The Table: Day and Night directed by Kim Jong-kwan will open the Busan International Film Festival (South Korea) which will take place from October 6 – 15, 2026.

The Table: Day and Night by Kim Jong-kwan – South Korea | 2026 – 80 minutes | World Premiere
Cast: Min-ha KIM, Jong-hyuk JOO, Sun-hwa HAN, Ryul CHANG, Eun-kyung SHIM, Hee-jun LEE, So-young JEON, Dong-hwi KIM.

The film is a romance drama featuring four love stories set in a cafe located in a quiet alley. It explores various aspects of romance, from sweet beginnings to bitter endings, much like the cafe’s diverse coffee blends. (IMDb)

Screening Dates:
October 6, 2026 | Tuesday | Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater | 6:00 pm
October 8, 2026 | Thursday | Sohyang Theater Woori Bank Hall | 11:20 am
October 9, 2026 | Friday | LOTTE CINEMA Centrum City 4 | 9:00 am
October 10, 2026 | Saturday | LOTTE CINEMA Centrum City 3 | 22:40 pm

About the director:
Kim Jong-kwan has made feature films such as Worst Woman (2016), The Table (2017), Shades of the Heart (2020), and Josée (2020), participated in the omnibus film The Killers (2024), and directed “Walking at Night,” one of the segments in the Netflix original film Persona (2019). He is currently preparing for the release of Frosted Window (2026).

Trailer:

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