Busan Cinema Center

{{Short description|Movie complex in Busan, South Korea}} {{Infobox venue | name = Busan Cinema Center | native_name = 영화의전당 | native_name_lang =  ko | image = File:Busan Cinema Center BIFF 2023.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | address = 120 Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu | city = [[Busan]] | country = South Korea | designation = | architect = [[Coop Himmelb(l)au]] | owner = Busan Metropolitan City | tenant = | operator = Busan Cinema Center | capacity = BIFF Theater: 4,000 Haneulyeon Theater: 841 Cinema I: 413 Cinema II: 212 Cinematheque: 212 | type = Cinemas, theaters, concert halls, etc. | opened = September 29, 2011 | reopened = | years_active = | rebuilt = | closed = | demolished = | other_names = | production = | current_use = | website = https://www.dureraum.org/bccen/main/main.do }} {{Infobox Korean name |hangul=영화의전당 |hanja ={{linktext|映|畫}}의{{linktext|殿|堂}} |rr=Yeonghwaui-Jeondang |mr=Yŏnghwaŭi-Chŏndang }} The '''Busan Cinema Center''' ({{Korean|hangul=영화의전당}}), also called '''Dureraum''' ({{Korean|hangul=두레라움|labels=no|lit=enjoying seeing movies together}}), is the official venue of the [[Busan International Film Festival]] (BIFF), located in Centum City, [[Busan]], South Korea. The about US$150 million (KRW 167.85 [[billion]]) center opened on September 29, 2011, almost three years after construction began.<ref name=opening>{{cite web |last=Il-sun |first=Yun |title=BIFF '영화의 전당'시대 개막 |url=http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2011092920133198455&outlink=1 |publisher=MoneyToday |access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref>

The building won the International Architecture Award and the [[Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award|Chicago Athenaeum]] in 2007. {{As of|2013|07}}, it has the [[Guinness World Record]] for the longest [[cantilever]] roof.<ref name=Guinness>{{cite web|title=Longest cantilever roof |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/11000/longest-cantilever-roof|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref> The center was designed by the Austrian architectural design firm [[Coop Himmelb(l)au]] and constructed by [[Hanjin Heavy Industries]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Busan Cinema Center |url=https://www.world-architects.com/en/coop-himmelb-l-au-vienna/project/busan-cinema-center |website=World Architects |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="detail" />

== Facilities == The center comprises three buildings (Cine Mountain, Biff Hill, and Double Cone), Biff Theater (an outdoor theater) with the Small Roof, and Dureraum Square with the Big Roof. The Busan Cinema Center, built on a 32,137 m2 plot, occupies 54,335 m2 of performance, dining, entertainment, and administrative space.<ref name=openning1>{{cite web|last=Shin|first=Jeong-hun|title='비상의 꿈, 세계를 열다' 영화의 전당 개관 |url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2011/09/29/0200000000AKR20110929153100051.HTML |publisher=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=hanjin>{{cite web|title=한진중공업, 첨단공법으로 [영화의 전당] 개관|url=http://www.hanjinsc.com/pr/media/media_view.aspx?noticeID=230|publisher=Hanjin Heavy Industris & Construction Co., LTd.|access-date=17 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041723/http://www.hanjinsc.com/pr/media/media_view.aspx?noticeID=230|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The center has two steel roofs. The Big Roof is 163 m long x 60 m wide with an 85 m cantilever portion and weighs 6,376 (metric) tons. The Small Roof covering the outdoor theater BIFF Theater has a span of 70 m and an area of 66 m x 100 to 120 m and weighs 1,236 (metric) tons.<ref name="Guinness" /> The Big Roof is the longest cantilever roof certified by [[Guinness World Records]].<ref name="Guinness" /> The ceilings of the Big and Small Roofs are clad with 23,910 and 18,690 LED lights, respectively.<ref name=detail>{{cite web|last=Shim|first=Eun-jeong|title=[탐방] 부산영상센터 85m 세계 최장의 캔틸레버 ‘영화의 전당’|url=http://ghs.thesome.com/?doc=news/read.htm&ns_id=9291|publisher=건축사 신문|access-date=18 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718062146/http://ghs.thesome.com/?doc=news/read.htm&ns_id=9291#|archive-date=2013-07-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> <gallery widths="200px"> BIFF 21 - 2016.jpg|Busan Cinema Center entrance in 2014 Busan Cinema Center.jpg|Busan Cinema Center features the longest cantilever roof in the world BIFF 2023 opening night.jpg|Busan Cinema Center during BIFF 2023 Busan Centum City Night.jpg|Busan Cinema Center from across the Suyeong River </gallery>

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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.dureraum.org/english/Main.html}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Haeundae District]] [[Category:Culture of Busan]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Busan]] [[Category:Theatres in South Korea]] [[Category:Concert halls in South Korea]] [[Category:Theatres completed in 2011]] [[Category:2011 establishments in South Korea]]