Re-Living our experience at BIAIF: Busan International AI Film Festival
From December 4 to December 6, the city of Busan hosted BIAIF (Busan International AI Film Festival), one of the most significant events currently happening in the AI film space. The festival took place at the iconic Busan Cinema Center, a beautiful venue that screened 15 finalist films, plus invited works for exhibition.
✈️ We flew from Tijuana, Mexico, all the way to Busan to attend in person.
Photo: @sergiov.director
A festival that rewards finalists
One of the most interesting things about BIAIF is how it approaches awards.
Instead of concentrating recognition on only a few winners, the festival compensates all finalists, a choice that removes some of the competitive tension and replaces it with something closer to a shared celebration of AI film creation.
Photo courtesy: Busan Internacional AI Film Festival
The Busan Cinema Center is also the host for the Busan International Film Festival
Photo: @sergiov.director
The films I watched
Here’s the list of titles I noted during the festival:
Confession (South Korea)
Chairman (South Korea)
Fly to the Sh*t (South Korea)
Trespassers Will Be Treated as Dogs (South Korea)
Project Wave (Poland)
The Hidden Tremor (France)
Green Hackers (Brazil)
Dreams of Moon Dust (Turkey)
Dream of Atlantis (South Korea)
What struck me most was the range: drama, horror, sci-fi, experimental work, comedy, and often hybrids that didn’t care about clean categories.
Official Selection
Leaving Busan
Three days went by fast. Suddenly, we were at the closing ceremony, where the audience also voted on a special prize after the screenings.
BIAIF felt less like a “festival about tools” and more like a festival about a new language that’s still learning how to speak.
The most valuable part wasn’t only the films, it was the context: the panels, the conversations, the friction, the sense that something is forming in real time. We left Busan with a clearer image of the challenges ahead… and with renewed motivation to keep experimenting, refining, and telling stories that can only exist now.
