25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Official poster
Opening filmTill We Meet Again
Closing filmThe Medium
LocationBucheon, South Korea
Founded1997
AwardsBest of Bucheon
Hosted byBIFAN Organizing Committee
No. of films257
Festival dateOpening: July 8, 2021 (2021-07-08)
Closing: July 18, 2021 (2021-07-18)
WebsiteBIFAN 2021 Fact Sheet
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
24th

The 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Korean: 제25회 부천국제판타스틱영화제), 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 Red carpet event to meet citizens was withdrawn this year.[2]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

Sources:[4]

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

Sources:[6][7]

All award winning films are in bold

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

Source:[12]

Awards and winners

Sources:[13][14][15]

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:

References

  1. ^ Yoon Tae-hyu (July 8, 2021). "'장르 영화 축제' 부천국제판타스틱영화제 개막…방역에 총력" ['Genre Film Festival' Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival opens... focus on quarantine]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Lee Jin-young (July 9, 2021). "웨이브, 오늘부터 부천국제판타스틱영화제 온라인 상영관 오픈" [Wave, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival online screening open from today]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  3. ^ Jo Yeon-kyung (July 11, 2021). "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)]. JTBC (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Kim Ji-eun (June 29, 2021). "부천판타스틱국제영화제, 조성희 감독 등 심사위원 16명 위촉" [Bucheon Fantastic International Film Festival appointed 16 judges including director Cho Seong-hee]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Jeong Il-hyeong (July 8, 2021). "부천국제판타스틱영화제 심사위원을 맡은 배우 문정희" [Actress Moon Jung-hee, a jury member of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Jean Noh (June 15, 2021). "Korea's Bifan to open second hybrid edition with 'Till We Meet Again'". Screen Daily. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Bucheon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival to open next month". Yonhap News Agency. June 15, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  8. ^ Kwak Yeon-soo (July 9, 2021). "Taiwanese film opens 25th Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival". The Korean Times. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  9. ^ Jeong Jin-wook (July 11, 2021). "'랑종' 부천국제판타스틱영화제서 세계최초 개봉" ['Rangjong' opens for the first time in the world at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival]. News 1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  10. ^ Yang Yu-jin (July 15, 2021). "'액션히어로', 부천국제판타스틱영화제 4관왕 쾌거 [공식]" ['Action Hero' wins 4 awards at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival [Official]]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  11. ^ Iyengar, Shriram (June 22, 2021). "Three Indian films make it to 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Song Seung-hyun (July 10, 2021). "Ten TikTok-style short movies to be screened at 25th BIFAN". The Korea Herald. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Jung Eun-eun (July 16, 2021). "[BIFAN] 부천국제판타스틱영화제 폐막, '액션히어로' 4관왕" [[BIFAN] Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Closing, 'Action Hero' Wins 4 Crowns]. Korean Broadcasting System (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  14. ^ Kim Ji-eun (July 15, 2021). "4단계 속 부천영화제 폐막…장편 작품상에 '랑종'" [Closing of the Bucheon Film Festival in 4 stages... 'Rangjong' at the Best Feature Film Award]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  15. ^ Yoon Tae-hyun (July 15, 2021). "4단계서 치러진 부천영화제 폐막…장편 작품상에 '랑종'" [Closing of the Bucheon Film Festival held in Phase 4… 'Rangjong' at the Best Feature Film Award]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  16. ^ Seo Jeong-won (July 19, 2021). "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]. Maeil Business (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  17. ^ Song Seung-hyun (July 12, 2021). "BIFAN screens XR films at Incheon Airport". The Korea Herald. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

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