25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival explained

25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Date:Opening:
Closing:
Awards:Best of Bucheon
Opening:Till We Meet Again
Closing:The Medium
Number:257
Founded:1997
Host:BIFAN Organizing Committee
Location:Bucheon, South Korea
Website:BIFAN 2021 Fact Sheet
Next:26th
Main:Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Previous:24th

The 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, an international film festival held in Bucheon, South Korea, took place from 8 to 18 July 2021, it featured 257 films from 47 countries. The film festival due to the impact of the COVID-19 is held in a 'hybrid' format (online and offline) at 5 different locations including Oul Madang and CGV Picnic from 8 to the 18 July.[1]

As per quarantine guidelines of COVID-19, online screening of 154 films (61 feature films, 93 short films), which is about 60% of the entire film festival are open on Wavve. The opening ceremony was held at the Bucheon City Hall. Red carpet event to meet citizens was withdrawn this year.[2]

This festival is a non-competitive international film festival with a competitive section.

Events

Special screening

Ku Hye-sun's short film Dark Yellow had a special screening on July 11, 2021. She addressed a press conference and met with the audience.[3]

Jury

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Bucheon Choice: Features

Korean Fantastic: Feature

Bucheon Choice: Short and Korean Fantastic: Short

Méliès International Film Festival Federation (MIFF) Asian Film Award

NETPAC award

Program

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Opening film

Bucheon Choice

Bucheon Choice Features

Bucheon Choice: Shorts 1

Bucheon Choice: Shorts 2

Korean Fantastic

Korean Fantastic: Competition

Korean Fantastic: Features

Korean Fantastic: Shorts 1

Korean Fantastic: Shorts 3

World Fantastic Red

World Fantastic Blue

Family Zone

Forbidden Zone

Strange Hommage

Fantastic Short Films

Fantastic Short Films 1

Fantastic Short Films 2

Fantastic Short Films 3

Fantastic Short Films 4

Fantastic Short Films 5

Fantastic Short Films 6

Vertical Short Film Special Screening : 25

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Awards and winners

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Bucheon Choice

Bucheon Choice Features

Bucheon Choice Shorts

Korean Fantastic

Korean Fantastic: Features

Korean Fantastic: Short

Méliès International Festivals Federation(MIFF) Award for Best Asian Film

This award is intended to discover and promote Asian genre films.

NETPAC Award

This award is given by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC).

Beyond Reality

The Festival is screening extended reality (XR) content through its program “Beyond Reality” at Incheon International Airport. There will be altogether 80 pieces of XR content, including 39 films, that are going to be screened. Five films created by US-based animation studio Baobab Studios are included in the program.[17]

They are:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: '장르 영화 축제' 부천국제판타스틱영화제 개막…방역에 총력 . 'Genre Film Festival' Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival opens... focus on quarantine . Yoon Tae-hyu . . . July 8, 2021. July 11, 2021. ko.
  2. News: 웨이브, 오늘부터 부천국제판타스틱영화제 온라인 상영관 오픈 . Wave, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival online screening open from today . Lee Jin-young . . . July 9, 2021. July 11, 2021. ko.
  3. News: 구혜선 '다크옐로우' BIFAN 첫선 "여성이기에 담아낸 시선"(종합) . Ku Hye-sun's 'Dark Yellow' BIFAN premiere "The gaze I captured because I am a woman" (comprehensive) . Jo Yeon-kyung . . . July 11, 2021 . July 14, 2021 . ko.
  4. News: 부천판타스틱국제영화제, 조성희 감독 등 심사위원 16명 위촉 . Bucheon Fantastic International Film Festival appointed 16 judges including director Cho Seong-hee . Kim Ji-eun . . . June 29, 2021. July 11, 2021. ko.
  5. News: 부천국제판타스틱영화제 심사위원을 맡은 배우 문정희 . Actress Moon Jung-hee, a jury member of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival . Jeong Il-hyeong . . . July 8, 2021. July 11, 2021. ko.
  6. News: Korea’s Bifan to open second hybrid edition with ‘Till We Meet Again’ . Screen Daily . Jean Noh . June 15, 2021. July 11, 2021. en.
  7. News: Bucheon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival to open next month . . June 15, 2021 . July 12, 2021 . en.
  8. News: Taiwanese film opens 25th Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival . Kwak Yeon-soo . The Korean Times . July 9, 2021. July 11, 2021. en.
  9. News: '랑종' 부천국제판타스틱영화제서 세계최초 개봉 . 'Rangjong' opens for the first time in the world at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival . Jeong Jin-wook . News 1 . . July 11, 2021. July 11, 2021. ko.
  10. News: '액션히어로', 부천국제판타스틱영화제 4관왕 쾌거 [공식] ]. 'Action Hero' wins 4 awards at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival [Official] . Yang Yu-jin . My Daily . . July 15, 2021. July 15, 2021. ko.
  11. Web site: Three Indian films make it to 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea . https://web.archive.org/web/20210625005450/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2021/jun/22/30140 . live . June 25, 2021 . Iyengar . Shriram . Cinestaan . June 22, 2021 . July 12, 2021.
  12. News: Ten TikTok-style short movies to be screened at 25th BIFAN. Song Seung-hyun . . July 10, 2021 . July 12, 2021 . en.
  13. News: [BIFAN] 부천국제판타스틱영화제 폐막, '액션히어로' 4관왕 ]. [BIFAN] Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Closing, 'Action Hero' Wins 4 Crowns . Jung Eun-eun . . . July 16, 2021. July 16, 2021. ko.
  14. News: 4단계 속 부천영화제 폐막…장편 작품상에 '랑종' . Closing of the Bucheon Film Festival in 4 stages... 'Rangjong' at the Best Feature Film Award . Kim Ji-eun . . . July 15, 2021. July 15, 2021. ko.
  15. News: 4단계서 치러진 부천영화제 폐막…장편 작품상에 '랑종' . Closing of the Bucheon Film Festival held in Phase 4… 'Rangjong' at the Best Feature Film Award . Yoon Tae-hyun . . . July 15, 2021. July 15, 2021. ko.
  16. News: 이준섭 감독 단편 '칠흑' 부천국제판타스틱 영화제서 수상 . Director Lee Jun-seop's short film 'Jet Black' won an award at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival . Seo Jeong-won . Maeil Business . . July 19, 2021. July 19, 2021. ko.
  17. News: BIFAN screens XR films at Incheon Airport. Song Seung-hyun . . July 12, 2021 . July 12, 2021 . en.