26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
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| Opening film | Men by Alex Garland |
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| Closing film | New Normal by Jeong Beom-sik |
| Location | Bucheon, South Korea |
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| Hosted by | BIFAN Organizing Committee |
| No. of films | 268 films from 49 countries (118 features, 104 shorts, 42 XR) |
| Festival date | Opening: July 7, 2022 Closing: July 17, 2022 |
| Website | BIFAN 2022 Fact Sheet |
The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Korean: 제26회 부천국제판타스틱영화제), an international film festival held in Bucheon, South Korea, began on 7 July 2022 with the slogan 'Stay Strange'. A non-competitive international film festival with a competitive section, opened with film Men by Alex Garland. This year the festival resumed its offline events after two years, which were curtailed due to COVID-19.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Park Byung-eun and Han Sun-hwa, with the red carpet event held during the festival after 2 years. In addition face-to-face interaction between directors, actors, producers, and other people in the film industry and the audience also took place. The festival featured 268 films from 49 countries, and closed with New Normal, a Korean film by Jeong Beom-sik on July 17. 92,353 people participated in the festival in 11 days.
You Won't Be Alone by Goran Stolevski won 'Best of Bucheon award', whereas Christian Tafdrup of Denmark won 'Best Director Choice' for his film Speak No Evil.