History
- 1st BIFF, September 13–21, 1996
- Films screened: 173 films from 31 countries
- Opening Film: Secrets & Lies, Mike Leigh, UK/France
- Closing Film: In Expectation, Ming Zhang, China
- Participating guests: 224 guests from 27 countries
- Total audience: 184,071
- 2nd BIFF, October 10–18, 1997
- Films screened: 163 films from 33 countries
- Opening Film: Chinese Box, Wayne Wang, UK/France/USA/Japan
- Closing Film: Eighteen Springs, Ann Hui, Hong Kong-China
- Participating guests: 450 guests from 30 countries
- Total audience: 170,206
- 3rd BIFF, September 24 - October 1, 1998
- Films screened: 211 films from 41 countries
- Opening Film: The Silence, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran/France
- Closing Film: Kanzo sensei, Imamura Shohei, Japan
- Participating guests: 659 guests from 25 countries
- Total audience: 192,547 (paid audiences: 174,870)
- 4th PIFF, October 14–23, 1999
- Films screened: 207 films from 53 countries
- Opening Film: Peppermint Candy, Lee Chang-Dong, Korea
- Closing Film: Not One Less, Zhang Yimou, China
- Participating guests: 555 guests from 36 countries
- Total audience: 180,914
- 5th BIFF, October 6–14, 2000
- Films screened: 207 films from 55 countries
- Opening Film: The Wrestlers, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, India
- Closing Film: In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar Wei, Hong Kong-China
- Participating guests: 3017 guests from 39 countries
- Total audience: 181,708 people
- 6th BIFF, November 9–17, 2001
- Films screened: 201 films from 60 countries
- Opening Film: The Last Witness, Bae Chang-Ho, Korea
- Closing Film: Suriyothai, Chatrichalerm Yukol, Thailand
- Participating guests: 3,761 guests from 30 countries
- Total audience: 143,103 people
- 7th BIFF, November 11–23, 2002
- Films screened: 226 films from 55 countries
- Opening Film: The Coast Guard, Kim Ki-Duk, Korea
- Closing Film: Dolls, Kitano Takeshi, Japan
- Participating guests: 2,002 guests from 35 countries
- Total audience: 167,349 people
- 8th BIFF, October 2–10, 2003
- Films screened: 243 works from 61 countries
- Opening Film: Doppelganger, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Japan
- Closing Film: Acacia, Park Ki Hyung, Korea
- Participating guests: 2,523 people from 44 countries
- Total audience: 165,102
- 9th BIFF, October 7–15, 2004
- Films screened: Total 262 films from 63 countries
- Opening Film: 2046, Wong Kar Wei, Hong Kong-China
- Closing Film: The Scarlet Letter, Daniel H. Byun, Korea
- Participating guests: Total 5,638 guests from 50 countries
- Total audience: 166,164
- 10th BIFF, October 6–14, 2005
- Films screened: 307 films from 73 countries
- Opening Film: Three Times, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
- Closing Film: Wedding Campaign, Hwang Byeng Gug, Korea
- Participating guests: 6,088 from 55 countries
- Total audience: 192,970
- 11th BIFF, October 12–20, 2006
- Films screened: 245 films from 63 countries
- Opening Film: Traces of Love, Daeseung Kim, Korea
- Closing Film: Crazy Stone, Ning Hao, China/Hong Kong-China
- Participating guests: 8,321 from 51 countries
- Total audience: 162,835
- 12th BIFF, October 4–12, 2007
- Films Screened: 271 films from 64 countries in 770 screenings
- Opening Film: Assembly, Feng Xiaogang, China
- Closing Film: Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Japan
- Participating guests: 7,361
- Total audience: 198,603
- 13th BIFF, October 2–10, 2008
- Films screened: 315 films from 60 countries
- Opening Film: The Gift to Stalin, Rustem Abdrashev, Russia/Kazakhstan/Israel/Poland
- Closing Film: I Am Happy, Yoon Jong-Chan, Korea
- Participating guests: 9,516
- Total audience: 198,818
- 14th BIFF, October 8–16, 2009
- Films Screened: 355 films from 70 countries. 803 screenings.
- Opening Film: Good Morning President, Jang Jin, Korea
- Closing Film: The Message, Gao Qunshu, Chen Kuo-fu, China
- Participating guests: 6,400
- Total audience: 173,516
- 15th BIFF, October 7–15, 2010
- Films Screened: 306 films from 67 countries
- Opening Film: Under the Hawthorn Tree, ZHANG Yimou, China
- Closing Film: Camellia, Wisit Sasanatieng, Isao Yukisada, Jang Joonhwan, Thailand/Japan/Korea
- Participating guests: 9,367
- Total audience: 182,046
- 16th BIFF, October 6–14, 2011
- Films Screened: 307 films from 70 countries
- Opening Film: Always, Song Il-gon, South Korea
- Closing Film: Chronicle of My Mother, Masato Harada, Japan
- Participating guests: 11,268, including the press 2,440
- Total audience: 196,177
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