Busan International Film Festival, 6–15 October 2016 Films Screened: 299 from 69 countries Opening Film: A Quiet Dream - Zhang Lu, Korea Closing Film: The Dark Wind, Hussein Hassan, Iraq/Germany/Qatar Participating guests: 5,759, excluding the press Total audience: 165,149 22nd Busan International Film Festival, 12–21 October 2017 Films Screened: 300 from 76 countries Opening Film: Glass Garden - Shin Su-won, South Korea Closing Film: Love Education, Sylvia Chang, China/Taiwan Total audience: 192,991 23rd Busan International Film Festival, 4–13 October 2018 Films Screened: 324 from 79 countries Opening Film: Beautiful Days - Jéro Yun, South Korea Closing Film: Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy, Yuen Woo-ping, Hong Kong/China Total audience: 191,000 24th Busan International Film Festival, 3–12 October 2019 Films Screened: 299 from 85 countries Opening Film: The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time - Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, Lisa Takeba, Kazakhstan/Japan Closing Film: Moonlit Winter - Lim Dae-hyung, South Korea Total audience: 189,116 25th Busan International Film Festival, 21–30 October 2020 Films Screened: 192 films from 68 countries Opening Film: Septet: The Story of Hong Kong - Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, Hark Tsui, Sammo Hung, Ann Hui, Patrick Tam Yuen, Wo Ping, Hong Kong, China/China Closing Film: Josee, the Tiger and the Fish - Tamura Kotaro, Japan Total audience: 20,135 26th Busan International Film Festival, 6 to 15 October 2021 Films Screened: 223 films from 70 countries Opening Film: Heaven: To the Land of Happiness by Im Sang-soo Closing Film: Anita by Longman Leung Total audience:76,072 27th Busan International Film Festival, 5 to 14 October 2022. Films Screened: 242 films from 71 countries Opening Film: Scent of Wind - Hadi Mohaghegh, Iran Closing Film: A Man - Ishikawa Kei, Japan Official program sections The Busan International Film Festival is organised in various sections: Gala Presentation: Gala Presentation screens new master cineastes, films, and premieres. A Window on Asian Cinema: A showcase of new and/or representative films by Asian filmmakers. New Currents: The only international competition section featuring the first or the second feature films by future directors of Asian cinema. Korean Cinema Today: Selected Korean feature films are shown in two sub-sections, Panorama and Vision. These two sub-sections recognise the current production trend of Korean cinema and anticipate its future. Korean Cinema Retrospective: Revisiting the history of Korean cinema by spotlighting films of a certain notable director or films with a significant theme. World Cinema: Presentation of new works by filmmakers along with