The 25th Busan International Film Festival took place on October 21 to 30, 2020 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan , South Korea . A total of 192 films from 68 countries were screened at the festival, the numbers reduced from the previous edition.[ 1]
25th Busan International Film Festival Official poster
Opening film Septet: The Story of Hong Kong Closing film Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Location Busan Cinema Center Founded 1995 Awards
New Currents Award: A Balance by Harumoto YujiroThree Kim Jiseok Award: Drowning In Holy Water by Navid MahmoudiThe Slaughterhouse by Abbas Amini No. of films192 films from 68 countries Festival date October 21–30, 2020
The festival was scheduled to be held on October 7–16, 2020, but was postponed due to concern over the spread of COVID-19 after Chuseok holidays. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the attendance of BIFF had been downsized and no international guests were invited to the festival. All outdoor events were also cancelled in order to prevent crowds.[ 2] [ 3]
The most prestigious awards of the festival, New Currents, were handed to A Balance and Three [ 4]
Nick Deocampo , Filipino directorPark Inho, South Korean film critic
Chalida Uabumrungjit, Thai archive director Ifa Isfansyah , Indonesian directorKim Yi-seok, South Korean film professor
Sharipa Urazbayeva, Uzbekistani director Actor and Actress of the Year
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Sanja Struna, Slovenian film critic
Sung Il-kwon, South Korean film critic
Alin Taciyan, FIPRESCI deputy secretary Riccardo Gelli, Florence Korean Film Festival director
Kim Kyoung-wook, South Korean film critic
Hassan Muthalib , Malaysian writer, film critic, and film historianKim Ho-jun, South Korean director
Lee Sang-cheol, South Korean director
Cho Chang-ho , South Korean directorKBS Independent Film Award
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Nam Dong-keun, South Korean cinematographer
Park Jung-hun, South Korean cinematographer
Sung Seung-taek, South Korean cinematographer
Opening and closing films
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A Window on Asian Cinema
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Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
18 Kilohertz
18 килогерц
Farkhat Sharipov
Kazakhstan
200 Meters ٢٠٠ متر
Ameen Nayfeh
Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden
A'hr
കയറ്റം
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
India
All the Things We Never Said
生きちゃった
Yuya Ishii
Japan
Bittersweet
बिटर स्वीट
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
India
Captive
नजरबंद
Suman Mukhopadhyay
India
Cleaners
Glenn Barit
Philippines
Coalesce
Les affluents
Jessé Miceli
Cambodia, France
Death of Nintendo
Raya Martin
Philippines, United States
Drowning in Holy Water †
مردن در آب مطهر
Navid Mahmoudi
Afghanistan, Iran
Everyday Is a Lullaby
Putrama Tuta
Indonesia
Farida's 2000 Songs Фариданинг икки минг қўшиғи
Yalkin Tuychiev
Uzbekistan
Happy Old Year ฮาวทูทิ้ง..ทิ้งอย่างไรไม่ให้เหลือเธอ
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Thailand
Killer Spider
عنکبوت
Ebrahim Irajzade
Iran
Little Big Women 孤味
Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu
Taiwan
Living In Your Sky
空に住む
Shinji Aoyama
Japan
Mama
妈妈和七天的时间
Li Dongmei
China, France
Matto's Bicycle
Matto Ki Saikal
M. Gani
India
Milestone
मील पत्थर - Milestone
Ivan Ayr
India
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
おらおらでひとりいぐも
Shuichi Okita
Japan
Sister Sister
Chị Chị Em Em
Kathy Uyen
Vietnam
Soirée
ソワレ
Bunji Sotoyama
Japan
Striding Into the Wind
野马分鬃
Wei Shujun
China
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane
India
The Paper Tigers Quoc Bao Tran
Vietnam
The Salt in Our Waters
নোনা জলের কাব্য
Rezwan Shahriar Sumit
Bangladesh, France
The Slaughterhouse †
کشتارگاه
Abbas Amini
Iran
There Is No Evil شیطان وجود ندارد
Mohammad Rasoulof
Iran, Germany
Tiong Bahru Social Club Bee Thiam Tan
Singapore
Where Is Pinki?
Pinki Elli?
Prithvi Konanur
India
Wind
随风飘散
Dadren Wanggyal
China
Yellow Cat
Сары мысық
Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Kazakhstan
Your Eyes Tell きみの瞳が問いかけている
Takahiro Miki
Japan
Highlighted titles and daggers (†) indicate Kim Joseok Award winners.
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Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
A Balance †
由宇子の天秤
Yujiro Harumoto
Japan
A Leave
휴가
Lee Ran-hee
South Korea
Bilesuvar
Elvin Adigozel
Azerbaijan, France
Butterfly on the Windowpane ऐना झ्यालको पुतली
Sujit Bidari
Nepal
Chnchik
Aram Shahbazyan
Armenia, Germany, Netherlands
Harami
हरामी
Shyam Madiraju
India, United States
Money Has Four Legs ခြေလေးချောင်
Maung Sun
Myanmar
Snowball 최선의 삶
Lee Woo-jung
South Korea
Summer Blur ‡
汉南夏日
Han Shuai
China
Three Tpu
Ruslan Pak
Kazakhstan, South Korea, Uzbekistan
Highlighted titles and daggers (†) indicate New Currents winners.Highlighted title and double-dagger (‡) indicate FIPRESCI Award winner.Hashtag (#) indicates KTH Award winner.
Down-arrow (↓) indicates CGK&SamyangXEEN Award winner.
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Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
And There Was Light
온 세상이 하얗다
Kim Ji-seok
South Korea
Beyond You
그대 너머에
Park Hong-min
South Korea
Fighter †
파이터
Jéro Yun
South Korea
Good Person ‡ §
좋은 사람
Jung Wook
South Korea
Limecrime ↑
라임크라임
Lee Seung-hwan, Yoo Jae-wook
South Korea
Our Joyful Summer Days
기쁜 우리 여름날
Lee Yu-bin
South Korea
Our Midnight
아워 미드나잇
Lim Jung-eun
South Korea
Short Vacation
종착역
Kwon Min-pyo, Seo Han-sol
South Korea
The Slug
태어나길 잘했어
Choi Jin-young
South Korea
Young Adult Matters ‡ #
어른들은 몰라요
Lee Hwan
South Korea
Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicate NETPAC Award winner.Highlighted titles and double-daggers (‡) indicate DGK MEGABOX Award winners.Section sign (§) indicates CGV Arthouse Award winner.
Hashtag (#) indicates KTH Award winner.
Up-arrow (↑) indicates KBS Independent Film Award winner.
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Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
All Hands on Deck À l'abordage!
Guillaume Brac
France
Ammonite Francis Lee
United Kingdom, Australia, United States
And Tomorrow the Entire World Und morgen die ganze Welt
Julia von Heinz
Germany, France
Beginning Დასაწყისი
Dea Kulumbegashvili
France, Georgia
Berlin Alexanderplatz Burhan Qurbani
Germany
Death Knell
Hil kanpaiak
Imanol Rayo
Spain
Digger Georgis Grigorakis
Greece, France
Falling Viggo Mortensen
Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark
Gagarine Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
France
I Carry You with Me Heidi Ewing
Mexico, United States
I Met a Girl Luke Eve
Australia
I Never Cry
Jak najdalej stąd
Piotr Domalewski
Poland, Ireland
Ibrahim
Samir Guesmi
France
In the Dusk
Sutemose
Šarūnas Bartas
Lithuania, France, Czech Republic, Serbia, Portugal, Latvia
La fortaleza Jorge Thielen Armand
Venezuela, France, Netherlands, Colombia
La Verónica
Leo Medel
Chile
Listen Ana Rocha de Sousa
United Kingdom, Portugal
Love Affair(s) Les choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait
Emmanuel Mouret
France
Lowdown Dirty Criminals
Paul Murphy
New Zealand
Mandibles Mandibules
Quentin Dupieux
France, Belgium
My Favorite War Mans mīļākais karš
Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen
Norway, Latvia
My Tender Matador Tengo miedo torero
Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Chile, Argentina, Mexico
Night of the Kings La Nuit des rois
Philippe Lacôte
Ivory Coast, France, Canada, Senegal
Nowhere Special Uberto Pasolini
United Kingdom, Italy, Romania
Padrenostro Claudio Noce
Italy
Passion Simple Danielle Arbid
France, Belgium
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre
Lili Horvát
Hungary
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway, Turkey
Rascal
Vaurien
Peter Dourountzis
France
Red Soil
Rouge
Farid Bentoumi
France
Saint-Narcisse Bruce LaBruce
Canada
She Dies Tomorrow Amy Seimetz
United States
Shorta Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid
Denmark
Slalom Charlène Favier
France
Spring Blossom Seize printemps
Suzanne Lindon
France
Teddy
Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma
France
The Best Families
Las mejores familias
Javier Fuentes-León
Peru, Colombia
The Death of Cinema and My Father Too
מותו של הקולנוע ושל אבא שלי גם
Dani Rosenberg
Israel
The Third War
La Troisième Guerre
Giovanni Aloi
France
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) C.W. Winter, Anders Edström
United States, Sweden, Japan, United Kingdom
Tragic Jungle Selva Trágica
Yulene Olaizola
Mexico, France, Colombia
Zanka Contact
Ismaël el Iraki
France, Morocco, Belgium
Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicate Flash Forward winner.Korean Short Film Competition
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Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Ava from My Class
연극 수업
Kang You-min
South Korea, United States
Georgia †
조지아
Jayil Pak
South Korea
HERO
히로
Jang Jun-young
South Korea
High Surf Expected
울렁울렁 울렁대는 가슴안고
Ahn Jae-hong
South Korea
House of Heeji
희지의 세계
Lee Hyo-jung
South Korea
Peace River
화천
Jang Min-joon
South Korea
Snail
달팽이
Kim Tae-yang
South Korea
The Migration-ship
이주선
Oh Yoo-bin
South Korea
Tree
나무
Cho Hyun-suh
South Korea
Where Does the Wind Come From?
바람 어디서 부는지
Kim Jee-hye
South Korea
Wolves
Lee Seung-wan, Choi Rack-won, Kim Ju-hyeong
South Korea
Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicate Sonje Award winner.Asian Short Film Competition
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Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
A Scarecrow
Rajesh Prasad Khatri
Nepal, France, Hong Kong, China
All the Time
هرگز، گاهی، همیشه
Shadi Karamroudi
Iran
Bình
Ostin Fam
Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand
How to Die Young in Manila
Petersen Vargas
Philippines
Kanya
கன்யா
Apoorva Satish
India, Czech Republic
Kids on Fire
Kyle Nieva
Philippines
Mountain Cat †
Shiluus
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Mongolia, United Kingdom
Sunrise in My Mind
ថ្ងៃរះក្នុងចិត្
Danech San
Cambodia
The Cloud Is Still There
蓝蓝天空
Mickey Lai
Malaysia
Transit
Ariq Anam Khan
Bangladesh, United Kingdom
Highlighted title and dagger (†) indicate Sonje Award winner.Documentary Competition
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Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Children of the Night
Behrouz Nouranipour
Iran
Fear(less) and Dear
誠惶（不）誠恐，親愛的
Anson Hoi Shan Mak
Hong Kong, China
Mishima: The Last Debate
三島由紀夫vs東大全共闘 50年目の真実
Keisuke Toyoshima
Japan
Sasang: The Town on Sand
사상
Park Bae-il
South Korea
School Town King
School Town King แร็ปทะลุฝ้า ราชาไม่หยุดฝัน
Wattanapume Laisuwanchai
Thailand
Self-portrait 2020
셀프-포트레이트 2020
Lee Dong-woo
South Korea
Sewing Sisters
미싱타는 여자들: 전태일의 누이들
Kim Jung-young, Lee Hyuk-rae
South Korea
Sister J †
재춘언니
Lee Soo-jung
South Korea
Song Hae 1927
송해 1927
Jéro Yun
South Korea
The Art of Living in Danger †
Mina Keshavarz
Iran, Germany
The Invisible Shore
无尽的航程
Zhao Qi
China
When a Hen Crows
암탉이 울면
Dabin
South Korea
Highlighted titles and daggers (†) indicate BIFF Mecenat Award winners.Documentary Showcase
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Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
A Rifle and a Bag
Cristina Haneș, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe
India, Romania, Italy, Qatar
Candlelight Revolution
나의 촛불
Kim Eui-sung, Joo Jin-woo
South Korea
City of Outlanders
군산전기
Moon Seung-wook, Yoo Ye-jin
South Korea
Good Light, Good Air
좋은 빛, 좋은 공기
Im Heung-soon
South Korea
Hong Kong Moments
Bing Zhou
China, Germany
Irradiated Irradiés
Rithy Panh
France, Cambodia
My Body
Il mio corpo
Michele Pennetta
Switzerland, Italy
Notturno Gianfranco Rosi
Italy, France, Germany
Speed of Happiness
행복의 속도
Park Hyuck-jee
South Korea
The Fight Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
United States
The Mole Agent El agente topo
Maite Alberdi
Chile, United States, Germany, Netherlands, Spain
The Painter and the Thief Kunstneren og tyven
Benjamin Ree
Norway
Your Face
니얼굴
Seo Dong-il
South Korea
The following awards were presented at the 25th edition:[ 5]
New Currents Award
A Balance by Yujiro HarumotoThree by Ruslan PakKim Jiseok Award
Drowning in Holy Water by Navid MahmoudiThe Slaughterhouse by Abbas AminiBIFF Mecenat Award
The Art of Living in Danger by Mina KeshavarzSister J by Lee Soo-jungSonje Award
Actor & Actress of the Year Award
Actor of the Year : Ji Soo for Our Joyful Summer Days Actress of the Year : Lim Seong-mi for Fighter Flash Forward Award
FIPRESCI Award
NETPAC Award
DGK MEGABOX Award
Young Adult Matters by Lee HwanGood Person by Jung WookCGV Arthouse Award
KTH Award
Snowball by Lee Woo-jungYoung Adult Matters by Lee HwanKBS Independent Film Award
Limecrime by Lee Seung-hwan and Yoo Jae-wookCGK&SamyangXEEN Award
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