BIFF Square

Detailed introduction

The Nampo-dong theater district is flooded with young audiences hungry for new movies. Nampo-dong street is a center of Busan crowded with many theaters. Even if you don’t take a look the posters, you will feel the urge to watch movies once you go around the Nampo-dong theater district.

The district has the Megabox Busan Theater 1~3, and 4~8, Lotte Cinema Daeyoung, and CGV Nampo-dong on Nampo-dong street. The district became established with theaters after the 8·15 liberation of Korea, when there were only one or two theaters, and in the 1960s there were about 20 theaters concentrated in the area.

BIFF Square is the center stage of the Busan International Film Festival and it is the region of Nampo-dong and Bupyeong-dong in Jung-gu, Busan. Since 1996, the Busan International Film Festival has been held and the theater district has been renovated and named as BIFF Square (Feb. 24, 2011).

Renovated as ‘Street of Stars’ and ‘Street of the Film Festival’

-In order to expand the base of Korea’s image culture and establish its status as an international cultural and tourism attraction. In order to revitalize the BIFF Square and encourage citizens’ self-esteem, the street was declared as ‘Street of Stars’ and ‘Street of the Film Festival’.

Amongst the Former Buyoung theater, Busan theater 1~3, Busan theater 4~8 were renovated as “Star Street”. Each year, the film festival winners’ hand-drawn copper plates and copper-engraved names of participating works are laid on the floor of the square. At the bottom of the square, there are 4 entrances and 4 granite stones cooper plates with artificial marble in the center.

“Hand Printing”
- the street between the former Buyoung theater and Lotte Cinema Daeyoung is designated as Star Street and the winners receive their hand-drawn copper plates on the floor of the square every year.

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