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Busan International Film Festival 2027
부산국제영화제
Asia's biggest film festival at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae. The 32nd edition's dates are not yet announced: BIFF runs for ten days between mid-September and mid-October, and the 31st edition ran 6 to 15 October 2026.
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About this event
BIFF is Asia's largest film festival: ten days of premieres, open-air screenings under the Busan Cinema Center's vast roof, and a city that turns itself over to cinema every autumn.
The 32nd edition's dates are not announced yet; the festival runs between mid-September and mid-October, and the 31st edition ran 6 to 15 October 2026. Tickets are sold through the festival's own site about two weeks before opening night, and the popular screenings go quickly.
The Busan International Film Festival is Asia's largest film festival, centred on the Busan Cinema Center in Centum City, Haeundae, with its vast cantilevered roof and open-air theatre. The 32nd edition's dates have not been announced: the festival runs for ten days somewhere between mid-September and mid-October, and the 31st edition ran from 6 to 15 October 2026. Expect the dates to be confirmed in the first half of 2027, with tickets sold through the festival's own site about two weeks before opening night.
How it works
Tickets are sold through BIFF's own site about two weeks before opening night, screening by screening, and major premieres sell out in minutes. General audiences book individual screenings; there is no general festival pass to buy in advance.
Things to do around it
Gamcheon Culture Village
Busan's hillside maze of painted lanes and small galleries, the city's classic half day between screenings.
How to book: Book the village walking tour or entry products online; the lanes themselves are free to wander.
Book the Gamcheon Village and Haedong Yonggungsa tour, with lunchvia Viator · affiliate linkHaeundae Blueline Park
The beach train and sky capsules along the coast from Haeundae, minutes from the Cinema Center.
How to book: Book capsules and train tickets online; capsule slots go first on festival days.
Book the Sky Capsule sunset and Busan night views tourvia Viator · affiliate linkThe Busan Night Cruise
An evening sailing under Gwangan Bridge, the festival day ended on the water.
How to book: Book cruise tickets online; sailings leave from Haeundae and Suyeong.
Book the Busan night tour with cruise and fireworks showvia Viator · affiliate linkAll Busan attractions
Beaches, villages, coast trains and night cruises: the full Busan list, each with its verified booking route.
Where to stay
BIFF centres on the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae. Stay in Haeundae for the festival, or in Seomyeon for the city's wider restaurant and nightlife scene, one subway ride away.
Search Busan hotelsvia Trip.com · affiliate linkLuxury Busan Staysvia Maison V · our sister companyGetting there
The Busan Cinema Center is at Centum City station on Busan subway line 2, in the middle of Haeundae. Busan station, the KTX terminus from Seoul at about two and a half hours, connects on line 1 with one change.
Gimhae Airport has a light rail link into the subway network; allow about an hour to Haeundae.
Tickets
BIFF sells its own tickets, screening by screening, through the festival's ticket site, which usually opens about two weeks before opening night. No 2027 tickets exist yet, and we will not link a seller until the festival's own sale opens.
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Official source: https://www.biff.kr/eng. Dates checked Fri 13 Nov 2026
Key Event page checked Fri 13 Nov 2026