부산국제영화제 (bu·san·guk·je·yeong·hwa·je), BIFF for short, is the big film festival of the Korean autumn and the largest in Asia. The 31st edition ran from Tuesday 6 October to Thursday 15 October 2026. The festival held both the opening and closing ceremonies at 영화의전당 (yeong·hwa·ui·jeon·dang), the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae, on the same timetable: doors at 5 pm, red carpet from 6 pm, the official programme at 7 pm, and the opening or closing film from 8:20 pm.

The organisers counted 200,043 film viewers, the first time past 200,000 since 2015. That figure adds 185,239 for invited films, 5,186 for Community BIFF and 9,618 for the neighbourhood screenings called 동네방네비프. Add 76,984 people at talks and side events and the total comes to 277,027, about 40,000 more than the 30th edition last year.

Tickets go through ticket.biff.kr, and the festival posts a ticket catalogue as a PDF before the dates. For the ceremonies, the official guide asks you to be in your seat before the start, bans open drinks, alcohol and strong-smelling food, stops photography during the film, and has an AI translation service in several languages that runs on your own phone and earphones.