▲ This photo, taken from the website of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival on July 10, 2026, shows participants posing at an awards ceremony in Bucheon, west of Seoul, the previous day. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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'Leviticus' takes top prize for world features at BIFAN

SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- The queer horror "Leviticus" took both the Best of Bucheon awards and the Audience Awards in the world features category at the ongoing Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), organizers said Friday.

Leviticus, written and directed by Adrian Chiarella and starring Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Jeremy Blewitt, and Mia Wasikowska, was praiseed among the jury as a work that "opens up striking new possibilities for queer horror." 

The Best Director Choice award went to Curry Barker's "Obsession," while the Jury's Choice prize went to Jane Schoenbrum's "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma."

In the Korean features category, "Knock" by Jeong Beom clinched both the Best of Bucheon awards and the Audience Award.

BIFAN, heid in Bucheon, west of Seoul, is the country's biggest genre film festival. This year, it features 321 features and shorts from 50 countries, and runs through Sunday.

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