Longtake Onetake Mistake
Self-avowed no-budget specialist and indie director Baek Seung-kee mixes absurd comedy, kitschily convincing AI-generated sequences and earnest commentary about the state of cinema in ‘Longtake Onetake Mistake’.
Bifan 2026
The Fertilizer Home
Young Korean auteur Jeong Hyo-jung makes a dazzling feature debut that explores the deadly mystery swirling around a smalltown factory owner.
The Mouths
Revolving around an ominous tree able to bring grudges out into the open, J-horror veteran Takashi Shimizu’s soundly structured suspense thriller bows at BIFAN just days after going on wide release in Japan.
Something Hard, Something Strange: BIFAN hits 30
As the Bucheon International Fantasy Film Festival turns 30, its new Korean Cinema programmer Kim Hyung-seok explains why “the divide between art films and genre films is ultimately artificial”.