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Held in connection with the 30th anniversary special program ¡°Korean Genre Cinema 33¡±, the exhibition When Genre Becomes ( ) offers a comprehensive look at powerful characters, iconic images, and memorable lines from representative Korean genre films. The exhibition also features a listening zone where visitors can enjoy OSTs from the featured films, as well as a photo booth where they can take pictures with personas from the exhibition. In addition, Fantastic Walk in BIFAN, a special exhibition looking back on BIFAN¡¯s 30-year history, will also be presented.
Co-presented by BIFAN and the Korean Film Archive, the BIFAN 2026 special exhibition When Genre Becomes ( ) examines how Korean genre films have shaped the evolution and expansion of Korean cinema over the past three decades through their memorable characters. Since BIFAN¡¯s launch in 1997, Korean cinema has moved beyond a landscape dominated by melodrama and comedy, embracing the imaginative possibilities of horror, thriller, action, science fiction, and more. Alongside the Korean cinema renaissance that gathered momentum after Swiri (1999), genre films came to occupy a central place in popular culture. The exhibition brings together the figures of genre cinema who came alive on screen: heroes and villains, monsters and victims, rebels and outsiders, femmes fatales and saviors. Brought to life through the bodies and faces of actors, these characters not only embodied genre conventions but also reflected the desires and anxieties, fears and longings for liberation of their time. By tracing their trajectories, visitors will discover that the history of Korean genre cinema is also a history of the emotions and imagination that have shaped its age
A film festival is not made complete by the films on screen alone. The footsteps of countless filmmakers who have met audiences and helped create the festival¡¯s shared moments and atmosphere are also part of its history. BIFAN¡¯s 30th-anniversary photo exhibition, Fantastic Walk in BIFAN, looks back on moments shared by the directors, actors, and creators who have visited the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival over the past three decades. From radiant appearances on the red carpet to memorable encounters with audiences, the people captured in these photographs preserve BIFAN's landscapes and memories across different eras. From world-renowned masters and icons of genre cinema to creators representing a new generation, their traces are entwined with BIFAN¡¯s own journey alongside genre film. Each photograph holds a passion for cinema, a bond with audiences, and the spirit of the festival itself. Following these images, visitors will encounter once again the fantastic memories that films and people have created together at BIFAN.