat Sharipov KazakhstanState of Statelessness Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, Sonam Tseten, Tenzing Sonam, Ritu Sarin, Tsering Tashi Gyalthang India, United States, VietnamSuper Happy Forever Igarashi Kohei France, Japan The Colors Within きみの色 Naoko Yamada JapanThe Hearing Lawrence Fajardo Philippines The Witness Shahed Nader Saeivar Germany, Austria To Kill a Mongolian Horse 一匹白马的热梦 Jiang Xiaoxuan Malaysia, Hong Kong, China Travesty  Batsukh Baatar Mongolia Viet and Nam  Trong lòng đất Minh Quý Trương Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands

Korean Cinema Today - Vision Section
This year 12 films were showcased as world premiere.

 English title Original title Director(s) The face of Hwanhee 환희의 얼굴 Lee Jea-han The Final Semester 3학년 2학기 Lee Ran-hee Fragment 파편 Kim Sung-yoon Humming 허밍 Lee Seung-jae Inserts 인서트 Lee Jong-su Journey to Face Them 그를 마주하는 시간 Hwang In-won Kike Will Hit a Home Run 키케가 홈런을 칠거야 Park Song-yeol Merely Known as Something Else 다른 것으로 알려질 뿐이지 Jo Hee-young Red Nails 홍이 Hwang Seul-gi Spring Night 봄밤 Kang Mi-ja Tango at Dawn 새벽의 Tango Kim Hyo-eun The Waves of Winter 파동 Lee Hanju

Korean Cinema Today - Special Premiere
This year, the section will screen five films, including four world premieres.

 English title Original title Director(s) A Girl with Closed Eyes 폭로: 눈을 감은 아이  Jeon Seon-yeong A Normal Family 보통의 가족  Hur Jin-ho Bogota: City of the Lost 보고타 Kim Seong-je Don't Touch Dirty Money 더러운 돈에 손대지 마라 Kim Min-soo Blue Snow 청설 Jo Seon-ho

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

 English title Original title Director(s) 12.12: The Day 서울의 봄  Kim Sung-su Method Acting 메소드 연기  Lee Ki-hyuk Revolver 리볼버  Oh Seung-uk Somebody  Kim Yeo-jung, Lee Jung-chan The Killers  Kim Jong-kwan, Roh Deok, Jang Hang-jun, Lee Myung-se You Are the Apple of My Eye 그 시절, 우리가 좋아했던 소녀  Cho Young-myoung

World Cinema
 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg United States, PolandAnd Their Children After Them Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma FranceApril Dea Kulumbegashvili Georgia, France, ItalyArmand  Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Norway, Netherlands, Germany, SwedenDad Croaked on Saturday  Zaka Abdrakhmanova Russia, Kazakhstan Dog on Trial  Le Procès du chien Laetitia Dosch Switzerland, France Dying  Sterben  Matthias Glasner  GermanyFamilia Francesco Costabile ItalyGhostlight  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  Julie zwijgt Leonardo Van Dijl Belgium, Sweden Kill the Jockey El jockey Luis Ortega Argentina, SpainKneecap Rich Peppiatt Ireland, United Kingdom Love Kjærlighet Dag Johan Haugerud Norway Of Dogs and Men Al Klavim Veanashim Dani Rosenberg Israel, ItalySasquatch Sunset David Zellner and Nathan Zellner United States Souleymane's Story L'Histoire de Souleymane Boris Lojkine France The Damned Les Damnés Roberto MinerviniBelgium, Italy, United States The Girl with the Needle Pigen med nålen Magnus von Horn Denmark, Poland, Sweden The Other Way Around Volveréis Jonás Trueba Spain, France The Quiet Son Jouer Avec le Feu Delphine and Muriel Coulin  France The Sparrow in the Chimney  Der Spatz im Kamin  Ramon Zürcher  Switzerland There's Still Tomorrow  C'è ancora domani  Paola Cortellesi  Italy Universal Language Une Langue universelle Matthew Rankin CanadaVermiglio Maura Delpero Italy, France, Belgium When the Light Breaks  Ljósbrot Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, Netherlands Wild Diamond  Diamant brut Agathe RiedingerBFrance

Open Cinema
A collection of new and internationally acclaimed films, offering an ideal mix of the popular with the artistic are screened at the hallmark outdoor theater.
 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)Civil War  Alex Garland United States, United KingdomFlow Gints Zilbalodis Belgium, France, Latvia Ghost Cat Anzu 化け猫あんずちゃん Yôko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita Japan I Am the Secret in Your Heart 夏日的檸檬草 Lai Meng Chieh TaiwanKalki 2898 AD  Nag Ashwin India  RM: Right People, Wrong Place  Lee Seok-jun South Korea The Solitary Gourmet Kodoku no Gourmet Yutaka Matsushige Japan

Flash Forward

 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)Anywhere Anytime Milad Tangshir ItalyDo I Know You From Somewhere Arianna Martinez Canada Holy Cow Vingt Dieux! Louise Courvoisier FranceMemories of a Burning Body Antonella Sudasassi Furniss Costa Rica, Spain Mr. K Tallulah H. Schwab Netherlands, BelgiumOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni Ireland, United Kingdom, United States, ZambiaPaul and Paulette Take a Bath Jethro MASSEY United KingdomThe End Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, SwedenThe Village Next to Paradise  Mo Harawe Austria, France, Somalia

Wide Angle
Korean Short Film Competition
Highlighted title indicates award winner

 English title Original title Director(s) By Hand  You Jun-sang Dive Heo DaheDriverKim Ki-ikEscape VelocityPark Se-yongJust Another FilmJung Bit-areumLost TargetKim DongeunMICHELLEPark SyeyoungNight WalkersLim Lee-rangThe Dream with SofaNam Yeon-wooVariationPark JihoonWavyWavyKim Ye-won Yurim Song Ji-seo

Asian Short Film Competition
Highlighted title indicates award winner

 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(s) A Garden in Winter Eléonore Mahmoudian, Matsui Hiroshi Japan, France

Short Film Showcase
 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(s) Magic Candies Nishio Daisuke Japan

Documentary Competition
Highlighted title indicates award winner

 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(s) A Fly on the Wall  Shonali Bose India  Ainu Puri Takeshi Fukunaga Japan, United States Another Home  Frankie Sin Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, France At the Park  Sohn Koo-yong South Korea Every Single Dot  Lee So-jeong South Korea Gingerbread for Her Dad  Alina Mustafina Kazakhstan K-Number  Jo Seyoung South Korea Ms. Hu′s Garden  Pan Zhiqi China The First Responders  Ryu Hyung-seok South Korea Works and Days  Park Min-soo, Ahn Kearn-hyung South Korea

Documentary Showcase
 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies) Black Box Diaries Ito Shiori Japan, United Kingdom, United States Dahomey  Mati Diop  France, Senegal, BeninErnest Cole: Lost and Found  Raoul Peck France, United States Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958–1989 Israel Palestina pa Svensk TV 1958–1989 Göran Hugo Olsson Sweden, Finland, Denmark Landscape Drifting  Hwang Da-eun, Park Hong-yeol South Korea Lula  Oliver Stone and Rob Wilson United States, Brazil Mother′s Household Ledger  Sung Seung-taek South Korea  My Stolen Planet  Farahnaz Sharifi Iran, Germany  No Other Land  Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor  Palestine, Norway SAVE THE GAME  Park Yunjin South Korea  So Long  Guillaume Brac France  Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat  Johan Grimonprez Belgium, France, Netherlands  The Last of the Sea Women  Kim Sue 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 Moo-young South Korea XiXi  WU Fan Taiwan, Philippines, Korea

Midnight Passion
A collection of thrillers, horror and action films.
 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies) Do Not Enter No Entres Hugo Cardozo Paraguay The Grotesque Train 괴기열차 Tak Se-woong South Korea  Night Call  Michiel Blanchart Belgium, France  The Damned Les Damnés Roberto Minervini Belgium, Italy, United StatesThe Shameless  Konstantin Bojanov India, Bulgaria, France, Switzerland, Taiwan The Substance  Coralie Fargeat United Kingdom, United States, France 

On Screen 
In this section 4 Korean 1 Taiwanese and 1 Japanese works will be released for the first time in the world.

 English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies) Platform / Network Beyond Goodbye さよならのつづき Hiroshi Kurosaki JapanNetflix Born for the Spotlight 影后 Yen Yi-wen Taiwan  Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard 좋거나 나쁜 동재 Park Gun-hoSouth Korea  TVING Gangnam B-Side 강남 비-사이드 Park Noo-ri Disney+ Hellbound Season 2 지옥 2 Yeon Sang-ho Netflix Way Back Love 내가 죽기 일주일 전 Nam Geon TVING

Special program in focus
In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun
thumb|180px|Lee in October 2018

The festival will hold 'In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun', a special feature program and screen six of the late actor's works and hold a special talk, while looking back on his acting life and achievements and creating a meaningful memorial.

 Year English title Original title Director(s) Genre 2009 Paju 파주 Park Chan-ok Drama  2013 Our Sunhi 우리 선희 Hong Sang-soo Drama  2014 A Hard Day 끝까지 간다 Kim Seong-hun Action thriller  2019 Parasite 기생충 Bong Joon-ho Thriller  2024 Land of Happiness 행복의 나라 Choo Chang-min Period drama   2018 My Mister 나의 아저씨 Kim Won-seok 5 of 16 episodes of Psychological drama

Miguel Gomes, a filmmaker of Joyful Melancholy

thumb|245x245px|Miguel Gomes at Cannes 2024

Miguel Gomes has been invited to the festival, where his eight full-length films will be screened.

 Year English title Original title Genre 2004 The Face You Deserve A Cara que Mereces Comedy 2008 Our Beloved Month of August Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto Romance  2012Tabu Drama 2015 Arabian Nights Volume 1: The Restless OneAs Mil e uma Noites Drama 2015 Arabian Nights Volume 2: The Desolate One  Drama 2015 Arabian Nights Volume 3: The Enchanted One Drama 2021The Tsugua Diaries  Drama 2024Grand Tour  Period drama

Teenage Minds, Teenage Movies

 Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country  2023 City of Wind Сэр сэр салхи Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir Mongolia 2024 Fish Bone 鱼刺 Xuyu Zhang China 2024Girls Will Be Girls Shuchi Talati India  2024Happyend Neo Sora Japan  2024 I Am the Secret in Your Heart 夏日的檸檬草 Lai Meng Chieh Taiwan 2024 My Sunshine ぼくのお日さま Hiroshi Okuyama Japan  2024 Swimming in a Sand Pool 水深ゼロメートルから Nobuhiro Yamashita Japan  2023Tiger Stripes Amanda Nell Eu Malaysia 2024The Uniform Chuang Ching-shen Taiwan 

Special Screening
 English title Original title Director(s) Walking in the Movies  영화 청년, 동호 Kim Lyang 

Awards and winners

 Image  Recipient  CountryRef.  thumb|100pxKiyoshi Kurosawa Japan   thumb|100px Lee Sun-kyun South Korea   

References

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