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  • Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival (BIKY)
    Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival (BIKY)
    - Dates :
    - Category : Competitive
    - E-mail : film@biky.or.kr, korea@biky.or.kr
  • BIKY is an international film festival for the young generation that serves as an international hub for kids and youth films. Rather than only offer film screenings, BIKY strives to share notions of generosity and diversity by means of movies and culture. The festival also takes to heart its role of developing film literacy among the youth and to help schools include film materials to their curriculum.
     
     



    City

    Busan
     
     


     
    Program
     
    Ready~Action! 12
    International competition of films made by children aged 12 or less.
     
    Ready~Action! 15
    International competition of films made by teenagers aged 13-15.
     
    Ready~Action! 18
    International competition of films made by teenagers aged 16-18.

    Finding Myself
    A selection of international youth-fronted feature and short films about growing up and discovering their true self. 

    Staying Together
    A selection of international youth-fronted feature and short films about community and society.

    Embrace the Difference
    A selection of international youth-fronted feature and short films about differences and how to overcome them.

    Beyond the Boundary
    A selection of international youth-fronted feature and short films about adventures, exploration and imagination.

    Special Program: Channel 1016

    Open Cinema - Moonlight Starlight

    Cinema Delivery

    Rebord the BIKY

    Youth Short Film Project 



    Awards 
     
    Magic Film Award
    Awarded by the jury to the best international short in each of the Ready~Action competition sections.

    Pure Wind Award
    Awarded by the jury to the best Korean short in each of the Ready~Action competition sections.

    Blue Sky Award
    Awarded by the jury to the second best Korean short in each of the Ready~Action competition sections.

    Great Ocean Award
    Awarded by the jury to the third best Korean short in each of the Ready~Action competition sections.

    Heart-on Award
    Awarded by the jury to the best feature and the best short in each of the Finding Myself, Staying Together, Embrace the Difference an Beyond the Boundary sections.

    Best Storytelling Award
    Awarded to the film among the Ready~Action competitive sections that  best displays their young creator's unique interests and perspectives of the world through cinema.

    Asia Tie-up Award
    Awarded to a film in the Ready~Action! 18 section to promote cultural exchange and support young filmmakers in Asia.
      
    BUMA Award
    Awarded by the BUMA Democratic Uprising Memorial Foundation to three films that perpetuate the spirit of the Busan-Masan Democratic Uprising, one for each of the Ready~Action! section.



    Events
     
    Special Program
    Every year BIKY is holding posters contest under the specific theme. The 20 winning posters are re-created as the BIKY's official poster after some re-designing, and you can see them displayed all over the city of Busan. All pieces, including winner posters, are displayed during the festival.
    - BIKY Poster Drawing-experience Exhibition
    - I'm a Voice Actor!
    - Cinema Sports

    Experience Program
    - BIKY Poster Drawing-experience Exhibition
    - I'm a Voice Actor!
    - Cinema Sports

    Screening Events
    - After Movie Talk
    - Barrier Free Films
    - Live Dubbing
    - Guest Visit
    - Heart to Heart Talks: The Door

    Exhibition : the Winners of the Posters Contest
    Every year BIKY is holding posters contest under the specific theme. The 20 winning posters are re-created as the BIKY's official poster after some re-designing, and you can see them displayed all over the city of Busan. All pieces, including winner posters, are displayed during the festival.

    BIKY Forum
    We hope future generation can experience highly qualified culture, enhance cultural tastes, have an open mind to other cultures and eventually grow up to be a whole person by means of movies and various events with our educational efforts. we also hope this forum will set the fundamental and academic base on our media education.

    Special Training Workshops for Teachers
    Teachers who participate in this program will have a chance to watch movies in BIKY and group discussions on how to use film literacy for educational purposes in the classroom. They will aslo have Q&A sessions with flmmakers and media experts and share ideas. It will be a meaningful time for teachers to discuss media education to arrange various ways to use movies as a great teaching aid.

    Zoom-in Talk
    What do teenagers curious about movie directors? Meet the movie director and create a communication with the movie issues. We can all get along well with one another just because we're interested in movies. Let's form a cultural consensus and talk about movies full of dreams and passions.

    Talk with Young Filmmakers
    In this program, the BIKies members will meet with teenager filmmkaers. It'll provide a good opportunity for the finalists of the Ready~Action! 18 section and the BIKies to talk about film making and their dreams.

    Children & Youth Filmaker's Night
    Kids and Youth Filmmaker's Night with the theme of 'We can do whatever we want' is a party exclusively prepared for children and youth. This year's gala is hosted BIKies, who are the committee members.

    Drive-in Theater
    It is a program designed to envision and make a box car real for preschool kids with his parents. Create your own box cars, and enjoy the special experience of watching movies in the finished vehicles. Let's have fun!

    BIKY Playground
    BIKY Playground on Busan Cinema Center, Dureraum Square is a creative space to for Kids imagine and enjoy freely.