Get Ready for the Spotlight: Busan International Short Film Festival Opens 2025 Production Support Applications for Emerging Indie Filmmakers
Busan International Short Film Festival Announces Short Film Production Support for 2025
The Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) has announced the start of accepting applications for short film production support for the 42nd Busan International Short Film Festival, scheduled to take place in April 2025.
The application for the ‘Short Film Production Support’ contest, which begins on September 10, is open to directors who have experience directing at least one short film. The contest is open to unfinished short films of 30 minutes or less, regardless of subject matter, theme, or format. This short film production support project is divided into two types: ‘Korean Short Film Production Support’ for directors nationwide, and ‘Busan Short Film Production Support’ for directors living and working in Busan.
‘Korean Short Film Production Support’ will support a total of 2 works, with the best supported work receiving 3 million won in short film production costs and 2 million won worth of equipment rental from SLR Lent, the largest domestic photo and video equipment rental company. The excellent supported work will receive 2 million won in short film production costs and 1 million won worth of SLR Lent equipment rental. ‘Busan Short Film Production Support’ will select 1 work, and support 4 million won in short film production costs.
The application deadlines are as follows: October 10 for ‘Korean Short Film Production Support’ and September 30 for ‘Busan Short Film Production Support.’
An official from the Busan International Short Film Festival stated, “Despite the difficult circumstances in many ways, the Busan International Short Film Festival will increase the number of films and in-kind support compared to last year to vitalize short films in Korea and the Busan region and discover talented individuals, and will look for diamonds that will make next year’s festival shine.”
The 42nd Busan International Short Film Festival’s short film production support is sponsored by Busan Metropolitan City and SLR Lent. For more information about short film production support, please visit the Busan International Short Film Festival’s official website at www.bisff.org.