Busan Cinema Center

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An 85-metre unsupported cantilever roof covered in LEDs — home of the Busan film festival.

The Busan Cinema Center has one detail that makes every engineer look up: an enormous roof cantilevering eighty-five metres with no column under its tip, its underside carrying tens of thousands of LEDs that run animations each night. Beneath it is an outdoor plaza seating more than four thousand, where the Busan International Film Festival — the largest in Asia — opens each October. Outside festival season it screens independent and classic films all year at low prices, and there are always skateboarders on the plaza.

Visitor information

When is the best time to visit Busan Cinema Center?

October for the festival, year-round otherwise

How much does it cost to visit Busan Cinema Center?

Plaza free

How long do you need at Busan Cinema Center?

1–2 hours

What are the opening hours of Busan Cinema Center?

Plaza all day, cinemas by screening schedule

Did you know

Opened in 2011, designed by the practice Coop Himmelb(l)au.
The roof cantilevers about 85m with no column at its tip.
Its underside carries more than 40,000 LEDs that play a show each evening.
It is the main venue of the Busan International Film Festival each October.

Travel tips

Arrive after 7pm for the roof light show.
Tickets in the centre's own cinemas are cheaper than commercial chains.
The area is very busy during the October festival.

Source: https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/

Updated: 2026-08-05