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16th Busan International Film Festival

16th Busan International Film Festival
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Opening film Always
Closing film Chronicle of My Mother
Location Busan, South Korea
Hosted by Uhm Ji-won
Ye Ji-won
Festival date October 6 to October 14, 2011

The 16th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 6 to October 14, 2011 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by actresses Uhm Ji-won and Ye Ji-won, making it the first year to be hosted by two women.

The 16th BIFF also marks the first year for Lee Yong-kwan as the festival director after the retirement of its founding director, Kim Dong-ho and is also the first to take place at the Busan Cinema Center which was opened on September 29, 2011.

A total of 307 films from 70 countries were invited to participate in the festival, with 86 world premieres and 39 international premieres. The event had a total audience of 196,177.


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