The 26^th Busan International Film Festival will take place from 6-15 October, as a physical, on-site edition. Due to persisting coronavirus-related security measures, the festival explicitly discourages the participation of international guests, which will inevitably have a significant impact, since the gathering is one of the major film-industry events located in Asia. However, the programme doesn't seem to be affected by this too much and will boast a total of 223 films from 70 countries, much to the delight of local audiences, which are traditionally plentiful.

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The festival is an important venue for the promotion of both big productions and independent films from all over Asia. But it is equally famous as a showcase for European flicks in this region. The European productions are represented in several sections of the programme and will be celebrating their Asian premieres at Busan.

In the World Cinema section, 29 European productions or co-productions are being presented from among a total of 37 films – namely, A Chiara [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jonas Carpignano
scheda film] by Italian director Jonas Carpignano, A Tale of Love and Desire [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Tunisia’s Leyla Bouzid, After Blue [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by France’s Bertrand Mandico, Ali & Ava [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Brit Clio Barnard, the Swedish-Colombian co-production Amparo [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Simón Mesa Soto, the Danish historical drama As in Heaven [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tea Lindeburg
scheda film] by Tea Lindeburg, the Berlinale winner Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Radu Jude
scheda film] by Romanian director Radu Jude, the Polish production (which will world premiere at the gathering) Brigitte Bardot Forever by Lech Majewski, the action-film parody Cop Secret [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hannes Þór Halldórsson
intervista: Hannes Þór Halldòrsson
scheda film] by Iceland’s Hannes Þór Halldórsson, the world premiere of Deserted by Estonia’s Kadri Kõusaar, the Argentinian-Chilean-Spanish co-production Dusk Stone [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Iván Fund
scheda film] by Iván Fund, Fabian – Going to the Dogs [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Albrecht Schuch
scheda film] by Germany’s Dominik Graf, the French film Good Mother [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hafsia Herzi
scheda film] by Hafsia Herzi, Great Freedom [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sebastian Meise
scheda film] by Austria’s Sebastian Meise, Hive [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Blerta Basholli
scheda film] by Kosovar-US director Blerta Basholli, the French-German co-production Hold Me Tight [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Mathieu Amalric, Michelango Frammartino's Il Buco [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michelangelo Frammartino
scheda film] (an Italian-French-German co-production), Întregalde [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Radu Muntean
scheda film] by Romanian director Radu Muntean, France’s Magnetic Beats [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Vincent Maël Cardona
scheda film] by Vincent Maël Cardona, the Italian-French-Slovenian co-production Small Body [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura Samani
scheda film] by Laura Samani, the Finnish film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Teemu Nikki e Jani Pösö
intervista: Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö e P…
scheda film] by Teemu Nikki, the Berlinale Silver Bear winner The Girl and the Spider [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ramon Zürcher e Silvan Zür…
scheda film] by Roman and Silvan Zürcher from Switzerland, the co-production between Romania, Belgium and France (which will world-premiere at Busan) The Island [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Anca Damian, Spain’s The Odd-Job Men [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Neus Ballús
scheda film] by Neus Ballús, The Souvenir [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] and The Souvenir: Part II [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by British director Joanna Hogg, The Worst Person in the World [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Joachim Trier
scheda film] by Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier, the Cannes Palme d’Or winner Titane [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Julia Ducournau, Vincent L…
scheda film] by French director Julia Ducournau, and the world premiere of Vanishing by French helmer Denis Dercourt.

Among the international guests will be French director Leos Carax, who will host a master class and whose latest film Annette [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], which screened at Cannes, will be one of the three gala presentations at Busan.

The Icons section, dedicated to established, “iconic” filmmakers, counts 15 European film productions among its total of 23 movies. The pictures are: the Iranian-French production A Hero [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Asghar Farhadi
scheda film] by Asghar Farhadi, the Israeli-French-German co-production Ahed's Knee [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nadav Lapid
scheda film] by Nadav Lapid, the co-production between France, Belgium, Germany and Sweden Bergman Island [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mia Hansen-Løve
scheda film] by Mia Hansen-Løve, Cow [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Brit Andrea Arnold, Deception [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arnaud Desplechin
scheda film] by France’s Arnaud Desplechin, Everything Went Fine [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by French director François Ozon, the French-German-Belgian co-production France [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bruno Dumont
scheda film] by Bruno Dumont, the co-production between Chad, France, Germany and Belgium Lingui, The Sacred Bonds [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Acho…
scheda film] by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Marx Can Wait [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Italian director Marco Bellocchio, the co-production between France, Taiwan, Colombia, Germany, Qatar and Mexico Memoria [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Michel Franco's Mexican-French-Swedish co-pro Sundown [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], The Hand of God [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Paolo Sorrentino
scheda film] by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, the Portuguese-French co-production The Tsugua Diaries [+leggi anche:
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intervista: João Nunes Monteiro
intervista: Maureen Fazendeiro e Migue…
scheda film] by Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes, Three Floors [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Italy’s Nanni Moretti and Vortex [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by French director Gaspar Noé.

Four more productions have been invited to partake in the Flash Forward section, which plays host to filmmakers from the young generation. The films in question are Compartment No. 6 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Juho Kuosmanen
scheda film] by Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, El Planeta [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Amalia Ulman
scheda film] by Argentinian helmer Amalia Ulman, the co-production between France, Egypt, the Netherlands and Greece Feathers [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Omar El Zohairy and Freaks Out [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gabriele Mainetti
scheda film] by Italian helmer Gabriele Mainetti. In the Open Cinema section, three more films from Europe have been programmed – namely, the French-Belgian-Dutch co-production Benedetta [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Paul Verhoeven, Inexorable [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Fabrice Du Welz
scheda film] by Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz and Last Night in Soho [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Brit Edgar Wright. Finally, several shorts from Europe will be screened in their own section, dubbed Wide Angle.