Busan Cinema Center
영화의전당
The main venue of the Busan International Film Festival, with one of the world's longest cantilevered roofs and a free nighttime LED light show on the canopy.
Busan Cinema Center is in Centum City, Haeundae-gu, and was completed in 2011. It is the main venue of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), held in early October each year. Designed by the Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, its huge cantilevered roof, known as the 'Big Roof,' extends about 163 meters and is considered one of the longest cantilevered roofs in the world. LEDs on its underside display light images every night. Normally the center houses several cinemas, an open-air theater, and a film archive that screens art-house films and classic retrospectives. The building's exterior and plaza can be visited for free. It is next to the Shinsegae Centum City department store. Getting there: take subway Line 2 to Centum City Station, then about 10 minutes on foot.
Opening hours
Approx. 10 am–9 pm (screenings on separate schedules)
Nearby sights
- Shinsegae Centum City & Spa Land
- Gwangalli Beach
- Haeundae Beach
- BUSAN X the SKY
- Haeundae Blueline Park
- UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea
- Igidae Park
- Dongnae Hot Springs & Heosimcheong