Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

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Jung Kyung-ho (left) and Jang Na-ra (right) on the 2017 red carpet .

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival ( 부천 국제 판타스틱 영화제 ), BIFAN for short , is an international film festival. It is held annually in July in Bucheon ( South Korea ). The first festival took place in 1997. The focus is on international fantasy, horror and mystery films.

Up to and including 2014, the international spelling was Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival ( PiFan ). In 2015, the spelling of the city in the name was finally adapted according to the rules of the revised Romanization .

The main prizes of the festival are the Best of Bucheon prizes, each endowed with 20 million won (almost 15,000 euros) and, since 2016, the Best Korean Fantastic Film . There is also a prize for directors and actors as well as a prize from an international jury and an audience prize. There are also prizes for short films. In addition, the independent juries of the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF, formerly European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation ) and the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) award further prizes during the festival.

Prices (selection)

year Bucheon Choice: Best Film Korean Fantastic: Best Film NETPAC Méliès International Festivals Federation
1997 Kitchen
1998 Samurai fiction
1999 Siam Sunset
2000 La mujer más fea del mundo
2001 The Price of Milk
2002 My brother the vampire
2003 Save the Green Planet!
2004 Arahan Virumaandi
2005 Dark Hours
2006 Adam's apples The maid
2007 13 Game of Death 13 Game of Death
2008 The chaser The chaser
2009 The Forbidden Door 8000 miles Chocolate ... sweet and deadly!
2010 Bedevilled - time of retribution Permanent Nobara bestseller
2011 Rubber Hospitalité Bloody Fight in Iron-Rock Valley
2012 Space Brothers Vulgaria Lee's Adventure
2013 Sightseers The Kirishima Thing Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
2014 the dark valley Wood job! Mourning Grave
2015 Port of Call 100 yen love Assassination classroom
2016 The wailing Karaoke Crazies The Forest Psycho Raman
2017 The Endless Behind the dark night The Village of No Return Godspeed
2018 Revenge - A dangerous affair Land of Happiness The Hungry Lion One Cut of the Dead
2019 The room Movie adventure Gully boy Manriki
2020 Pelican blood Festival ( Janchitnal ) I WeirDO Impetigore

Web links

Commons : Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Awards. In: Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Retrieved July 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b The 23rd BIFAN Wraps Up the Festival at the Closing Ceremony! In: Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. July 6, 2019, accessed on July 9, 2020 .