February 26, 2022 (DeeD) – Busan International Short Film Festival, or BISFF, now in 39th edition, has unveiled the international lineup for the 2022 edition.
The 39th Busan International Short Film Festival, or BISFF, has announced the complete list of the short films in competition for the 2022 edition, the organizers announced on February 24, 2022. The 39th BISFF, Busan International Short Film Festival, is scheduled to take place from April 27-May 2, 2022 in Busan, South Korea.
Busan International Short Film Festival, (BISFF), was launched in 1980 as as the first short film festival in Korea. The Busan Short Film Festival is a qualifying film festival recognized by the Oscars (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), The Goya Awards (Spain’s main national film awards).
Winner of the Grand Prix award at the Busan Short Film Festival (BISFF) will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film or Live Action Short Film categories of the Academy Awards (Oscars) without the standard theatrical run, provided the movies comply with the Academy rules.
The Busan International Short Film Festival, or BISFF, has received a total of 2,548 short films from 111 countries for the international competition, and 695 short films for the Korean competition, the 39th BISFF has reported.
The selection committee of the 39th BISFF, Busan Short Film Festival, which consists of 16 members (12 members from Korea, 2 members from abroad), has shortlisted 40 short films from 37 different countries for the international competition, and 20 short films for the Korean competition.
40 short films are selected to compete in the international competition of the Busan International Short Film Festival, or BISFF.
Movies in the international competition are from 37 different countries. The participating countries of the 39th BISFF are Serbia, Iran, Canada, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Myanmar, USA, Italy, Finland, Lithuania, France, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, India, UK, Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, Greece, China, Spain, Dominican Republic, Chile, Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Cambodia, Lebanon, Singapore, Belgium, Belarus, Romania and Colombia.
The lineup in the international competition of the 39th Busan International Short Film Festival, or BISFF, are:
‘Adjusting,’ by Dejan Petrović, from Serbia;
‘Adjustment,’ by Mehrdad Hassani, from Iran;
‘Amani,’ by Alliah Fafin, from Canada;
‘At the Feet of My Mother,’ by Vincent Sparreboom, from The Netherlands;
‘Boobs,’ by Marie Valade, from Canada;
‘The Boys Club,’ by Chen Yihwen, from Malaysia;
‘Broken,’ by San Win Nan Khin, from Myanmar;
‘Burros,’ by Jefferson Stein, from USA;
‘Closed to the Light,’ by Nicola Piovesan, from Italy;
‘Elena,’ by Birute Sodeikaite, from Lithuania, France, Croatia;
‘Epitaph,’ by Silvia Lorenzi, from Estonia, Italy;
‘For Summer,’ by Reetta Saarikoski, from Finland;
‘Handbook,’ by Pavel Mozhar, from Germany;
‘Holy-Water,’ by Mukund Narayan, from India;
‘Homebird,’ by Ewa Smyk, from UK;
‘I Am Trying to Remember,’ by Pegah Ahangarani, from Czech Republic, Iran;
‘Inherent,’ by Nicolai G.H. Johansen, from Denmark;
‘Insect,’ by Marcin Podolec, from Poland;
‘Iota Period Omega,’ by Alexis Alexiou, from Greece;
‘Kids of Paradise,’ by Sha Mo, from China;
‘Lament,’ by Rubén Sánchez, from Spain;
‘Mofle,’ by Fernando Henríquez, from Dominican Republic;
‘A Most Exquisite Man,’ by Jonas Taul, from Estonia;
‘Mti,’ by Mauricio Corco, from Chile;
‘Night,’ by Ahmad Saleh, from Germany, Jordan, Palestine, Qatar;
‘Pain pf the Anonymous,’ by Amano Daichi, from Japan;
‘Palermo Sole Nero ,’ by Joséphine Jouannais, from France;
‘Reykjavík,’ by Irving Uribe Nares, from Mexico;
‘The Sound of Dreaming,’ by Kalani Gacon, from Nepal;
‘Sound of the Night,’ by Chanrado Sok, Kongkea Vann, from Cambodia;
‘Swallow the Universe,’ by Luis Nieto, from France;
‘Then Came Dark,’ by Marie-Rose Osta, from Lebanon;
‘Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays,’ by Lin Giselle, from Singapore;
‘Tio,’ by Juan Medina, from Mexico;
‘Titan,’ by Valery Carnoy, from Belgium;
‘Too Big Drawing,’ by Genadzi Buto, from Belarus;
‘Trumpets in the Sky,’ by Rakan Mayasi, from France, Lebanon, Palestine;
‘U.N. Slap Commission,’ by Stephan Kämpf, Valentin Burkhardt, from Germany;
‘When Night Meets Dawn,’ by Andreea Bortun, from Romania;
‘Zarzal,’ by Sebastián Valencia Muñoz, from Colombia.