2017 BIFF opens in cold & rain weather.

It started raining in the morning and raindrops became heavier in the afternoon. The weather was colder than usual. Kang Soo-yeon, the chairman of the executive committee said, "No matter what the situation may be, the festival will be still go on as usual." The weather has never been a problem for the Busan Film Festival, which has been experiencing all kinds of problems for the last three years. 'Busan City'- Busan has become a 'movie city' in the Fall of this year.

The 22nd Busan International Film Festival opened at the Haeundae-gu  outdoor theatre on the afternoon of the 12th October. A total of 300 films from 75 countries, including Shin Su Won's "Glass Garden" and the closing film "Love Education" by Sylvia Chang.

The opening ceremony started with a red carpet event. In the early days of the event seemed to be empty and eerie in the audience, but after about 30 minutes, more than 5500 outdoor stadiums were filled the crowd and made the audience felt the enthusiasm for the Busan ​​Film Festival.

Movie buffs and fans were welcomed with great cheers whenever the celebrities appear, bringing the atmosphere of the opening ceremony. South Korean actors stepped on a red carpet, and Yu Aoi, Kawase Naomi, Jean Pierre Leo, Nakayama Miho, Hou Hsiao Sien, Oliver Stone, and others including Ahn Sung Ki, Sohn Ye Jin, Moon Soo-ri, Jo Jin Woong, Yoon Gye Sang, Song Il Kook, Lee Jung Jin, Kim Rae Won, The filmmakers also walked the red carpet and greeted each other with the audience. The number of filmmakers who stepped on the red carpet was about 200 more than last year.
                            

At the end of the red carpet events, PD Shin Woo-won, Moon Geun-young, Kim Tae-hoon, Seo Tae-hwa and the chairman Kim Dong-ho and the chairman Kang Su-yeon were at the opening ceremony for the premiere movie "Glass Garden".

The full-scale opening ceremony was officiated by actor Jang Dong Gun and Girls' Generation Im Yoona.