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 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jonas Carpignano
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fiche film] by Tunisia’s Leyla Bouzid, After Blue [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by France’s Bertrand Mandico, Ali & Ava [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Brit Clio Barnard, the Swedish-Colombian co-production Amparo [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Simón Mesa Soto, the Danish historical drama As in Heaven [+lire aussi :
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interview : Tea Lindeburg
fiche film] by Tea Lindeburg, the Berlinale winner Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn [+lire aussi :
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interview : Radu Jude
fiche 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 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Hannes Þór Halldórsson
interview : Hannes Þór Halldòrsson
fiche 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 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Iván Fund
fiche film] by Iván Fund, Fabian – Going to the Dogs [+lire aussi :
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interview : Albrecht Schuch
fiche film] by Germany’s Dominik Graf, the French film Good Mother [+lire aussi :
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interview : Hafsia Herzi
fiche film] by Hafsia Herzi, Great Freedom [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sebastian Meise
fiche film] by Austria’s Sebastian Meise, Hive [+lire aussi :
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interview : Blerta Basholli
fiche film] by Kosovar-US director Blerta Basholli, the French-German co-production Hold Me Tight [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Mathieu Amalric, Michelango Frammartino's Il Buco [+lire aussi :
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interview : Michelangelo Frammartino
fiche film] (an Italian-French-German co-production), Întregalde [+lire aussi :
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interview : Radu Muntean
fiche film] by Romanian director Radu Muntean, France’s Magnetic Beats [+lire aussi :
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interview : Vincent Maël Cardona
fiche film] by Vincent Maël Cardona, the Italian-French-Slovenian co-production Small Body [+lire aussi :
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interview : Laura Samani
fiche film] by Laura Samani, the Finnish film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic [+lire aussi :
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interview : Teemu Nikki et Jani Pösö
interview : Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö et …
fiche film] by Teemu Nikki, the Berlinale Silver Bear winner The Girl and the Spider [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ramon Zürcher et Silvan Zü…
fiche film] by Roman and Silvan Zürcher from Switzerland, the co-production between Romania, Belgium and France (which will world-premiere at Busan) The Island [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Anca Damian, Spain’s The Odd-Job Men [+lire aussi :
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interview : Neus Ballús
fiche film] by Neus Ballús, The Souvenir [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] and The Souvenir: Part II [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by British director Joanna Hogg, The Worst Person in the World [+lire aussi :
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interview : Joachim Trier
fiche film] by Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier, the Cannes Palme d’Or winner Titane [+lire aussi :
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interview : Julia Ducournau, Vincent L…
fiche 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 [+lire aussi :
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fiche 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 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Asghar Farhadi
fiche film] by Asghar Farhadi, the Israeli-French-German co-production Ahed's Knee [+lire aussi :
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interview : Nadav Lapid
fiche film] by Nadav Lapid, the co-production between France, Belgium, Germany and Sweden Bergman Island [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mia Hansen-Løve
fiche film] by Mia Hansen-Løve, Cow [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Brit Andrea Arnold, Deception [+lire aussi :
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interview : Arnaud Desplechin
fiche film] by France’s Arnaud Desplechin, Everything Went Fine [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by French director François Ozon, the French-German-Belgian co-production France [+lire aussi :
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interview : Bruno Dumont
fiche film] by Bruno Dumont, the co-production between Chad, France, Germany and Belgium Lingui, The Sacred Bonds [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mahamat-Saleh Haroun et Ac…
fiche film] by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Marx Can Wait [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Italian director Marco Bellocchio, the co-production between France, Taiwan, Colombia, Germany, Qatar and Mexico Memoria [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Michel Franco's Mexican-French-Swedish co-pro Sundown [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], The Hand of God [+lire aussi :
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interview : Paolo Sorrentino
fiche film] by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, the Portuguese-French co-production The Tsugua Diaries [+lire aussi :
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interview : João Nunes Monteiro
interview : Maureen Fazendeiro et Migu…
fiche film] by Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes, Three Floors [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Italy’s Nanni Moretti and Vortex [+lire aussi :
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fiche 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 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Juho Kuosmanen
fiche film] by Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, El Planeta [+lire aussi :
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interview : Amalia Ulman
fiche film] by Argentinian helmer Amalia Ulman, the co-production between France, Egypt, the Netherlands and Greece Feathers [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Omar El Zohairy and Freaks Out [+lire aussi :
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interview : Gabriele Mainetti
fiche 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 [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Paul Verhoeven, Inexorable [+lire aussi :
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interview : Fabrice Du Welz
fiche film] by Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz and Last Night in Soho [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Brit Edgar Wright. Finally, several shorts from Europe will be screened in their own section, dubbed Wide Angle.