22nd Busan International Film Festival

The 22nd Busan International Film Festival was held from October 12 to October 21, 2017 at the Busan Cinema Center and hosted by Jang Dong-gun and Im Yoon-ah. A total of 300 films from 75 countries were screened at the festival, including 100 world premieres and 29 international premieres.

On October 15, 2017, President Moon made a surprise visit to the festival, promising noninterference and support for the festival. He also hopes BIFF will restore to its former glory and into a more prominent international film festival.

A new Kim Jiseok Award was setup to commemorate the late Kim Jiseok, the Deputy Director and Program Director of Busan International Film Festival, who died in May 2017. Kim, also a founding member of the Busan International Film Festival, had since 1996, devoted himself to developing the Busan International Film Festival into a world-renowned film festival in Asia.

Opening

 * Glass Garden - Shin Su-won (South Korea)

Gala Presentation

 * Butterfly Sleep - Jeong Jae-eun (South Korea/Japan)
 * Manhunt - John Woo (Hong Kong, China)
 * Mother! - Darren Aronofsky (United States)
 * Narratage - Isao Yukisada (Japan)
 * The Third Murder - Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)

A Window on Asian Cinema

 * Alone - Akan Satayev (Kazakhstan)
 * Angamaly Diaries - Lijo Jose Pellissery (India)
 * Ash - Li Xiaofeng (China)
 * Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - S. S. Rajamouli (India)
 * A Beautiful Star - Daihachi Yoshida (Japan)
 * Before We Vanish - Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
 * Beyond the Clouds - Majid Majidi (India)
 * Birds Without Names - Kazuya Shiraishi (Japan)
 * Blade of the Immortal - Takashi Miike (Japan/United Kingdom)
 * The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful - Yang Ya-che (Taiwan)
 * Mukkabaaz - Anurag Kashyap (India)
 * Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield - LU Yang (China)
 * The Carousel Never Stops Turning - Ismail BASBETH (Indonesia)
 * Close-Knit - Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
 * The Decaying - Sonny CALVENTO (Philippines)
 * Dragonfly Eyes - Xu Bing (China)
 * Goodbye Kathmandu - Nabin Subba (Nepal)
 * The Great Buddha+ - HUANG Hsin-Yao (Taiwan)
 * In the Shadows - Dipesh JAIN (India/United Kingdom/Germany)
 * The Insult - Ziad Doueiri (Lebanon/France)
 * The Journey - Mohamed Al-Daradji (Iraq/United Kingdom/Netherlands)
 * A Letter to the President - Roya Sadat (Afghanistan)
 * Love and Shukla - Siddartha JATLA (India)
 * Malila: The Farewell Flower - Anucha BOONYAWATANA (Thailand)
 * A Man of Integrity - Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran)
 * Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts - Mouly Surya (Indonesia/France/Malaysia/Thailand)
 * Miracles of the Namiya General Store - Ryūichi Hiroki (Japan)
 * Missing Johnny - HUANG Xi (Taiwan)
 * Munabia - Taalaibek KULMENDEEV (Kyrgyzstan)
 * No Bed of Roses - Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bangladesh/India)
 * No Date, No Signature - Vahid Jalilvand (Iran)
 * Omerta - Hansal Mehta (India)
 * Our Time Will Come - Ann Hui (China/Hong Kong, China)
 * Outrage Coda - Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
 * Pigeon Tango - LEE Chi Yuarn (Taiwan)
 * Pop Aye - Kirsten Tan (Singapore/Thailand)
 * Poppy Goes to Hollywood Redux - Visal SOK (Cambodia)
 * Radiance - Naomi Kawase (Japan/France)
 * The Ringside Story - TAKE Masaharu (Japan)
 * Samui Song - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thailand/Germany/Norway)
 * The Scythian Lamb - Daihachi Yoshida (Japan)
 * Sea Serpent - Joseph Laban (Philippines)
 * The Seen and Unseen - Kamila Andini (Indonesia/Netherlands/Australia/Qatar)
 * Side Job - Ryūichi Hiroki (Japan)
 * Silent Mist - ZHANG Miaoyan (China/France)
 * Smaller and Smaller Circles - Raya Martin (Philippines)
 * Sweating the Small Stuff - NINOMIYA Ryutaro (Japan)
 * The Tailor - TRAN Buu Loc, Kay NGUYEN (Vietnam)
 * They - Anahita GHAZVINIZADEH (United States/Qatar)
 * Those Long Haired Nights - Gerardo CALAGUI (Philippines)
 * The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue - Yuya Ishii (Japan)
 * Underpants Thief - Somaratne Dissanayake (Sri Lanka)
 * Wajib - Annemarie Jacir (Palestine)
 * Walking Past the Future - Li Ruijun (China/Hong Kong, China)
 * Wilderness - KISHI Yoshiyuki (Japan)
 * ZOO - Shlok SHARMA (India)

New Currents

 * After My Death - Kim Ui-seok (Korea)
 * Ajji - Devashish Makhija (India)
 * Ashwatthama - Pushpendra SINGH (India/Korea)
 * Blockage - Mohsen GHARAEI (Iran)
 * End of Summer - Zhou Quan (China)
 * How to Breathe Underwater - KO Hyunseok (Korea)
 * Last Child - SHIN Dongseok (Korea)
 * The Last Verse - TSENG Ying-Ting (Taiwan)
 * One Night on the Wharf - HAN Dong (China)
 * Somewhere Beyond the Mist - CHEUNG King Wai (Hong Kong, China)

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

 * America Town - Jeon Soo-il (Korea)
 * Anarchist from Colony - Lee Joon-ik (Korea)
 * The Battleship Island: Director's Cut - Ryoo Seung-wan (Korea)
 * Bluebeard - LEE Sooyoun (Korea)
 * The Day After - Hong Sang-soo (Korea)
 * The Emperor - MIN Byunghun, LEE Sanghun (Korea)
 * Mermaid - O Muel (Korea)
 * Method - PANG Eunjin (Korea)
 * Misbehavior - Kim Tae-yong (Korea)
 * Missing - E Oni (Korea)
 * Notebook from My Mother - KIM Sungho (Korea)
 * Okja - Bong Joon-ho (Korea/United States)
 * Old Love - PARK Kiyong (Korea/Japan)
 * Romans 8:37 - Shin Yeon-shick (Korea)
 * Taklamakan - KO Eunki (Korea)
 * A Taxi Driver - Jang Hoon (Korea)

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

 * Black Summer - LEE Weonyoung (Korea)
 * Counting the Stars at Night - CHOI Yongseok (Korea)
 * February - KIM Joonghyun (Korea)
 * A Haunting Hitchhike - JEONG Heejae (Korea)
 * Hit the Night - JEONG Gayoung (Korea)
 * Home - KIM Jongwoo (Korea)
 * Microhabitat - JEON Gowoon (Korea)
 * Mothers - Lee Dong-eun (Korea)
 * Park Hwa-young - LEE Hwan (Korea)
 * Possible Faces - LEE Kanghyun (Korea)
 * A Tiger in Winter - Lee Kwang-kuk (Korea)

The Legendary Star, Shin Seong-il

 * The Barefooted Youth - Kim Ki-duk (Korea)
 * A Day Off - Lee Man-hee (Korea)
 * Early Rain - Jung Jin-woo (Korea)
 * Eunuch - Shin Sang-ok (Korea)
 * The General's Mustache - LEE Seong-gu (Korea)
 * Gilsotteum - Im Kwon-taek (Korea)
 * Heavenly Homecoming to Stars - Lee Jang-ho (Korea)
 * Mist - Kim Soo-yong (Korea)

World Cinema

 * 9 Fingers (film) - F. J. Ossang (France/Portugal)
 * April's Daughter - Michel Franco (Mexico)
 * Australia Day - Kriv Stenders (Australia)
 * Battle of the Sexes - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (United States)
 * Beyond the River - Craig FREIMOND (South Africa)
 * Bye Bye Germany - Sam Garbarski (Germany/Belgium/Luxembourg)
 * Carbon - Olivier Marchal (France)
 * The Confession - Zaza Urushadze (Georgia/Estonia)
 * Directions - Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria/Germany/Macedonia)
 * Diving - Mélanie Laurent (France)
 * The Double Lover - François Ozon (France/Belgium)
 * Downsizing - Alexander Payne (United States)
 * Equilibrium - Vincenzo Marra (Italy)
 * Euphoria - Lisa Langseth (Sweden/Germany)
 * A Fantastic Woman - Sebastián Lelio (Chile)
 * The Florida Project - Sean Baker (United States)
 * Frost - Šarūnas Bartas (Lithuania/France/Poland/Ukraine)
 * A Gentle Creature - Sergei Loznitsa (France/Germany/Netherlands/Lithuania)
 * Good Manners - Juliana ROJAS, Marco DUTRA (Brazil/France)
 * Hochelaga, Land of Souls - François Girard (Canada)
 * In the Fade - Fatih Akin (Germany/France)
 * The Intruder - Leonardo DI COSTANZO (Italy/Switzerland/France)
 * Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc - Bruno Dumont (France)
 * Jupiter's Moon - Kornél Mundruczó (Hungary/Germany)
 * The Last Suit - Pablo SOLARZ (Argentina/Spain)
 * The Leisure Seeker - Paolo Virzì (United States/France/Italy)
 * Let the Sunshine In - Claire Denis (France)
 * The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Nobuhiro Suwa (Japan/France)
 * Longing - Savi Gabizon (Israel)
 * Loveless - Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia/France/Belgium/Germany)
 * The Motive - Manuel MARTÍN CUENCA (Spain)
 * The Mountain Between Us - Hany Abu-Assad (United States)
 * Orchestra Class - Rachid HAMI (France)
 * The Other Side of Hope - Aki Kaurismäki (Finland/Germany)
 * Platoon - Oliver Stone (United States/United Kingdom)
 * Porcupine Lake - Ingrid Veninger (Canada)
 * Promise at Dawn - Éric Barbier (France/Belgium)
 * Rainbow - A Private Affair - Paolo TAVIANI (Italy/France)
 * Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company - Jean-Luc Godard (France/Switzerland)
 * Sergio & Sergei - Ernesto DARANAS (Cuba/Spain)
 * The Square - Ruben Östlund (Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark)
 * The Summit - Santiago Mitre (Argentina)
 * Sweet Country - Warwick Thornton (Australia)
 * Victoria & Abdul - Stephen Frears (United Kingdom)
 * Volubilis - Faouzi Bensaïdi (Morocco/France/Qatar)
 * Wonderstruck - Todd Haynes (United States)
 * Zama - Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)

Flash Forward

 * Beach Rats - Eliza Hittman (United States)
 * Beauty and the Dogs - Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia/France/Sweden/Norway/Lebanon/Qatar/Switzerland)
 * Bitter Flowers - Olivier Meys (Belgium/France/Switzerland/China)
 * The Desert Bride - Cecilia ATÁN, Valeria PIVATO (Argentina/Chile)
 * Five Fingers for Marseilles - Michael MATTHEWS (South Africa)
 * Gabriel and the Mountain - Fellipe GAMARANO BARBOSA (Brazil/France)
 * God's Own Country - (United Kingdom)
 * Goliath - Dominik LOCHER (Switzerland)
 * Head. Two Ears - Vitaly SUSLIN (Russia)
 * Home Team - Carlos MORELLI (Uruguay/Argentina/Brazil)
 * I Am Not a Witch - Rungano NYONI (United Kingdom/France)
 * Life Guidance - Ruth Mader (Austria)
 * Little Crusader - Václav Kadrnka (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic/Italy)
 * M.F.A. - Natalia Leite (United States)
 * The Man with the Magic Box - Bodo Kox (Poland/Italy)
 * Manuel - Dario ALBERTINI (Italy)
 * Men Don't Cry - Alen DRLJEVIĆ (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia/Germany)
 * Montparnasse Bienvenüe - Léonor SERRAILLE (France)
 * More - Onur SAYLAK (Turkey)
 * Never Steady, Never Still - Kathleen Hepburn (Canada)
 * The Nothing Factory - Pedro PINHO (Portugal)
 * Oblivion Verses - Alireza KHATAMI (France/Germany/Netherlands/Chile)
 * Okafor's Law - Omoni Oboli (Nigeria)
 * Pulse - Stevie CRUZ-MARTIN (Australia)
 * Ravens - Jens Assur (Sweden)
 * Soldiers. Story from Ferentari - Ivana MLADENOVIC (Romania/Serbia/Belgium)
 * Summer 1993 - Carla SIMÓN (Spain)
 * The Testament - Amichai GREENBERG (Israel/Austria)
 * Tom of Finland - Dome Karukoski (Finland/United States)
 * Under the Family Tree - Constanze KNOCHE (Germany/Poland)
 * Upside Down - Hugo MARTINS (Portugal)
 * Veleno - Diego OLIVARES (Italy)
 * Violeta at Last - Hilda HIDALGO (Costa Rica/Mexico)
 * Where the Shadows Fall - Valentina PEDICINI (Italy)
 * Wind Traces - Jimena MONTEMAYOR (Mexico)
 * Winter Brothers - Hlynur PÁLMASON (Denmark/Iceland)
 * A Worthy Companion - Carlos and Jason Sanchez (Canada)

Korean Short Film Competition

 * Away from Home - LEE Hyebeen, IM Soojin (Korea)
 * Beloved - LIM Seungmi (Korea)
 * Bright Future - HUR Jungjae (Korea)
 * Freeway - HWANG Seulgi (Korea)
 * A Friend Holding Crutches - KIM Soyeon (Korea)
 * Goner - KIM Hanra (Korea)
 * A Hand-written Poster - KWAK Eunmi (Korea)
 * The History of Hormone - PARK Jonghyun (Korea)
 * Illegal Parking - LEE Inhyuk (Korea)
 * Love Jo. Right Now. - JEONG Gayoung (Korea)
 * My Father in a Suitcase - KIMO Jisook (Korea)
 * Ordinary People - KIM Moonkyeong (Korea)
 * Playground - CHOI Cho-ah (Korea)
 * The Virgin Flight - HAN Seungju (Korea)
 * Yuri in Summer  - KIM Seohyeon (Korea)

Asian Short Film Competition

 * Cemetery of Courtesy - CHONG Keat Aun (Malaysia)
 * Chronicle of a Durian - YANG Xiao (China)
 * A Curious Girl - Rajesh Prasad KHATRI (Nepal)
 * The Day I Am Gonna Come - HONG Cheng (China)
 * Madonna - Sinung WINAHYOKO (Indonesia)
 * Myth - HAO Fang-Wei (Taiwan)
 * NAGISA - KOGAHARA Takeshi (Japan)
 * The Road - Arash KHAYATAN (Iran)
 * Suerte - Carlo FAJARDA (Philippines)
 * Two Brothers - Raghbir SINGH (India)

Short Film Showcase

 * 667 - LIAO Jiekai, HE Shuming, Boo Junfeng, CHONG Jun, Kirsten TAN, Eva TANG (Singapore)
 * Braguino - Clément COGITORE (France)
 * Death of the Sound Man - Sorayos PRAPAPAN (Thailand/Myanmar)
 * Gaze - Farnoosh SAMADI (Iran/Italy)
 * A Gentle Night - QIU Yang (China)
 * Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month - Carlo Francisco MANATAD (Philippines/Singapore)
 * Tshweesh - Feyrouz SERHAL (Lebanon/Germany/Spain/Qatar)
 * Where Has Time Gone? - Walter Salles, Alexey FEDORCHENKO, Madhur Bhandarkar, Jia Zhangke, Jahmil X.T. QUBEKA (China/Brazil/Russia/India/South Africa)

Documentary Competition

 * Ha Dong Chae Bok: A Song of Two Humans - NAM Seungsuk (Korea)
 * I've Got a Little Problem - ZHANG Ximing (China)
 * I Want to Go Home - Wesley Leon AROOZOO (Singapore/Japan)
 * In the Claws of a Century Wanting - Jewel MARANAN (Philippines/Germany/Qatar)
 * Letters - YUN Jéro, Marte VOLD (Korea/Norway)
 * REBORN - IM Heungsoon (Korea)
 * Sennan Asbestos Disaster - Kazuo Hara (Japan)
 * Soseongri - PARK Baeil (Korea)
 * Tarling is Darling - Ismail Fahmi LUBIS (Indonesia)
 * The Whispering Trees - HEO Chulnyung (Korea)

Documentary Showcase

 * After Chosun - MUN Jeonghyun (Korea)
 * Behrouz: A Legend on Screen - Sepehr MIKAILIAN (United States)
 * Blood Amber - LEE Yong Chao (Taiwan/Myanmar)
 * A Cambodian Spring - Chris Kelly (Cambodia/United Kingdom/Ireland/Canada)
 * Courtesy to the Nation - GWON Gyungwon (Korea)
 * Ecology in Concrete - Jeong Jae-eun (Korea)
 * Ex Libris: The New York Public Library - Frederick Wiseman (United States)
 * A Feeling Greater Than Love - Mary JIRMANUS SABA (Lebanon)
 * A Free Man - Andreas HARTMANN (Germany/Japan)
 * Goodbye My Love North Korea - KIM Soyoung (Korea)
 * Hugo - Wojciech KLIMALA (Poland)
 * I've Got the Blues - Angie CHEN (Hong Kong, China/France)
 * A Little Wisdom - KANG Yuqi (Nepal/Canada/China)
 * Makala - Emmanuel GRAS (France)
 * Mountain - Jennifer Peedom (Australia)
 * Mrs. Fang - Wang Bing (Hong Kong, China/France/Germany)
 * Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY - MATSUNAGA Daishi (Japan)
 * The Work - Gethin ALDOUS, Jairus MCLEARY (United States)

Cinekids

 * Alice in Wonderland - Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson (United States)
 * Bamse and the Witch's Daughter - Christian RYLTENIUS (Sweden)
 * Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton (United States)
 * Lila's Book - Marcela RINCÓN GONZÁLEZ (Colombia/Uruguay)
 * One Hundred and One Dalmatians - Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman (United States)

Animation Showcase

 * Have a Nice Day - LIU Jian (China)
 * Lu Over the Wall - Masaaki Yuasa (Japan)
 * Mary and the Witch's Flower - Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Japan)
 * The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl - Masaaki Yuasa (Japan)
 * On Happiness Road - SUNG Hsin-Yin (Taiwan)
 * Ping Pong The Animation - Masaaki Yuasa (Japan)
 * Tehran Taboo - Ali SOOZANDEH (Austria/Germany)
 * The Tatami Galaxy - Masaaki Yuasa (Japan)

Open Cinema

 * Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? - Akiyuki Shinbo (Japan)
 * Let Me Eat Your Pancreas - TSUKIKAWA Sho (Japan)
 * Salyut-7 - Klim SHIPENKO (Russia)
 * The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro (United States)
 * Tomorrow and Thereafter - Noémie Lvovsky (France)
 * Zombillenium - Arthur DE PINS, Alexis DUCORD (France/Belgium)

Suzuki Seijun: A Drifter across the Lines List

 * Branded to Kill - Seijun Suzuki (Japan)
 * Gate of Flesh - Seijun Suzuki (Japan)
 * Kagero-za - Seijun Suzuki (Japan)
 * Pistol Opera - Seijun Suzuki (Japan)
 * Tokyo Drifter - Seijun Suzuki (Japan)
 * Yumeji - Seijun Suzuki (Japan)
 * Zigeunerweisen - Seijun Suzuki (Japan)

Sakha Cinema: World of Magical Nature and Myth

 * 24 Snow - Mikhail BARYNIN (Russia)
 * Deliverance - Gennady BAGYNANOV (Russia)
 * Fisherman - Vyacheslav SEMYONOV (Russia)
 * His Daughter - Tatyana EVERSTOVA (Russia)
 * Keskil 2: Rematch - Dmitry SHADRIN, Alexey EGOROV, Roman DOROFEYEV (Russia)
 * Mappa - Alexey ROMANOV (Russia)
 * Outlaw - Stepan BURNASHOV (Russia)
 * Premonition - Mikhail LUKACHEVSKY, Prokopy NOGOVITSYN (Russia)
 * Summer Homestead - Anatoly Vasiliev (Russia)
 * The Marvelous Time - Nikita ARZHAKOV (Russia)
 * While There Is Wind - Sergey POTAPOV (Russia)
 * Wooden Horse - Prokopy NOGOVITSYN (Russia)

Midnight Passion

 * The Brink - Jonathan LI (Hong Kong, China)
 * Downrange - Ryuhei Kitamura (Japan/United States)
 * Ghost Stories - Andy Nyman, Jeremy Dyson (United Kingdom)
 * It Stains the Sands Red - Colin Minihan (United States)
 * Mayhem - Joe Lynch (United States)
 * Parado - Wilson Yip (Hong Kong, China)
 * ROKUROKU: The Promise of the Witch - Keita Amemiya (Japan)
 * Sweet Virginia - Jamie M. Dagg (United States/Canada)
 * TOKYO VAMPIRE HOTEL - Sion Sono (Japan)

Closing

 * Love Education - Sylvia Chang (Taiwan)

Awards

 * New Currents Award
 * After My Death - Kim Ui-seok (Korea)
 * Blockage - Mohsen GHARAEI (Iran)
 * BIFF Mecenat Award
 * Soseongri - PARK Baeil (Korea)
 * Sennan Asbestos Disaster - Kazuo Hara (Japan)
 * Sonje Award
 * A Hand-written Poster - KWAK Eunmi (Korea)
 * Madonna - Sinung WINAHYOKO (Indonesia)
 * Actor & Actress of the Year Award
 * Hit the Night - Park Jong-hwan (Korea)
 * After My Death - Jeon Yeo-been (Korea)
 * FIPRESCI Award
 * Last Child - SHIN Dongseok (Korea)
 * NETPAC Award
 * February - KIM Joonghyun (Korea)
 * Kim Jiseok Award
 * Malila: The Farewell Flower - Anucha BOONYAWATANA (Thailand)
 * The Scythian Lamb - Daihachi Yoshida (Japan)
 * KNN Award
 * End of Summer - Zhou Quan (China)
 * Busan Bank Award
 * Pulse - Stevie CRUZ-MARTIN (Australia)
 * Citizen Critics' Award
 * Possible Faces - LEE Kanghyun (Korea)
 * Busan Cinephile Award
 * A Free Man - Andreas HARTMANN (Germany/Japan)
 * CGV Arthouse Award
 * Microhabitat - JEON Gowoon (Korea)
 * Vision-Director's Award
 * February - KIM Joonghyun (Korea)
 * Hit the Night - JEONG Gayoung (Korea)
 * The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
 * Seijun Suzuki (Japan)
 * Korean Cinema Award
 * Christoph Terhechte (Germany)