20 Must-see feature films from the 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2026 (Part 1)

By Asian Film Festival on July 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

These are twenty feature films you shouldn’t miss at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (South Korea), which will take place from July 2 – 12, 2026.

Ah Girl by Ang Geck Geck Priscilla – Singapore | 2025 – 99 minutes | Korean Premiere
Section: Fanta-scape

A 7-year-old girl navigates despair, delight and her parents’ excruciating separation in 1994 Singapore. (Mubi)

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Beasts Clutching at Straws by Jojo Hideo – Japan | 2026 – 94 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Signature

Kanji, a college student and aspiring YouTuber, lives with his grandmother while working part-time at an internet café. One day, while cleaning, he stumbles upon a suspicious bag containing 100 million yen. Unable to resist temptation, Kanji ultimately takes the bag—setting off a chain of events far beyond his control. Soon, a corrupt detective named Ryosuke, the dangerously seductive Shina, and a host of other figures become entangled in the search for the missing fortune, as a high-stakes game of betrayal, deception, and desire unfolds. (Martin Lee)

Brunch with a Depressed Zombie by Kim Eun-young – Korea | 2026 – 105 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Fanta-scape

Byung-jin returns to his hometown with his wife Sun-woo, who suffers from depression. But a zombie virus has spread through the village, and Sun-woo, too, becomes a zombie. From there, Byung-jin begins developing recipes for his zombie wife, which he soon shares with other families in the village who are also caring for zombified family members. (Kim Hyun-seok)

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BURN by Nagahisa Makoto – Japan | 2025 – 103 minutes | Korean Premiere
Section: Bucheon Choice World: Features

When runaway teen Ju-Ju is embraced by a tribe of misfit youths in Kabukicho, she finds belonging for the first time — until betrayal and despair twist her haven into a prison, and she’s left with one way to take back control. (Mubi)

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Deadline by Chow Kiwi – Taiwan, Hong Kong, UK | 2025 – 117 minutes | Korean Premiere
Section: B Extreme

A suicide note alarms a prestigious school focused on nothing but excellence. Was it a bad joke, or is there a life in danger? As the mystery unravels, the cracks in the system presumed perfect start showing and priorities are reshuffled. (Mubi)

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Death Drive by Park Eol-gul – Korea | 2026 – 81 minutes | Korean Premiere
Section: B Extreme

A delivery driver who killed someone, ten moments of that day. (BIFAN 2026)

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FORTE by Kimbo Kim – Korea | 2025 – 77 minutes | Asian Premiere
Section: B Extreme

Deep in the mountains stands Studio Forte. Yeon-ji begins working there, only to find herself treated less like a musician than as a hired hand in the making of music. The work in this isolated space gradually tightens its grip on her inner world, while a senior composer slowly loses his mind and disappears. Yeon-ji then begins composing music for a film at the request of Director Tak. But she, too, is slowly drawn into madness. (Kim Hyung-Seok)

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Home A Loan by Kim Tae-kyeong – Korea | 2026 – 83 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Signature

In this decrepit apartment complex, Eun-jin’s family dreams of redevelopment. Doors barely close, strangers wander through the ruins of the estate, yet the family endures it all for the promise of tomorrow’s happiness. As Eun-jin begins to suffer from strange visions, her family is drawn ever deeper into danger. (KIM Hyung-seok)

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Knock by Jeong Beom – Korea | 2025 – 103 minutes | World Premiere
Section: Bucheon Choice Korean: Features

A documentary crew filming a youth care facility turns its camera on the teachers and children there. Yet there are truths the camera cannot capture. When In-a, a former resident of the facility who now works there as a volunteer, enters the picture, the situation grows even more confused, and hidden secrets begin to surface one by one. (Kim Hyung-seok)

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Mother Bhumi by Chong Keat Aun – Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, Saudi Arabia | 2025 – 129 minutes | Korean Premiere
Section: Signature

In a farming community straddling the Malaysia-Thailand border, recently widowed Hong Im resorts to black magic to help locals until a ghost unveils a disturbing truth about her husband’s death. (Mubi)

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