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The Buil Film Awards, run by the Busan Ilbo newspaper since 1958, have named 35 Best Film winners. Yu Hyun-mok directed six of them and Bong Joon-ho three. The newest is The World of Love, from October 7, 2026.
Data as of (through the 35th ceremony, October 7, 2026)
| Year | Edition | Film | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 1st | The Lost Youth | Yu Hyun-mok | 1 |
| 1959 | 2nd | The Life Seized | Yu Hyun-mok | 1 |
| 1960 | 3rd | Defiance of a Teenager | Kim Ki-young | 1 |
| 1961 | 4th | Romance Papa | Shin Sang-ok | 1 |
| 1962 | 5th | The Houseguest and My Mother | Shin Sang-ok | 1 |
| 1963 | 6th | Only for You | Yu Hyun-mok | 1 |
| 1964 | 7th | Goryeojang | Kim Ki-young | 1 |
| 1965 | 8th | Extra Human Being | Yu Hyun-mok | 1 |
| 1966 | 9th | The Sea Village | Kim Soo-yong | 1 |
| 1967 | 10th | Late Autumn | Lee Man-hee | 1 |
| 1968 | 11th | Flame in the Valley | Kim Soo-yong | 1 |
| 1969 | 12th | Descendants of Cain | Yu Hyun-mok | 1 |
| 1970 | 13th | The Old Jar Craftsman | Choi Ha-won | 1 |
| 1971 | 14th | Frozen Spring | Jung Jin-woo | 1 |
| 1972 | 15th | Bun-rye's Story | Yu Hyun-mok | 1 |
| 1973 | 16th | Oyster Village | Jung Jin-woo | 1 |
| 2008 | 17th | Night and Day밤과 낮 | Hong Sang-soo홍상수 | 1 |
| 2009 | 18th | Mother마더 | Bong Joon-ho봉준호 | 1 |
| 2010 | 19th | Poetry시 | Lee Chang-dong이창동 | 1 |
| 2011 | 20th | The Front Line고지전 | Jang Hoon장훈 | 1 |
| 2012 | 21st | A Muse은교 | Jung Ji-woo정지우 | 1 |
| 2013 | 22nd | Snowpiercer설국열차 | Bong Joon-ho봉준호 | 1 |
| 2014 | 23rd | The Admiral: Roaring Currents명량 | Kim Han-min김한민 | 1 |
| 2015 | 24th | The Shameless무뢰한 | Oh Seung-uk오승욱 | 1 |
| 2016 | 25th | Veteran베테랑 | Ryoo Seung-wan류승완 | 1 |
| 2017 | 26th | A Taxi Driver택시운전사 | Jang Hoon장훈 | 1 |
| 2018 | 27th | The Spy Gone North공작 | Yoon Jong-bin윤종빈 | 1 |
| 2019 | 28th | Parasite기생충 | Bong Joon-ho봉준호 | 1 |
| 2020 | 29th | House of Hummingbird벌새 | Kim Bora김보라 | 1 |
| 2021 | 30th | Escape from Mogadishu모가디슈 | Ryoo Seung-wan류승완 | 1 |
| 2022 | 31st | Decision to Leave헤어질 결심 | Park Chan-wook박찬욱 | 1 |
| 2023 | 32nd | Concrete Utopia콘크리트 유토피아 | Um Tae-hwa엄태화 | 1 |
| 2024 | 33rd | Revolver리볼버 | Oh Seung-uk오승욱 | 1 |
| 2025 | 34th | House of the Seasons장손 | Oh Jung-min오정민 | 4 |
| 2026 | 35th | The World of Love세계의 주인 | Yoon Ga-eun윤가은 | 23 |
The Buil Film Awards (부일영화상) are hosted by the Busan-based newspaper Busan Ilbo; the first ceremony was in 1958.1 "Year" is the year of the ceremony and "Edition" its number. Years 1958 to 2025 are as Wikipedia's Best Film table lists them (it has no winner for any year between 1973 and 2008); DabPop could not read the organiser's site, so the 2025 winner was checked against Wikipedia's article on the 34th ceremony, which cites Daily Sports and Hankook Ilbo, and the 2026 winner against Soompi and SBS.1234 Film titles are in English as Wikipedia gives them (House of the Seasons is Jangson, 장손, in Korean); Korean titles and directors' Korean names are DabPop's, given only where it is sure of them. Wins by a director are DabPop's counts from this table.1
At the 35th Buil Film Awards on October 7, 2026 at Signiel Busan, hosted by Kim Nam-gil and Chun Woo-hee, The World of Love (세계의 주인), directed by Yoon Ga-eun (윤가은), won Best Film and Best Actress for Seo Soo-bin. Hope took the most trophies of the night, five, including Best Director for Na Hong-jin.23 SBS reports that The World of Love was released on October 22, 2025.3 Videos: [세계의 주인] 메인 예고편 (바른손이앤에이).5
The 34th ceremony was held on September 18, 2025 at Signiel Busan, again hosted by Kim Nam-gil and Chun Woo-hee. Awards were presented in 16 categories, chosen from 149 Korean films released between August 11, 2024 and July 10, 2025; Harbin had the most nominations, seven. House of the Seasons (장손), directed by Oh Jung-min (오정민), won Best Film, and Lee Byung-hun and Kim Go-eun won the acting prizes.4
At the 31st ceremony in 2022, Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심) won five awards including Best Film. At the 32nd, on October 5, 2023, Um Tae-hwa's Concrete Utopia (콘크리트 유토피아) won four, Best Film among them.1 Videos: DECISION TO LEAVE | Official Trailer | Now Streaming on MUBI (MUBI); Concrete Utopia | Official Main Trailer | INTL (Lotte Entertainment (International)).5
Wikipedia says the awards were revived after an absence of 23 years, at the 17th ceremony on October 9, 2008 at the Grand Hotel in Haeundae, Busan, as one of the highlights of the 13th Busan International Film Festival. Hong Sang-soo's Night and Day (밤과 낮) is the Best Film winner it lists for 2008. Its table has no Best Film winner between 1973 and 2008, so this archive shows none either.1
Bong Joon-ho directed three Best Film winners in the table: Mother (2009), Snowpiercer (2013) and Parasite (2019), the most of any director since 2008 (DabPop's count). Lee Chang-dong's Poetry won in 2010.1 Videos: PARASITE - Official Trailer – In Theaters 10.11.2019 (NEON).5
Ryoo Seung-wan directed two winners: Veteran (2016, the 25th ceremony) and Escape from Mogadishu (2021, the 30th). The 30th, held on October 7, 2021 at BEXCO in Busan, was the first to include over-the-top (OTT) films such as The Call and Night in Paradise.1 Videos: VETERAN Official Int'l Main Trailer (CJ ENM).5
The first ceremony was in 1958 and its Best Film was The Lost Youth, directed by Yu Hyun-mok. Yu directed six of the first 16 winners (1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1969 and 1972), more than any other director in the table (DabPop's count). Shin Sang-ok directed two: Romance Papa (1961) and The Houseguest and My Mother (1962).1