# 27th Busan International Film Festival

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

## Events

* 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.
* 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.

## Jury

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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

## Program sections

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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 |

### Gala Presentation

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Nobody's Hero | Viens je t'emmène | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| Scarlet | L'Envol | Pietro Marcello | France, Italy, Germany |

### Icons

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Armageddon Time | Armageddon Time | James Gray | United States |
| Bardo | Bardo, o falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Mexico |
| Bones and All | Bones and All | Luca Guadagnino | Italy, United States |
| Both Sides of the Blade | Avec amour et acharnement | Claire Denis | France |
| Broker | 브로커 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | South Korea |
| Brother and Sister | Frère et Sœur | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Crimes of the Future | Crimes of the Future | David Cronenberg | Canada, Greece, France, United Kingdom |
| Dark Glasses | Occhiali neri | Dario Argento | Italy, France |
| Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| EO | Io | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland, Italy |
| Fairytale | Сказка | Alexander Sokurov | Russia, Belgium, Estonia |
| Feast | | Brillante Mendoza | Hong Kong, China |
| Lord of the Ants | Il signore delle formiche | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
| My Imaginary Country | Mi país imaginario | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile |
| No Bears | خرس نیست | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| One Fine Morning | Un beau matin | Mia Hansen-Løve | France, Germany |
| Pacifiction | Tourment sur les Îles | Albert Serra | Spain, France, Germany, Portugal |
| Peter von Kant | Peter von Kant | François Ozon | France, Belgium |
| R.M.N. | R.M.N. | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
| The Novelist's Film | 소설가의 영화 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Triangle of Sadness | Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States, Greece |
| Walk Up | 탑 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| When the Waves Are Gone | Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon | Lav Diaz | Philippines / France / Portugal / Denmark |
| White Noise | White Noise | Noah Baumbach | United States |

### 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 countrie(s) |
| Ajoomma | | He Shuming | Singapore |
| A Place of Silence | | Sam Kua | Malaysia |
| A Thousand and One Nights | | Nao Kubota | Japan |
| A Wild Roomer | 괴인 | Lee Jeong-hong | South Korea |
| Blue Again | | Thapanee Loosuwan | Thailand |
| Long Live Hell | 지옥만세 | Im Oh-jeong | South Korea |
| Memento Mori: Earth | Memento Mori: Đất | Marcus Mạnh Cường Vũ | Vietnam |
| No End | | Nader Saeivar | Iran |
| The Winter Within | Maagh | Aamir Bashir | India |
| That Woman Shybamma | That Woman Shybamma | Jaishankar Ariar | India |

### Kim Jiseok

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Alteration | | Yorkin Tuichev | Uzbekistan |
| December | | Anshul Chauhan | Japan |
| Life & Life | | Ali Ghavitan | Iran |
| Scent of Wind | | Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| Seventeeners | | Prithvi Konanur | India |
| Six Characters | | ML Pundhevanov Dewakun | Thailand |
| The Storyteller | | Anant Mahadevan | India |
| A Wing and a Prayer | 동에 번쩍 서에 번쩍 | Lee Kwang-guk | Korea |

### A Window on Asian Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Arnold Is a Model Student | | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Philippines |
| Autobiography | Autobiography | Makbul Mubarak | Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Germany, Qatar |
| B for Busy | 爱情神话 | Shao Yi-Hui | China |
| Before, Now & Then | Nana | Kamila Andini | Indonesia |
| Beyond the Wall | شب، داخلی، دیوار | Vahid Jalilvand | Iran |
| Declaration | Ariyippu | Mahesh Narayanan | India |
| Fortune | Fortune | Muhiddin Muzaffar | Tajikistan |
| Goldfish | Goldfish | Pushan Kripalani | India, United Kingdom, United States |
| Hanging Gardens | Janain mualaqa | Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji | Iraq, Egypt, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, United Kingdom |
| Holy Spider | Holy Spider | Ali Abbasi | Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany |
| Home for Sale | Home for Sale | Taalaibek Kulmendeev | Kyrgyzstan |
| Hong Kong Family | Hong Kong Family | Eric Tsang Hing Weng | Hong Kong, China |
| In Our Prime | In Our Prime | Liu Yulin | China |
| Joyland | Joyland | Saim Sadiq | Pakistan |
| Leila's Brothers | برادران لیلا | Saeed Roustayi | Iran |
| Little Blue | Little Blue | Lee Yifang | Taiwan |
| Look At Me Touch Me Kiss Me | Look At Me Touch Me Kiss Me | Ho Yuhang, Djenar Maesa Ayu, Kim Tai-sik | Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea |
| Love Life | ラブライフ | Kōji Fukada | Japan |
| Mariam | Mariam | Arvind Pratap | India |
| Nezouh | Nezouh | Soudade Kaadan | United Kingdom, Syria, France |
| Plan 75 | Plan 75 | Chie Hayakawa | Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar |
| Return to Dust | 隐入尘烟 | Li Ruijun | China |
| Return to Seoul | Retour à Séoul | Davy Chou | France |
| Scheme | Skhema | Farkhat Sharipov | Kazakhstan |
| Sermon to the Fish | Balıqlara xütbə | Hilal Baydarov | Azerbaijan, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey |
| Stone Turtle | Stone Turtle | Woo Ming Jin | Malaysia, Indonesia |
| The Sales Girl | The Sales Girl | Janchivdorj Sengedorj | Mongolia |
| The Scent of the Wormwood | The Scent of the Wormwood | Aibek Dairbekov | Kyrgyzstan |
| The Wind Will Say | The Wind Will Say | Renai Wei Yongyao | Malaysia, China |
| Tora's Husband | Tora's Husband | Rima Das | India |
| Zwigato | Zwigato | Nandita Das | India |

### Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| A letter from Kyoto | 교토에서 온 편지 | Kim Min Ju |
| Anchor | 앵커 | Jung Ji-yeon |
| Dream Palace | 드림팰리스 | Ka Sung-moon |
| Hansan: Rising Dragon | 한산: 용의 출현 | Kim Han-min |
| Highway Family | 고속도로 가족 | Lee Sang-moon |
| Juhee from 5 to 7 | 5시부터 7시까지의 주희 | Jang Kun-jae |
| Next Sohee | 다음 소희 | Jung Ju-ri |
| Open the Door | 오픈 더 도어 | Jang Hang-jun |
| The Policeman's Lineage | 경관의 피 | Lee Kyoo-man |

### Korean Cinema Today - Vision Section

This year 12 films will be showcased as world premiere.
    Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| Birth | Birth | Yoo Ji-young |
| Peacock | 공작새 | Byun Seong-bin |
| Beyond | 기행 | Lee Ha-ram |
| The Day After Yesterday | 길고 재미없는 영화가 끝나갈 때 | Yoon Ji-hye |
| The Dream Songs | 너와 나 | Cho Hyun-cheol |
| The Ripples | 물비늘 | Lim Seung-hyun |
| Green House | 비닐하우스 | Lee Sol-hee |
| Big Sleep | 빅슬립 | Kim Tae-hoon |
| Mother Land | 엄마의 땅 | Park Jae-beom |
| Star of Ulsan | 울산의 별 | Jeong Ki-hyeok |
| The Continuing Land | 이어지는 땅 | Cho Hee-Young |
| Paper Man | 페이퍼맨 | Ki Mo-tae |

### Korean Cinema Today - Special Premiere

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| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| 20th Century Girl | 20세기 소녀 | Bang Woo-ri |
| The Boys | 소년들 | Jung Ji-young |

### World Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| A Room of My Own | Chemi otakhi | Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze | Germany, Georgia |
| Aftersun | Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | United Kingdom, United States |
| Alcarràs | Alcarràs - L'ultimo raccolto | Carla Simón | Spain, Italy |
| BANGER. | BANGER. | Adam Sedlák | Czech Republic |
| Blanquita | Blanquita | Fernando Guzzoni | Chile, Mexico, Luxembourg, France, Poland |
| Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | Pierre Földes | France, Canada, Netherlands, Luxembourg |
| Boy from Heaven | Boy from Heaven | Tarik Saleh | Sweden, France, Finland |
| Brother | Brother | Clement Virgo | Canada |
| Chiara | Chiara | Susanna Nicchiarelli | Italy, Belgium |
| Close | Close | Lukas Dhont | Belgium, France, Netherlands |
| Corsage | Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France |
| Flux Gourmet | Flux Gourmet | Peter Strickland | United Kingdom, Hungary |
| Fucking Bornholm | Fucking Bornholm | Anna Kazejak | Poland |
| Harkis | Harkis | Philippe Faucon | France, Belgium |
| I Have Electric Dreams | Tengo sueños eléctricos | Valentina Maurel | Belgium, France, Costa Rica |
| Incredible but True | Incredible but True | Quentin Dupieux | France, Belgium |
| Klondike | Klondike | Maryna Er Gorbach | Ukraine, Turkey |
| Love According to Dalva | Dalva | Emmanuelle Nicot | Belgium, France |
| Monica | Monica | Andrea Pallaoro | Italy, United States |
| Other People's Children | Les Enfants des Autres | Rebecca Zlotowski | France |
| Prison 77 | Modelo 77 | Alberto Rodríguez Librero | Spain |
| Prologos | | Mantas Kvedaravičius | Lithuania, Greece |
| Raymond and Ray | Raymond and Ray | Rodrigo García | United States |
| Rule 34 | Regra 34 | Júlia Murat | Brazil, France |
| Saturn Bowling | Bowling Saturne | Patricia Mazuy | France, Belgium |
| The Adventures of Gigi the Law | Gigi la legge | Alessandro Comodin | Italy, France, Belgium |
| The Eight Mountains | Le otto montagne | Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch | Italy, Belgium, France |
| The Line | La Ligne | Ursula Meier | Switzerland, France, Belgium |
| The Mountain | La Montagne | Thomas Salvador | France |
| The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 | Dominik Moll | France |
| The Quiet Girl | An Cailín Ciúin | Colm Bairéad | Ireland |
| The Silent Twins | The Silent Twins | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, United States, United Kingdom |
| Utama | Utama | Alejandro Loayza Grisi | Bolivia, Uruguay, France |
| You Have to Come and See It | Tenéis que venir a verla | Jonás Trueba | Spain |

### Flash Forward

A competition among non-Asian filmmakers’ first or second features that take an innovative and original approach to cinema. The winner is decided by the audience and awarded the Flash Forward Award.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Daughter of Rage | La Hija de todas las Rabias | Laura Baumeister | Nicaragua, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway |
| Delta | | Michele Vannucci | Italy |
| The Pack | La Jauria | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia, France |
| Muru | Muru | Tearepa Kahi | New Zealand |
| Palm Trees and Power Lines | Palm Trees and Power Lines | Jamie Dack | United States |
| Riceboy Sleeps | Riceboy Sleeps | Anthony Shim | Canada |
| Saint Omer | Saint Omer | Alice Diop | France |
| Sons of Ramses | Goutte d'Or | Clément Cogitore | France |
| Thunder | Foudre | Carmen Jaquier | Switzerland |
| Victim | Obet | Michal Blaško | Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Germany |

### Wide Angle
#### Korean Short Film Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| Canine | 송곳니 | Kim Jung-min |
| Carrier Woman | 캐리어우먼 | Hwang Dong-uk |
| Door | | Lee Minh-young, Bae Seongyeol, Kim Chang-min |
| Flowers | | Shin Eun-seop-uk |
| I′m Here | | Jeong Eun-uk |
| Jooyoung in Wonderland | | Chung Hae-il |
| Lake and I | | Park Sohyun |
| Leave at Door, Bell X | | Lee Joo-young |
| Other Life | | Roh Do-hyeon |
| Short Film Universe | | Lee Han |
| The Scream | | Kim Eun-seong |
| Yeo-young′s Trip to Haenam | | Yeo Young-eun |

#### Asian Short Film Competition

| English title | Director(s) | Production country(s) |
| A Cambodian Night′s Dream | Guillaume Suon | Cambodia, France |
| Dear Me | Suchana Saha | India |
| Destruction | Igor Smola | Azerbaijan |
| Drunkard | GE Yuqi | China |
| Jouissance | Sadeq Es-Haqi | Iran |
| Shades of Melancholy | Karash Zhanyshov | Kyrgyzstan |
| Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Alvin Lee | Singapore |
| Southern Afternoon | Lan Tian | China |
| The Memory Lane | Ujita Shun | Japan |
| The Valley of the Wind | Samira Norouznasseri | Iran |

#### Documentary Competition

| English title | Director(s) | Production country(s) |
| A Table for Two | Kim Bo-ram | South Korea |
| After Passing Away | SU Yu-Ting | Taiwan |
| Again the Wind Blows | Kim Tae-il, Ju Ro-mi | South Korea |
| Baby Queen | Lei Yuan Bin | Singapore |
| Dear Mother, I Meant to Write about Death | Chen Siyi | United States, China |
| Lash | Jung Yoon-suk | South Korea, Hong Kong, China |
| On the Train | Hsiao Chu-Chen | Taiwan |
| SAGAL: Snake and Scorpion | Lee Dongwoo | South Korea |
| Sanctuary | Wang Min-cheol | South Korea |
| Sura: A Love Song | Hwang Yun | South Korea |
| The Football Aficionado | Sharmin Mojtahedzadeh, Paliz Khoshdel | Iran |

#### Documentary Showcase

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Alis | Alis | Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hamelryck | Colombia, Chile, Romania |
| All That Breathes | All That Breathes | Shaunak Sen | India, United States, United Kingdom |
| Blue Island | Blue Island | Chan Tze-woon | Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan |
| Eternal Brightness | Eternal Brightness | OH Min-wook | South Korea |
| Fire of Love | Fire of Love | Sara DOSA | United States, Canada |
| Free Chol Soo Lee | Free Chol Soo Lee | Julie HA, Eugene YI | South Korea, United States |
| How to Save a Dead Friend | How to Save a Dead Friend | Marusya Syroechkovskaya | Sweden, Norway, France, Germany |
| Innocence | Innocence | Guy Davidi | Denmark, Israel, Finland, Iceland |
| Legend of the Waterflowers | Legend of the Waterflowers | Koh Hee-young | South Korea |
| Life Unrehearsed | Life Unrehearsed | Banpark Jieun | South Korea, Germany |
| Liquor Store Dreams | Liquor Store Dreams | UM So Yun | United States |
| Myanmar Diaries | Myanmar Diaries | The Myanmar Film Collective | Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway |
| Retrograde | Retrograde | Matthew Heineman | United States |
| Scorched Earth | Scorched Earth | Lee Mi-young | South Korea, Canada |
| See You Friday | See You Friday | Robinson Mitra Farahani | France, Kingdom of Eswatini, Iran, Lebanon |
| The Super 8 Years | The Super 8 Years | David Ernaux-Briot, Annie Ernaux | France |
| Universe Department Store | Universe Department Store | Taewoong Won | South Korea |
| While We Watched | While We Watched | Vinay Shukla | United Kingdom |

### 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 countrie(s) |
| Diary of a Fleeting Affair | Chronique d'une liaison passagère | Emmanuel Mouret | France |
| Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight | ja:今夜、世界からこの恋が消えても | Takahiro Miki | Japan |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | United States |
| Kingdom 2: Far and Away | ja:キングダム2 遥かなる大地へ | Shinsuke Sato | Japan |
| Max, Min and Meowzaki Padmakumar | Max, Min and Meowzaki Padmakumar | Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy | India |
| Black Pharaon, the Savage and the Princess | Le Pharaon, le Sauvage et la Princesse | Michel Ocelot | France, Belgium |
| Vikram | Vikram | Lokesh Kanagaraj | India |

### Midnight Passion

A collection of thrillers, horror and action films.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Jethica | Jethica | Pete Ohs | United States |
| Satan's Slaves 2: Communion | Pengabdi Setan 2: Communion | Joko Anwar | Indonesia |
| The Menu | The Menu | Mark Mylod | United States |
| The Price We Pay | The Price We Pay | Ryuhei Kitamura | United States |

### On Screen

Nine drama series of the year were presented in this section.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | Platform / Network |
| Bargain | 몸값 | Jeon Woo-sung | South Korea | TVING |
| Blood Curse | Teluh Darah | Kimo Stamboel | Indonesia | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Connect | 커넥트 | Miike Takashi | South Korea | Star |
| Glitch | 글리치 | Roh Deok | South Korea | Netflix |
| Recipe for Farewell | 오늘은 좀 매울지도 몰라 | Lee Ho-Jae | South Korea | Watcha |
| Somebody | 썸바디 | Jung Ji-woo | South Korea | Netflix |
| The Kingdom Exodus | Riget Exodus | Lars von Trier | Denmark | DR/Viaplay |
| Weak Hero Class 1 | 약한영웅 | Yoo Su-min | South Korea | Wavve |
| Yonder | 욘더 | Lee Joon-ik | South Korea | TVING/Paramount+ |

## Special program in focus
### Discovering New Japanese Cinema

The festival will screen the works of 10 notable next-generation Japanese directors who have made their debuts after 2010 and who have been acknowledged by the press and critics.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Genre |
| 2015 | Antonym | 螺旋銀河 | Kusano Natsuka | Drama |
| 2020 | A Balance | 由宇子の天秤 | Yujiro Harumoto | Mystery, Psychological, Family |
| 2017 | Listen to Light | ひかりの歌 | Sugita Kyoshi | Drama |
| 2022 | My Small Land | マイスモールランド | Emma Kawawada | Drama |
| 2017 | The Night I Swam | 泳ぎすぎた夜 | Kohei Igarashi, Damien Manivel | Drama |
| 2018 | Our House | わたしたちの家 | Kiyohara Yui | Thriller, horror |
| 2017 | Passage of Life | 僕の帰る場所 | Akio Fujimoto | Drama |
| 2018 | Siblings of the Cape | 岬の兄妹 | Shinzo Katayama | Drama |
| 2022 | Small, Slow But Steady | ケイコ目を澄ませて | Sho Miyake | Drama |
| 2021 | Third Time Lucky | 三度目の、正直 | Tadashi Nohara | Drama |

### New Perspective of Documentary in the 21st Century

In 2022 edition the festival will present a special program 'A New Perspective on Documentary in the 21st Century' introducing 10 innovative documentaries. These films will be fresh and unique works that go beyond the traditional documentary genre.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country of origin |
| 2012 | Leviathan | Leviathan | Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel | United States |
| 2022 | De Humani Corporis Fabrica | | Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel | France, Switzerland |
| 2014 | Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait | ماء الفضة | Ossama Mohammed, Wiam Simav Bedirxan | Syria |
| 2014 | Three Sisters | 三姊妹 | Wang Bing | China |
| 2007 | My Winnipeg | My Winnipeg | Guy Maddin | Canada |
| 2016 | Cameraperson | Cameraperson | Kirsten Johnson | United States |
| 2007 | In the City of Sylvia | En la Ciudad de Sylvia | José Luis Guerín | Spain |
| 2022 | Everything Will Be Okay | | Rithy Panh | Cambodia |
| 2022 | The Natural History of Destruction | | Sergei Rosnica | Germany, Ukraine |
| 2013 | Sacro GRA | | Gianfranco Rossi | Italy |

### In the Mood for Tony Leung

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country of origin |
| 2004 | 2046 | 2046 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong, China |
| 1997 | Happy Together | 春光乍洩 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong |
| 2000 | In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong |
| 2002 | Infernal Affairs | 無間道 | Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Hong Kong |
| 1993 | The Eagle Shooting Heroes | 射雕英雄傳之東成西就 | Jeffrey Lau | Hong Kong |
| 1998 | The Longest Nite | 暗花 | Patrick Yau | Hong Kong |

### Special Screening

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| | Jiseok | Jiseok | Kim Young-jo |
| 1952 | Nakdong River | 낙동강 | Jeon Chang-geun |

## Awards and winners

Awards
The following awards will be presented at the 27th edition:
* The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
* Korean Cinema Award
* New Currents Award
* Kim Jiseok Award
* BIFF Mecenat Award
* Sonje Award
* Actor & Actress of the Year Award
** Actor of the Year:
** Actress of the Year:
* KB New Currents Audience Award
* Flash Forward Audience Award
* FIPRESCI Award
* NETPAC Award
* DGK MEGABOX Award
* CGV Arthouse Award
* KBS Independent Film Award
* CGK Award (Cinematographers Guild of Korea)
* Critic b Award
* Watcha Award from 2021
* Citizen Critics' Award
* Busan Cinephile Award

### Winners

Source:
| Image | Recipient | Country |
| The Asian Filmmaker of the Year ||||
| | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Hong Kong |
| Choon-yun Award ||||
| Baek Jae-ho | Baek Jae-ho | South Korea |
| Korean Cinema Award ||||
| Goran Topalovic | Goran Topalovic | United States |
* New Currents Award:
** A Wild Roomer by Lee Jeong-hong, South Korea
** Shivamma by Jaishankar Aryar, India
* KIM Jiseok Award:
** Scent of Wind by Hadi Mohaghegh, Iran
** Alterations by Yalkin Tuychiev, Uzbekistan
* BIFF Mecenat Award
** A Table for Two by Kim Bo-ram, South Korea
** The Football Aficionado by Sharmin Mojtahedzadeh, Paliz Khoshdel, Iran
* Sonje Award:
** Southern Afternoon by Lan Tian, China
** I’m Here by Jeong Eunuk, South Korea
* Actors of the Year:
** Kim Youngsung, Big Sleep, Actor, South Korea
** KIM Geumsoon, Star of Ulsan, Actress, South Korea
* KB New Currents Audience Award:
** The Winter Within by Aamir Bashir, India, France, Qatar
* Flash Forward Audience Award:
** Riceboy Sleeps by Anthony Shim, Canada
* FIPRESCI Award:
** Thousand and One Nights by Kubota Nao, Japan
* NETPAC Award:
** A Wild Roomer by Lee Jeong-hong, Director South Korea
* DGK MEGABOX Award:
** Big Sleep by Kim Tae-hoon, South Korea
** Star of Ulsan by Jung Ki-hyuk, South Korea
* CGV Award Greenhouse:
** Lee Sol-hui, Director, South Korea
* KBS Independent Film Award:
** A Wild Roomer by Lee Jeong-hong, South Korea
* CGK Award:
** Hail to Hell by Jung Grim, Cinematographer South Korea
* Critic b Award:
** A Wild Roomer by Lee Jeong-hong, South Korea
* Watcha Award:
** Peafowl by Byun Sung-bin, South Korea
** Greenhouse by Lee Sol-hui, South Korea
* Watcha Short Award:
** Other Life by Roh Dohyeon, South Korea
* Aurora Media Award:
** Greenhouse by Lee Sol-hui, South Korea
** Big Sleep by Kim Tae-hoon, South Korea
* Citizen Critics’ Award:
** Birth by Yoo Ji-young, South Korea
* Busan Cinephile Award:
** While We Watched by Vinay Shukla, United Kingdom
* The Choon-yun Award
** Baej Jae-ho, Producer, South Korea