25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
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Official poster | |
| Opening film | Till We Meet Again |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Medium |
| Location | Bucheon, South Korea |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Awards | Best of Bucheon |
| Hosted by | BIFAN Organizing Committee |
| No. of films | 257 |
| Festival date | Opening: July 8, 2021 Closing: July 18, 2021 |
| Website | BIFAN 2021 Fact Sheet |
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 July 8 to July 18.[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 Red carpet event to meet citizens was withdrawn this year.[2]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.
Special screening
- Performances
- Special Event
- Concert
- Special Events
- GoeGoe O-TALK
- Talk with Female Directors of Genre Films
- Exhibit
- Typography by Kim M Kijo
- Works of BAE Yoon-hwan
- Experiences
- One-day Class
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
- Tony Kaye (English film director)
- Meenakshi Shedde (South Asia Delegate Berlin Film Festival, pre-selecting films since 1998, and independent film curator from India)
- Jarod Neece (former Partner, Film Programmer, and Event Producer for the SXSW)
- Moon Jeong-hee (Actress South Korea, alumni of Korea National University of Arts, School of Drama)[5]
- Jo Sung-hee (Film director South Korea, alumni of the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA))
Korean Fantastic: Feature
- Kim Yun-mi (Film producer, South Korea)
- Cho Young-jik (Cinematographer, South Korea)
- Baek Seung-kee (Film producer, South Korea)
Bucheon Choice: Short and Korean Fantastic: Short
- Ji Se-yeon (Film festival programmer, South Korea)
- Jeong Ga-young (Film director and actor, South Korea)
- Kim Ki-jo (Visual designer, South Korea)
Méliès International Film Festival Federation (MIFF) Asian Film Award
- Pedro Soto (Secretary general of the Mellies International Film Festival Federation, Portugal)
- Florian Shoreer (Owner and operator of a local art house, Germany)
NETPAC award
- Sidharth Srinivasan (Genre film director, India)
- Kirsie Sena Boodee (Film director, Sri Lanka)
- Jung Min-ah (Film critic, Professor Department of Theater and Film, Sungkyul University)
Program
All award winning films are in bold
Opening film
Bucheon Choice
Bucheon Choice Features
- The Beta Test (Jim Cummings / P J McCabe USA 2021)
- Caveat (Damian McCarthy UK 2021)
- The Feast (Lee Haven Jones UK 2021)
- King Car (Renata Pinheiro, Brazil 2021)
- The Medium (Banjong Pisanthanakun, Korea, Thailand 2021)[9]
- NIMBY - Not In My Backyard (Teemu Nikki, Finland 2020)
- Pistol (LV Huizhou China 2020)
- Tenement 66 (Rae Red, Philippines 2021)
- Treat or Trick (HSU Fuhsiang, Taiwan 2021)
- Vicious Fun (Cody Calahan, Canada 2020)
Bucheon Choice: Shorts 1
- The Archivists (Igor Drljaca, Canada 2020)
- In One's Shadow (Mor Lankri, Israel 2020)
- Night Bus (Joe HSIEH, Taiwan 2020)
- Night of the Living Dicks (Ilja RAUTSI, Finland, Denmark 2021)
- Sins of a Werewolf (David PRENDEVILLE, Ireland 2020)
- Who Goes There? (Astrid THORVALDSEN, UK 2020)
Bucheon Choice: Shorts 2
- The Criminals (Serhat KARAASLAN, France, Romania, Turkey 2021)
- Hospital Dumpster Divers (Anders ELSRUD HULTGREEN, Norway 2020)
- Namoo (Erick OH, USA 2021)
- The Shepherd (Ilya PLYUSNIN, Russia 2021)
- Solution for Sadness (Marc Martínez JORDÁN / Tuixén Benet COSCULLUELA, Spain 2020)
- Stuffed (Theo RHYS, UK 2021)
Korean Fantastic
Korean Fantastic: Competition
- Action Hero (Lee Jin-ho, Korea 2021)[10]
- Dieter Fighter (Jeong Jee-yeong, Korea 2021)
- Ghost Image (Lee Sang-jun, Korea 2020)
- Good Deal (Cho Kyoungho, Korea 2021)
- Show Me the Ghost (Kim Eunk-young, Korea 2021)
- Trans (Do Naeri, Korea 2020)
- A Trap (Lee Moon-young, Korea 2021)
- Unboxing Girl (Kim Soo-jung, Korea 2021)
Korean Fantastic: Features
- AI Her (Lee Jung-sub, Korea 2021)
- Chill-Inn's Bum (Hahn Vad, Korea 2021)
- The Day I Died: Unclosed Case (Park Ji-wan, Korea 2020)
- Diva (Cho Seul-yeah, Korea 2020)
- Fumble Studio (Bae Yoon-hwan, Korea 2020)
- I Leave Home (Kim Sung-hwan, Korea 2021)
Korean Fantastic: Shorts 1
- 316 Gongwon Street (Jung Min-soo, Korea 2021)
- Light in Empty (Kim Seo-jin, Korea 2021)
- Pitch Black (LEE Junsup, Korea 2021)
- Yellow Tomato (PAK Hyungnam, Korea 2020)
Korean Fantastic: Shorts 3
- The Daughter (NAM Soona, Korea 2021)
- Forest of Purity: Attack of the Adultism (KANG Dongwon, Korea 2021)
- The Noses on the Run (KIM Boram, Korea 2021)
- Nowhere Else (LEE Kyeongwon, Korea 2021)
World Fantastic Red
- The Advent Calendar (Patrick Ridremont, France 2021)
- Anything for Jackson (Justin G. DYCK, Canada 2020)
- Apps (Lucio A. ROJAS / José Miguel ZÚÑIGA / Sandra ARRIAGADA / Camilo LEÓN / Samot MARQUEZ, Chile, Argentina 2021)
- At the End of Evin (Mohammad TORABBEIGI / Mehdi TORABBEIGI, Iran 2021)
- Baby (Juanma BAJO ULLOA, Spain 2020)
- The Barcelona Vampiress (Lluis DANES, Spain 2020)
- Benny Loves You (Karl HOLT, UK 2020)
- Bloodthirsty (Amelia MOSES, Canada 2020)
- Bloody Hell (Alister Grierson, Australia, USA 2020)
- Coming Home in the Dark (James ASHCROFT, New Zealand 2021)
- Dark World (Jittsint PONGINTARAKUL, Thailand 2021)
- Death Knot (Cornelio SUNNY, Indonesia 2021)
- The Forever Purge (Everardo Valerio Gout, USA 2020)
- The Fourth Face (Ranjeet Kamala Sankar and Salil V, India 2021)[11]
World Fantastic Blue
- A-Ha : Take On Me (Thomas Robsahm / Aslaug Holm, Norway 2021)
- As We Like It (Chen Hung-i / Muni WEI, Taiwan 2021)
- Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (YAMAGUCHI Junta, Japan 2020)
- The Con-Heartist (Mez THARATORN, Thailand 2020)
- Cross the Line (David VICTORI, Spain 2020)
- The Dawn (Dalibor MATANIĆ, Croatia 2020)
- Paranoia (Riri Riza, Indonesia 2021)
Family Zone
- Nussa (Bony Wirasmono, Indonesia 2021)
- Secret x Heroine Phantomirage!: Eiga ni Natte Chodaishimasu (MIIKE Takashi, Japan 2020)
- Super Hero (Kim Min-ha Korea 2021)
Forbidden Zone
- For the Sake of Vicious (Reese Eveneshen / Gabriel Carrer, Canada 2020)
- Mother Schmuckers (Lenny GUIT, Harpo GUIT, Belgium 2021)
- The Spine of Night (Philip GELATT / Morgan Galen KING, USA 2021)
- Violation (Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli, Canada 2020)
Strange Hommage
- The Amusement Park (George A. Romero, USA 1974, 2020)
- Blood Feast (Herschell Gordon Lewis, USA 1963)
- A Bucket of Blood (Roger Corman, USA 1959)
- Gooseflesh (YOON Jongchan, Korea 2001)
- Grudge of the Sleepwalking Woman (Gang Beomgu, Korea 1983)
Fantastic Short Films
Fantastic Short Films 1
- The Beehive (Clovis TANGUY-TESTUD, France 2020)
- Catch You Catch Me (BAEK Jae-ho, Korea 2020)
- Fear Eats the Soul (KIM Dongsik, Korea 2021)
Fantastic Short Films 2
- The Adventure of a Hard Drive (BAEK Seunghwa, Korea 2020)
Fantastic Short Films 3
- Hug Me, Hug Me Right! (LEE Jian, Korea2021)
- Voice (KIM Youngjae, Korea 2020)
Fantastic Short Films 4
- Breathtaking Cliff (BAK Sunyong, Korea 2021)
Fantastic Short Films 5
- Chi Chi (JEON Chanwoo, Korea 2021)
Fantastic Short Films 6
- Cashy (GIL Iji, Korea 2020)
- Chewing Gum (Mihir FADNAVIS, India 2021)
- Sipjangsaeng (JUNG Jaeyeon, Korea 2021)
- Voice Over (LEE Minseob, Korea 2021)
Vertical Short Film Special Screening : 25
Source:[12]
- 25 Years Old : the Age All the Young are Deprived of Their Dream (Park Churwoong, Korea 2021)
- 25 Years Old Couple (Jeong Ga-young, Korea 2021)
Awards and winners
Bucheon Choice
Bucheon Choice Features
- Best of Bucheon (₩20000000): The Medium director Banjong Pisanthanakun, Korea, Thailand
- Best Director Choice (₩5,000,000): Lee Haven-Jones for The Feast UK
- Jury's Choice (₩5,000,000): Treat or Trick by HSU Fuhsiang (許富翔) Taiwan
- Audience Award: NIMBY - Not In My Backyard by Teemu Nikki, Finland
Bucheon Choice Shorts
- Best Short Film (₩5,000,000): Stuffed by Theo RHYS
- Jury's Choice for short Film (₩3,000,000): Night Bus by Joe HSIEH, Taiwan
- Audience Award for Short Film: Stuffed by Theo RHYS
- Jury’s Special Mention: Sins of a Werewolf by David PRENDEVILLE
Korean Fantastic
Korean Fantastic: Features
- Korean Fantastic Film (KRW 20,000,000): Action Hero director Lee Jin-ho, Korea
- Korean Fantastic Best Director (KRW 10,000,000): Cho Kyung-ho for Good Deal, Korea
- Fantastic Actor: (2 winners)
- Lee Suk-hyung in Action Hero by Lee Jin-ho, Korea
- Kim Hyun-mok in Show Me the Ghost (Kim Eunk-young, Korea 2021)
- Korean Fantastic Audience Award: Good Deal director Cho Kyung-ho, Korea
- Nonghyup Award (distribution award, KRW 10,000,000): Show Me the Ghost by Kim Eunk-young, Korea
- CGV Award (distribution award, KRW 10,000,000): Action Hero by Lee Jin-ho, Korea
- Watcha New Talent Award KRW 5,000,000): Action Hero director Lee Jin-ho, Korea
- Fantastic Actor Jury’s Special Mention:
- Han Seung-yeon in Show Me the Ghost (Kim Eunk-young, Korea 2021)
- Park Xiyeon in Dieter Fighter (Jeong Jeeyeong, Korea 2021)
Korean Fantastic: Short
- Best Korean Short Film (KRW 5,000,000): Pitch Black by LEE Junsup[16]
- Audience Award for Korean Short Film: The Noses on the Run by KIM Bo-ram
- Watcha New Talent Awards (KRW 5,000,000) (5 winners):
- Pitch Black by LEE Junsup
- Voice by KIM Youngjae
- Nipple War 3 by PAEK Siwon
- Voice Over by LEE Minseob
- Why is It so Warm on Christmas? by CHOI Woogene
Méliès International Festivals Federation(MIFF) Award for Best Asian Film
This award is intended to discover and promote Asian genre films.
- Awardee: At the End of Evin by Mohammad TORABBEIGI, Mehdi TORABBEIGI, Iran
NETPAC Award
This award is given by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC).
- Awardee: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes by YAMAGUCHI Junta, Japan