We continue with our list of feature films you shouldn’t miss at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) which will take place in cinemas and online from June 29 until July 9, 2023 in Bucheon, Korea.

To see the first part of this article please go HERE

In 2025, South and North Korea unified. It was triggered by a sudden explosion in Midnight near the North of DMZ by a forest fire in December, 2024. The South Korean army unwittingly ended up helping to put out the fire. Such cooperation caused their unification. And 10 years later, A koreanAmerican Documentary Director Steven, working for USA tv-station NXN visits to korea. He is searching for information about the mysterical Green-light appeared in that forest fire in 2024. After some dangerous twists and turns, He found a huge secret of the DMZ fire and green light. (BIFAN 2023)

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Starring j-hope of the 21st century pop icons BTS and produced by HYBE, “j-hope IN THE BOX,” follows the international music sensation every step of the way as he works to release his firstever solo album – Jack In The Box. Over the course of the documentary, viewers will be given a never-before-seen look at the creative challenges faced during the album’s preparation process, as well as front row seats to j-hope’s 2022 Lollapalooza performance and the album’s listening party. (BIFAN 2023)

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On a rainy evening, a fortune teller master tries to avert a fate of prostitute’s death, but when he arrives her home prostitue take her last breath, while Siu Tung stares at her corpse with creepy fascination. When he fortells that Siu will commit murder, the master believes that Siu has a power to avert his own fate. Besides, the detective who once sent Siu to jail assumes that his bloodthirst is inevitable. Is it possible to defeat the powerful force that paves life’s path? (BIFAN 2023)

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PRIVACY is a social thriller set in and out of Mumbai slums. It follows the story of Roopali, who works at the Mumbai surveillance command and control center as an operator. While being ambitious, she constantly fights her own guilt and resists her dark past. Things start to get complicated when Roopali ignores protocol and begins to investigate a robbery/murder that takes place on her watch. (BIFAN 2023)

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With the birth of the first female champion in 2009, female wrestlers expect to have official competitions and business teams. In the next 10 years, five female wrestlers who overcame unpopular sports and survived struggle to become Ssireum champions. (BIFAN 2023)

Starring SUGA of 21st century pop icons BTS, the upcoming documentary will follow SUGA as he travels around the world from Seoul to Tokyo, Las Vegas and beyond in search of musical inspiration for his upcoming album D-DAY. Throughout the documentary, viewers will see the star at his most vulnerable, as he discusses his writer’s block with other musicians, and delves deep into his most traumatic memories to pen lyrics for several of his latest songs. “SUGA: Road to D-DAY” also includes exclusive live clips of songs on SUGA’s upcoming album D-DAY. (BIFAN 2023)

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Henry and Angus, both have failed in personal-relationship, accused of committing a heinous crime, the murder and dismemberment of Henry’s parents. The prosecutor argues that the crime was premeditated, while the defense pleads not guilty, reasoning for their mental instability, leaving nine jurors an lawyers to grapple with the truth. Inspired by a real-life 2013 family murder, its complex plot raises important moral questions about the nature of right and wrong. (BIFAN 2023)

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Zaffan struggles with puberty, discovering a terrifying secret about her physical self. Her failed attempts to conceal the inevitable lead her friends to find out who she really is, and Zaffan attacked by them. As Zaffan is further enraged by her own community, she soon learns that embracing her true self is the only answer to her freedom. (BIFAN 2023)

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Yoo-ri, a seemingly model student from a well-to do family suddenly commits suicide. Detectives suspect suicide, but her mother Hye-young believes that Yoo-ri’s classmate Ye-na and homeroom teacher Gi-beom were the killers. As the investigation dives into the lives of these people, it spirals out of control due to conflicting statements between the three, but detectives find out that Hye-young caused cracks in Yoo-ri’s heart. Deeply believing that she was doing everything possible for her child out of love, can Hye-young uncover the truth behind her daughter’s death? (BIFAN 2023)

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Recently dumped by his fiancée, Mamiya meets a girl on a dating app. However, when he comes out of the shower, the girl is dead on his bed. Upset Mamiya decides to bury the body in the woods, however it mysteriously disappears from his car trunk… When he finds out that she is a popular influencer of the SNS called “Mimi”, he follows her footsteps which she left on Mimi, and slowly becomes attracted to the girl who turns out to be just as lonely as he is. (BIFAN 2023)

To see the first part of this article please go HERE

For more information, please visit: https://www.bifan.kr/eng/