31st Busan International Film Festival: Neighborhood BIFF Screening of 'People and Fish' at the National Assembly Cultural Theater

The 31st Busan International Film Festival runs 6 to 15 October 2026. Tickets sell online in two rounds, 17 and 21 September at 14:00 Korean time, through a separate non-resident booking site that needs only an email. General screenings are 10,000 won, two per screening code, refundable up to an hour before. Checked on the festival's own pages, 16 September 2026.

The KTX now runs Seoul to Busan for 54,400 won after the September 2026 fare cut. Two days covers both faces of the city — the hillside village and cliffs in the west, the beaches and towers in the east — and this October stacks a film festival, a rock festival and fireworks.

Chuseok holidays are 24–26 September 2026. Seoul does not shut entirely — here is a shortlist from the live calendar for 19–27 September, with free/paid notes, one gotcha each, and links out if you would rather leave town. Checked 18 September 2026.