BUCHEON, South Korea, June 10 (Yonhap) – The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) will kick off next month, showcasing nearly 220 genre movies. The annual film fest, a celebration of genre films from around the world, will screen 217 shorts and features from 41 countries in Bucheon, about 19 kilometers west of Seoul, during [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea’s largest annual genre film festival, will return to a normal state after two years disrupted by the pandemic, organizers said Tuesday. Under the motto of “Stay Strange,” the 26th edition of BIFAN will run from July 7 to July 17 [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea’s largest annual genre film festival, will resume in-person events, including walking the red carpet, this year, organizers said Friday. The 26th edition will be held in a hybrid format from July 7-17 in Bucheon, just west of Seoul, the festival [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest annual genre film festival came to a close Thursday after showcasing films both online and offline amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) ran from July 9 in Bucheon, 50 kilometers west of Seoul, featuring a total of 194 titles [...]
BUCHEON, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) has seen a constant inflow of visitors despite the coronavirus outbreak since its grand opening on July 9. On the second day of the festival, tickets for 24 out of 32 film screenings were sold out. For the weekends, all 63 [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — With the coronavirus pandemic raging across the world, a South Korean film festival has been making a fresh attempt to go both on and offline as a way to keep functions relatively alive for filmmakers and film buffs. Organizers of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) said last [...]
BUCHEON, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest annual genre film festival kicked off Thursday in Bucheon, just west of Seoul, featuring 290 films from 53 countries around the world. The 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) will run till July 22 under the theme “Love, Fantasy and Adventure.” The number of titles [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Following formal approval by the government, feature films produced in North Korea will be screened at the 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) to be held for ten days starting tomorrow. Festival organizers included the special screening of nine North Korean films following the conciliatory mood of the [...]