The Busan International Film Festival has grown from Korea's first international film festival to the largest film festival in Korea. For its 30th anniversary this year, 241 films from 64 countries have been selected to be shown in seven cinemas during the ten days of the festival.

At the end of August, SOUND OF FALLING was selected as the German Oscar® candidate. After the film celebrates its North American premiere in Toronto, South Korean audiences will also have the opportunity to discover director Mascha Schilinski's generational drama. The film is programmed in the World Cinema section, which also features the German productions DRY LEAF by Alexandre Koberidze, ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, NO BEAST. SO FIERCE by Burhan Qurbani, and PHANTOMS OF JULY by Julian Radlmaier. Of the 21 films in the World Cinema section, six have German involvement.

The Icons section features numerous German productions and co-productions that have also already attracted attention at prestigious festivals this year. These include MIRRORS NO. 3 by Christian Petzold (world premiere in Cannes) and SILENT FRIEND by Ildiko Enyedi, which will be screened in competition in Venice in the coming days.

All German productions and co-productions in Busan at a glance:

World Cinema
DRY LEAF by Alexandre Koberidze (DE/GE, New Matter Films)
ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster (Augenschein Filmproduktion)
NO BEAST. SO FIERCE (KEIN TIER. SO WILD) by Burhan Qurbani (DE/FR/PL, Sommerhaus Filmproduktion)
PHANTOMS OF JULY (SEHNSUCHT IN SANGERHAUSEN) by Julian Radlmaier (Blue Monticola Film)
SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN) by Mascha Schilinski (Studio Zentral)
THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi (FR/DE, Katuh Studio)

Wide Angle – Documentary Competition
HABIBI HUSSEIN by Alex Bakri (PS/DE/SA/SE)
10S ACROSS THE BORDERS by Chan Sze-Wei (PH/SG/DE, Perennial Lens)

Icons
FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland (CZ/DE/PL, X-Filme)
MIROIRS NO. 3 by Christian Petzold (Schramm Film)
ORPHAN by Lazlo Nemesz (HU/UK/FR/DE, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion)
ROMERIA by Carla Simón (ES/DE, Ventall Cinema)
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier (NO/DE/DK/FR/SE, Komplizen Film)
SILENT FRIEND by Ildiko Enyedi (DE/HU/FR, Pandora Film)
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho (BR/FR/DE/NL, One Two Films)
TWO PROSECUTORS (ZWEI STAATSANWÄLTE) by Sergei Loznitsa (FR/DE/NL/LV/RO/LT, LOOKSfilm)

Flash Forward
LE CITTÁ DI PIANURA (THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD) by Francesco Sossai (IT/DE, Maze Pictures)
STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart (ES/DE, Schuldenberg Films)
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Céspedes (CL/FR/DE/ES/BE, Weydeman Bros.)

A Window On Asian Cinema
PEE CHAI DAI KA (A USEFUL GHOST) by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (TH/FR/SG/DE, Mayana Film)

Special Program In Focus
A LEAP IN THE DARK by Marco Bellocchio (IT/FR/DE, Polytel International)