Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Official emblem
LocationBucheon, South Korea
Founded1997
Most recent2023
Hosted byBIFAN Organizing Committee
LanguageKorean
English
Websitebifan.kr
Current: 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
28th

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Korean: 부천국제판타스틱영화제; Hanja: 富川國際판타스틱映畵祭), or BiFan, formerly known as Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Inaugurated in 1997, the festival focuses on South Korean and international horror, thriller, mystery and fantasy films, with particular attention to Asian cinema from East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is a non-competitive international film festival, with partial competition, awarding a number of awards.

History

The inaugural festival was held in 1997.[citation needed] Until 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, or PiFan.[1]

The festival faced a boycott in 2005 to protest what was seen by critics as meddling by Bucheon mayor Hong Geon-pyo. A rival event called RealFanta was organized that year on the same dates as BiFan by former festival director Kim Hong-joon. The festival returned in 2006 without any dispute under the direction of veteran filmmaker Lee Jang-ho and a new programming team.[2]

Since then, editions of the festival have included the following:

Program

The festival's programming consists of following sections:

Awards

The festival is a non-competitive international film festivals with partial competition. It gives away following awards:[17]

See also

Other genre film festivals

References

  1. ^ a b Jean Noh (July 18, 2014). "18th PiFan opens with Stereo, Producers' Choice Awards". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Paquet, Darcy (May 14, 2006). "Fest tries to regain fantastic rep". Variety. Archived from the original on May 30, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
  3. ^ Sonia Kil (June 17, 2015). "Antoine Bardou-Jacquet's MOONWALKERS to Open 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival". KOFIC. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  4. ^ Nadilo, Sabastian (August 8, 2016). "Winners of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2016". Asian Film Festivals. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "South Korea's Bucheon Fantastic Fest Sets Opening, Closing Films". The Hollywood Reporter. June 15, 2017. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (June 7, 2018). "South Korea's Bucheon Fantastic Fest to Spotlight Horror Masters, Women in Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "BIFAN 2019: Introduction". Bifan. July 7, 2019. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  8. ^ Nadilo, Sabastian (July 5, 2019). "23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival – Awards 2019". Asian Film Festivals. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  9. ^ Nadilo, Sabastian (July 10, 2020). "20 Films you can't miss at the 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Part 1)". Asian Film Festivals. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  10. ^ Lee, Jae-Lim (July 17, 2020). "24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival comes to a close". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  13. ^ Kwak Myeong-dong (July 9, 2022). "제26회 부천국제판타스틱영화제 산업프로그램 B.I.G 전격 출범" [The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival industrial program BIG launch]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  14. ^ a b Kang Kyung-rok (July 10, 2022). "오징어게임, BIFAN서 '시리즈 영화상' 최초 수상" [Squid Game wins 'Series Film Award' at BIFAN for the first time]. Edaily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  15. ^ Kwak Myeong-dong (July 4, 2023). "조성하·예지원, 제27회 부천국제판타스틱영화제 폐막식 사회" [Jo Seong-ha and Ye Ji-won, host of the 27th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Closing Ceremony]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  16. ^ Lee Da-won (July 8, 2023). "제27회 BIFAN, 폐막…정이서·장성범 배우상 수상" [The 27th BIFAN, Closing... Jeong Yi-seo and Jang Seong-beom won the Actor Award]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  17. ^ "BIFAN: Awards". Bifan. July 9, 2021. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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