Busan International Film Festival
 The Opening Ceremony, 2009 | |
| Location | Busan, South Korea |
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| Language | International |
| Website | www.biff.kr |
| Busan International Film Festival | |
| Hangul | 부산국제영화제 |
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| Hanja | 釜山國際映畵祭 |
| Revised Romanization | Busan-Gukje-Yeonghwaje |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pusan-Kukche-Yŏnghwache |
Busan Cinema Center, the BIFF's headquarters
Busan Cinema Center
2006 BIFF Pavilion in Haeundae Beach
The Opening Film Under the Hawthorn Tree by the dir. Zhang Yimou, 2010
Handprinting, Juliette Binoche, 2010
Handprinting, Willem Dafoe, 2010
Master Class, Carlos Saura, 2010
Open Talk – Director Kim Jee-woon & Bryan Singer. 2009
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (also Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia.[1] The first festival, held from 13 to 21 September 1996, was also the first international film festival in Korea. The focus of the BIFF is introducing new films and first-time directors, especially those from Asian countries. Another notable feature is the appeal of the festival to young people, both in terms of the large youthful audience it attracts and through its efforts to develop and promote young talent. In 1999, the Pusan Promotion Plan (renamed Asian Project Market in 2011) was established to connect new directors to funding sources. The 16th BIFF in 2011 saw the festival move to a new permanent home, the Busan Cinema Center in Centum City. The Busan Cinema Center is an about USD 150 million structure designed by Austria-based architecture collective Coop Himmelblau. The about 30,000 m² Cinema Center includes a 4,000-seat outdoor theatre; four indoor screens under an LED-covered roof; media centre; archive space; and conference rooms; allowing the festival to include industry forums and educational activities.[2][3]
Contents
1 History
2 Official program sections
3 Official divisions
4 Awards
4.1 New Currents Award
4.2 Flash Forward Award
4.3 Sonje Award
4.4 BIFF Mecenat Award
4.5 Actor & Actress of the Year Award
4.6 FIPRESCI Award
4.7 NETPAC Award
4.8 Busan Cinephile Award
4.9 DGK Award
4.10 Daemyung Culture Wave Award
4.11 CGV Movie Collage Award
4.12 KNN Award (Audience Award)
4.13 Busan Bank Award (Audience Award)
4.14 Citizen Critics' Award
4.15 Vision-Director's Award
4.16 Kim Jiseok Award
4.17 KTH Award
4.18 KBS Independent Film Award
4.19 Korean Cinema Award
4.20 Asian Filmmaker of the Year
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History
1st Busan International Film Festival, 13–21 September 1996
- Films screened: 173 films from 31 countries
- Opening Film: Secrets & Lies, Mike Leigh, UK/France
- Closing Film: In Expectation, Ming Zhang, China
- Participating guests: 224 guests from 27 countries
- Total audience: 184,071
2nd Busan International Film Festival, 10–18 October 1997
- Films screened: 163 films from 33 countries
- Opening Film: Chinese Box, Wayne Wang, UK/France/USA/Japan
- Closing Film: Eighteen Springs, Ann Hui, Hong Kong-China
- Participating guests: 450 guests from 30 countries
- Total audience: 170,206
3rd Busan International Film Festival, 24 September – 1 October 1998
- Films screened: 211 films from 41 countries
- Opening Film: The Silence, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran/France
- Closing Film: Kanzo sensei, Shohei Imamura, Japan
- Participating guests: 659 guests from 25 countries
- Total audience: 192,547 (paid audiences: 174,870)
4th Busan International Film Festival, 14–23 October 1999
- Films screened: 207 films from 53 countries
- Opening Film: Peppermint Candy, Lee Chang-Dong, Korea
- Closing Film: Not One Less, Zhang Yimou, China
- Participating guests: 555 guests from 36 countries
- Total audience: 180,914
5th Busan International Film Festival, 6–14 October 2000
- Films screened: 207 films from 55 countries
- Opening Film: The Wrestlers, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, India
- Closing Film: In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong-China
- Participating guests: 3017 guests from 39 countries
- Total audience: 181,708 people
6th Busan International Film Festival, 9–17 November 2001
- Films screened: 201 films from 60 countries
- Opening Film: The Last Witness, Bae Chang-ho, Korea
- Closing Film: The Legend of Suriyothai, Chatrichalerm Yukol, Thailand
- Participating guests: 3,761 guests from 30 countries
- Total audience: 143,103 people
7th Busan International Film Festival, 14–23 November 2002
- Films screened: 226 films from 57 countries
- Opening Film: The Coast Guard, Kim Ki-duk, Korea
- Closing Film: Dolls, Kitano Takeshi, Japan
- Participating guests: 4,387 guests from 35 countries
- Total audience: 167,349 people
8th Busan International Film Festival, 2–10 October 2003
- Films screened: 243 works from 61 countries
- Opening Film: Doppelganger, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan
- Closing Film: Acacia, Park Ki-hyung, Korea
- Participating guests: 2,523 people from 44 countries
- Invited guests: 4,387 people from 50 countries (Inc. PPP& Press)
- Total audience: 165,102(paid audiences: 145,041)
9th Busan International Film Festival, 7–15 October 2004
- Films screened: Total 262 films from 63 countries
- Opening Film: 2046, Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong-China
- Closing Film: The Scarlet Letter, Daniel H. Byun, Korea
- Participating guests: Total 5,638 guests from 50 countries
- Total audience: 166,164
10th Busan International Film Festival, 6–14 October 2005
- Films screened: 307 films from 73 countries
- Opening Film: Three Times, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan
- Closing Film: Wedding Campaign, Hwang Byung-kook, Korea
- Participating guests: 6,088 from 55 countries
- Total audience: 192,970
11th Busan International Film Festival, 12–20 October 2006
- Films screened: 245 films from 63 countries
- Opening Film: Traces of Love, Kim Dae-seung, Korea
- Closing Film: Crazy Stone, Ning Hao, China/Hong Kong-China
- Participating guests: 8,321 from 51 countries (inc. ASIAN FILM MARKET & press)
- Total audience: 162,835
12th Busan International Film Festival, 4–12 October 2007
- Films Screened: 271 films from 64 countries in 770 screenings
- Opening Film: Assembly, Feng Xiaogang, China
- Closing Film: Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Japan
- Participating guests: 7,361(exc. ASIAN FILM MARKET)
- Total audience: 198,603
13th Busan International Film Festival, 2–10 October 2008
- Films screened: 315 films from 60 countries. 827 screenings.
- Opening Film: The Gift to Stalin, Rustem Abdrashev, Russia/Kazakhstan/Israel/Poland
- Closing Film: I Am Happy, Yoon Jong-chan, Korea
- Participating guests: 11,110 in total (inc. ASIAN FILM MARKET)
- Total audience: 198,818
14th Busan International Film Festival, 8–16 October 2009
- Films Screened: 355 films from 70 countries. 803 screenings.
- World Premiere: 98 Films (72 Feature Films, 26 Short Films)
- International Premiere: 46 Films (41 Feature Films, 5 Short Films)
- Opening Film: Good Morning President, Jang Jin, Korea
- Closing Film: The Message, Gao Qunshu, Chen Kuo-fu, China
- Invited Guests (exc. Asian Film Market): 8,602 in total (Guests: 6,400, Press: 2,202)
- Total audience: 173,516
15th Busan International Film Festival, 7–15 October 2010
- Films Screened: 306 films from 67 countries（101 World Premieres / 52 International Premieres）
- Screening Venue: Total of 232,851 seats and 36 screens at 6 theaters
- Opening Film: Under the Hawthorn Tree, Zhang Yimou, China
- Closing Film: Camellia, Wisit Sasanatieng, Isao Yukisada, Jang Joon-hwan, Thailand/Japan/Korea
- Participating guests: 9,367
- 3,784 from Korea
- 906 from out of Korea
- 1,651 Cinephiles
- 789 Market participants
- 2,237 Press Accreditations
- Total audience: 182,046
16th Busan International Film Festival, 6–14 October 2011
- Films Screened: 307 films from 70 countries[4]（86 World Premieres / 45 International Premieres）
- Screening Venue: Total of 235,907 seats and 36 screens at 5 theaters
- Opening Film: Always, Song Il-gon, South Korea
- Closing Film: Chronicle of My Mother, Masato Harada, Japan
- Participating guests: 11,268
- Domestic: 4,482
- International: 765
- Cinephile: 1,999
- Market: 1,080
- Busan Cinema Forum: 502
- Accredited Press: 2,440
- * Market and Forum participants include only the numbers accredited with the Badge
- Total audience: 196,177[4]
17th Busan International Film Festival, 4–13 October 2012
- Films Screened: 304 films from 75 countries（96 World Premieres / 39 International Premieres）
- Screening Venue: 37 screens at 7 theaters
- Opening Film: Cold War, Longman Leung, Sunny Luk, Hong Kong
- Closing Film: Television, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Bangladesh
- Participating guests: 11,519
- Domestic: 4,830
- International: 806
- Cinephile: 2,149
- Market: 1,098
- Busan Cinema Forum: 279
- Accredited Press: 2,357
- Total audience: 221,002
18th Busan International Film Festival, 3–12 October 2013[5]
- Films Screened: 299 films from 70 countries（94 World Premieres / 40 International Premieres）
- Screening Venue: 35 screens at 7 theaters (Market and unofficial screenings excluded)
- Opening Film: Vara: A Blessing, Khyentse Norbu, Bhutan
- Closing Film: The Dinner, Kim Dong-hyun, Korea
- Participating guests: 9,991
- Domestic: 3,423
- Foreign: 751
- Cinephile: 1,667
- Market: 1,272
- BC&F: 616
- Accredited Press: 2,262（Domestic: 1,963, Foreign:299）
- Total audience: 217,865
19th Busan International Film Festival, 2–11 October 2014[6]
- Films Screened: 312 from 79 countries（96 World Premieres / 36 International Premieres）
- Screening Venue: 33 screens at 7 theaters (Market and unofficial screenings excluded)
- Opening Film: Paradise in Service, Doze Niu Chen-Zer, Taiwan
- Closing Film: Gangster Payday, Lee Po-cheung, Hong Kong
- Participating guests: 10,173
- Domestic: 3,362
- Foreign: 775
- Cinephile: 1,429
- Market: 1,566
- BC&F: 750
- Accredited Press: 2,291
- Total audience: 226,473
20th Busan International Film Festival, 1–10 October 2015
- Films Screened: 302 from 75 countries（94 World Premieres / 31 International Premieres）
- Screening Venue: 35 screens at 6 theaters (Market and unofficial screenings excluded)
- Opening Film: Zubaan, Mozez Singh, India
- Closing Film: Mountain Cry, Larry Yang, China/United States
- Participating guests: 9,685
- Domestic: 3,226
- Foreign: 775
- Cinephile: 1,405
- Market: 1,571
- BC&F: 403
- Accredited Press: 2,325
- Total audience: 227,377
21st Busan International Film Festival, 6–15 October 2016
- Films Screened: 299 from 69 countries
- Opening Film: A Quiet Dream - Zhang Lu, Korea
- Closing Film: The Dark Wind, Hussein Hassan, Iraq/Germany/Qatar
- Participating guests: 5,759, excluding the press
- Total audience: 165,149
22nd Busan International Film Festival, 12–21 October 2017
- Films Screened: 298 from 75 countries
- Opening Film: Glass Garden - Shin Su-won, South Korea
- Closing Film: Love Education, Sylvia Chang, China/Taiwan
23rd Busan International Film Festival, 4–13 October 2018
- Films Screened: 324 from 79 countries
- Opening Film: Beautiful Days - Jéro Yun, South Korea
- Closing Film: Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy, Yuen Woo-ping, Hong Kong/China
- Total audience: 191,000
Official program sections
Gala Presentation Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, 2010
Gala Presentation Raavan & Raavanan, 2010
The Busan International Film Festival is organised in various sections:
Gala Presentation: Gala Presentation screens new master cineastes, films, and premieres.
A Window on Asian Cinema: A showcase of new and/or representative films by Asian filmmakers.
New Currents: The only international competition section featuring the first or the second feature films by future directors of Asian cinema.
Korean Cinema Today: Selected Korean feature films are shown in two sub-sections, Panorama and Vision. These two sub-sections recognise the current production trend of Korean cinema and anticipate its future.
Korean Cinema Retrospective: Revisiting the history of Korean cinema by spotlighting films of a certain notable director or films with a significant theme.
World Cinema: Presentation of new works by filmmakers along with films that help understanding the recent trends in world cinema.
Wide Angle: A section showing short films, animation, documentaries, and experimental films.
Open Cinema: outdoor screening venue where a collection of new films, combining both art and mass popularity, are shown.
Flash Forward: This section is a collection of first or second films of up-and-coming filmmakers from non-Asian countries.
Midnight Passion: films of diverse genres.
Special Programs in Focus: A retrospective and special showcase of films of a certain notable director or genre.
Official divisions
Asian Film Market
PPP(Pusan Promotion Plan) meeting
Asian Film Market: Launched in 2006 as a marketplace for the industry events at the Busan International Film Festival.
Asian Project Market (former PPP: Pusan Promotion Plan) is a pre-market.
Asian Cinema Fund: The Asian Cinema Fund is a funding program to help activate more independent film productions and to set up a stable production environment. It supports projects in various stages and categories. The 900 million won (approximately 900,000USD) Asian Cinema Fund will be used to provide support to seven projects in script development, five post-productions, and thirteen documentary films.
- The Script Development Fund is aimed at helping screenwriters complete their scripts.
- The Post-Production Fund is made possible through the support of Korean post-production companies and the Korean Film Council. With this fund, the director is invited to Korea to work on sound and DI with Korean post-production houses. It will help the director complete his or her film in 35mm.
- The Asian Network of Documentary Fund was initiated in 2002 and sponsored by six universities and corporations in the Busan region. As a part of the Busan International Film Festival, and holds master classes and clinics to stabilise the environment for documentary productions.
Asian Film Academy (AFA) is an educational program where prospective filmmakers and established directors from Asia gather to deliberate and prepare for the future of Asian cinema.
Asian Film Academy
Busan Cinema Forum (BCF) is an academic event for filmmakers and scholars, launched on 10 October 2011.[7] It aims to enhance the knowledge and support of the film industry and film aesthetics.
Awards
A number of awards are handed out each year, including:
New Currents Award
The New Currents Award is given to the two best feature films selected from the first or second works of new Asian directors introduced in the New Currents section (a competitive section of BIFF for Asian films). A grand prize of $30,000 is awarded to each film.[8]
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | In Expectation | Zhang Ming | China |
| 2 | 1997 | Motel Cactus | Park Ki-yong | South Korea |
| 3 | 1998 | Xiao Wu | Jia Zhangke | China |
| 4 | 1999 | Timeless Melody | Hiroshi Okuhara | Japan |
| 5 | 2000 | The Day I Became a Woman | Marziyeh Meshkini | Iran |
| 6 | 2001 | Flower Island | Song Il-gon | South Korea |
| 7 | 2002 | Jealousy Is My Middle Name | Park Chan-ok | South Korea |
| The Rite... A Passion | K.N.T. Sastry | India | ||
| 8 | 2003 | The Missing | Lee Kang-sheng | Taiwan |
| Tiny Snowflakes | Alireza Amini | Iran | ||
| 9 | 2004 | This Charming Girl | Lee Yun-ki | South Korea |
| 10 | 2005 | Grain in Ear | Zhang Lu | China |
| 11 | 2006 | Betelnut | Heng Yang | China |
| Love Conquers All | Tan Chui Mui | Malaysia | ||
| 12 | 2007 | Wonderful Town | Aditya Assarat | Thailand |
| Life Track | Guang Hao Jin | China/Korea | ||
| Flower in the Pocket | Liew Seng Tat | Malaysia | ||
| 13 | 2008 | Land of Scarecrows | Roh Gyeong-tae | South Korea |
| Naked of Defenses | Masahide Ichii | Japan | ||
| 14 | 2009 | Kick Off | Shawkat Amin Korki | Iraq/Japan |
| I'm in Trouble | So Sang-min | South Korea | ||
| 15 | 2010 | The Journals of Musan | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
| Bleak Night | Yoon Sung-hyun | South Korea | ||
| 16 | 2011 | Mourning | Morteza Farshbaf | Iran |
| Nino | Loy Arcenas | Philippines | ||
| 17 | 2012 | 36 | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Thailand |
| Kayan | Maryam Najafi | Lebanon/Canada | ||
| 18 | 2013 | Pascha | Ahn Sun-kyoung | South Korea |
| Remote Control | Byamba Sakhya | Mongolia/Germany | ||
| 19 | 2014 | End of Winter | Kim Dae-hwan | South Korea |
| 20 | 2015 | Immortal | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| Walnut Tree | Yerlan Nurmukhambetov | Kazakhstan | ||
| 21 | 2016 | The Donor | Zang Qiwu | China |
| Knife in the Clear Water | Wang Xuebo | China | ||
| 22 | 2017 | After My Death | Kim Ui-seok | Korea |
| Blockage | Mohsen Gharaei | Iran | ||
| 23 | 2018 | Clean Up | Kwon Man-ki | South Korea |
| Savage | Cui Siwei | China |
Flash Forward Award
Newly created in 2009, the USD 30,000 award is given to the best film among those screened in the competing section, Flash Forward.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 2009 | Last Cowboy Standing | Zaida Bergroth | Finland/Germany |
| 15 | 2010 | Pure | Lisa Langseth | Sweden |
| 16 | 2011 | LA-BAS - A Criminal Education | Guido Lombardi | Italy |
| 17 | 2012 | Flower Buds | Zdeněk Jirasky | Czech Republic |
Sonje Award
A KRW 20,000,000 (US$17,000) award given to the Korean and Asian director of the best short film (1996, 1997, 2008–present).
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | Arrival of the Train | Andrej Sheleznjakov | Russia |
| 2 | 1997 | The Saltmen of Tibet | Ulrike Koch | Switzerland |
| 3 | 1998 | Lachrymal | Lim Chang-jae | South Korea |
| Heavy | Park Chan-ok | South Korea | ||
| 4 | 1999 | 28 October 1979, A Sunny Sunday | Kwon Jong-kwan | South Korea |
| 5 | 2000 | Bardo | Yoon Young-ho | South Korea |
| 6 | 2001 | Siam Hard Romance | Kim Jeong-gu | South Korea |
| 7 | 2002 | Chapter Two: How to Breathe | Lee Hyung-suk | South Korea |
| 8 | 2003 | The Spring and the Delight | Park Jung-seon | South Korea |
| The Third Tongue | Son Kwang-ju | South Korea | ||
| 9 | 2004 | Punk Eek | Son Kwang-ju | South Korea |
| Gold Fish | Park Shin-woo | South Korea | ||
| 10 | 2005 | Tea & Poison | Joung Yong-ju | South Korea |
| A Bowl of Tea | Kim Young-nam | South Korea | ||
| 11 | 2006 | Portfolio | Yoon Seong-ho | South Korea |
| The Wind Stirs | Lee Jin-woo | South Korea | ||
| 12 | 2007 | Woong's Story | Lee Ha-song | South Korea |
| A Man Under the Influenza | Jung July | South Korea | ||
| 13 | 2008 | Andong | Rommel Tolentino | Philippines |
| Girl | Hong Sung-hoon | South Korea | ||
| 14 | 2009 | Somewhere Unreached | Kim Jae-won | South Korea |
| Rare Fish | Basil Mironer | Singapore/Indonesia | ||
| 15 | 2010 | Broken Night | Yang Hyo-joo | South Korea |
| Inhalation | Edmund Yeo | Malaysia/Japan | ||
| 16 | 2011 | See You Tomorrow | Lee Woo-jung | South Korea |
| Thug Beram | Venkat Amudhan | India | ||
| 17 | 2012 | The Night of The Witness | Park Buem | South Korea |
| A Little Farther | Nikan Nezami | Iran | ||
| 18 | 2013 | A Lady Caddy Who Never Saw a Hole in One | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
| In the Summer | Son Tae-gyum | South Korea | ||
| 19 | 2014 | Stairway | Matt Wu | Taiwan |
| The Night | Choi Ki-yun | South Korea | ||
| 20 | 2015 | Nia's Door | Lau Kek Huat | Taiwan |
| Shame Diary | Lee Eun-jeong | South Korea | ||
| 21 | 2016 | Off-season | Yelzat Eskendir | Kazakhstan |
| Viewer | Kim So-youn | South Korea | ||
| 22 | 2017 | A Hand-written Poster | Kwak Eun-mi | South Korea |
| Madonna | Sinung Winahyoko | Indonesia | ||
| 23 | 2018 | Cat Day Afternoon | Kwon Sung-mo | South Korea |
| Nooreh | Ashish Pandey | India |
BIFF Mecenat Award
A KRW 10,000,000 (US$8,500) award given to the best Korean and Asian (from 2008) documentary film directors.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | Wind Echoing in My Being | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea |
| 2 | 1997 | The Six Day Fight in Myong Dong Cathedral | Kim Dong-won | South Korea |
| 3 | 1998 | Reclaiming Our Names | Hong Hyung-sook | South Korea |
| 4 | 1999 | My Own Breathing | Byun Young-joo | South Korea |
| Mindullae | Choi Ha Dong-ha, Lee Jeong-soon | South Korea | ||
| 5 | 2000 | Sky-Blue Hometown | Kim So-young | South Korea |
| 6 | 2001 | Farewell | Hwang Yun | South Korea |
| 7 | 2002 | On the Right Track | Lee Ji-young | South Korea |
| Mudang: Reconciliation Between the Living and the Dead | Park Ki-bok | South Korea | ||
| 8 | 2003 | And Thereafter | Lee Ho-sup | South Korea |
| 9 | 2004 | What Do People Live For? | Lee Jeong-soon | South Korea |
| 10 | 2005 | Coreen 2495 | Ha Joon-so | South Korea |
| Annyoung Sayonara | Kim Tae-il, Kumiko Katō | South Korea | ||
| 11 | 2006 | Our School | Kim Myeong-joon | South Korea |
| People Crossing the River | Kim Duk-chul | South Korea | ||
| 12 | 2007 | Grandmother's Flower | Moon Jung-hyun | South Korea |
| 13 | 2008 | Mental | Kazuhiro Soda | Japan |
| Old Partner | Lee Chung-ryoul | South Korea | ||
| 14 | 2009 | Earth's Woman | Kwon Woo-jung | South Korea |
| The Other Song | Saba Dewan | India | ||
| 15 | 2010 | Miracle on Jongno Street | Lee Hyuk-sang | South Korea |
| New Castle | Guo Hengqi | China | ||
| 16 | 2011 | Sea of Butterfly | Park Bae-il | South Korea |
| Shoji & Takao | Ide Yoko | Japan | ||
| 17 | 2012 | Anxiety | Min Hwan-ki | South Korea |
| Embers | Tamara Stepanyan | Lebanon/Qatar/Armenia | ||
| 18 | 2013 | Jalanan ("Streetside") | Daniel Ziv | Indonesia |
| Non-fiction Diary | Jung Yoon-suk | South Korea | ||
| 19 | 2014 | Collapse | Mun Jeong-hyun, Lee Won-woo | South Korea |
| The Storm Makers | Guillaume Suon | Cambodia | ||
| 20 | 2015 | Boys Run | Kang Seok-pil | South Korea |
| Look Love | Ye Yun | China | ||
| 21 | 2016 | The Crescent Rising | Sheron Dayoc | Philippines |
| Neighborhood | Sung Seung-taek | South Korea | ||
| 22 | 2017 | Soseongri | Park Bae-il | South Korea |
| Sennan Asbestos Disaster | Kazuo Hara | Japan | ||
| 23 | 2018 | Army | Kelvin Park Kyung-kun | South Korea |
| Opening Closing Forgetting | James T. Hong | Taiwan |
Actor & Actress of the Year Award
Newly created in 2014, Actor & Actress of the Year is the award to focus on first time actor and an actress in an independent Korean film among the New Currents and Korean Cinema Today Vision section. One top Korean actor and actress select one actor and one actress, will be awarded at the closing ceremony. Winners will be awarded 5,000,000 KRW (approx. 5,000 USD) each.
| No. | Year | Actor | Film | Country | Actress | Film | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 2014 | Choi Woo-shik | Set Me Free | South Korea | Cho Soo-hyang | Wild Flowers | South Korea |
| 20 | 2015 | Lee Ju-won | ALONE | South Korea | Sun Jang | Communication & Lies | South Korea |
| 21 | 2016 | Koo Kyo-hwan | Jane | South Korea | Lee Min-ji | Jane | South Korea |
| 22 | 2017 | Park Jong-hwan | Hit the Night | South Korea | Jeon Yeobeen | After My Death | South Korea |
| 23 | 2018 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Choi Hee-seo Lee Joo-young | Our Body Maggie | South Korea |
FIPRESCI Award
Given by the International Federation of Film Critics from the entries in the New Currents section.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1997 | Made in Hong Kong | Fruit Chan | Hong Kong, China |
| 3 | 1998 | Ikinai | Hiroshi Shimizu | Japan |
| 4 | 1999 | The Cup | Khyentse Norbu | Bhutan |
| 5 | 2000 | Sunflower | Yukisada Isao | Japan |
| 6 | 2001 | Flower Island | Song Il-gon | South Korea |
| One Fine Spring Day | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea | ||
| 7 | 2002 | Too Young to Die | Park Jin-pyo | South Korea |
| 8 | 2003 | Deep Breath | Parviz Shahbazi | Iran |
| 9 | 2004 | Soap Opera | Wuershan | China |
| 10 | 2005 | The Unforgiven | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea |
| 11 | 2006 | Love Conquers All | Tan Chui Mui | Malaysia |
| 12 | 2007 | The Red Awn | Cai Shangjun | China |
| 13 | 2008 | Jalainur | Ye Zhao | China |
| 14 | 2009 | Kick Off | Shawkat Amin Korki | Iraq/Japan |
| 15 | 2010 | The Journals of Musan | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
| 16 | 2011 | Mourning | Morteza Farshbaf | Iran |
| 17 | 2012 | 36 | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Thailand |
| 18 | 2013 | 10 Minutes | Lee Yong-seung | South Korea |
| 19 | 2014 | What's the Time in Your World? | Safi Yazdanian | Iran |
| 20 | 2015 | Immortal | Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| 21 | 2016 | White Ant | Chu Hsien-che | Taiwan |
| 22 | 2017 | Last Child | Shin Dong-seok | South Korea |
| 23 | 2018 | The Red Phallus | Tashi Gyeltshen | Bhutan/Germany/Nepal |
NETPAC Award
Awarded to the best Korean film from either New Currents and Korean Cinema Today sections
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | Three Friends | Yim Soon-rye | South Korea |
| 2 | 1997 | Timeless, Bottomless Bad Movie | Jang Sun-woo | South Korea |
| 3 | 1998 | The Power of Kangwon Province | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 4 | 1999 | The Bird Who Stops in the Air | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea |
| 5 | 2000 | Chunhyang | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| 6 | 2001 | Take Care of My Cat | Jeong Jae-eun | South Korea |
| 7 | 2002 | Road Movie | Kim In-sik | South Korea |
| 8 | 2003 | Untold Scandal | E J-yong | South Korea |
| 9 | 2004 | 3-Iron | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| 10 | 2005 | The Unforgiven | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea |
| 11 | 2006 | The Last Dining Table | Roh Gyeong-tae | South Korea |
| 12 | 2007 | Hello Stranger | Kim Dong-hyun | South Korea |
| With a Girl of Black Soil | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea | ||
| 13 | 2008 | Members of the Funeral | Baek Seung-bin | South Korea |
| Treeless Mountain | Kim So-yong | South Korea | ||
| 14 | 2009 | Paju | Park Chan-ok | South Korea |
| 15 | 2010 | Dooman River | Zhang Lu | China |
| 16 | 2011 | The King of Pigs | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea |
| 17 | 2012 | Jiseul | O Muel | South Korea |
| 18 | 2013 | Shuttlecock | Lee Yu-bin | South Korea |
| 19 | 2014 | Socialphobia | Hong Seok-jae | South Korea |
| 20 | 2015 | Communication & Lies | Lee Seung-won | South Korea |
| 21 | 2016 | Merry Christmas Mr. Mo | Lim Dae-hyung | South Korea |
| 22 | 2017 | February | Kim Joong-hyun | South Korea |
| 23 | 2018 | House of Hummingbird | Kim Bo-ra | South Korea |
Busan Cinephile Award
This award is given to the best world documentary film presented in the Wide Angle Documentary Showcase. The winner is awarded 5,000,000KRW (approx. 5,000 USD). The jury consists of college students, including 70 students from the cinema-related departments of 7 universities in Busan region.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2011 | The Twin | Gustav Danielsson | Sweden |
| 17 | 2012 | 5 Broken Cameras | Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi | Palestine/Israel/ France/Netherlands |
| 18 | 2013 | Father’s Garden – The Love of My Parents | Peter Liechti | Switzerland |
| 19 | 2014 | The Look of Silence | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark |
| 20 | 2015 | The Other Side | Roberto Minervini | Italy/France |
| 21 | 2016 | The Apology | Tiffany Hsiung | Canada |
| 22 | 2017 | A Free Man | Andreas Hartmann | Germany/Japan |
| 23 | 2018 | Bruce Lee and the Outlaw | Joost Vandebrug | United Kingdom/Netherlands/ Czech Republic |
DGK Award
| No. | Year | Recipient | Category | Film | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2011 | Yeon Sang-ho | Director | The King of Pigs | South Korea |
| Ha Hyun-kwan | Actor | Beautiful Miss Jin | South Korea | ||
| Han Song-hee, Hwang Jung-min | Actress | Jesus Hospital | South Korea | ||
| 17 | 2012 | O Muel | Director | Jiseul | South Korea |
| Shin Yeon-shick | The Russian Novel | South Korea | |||
| Shim Hee-sub, Ahn Jae-hong, Kim Chang-hwan | Actor | Sunshine Boys | South Korea | ||
| Jang Young-nam | Actress | Azooma | South Korea |
DGK Award goes to two most outstanding Korean films from Korean Cinema Today-Vision section with grant of KRW 5,000,000(approx. USD 5,000) for each winner, which is sponsored by MEGABOX. Boycotted by the Director's Guild of Korea in 2016 and 2017, the award was reinstated in 2018.[9]
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 2014 | A Midsummer's Fantasia | Jang Kun-jae | South Korea |
| Socialphobia | Hong Seok-jae | South Korea | ||
| 20 | 2015 | The Boys Who Cried Wolf | Kim Jin-hwang | South Korea |
| Eyelids | O Muel | South Korea | ||
| 23 | 2018 | Bori | Kim Jin-yu | South Korea |
| Sub-zero Wind | Kim Yu-ri | South Korea |
Daemyung Culture Wave Award
Newly created in 2014, it is co-sponsored by Daemyung Holdings to expand the opportunity of the Korean independent films, it is established to award the film from the Korean Cinema Today-Vision and New Currents with prized of 20,000,000 KRW (approx. 20,000 USD) and distribution support.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 2014 | The Liar | Kim Dong-myung | South Korea |
| 20 | 2015 | Overman | Seo Eun-young | South Korea |
| 21 | 2016 | Yongsoon | Shin Joon | South Korea |
CGV Movie Collage Award
This award was newly created in 2011 in collaboration with CJ CGV Arthouse to shed new light on the Korean Cinema Today Vision section. The award aims to provide independent films, indie films, new films, and low budget films with distribution and screening opportunities.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2011 | The King of Pigs | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea |
| 17 | 2012 | Jiseul | O Muel | South Korea |
| 18 | 2013 | Han Gong-ju | Lee Su-jin | South Korea |
| 19 | 2014 | A Matter of Interpretation | Lee Kwang-kuk | South Korea |
| 20 | 2015 | Eyelids | O Muel | South Korea |
| 21 | 2016 | Jane | Cho Hyun-hoon | South Korea |
| 22 | 2017 | Microhabitat | Jeon Go-woon | South Korea |
| 23 | 2018 | Maggie | Yi Ok-seop | South Korea |
KNN Award (Audience Award)
Awarded by the KNN Foundation to a film from the New Currents section selected by audiences with a $20,000 award for the director.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1998 | April Story | Iwai Shunji | Japan |
| 4 | 1999 | Gemini | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| 5 | 2000 | Die Bad | Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea |
| 6 | 2001 | Flower Island | Song Il-gon | South Korea |
| 7 | 2002 | Too Young to Die | Park Jin-pyo | South Korea |
| 8 | 2003 | The Road Taken | Hong Ki-sun | South Korea |
| Osama | Siddiq Barmak | Afghanistan | ||
| 9 | 2004 | Survive Style 5+ | Gen Sekiguchi | Japan |
| 10 | 2005 | The Unforgiven | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea |
| 11 | 2006 | The White Silk Dress | Luu Huynh | Vietnam |
| 12 | 2007 | Flower in the Pocket | Liew Seng Tat | Malaysia |
| 13 | 2008 | 100 | Chris Martinez | Philippines |
| 14 | 2009 | Lan | Jiang Wenli | China |
| 15 | 2010 | My Spectacular Theatre | Lu Yang | China |
| 16 | 2011 | Watch Indian Circus | Mangesh Hadawale | India |
| 17 | 2012 | Touch of the Light | Chang Jung-Chi | Taiwan |
| 18 | 2013 | 10 Minutes | Lee Yong-seung | South Korea |
| 19 | 2014 | Ghadi | Amin Dora | Lebanon |
| 20 | 2015 | Radio Set | Hari Viswanath | India |
| 21 | 2016 | In Between Seasons | Lee Dong-eun | South Korea |
| 22 | 2017 | End of Summer | Zhou Quan | China |
Busan Bank Award (Audience Award)
Created in 2013, this award is given to the film that is most highly rated by festival audiences. Approximately 10 films from the Flash Forward section are selected beforehand to participate in this competition. A total of 20,000 USD is granted by the BNK Busan Bank. 10,000 USD is awarded to the director and the other half is used to support the distribution of the film in Korea.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 2013 | Home | Maximilian Hult | Sweden/Iceland |
| 19 | 2014 | The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime | Sebastián Schindel | Argentina |
| 20 | 2015 | Highway to Hellas | Aron Lehmann | Germany |
| 21 | 2016 | Night of a 1000 Hours | Virgil Widrich | Luxembourg/Austria/Netherlands |
| 22 | 2017 | Pulse | Stevie Cruz-Martin | Australia |
Citizen Critics' Award
Citizen critics from the Busan Cinematheque choose the best film from those screened in the Korean Cinema Today-Vision section and its director is granted the award. The winner is awarded 10,000,000 KRW (approx. 10,000 USD) with the purpose of assisting in their next production.
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2011 | Romance Joe | Lee Kwang-kuk | South Korea |
| 17 | 2012 | Jiseul | O Muel | South Korea |
| 18 | 2013 | Han Gong-ju | Lee Su-jin | South Korea |
| Shuttlecock | Lee Yu-bin | South Korea | ||
| 19 | 2014 | Set Me Free | Kim Tae-yong | South Korea |
| 20 | 2015 | ALONE | Park Hong-min | South Korea |
| 21 | 2016 | Jamsil | Lee Wan-min | South Korea |
| 22 | 2017 | Possible Faces | Lee Kang-hyun | South Korea |
| 23 | 2018 | Maggie | Yi Ok-seop | South Korea |
Vision-Director's Award
Newly created in 2016, this award is given to two promising directors of newly produced independent films in the Korean Cinema Today-Vision section, who have shown the most outstanding production skills. The winner gets a cash prize reward of 5,000 USD sponsored by MEGABOX.
| No. | Year | Director | Film | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 2016 | Jang Woo-jin[10] | Autumn, Autumn | South Korea |
| Ahn Seon-kyoung | Hyeon's Quartet | South Korea | ||
| 22 | 2017 | Kim Joong-hyun | February | South Korea |
| Jeong Ga-young | Hit the Night | South Korea |
Kim Jiseok Award
Launched by BIFF in 2017 to remember and honor the late Kim Ji-seok who died in May 2017. Kim was a founding member of the BIFF who devoted his whole life to discovering young Asian directors and supporting the growth of Asian cinema. He took an essential role to establish BIFF as one of the world's best film festivals.[11]
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 2017 | Malila: The Farewell Flower | Anucha Boonyawatana | Thailand |
| The Scythian Lamb | Daihachi Yoshida | Japan | ||
| 23 | 2018 | The Rib | Zhang Wei | China |
| Rona, Azim's Mother | Jamshid Mahmoudi | Taiwan |
KTH Award
Newly created in 2018 to promote Korean independent films, KTH, a renowned film investor and digital content distributor, will select two Korean films from the Korean Cinema Today–Vision and the New Currents section. The winners will receive the KTH Award and a cash prize of 10,000,000 KRW (approx. 9,000 USD).[9]
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 2018 | Clean up | Kwon Man-ki | South Korea |
| A Boy and Sungreen | Ahn Ju-young | Taiwan |
KBS Independent Film Award
Newly created in 2018 to promote Korean independent films, Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), which broadcasts independent films KBS Independent Cinema, will select one best film from the Korean Cinema Today–Vision and the New Currents section. The winner will receive a cash prize of 10,000,000 KRW (approx. 9,000 USD) and the award-winning film will be screened on KBS Independent Cinema within one year after release with a separate broadcasting rights contract from the award.[9]
| No. | Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 2018 | Maggie | Yi Ok-seop | South Korea |
Korean Cinema Award
Given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in promoting Korean Cinema to the World Film Community.
| No. | Year | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | Adriano Apra | Italy |
| Tony Rayns | UK | ||
| Alain Jalladeau | France | ||
| Ulrich Gregor | Germany | ||
| Larry Kadish | USA | ||
| Ancha Flubacher-Rhim | Switzerland | ||
| Simon Field | UK | ||
| 2 | 1997 | Aruna Vasudev | India |
| Sato Tadao | Japan | ||
| 3 | 1998 | Gilles Jacob | France |
| Moritz de Hadeln | Germany | ||
| 4 | 1999 | Serge Losique | Canada |
| Lee Young-il | South Korea | ||
| 5 | 2000 | Martin & Anna Louisa Girod | Switzerland |
| 6 | 2001 | Eva Zaoralová | Czech Republic |
| 7 | 2002 | Alain Patel | France |
| 8 | 2003 | Park Byoung-yang | Japan |
| Lee Bong-ou | Japan | ||
| 9 | 2004 | Yano Kazuyki | Japan |
| Phillip Cheah | Singapore | ||
| 10 | 2005 | Dieter Kosslick | Germany |
| Thierry Fremaux | France | ||
| 11 | 2006 | Martial Knaebell | Switzerland |
| Terawaki Ken | Japan | ||
| 12 | 2007 | Sabrina Baracetti | Italy |
| Jean-Francois Rauger | France | ||
| 13 | 2008 | Richard Pena | USA |
| 14 | 2009 | Riccardo Gelli | Italy |
| Jeannette Paulson Hereniko | USA | ||
| 15 | 2010 | Bruno Barde | France |
| 16 | 2011 | Julietta Sichel | Czech Republic |
| 17 | 2012 | Hayashi Kanako | Japan |
| 18 | 2013 | Charles Tesson | France |
| 19 | 2014 | Corinne Siegrist-Oboussier | Switzerland |
| 20 | 2015 | Wieland Speck | German |
| 21 | 2016 | Laurence Herszberg | France |
| 22 | 2017 | Christoph Terhechte | Germany |
| 23 | 2018 | Martine Thérouanne | France |
| Jean-Marc Thérouanne | France |
Asian Filmmaker of the Year
Tsai Ming-liang, Asian Filmmaker of the Year, Pusan International Film Festival 2010
Given to an Asian filmmaker with the most outstanding activity in improving and developing Asian Film Industry and Culture.
| No. | Year | Name | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2003 | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| 9 | 2004 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| 10 | 2005 | NHK | Japan |
| 11 | 2006 | Andy Lau | Hong Kong |
| 12 | 2007 | Edward Yang (1947–2007) | Taiwan |
| 13 | 2008 | Gulnara Sarsenova | Kazakhstan |
| 14 | 2009 | Yash Chopra | India[12] |
| 15 | 2010 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| 16 | 2011 | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong |
| 17 | 2012 | Kōji Wakamatsu | Japan |
| 18 | 2013 | Rithy Panh | Cambodia |
| 19 | 2014 | Ann Hui | Hong Kong |
| 20 | 2015 | Studio Ghibli | Japan |
| 21 | 2016 | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| 22 | 2017 | Seijun Suzuki | Japan |
| 23 | 2018 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Japan[13] |
See also
- List of film festivals in South Korea
Busan
- Haeundae-gu, Busan
- Cinema of Korea
Busan One Asia Festival (BOF)- Busan International Comedy Festival
- Busan International Fireworks Festival
- Contemporary culture of South Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
- Jalanan
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