13th Busan International Film Festival explained
The 13th Pusan International Film Festival took place on October 2 to 10, 2008 in Busan, South Korea. A total of 315 films from 60 countries were screened at the festival.[1]
The event opened with The Gift to Stalin by Kazakh director Rustem Abdrashev.[2] South Korean Yoon Jong-chan's I Am Happy closed the festival.[3] The event held 827 screenings and was attended by 198,818 people.[4]
Juries
New Currents
BIFF Mecenat Award
Sonje Award
- Kim-Jho Gwangsoo, Korean film producer
- Roger Gonin, French director
- Calida Uabumrungjit, Thai project director
NETPAC Award
FIPRESCI Award
- Elise Domenach, French film critic
- Hynek Pallas, Swedish film critic
- Dubravka Lakić, Serbian film critic
- Bitopan Borborah Rinju, Indian film critic
- Shin Kang-ho, South Korean film critic
Official selection
Opening and closing films
Gala Presentation
A Window on Asian Cinema
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| 12 Lotus | Royston Tan | Singapore |
| Adela | Adolfo Alix Jr. | Philippines |
| All Around Us | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi | Japan |
| Among the Clouds | Rouhollah Hejazi | Iran |
| Baby Angelo | Joel Ruiz | Philippines |
| Be Calm and Count to Seven | Ramtin Lavati | Iran |
| Cape No. 7 | Wei Te-sheng | Taiwan |
| Captain Abu Raed | Amin Matalqa | Jordan |
| Child by Children | Kôji Hagiuda | Japan |
| Confessional | Jerrold Tarog, Ruel Dahis Antipuesto | Philippines |
| The Convert | Yasmin Ahmad | Malaysia |
| Departures | Yojiro Takita | Japan |
| Feast of Villains | Jianlin Pan | China |
| Fiksi. | Mouly Surya | Indonesia |
| Firaaq | Nandita Das | India |
| Flowers of the Sky | Prasanna Vithanage | Sri Lanka, India |
| Gou-Gou, the Cat | Isshin Inudo | Japan, South Korea |
| Jay | Francis Xavier Pasion | Philippines |
| Jermal | Ravi Bharwani | Netherlands, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland |
| Kanchivaram | Priyadarshan | India |
| Lonely Tunes of Tehran | Saman Salur | Iran |
| Miao Miao | Cheng Hsiao-Tse | Taiwan |
| The Moon at the Bottom of the Well | Vinh Son Nguyen | Vietnam |
| My Darling of the Mountains | Katsuhito Ishii | Japan |
| My Magic | Eric Khoo | Singapore |
| Native Dancer | Gulshat Omarova | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Orz Boyz! | Yang Ya-che | Taiwan |
| Parking | Chung Mong-hong | Taiwan |
| Perfect Life | Emily Tang | Hong Kong |
| Pesantren (3 Wishes, 3 Loves) | Nurman Hakim | Indonesia |
| Plastic City | Nelson Yu Lik-wai | Hong Kong, Japan, Brazil, France |
| Ramchand Pakistani | Mehreen Jabbar | Pakistan, United States |
| River People | He Jianjun | China |
| Sell Out! | Joon-han Yeo | Malaysia |
| Service | Brillante Mendoza | France, Philippines |
| The Shaft | Zhang Chi | China |
| Snakes and Earrings | Yukio Ninagawa | Japan |
| The Song of Sparrows | Majid Majidi | Iran |
| Songs from the Southern Seas | Marat Sarulu | Kazakhstan, France, Germany, Russia |
| Soul of a Demon | Chang Tso-chi | Taiwan |
| Sparrow | Johnnie To | Hong Kong, China |
| Still Walking | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| Tahaan | Santosh Sivan | India |
| This Longing | Azharr Rudin | Malaysia |
| Together with My Father | Danyar Salamat | Kazakhstan |
| Trivial Matters | Pang Ho-cheung | Hong Kong, China |
| Twilight Dancing | Tian Gao, Joshua Tong | China |
| Two-legged Horse | Samira Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| Winds of September | Tom Lin | Hong Kong, China, Taiwan |
| The Yurt | Ayub Shakhobitdinov | Uzbekistan |
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New Currents
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| 100 | Chris Martinez | Philippines |
| Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly | Edwin | Indonesia |
| Empty Chair | Saman Estereki | Iran |
| Er Dong | Jin Yang | China |
| Jalainur | Zhao Ye | China |
| Land of Scarecrows | Roh Gyeong-tae | South Korea, France |
| A Light in the Fog | Panahbarkhoda Rezaee | Iran |
| Members of the Funeral | Baek Seung-bin | South Korea |
| A Moment in June | O. Nathapon | Thailand |
| Naked of Defenses | Masahide Ichii | Japan |
| Ocean of an Old Man | Rajesh Shera | India |
| The Pot | Kim Taegon | South Korea |
| Routine Holiday | Li Hongqi | China |
| Turmoil | Kanymbek Kassymbekov, Sabit Kurmanbekov | Kazakhstan | |
Korean Cinema Today
Korean Cinema Retrospective
| Title | Director(s) | Year |
|---|
| Ban Geum-ryeon | Kim Ki-young | 1982 |
| A Dream of Fortune | Han Hyeong-mo | 1961 |
| A Female Boss | Han Hyeong-mo | 1959 |
| The Hand of Destiny | Han Hyeong-mo | 1954 |
| The Housemaid | Kim Ki-young | 1960 |
| Hyperbolae of Youth | Han Hyeong-mo | 1957 |
| Love to Death | Han Hyeong-mo | 1957 |
| Madame Freedom | Han Hyeong-mo | 1956 |
| My Sister Is a Hussy | Han Hyeong-mo | 1961 |
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World Cinema
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|
| $9.99 | Tatia Rosenthal | Israel, Australia |
| The 27 Club | Erica Dunton | United States |
| 33 Scenes from Life | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland, Germany |
| 35 Shots of Rum | Claire Denis | France, Germany |
| Adoration | Atom Egoyan | Canada |
| Another Man | Lionel Baier | Switzerland |
| Awaking from a Dream | Freddy Mas Franqueza | Spain, Poland |
| Be Good | Juliette Garcias | France, Denmark |
| Cherry Blossoms | Doris Dörrie | Germany |
| A Christmas Tale | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| The Collectress | Kristina Buožytė | Lithuania |
| Dawn of the World | Abbas Fahdel | France, Germany |
| Dean Spanley | Toa Fraser | New Zealand, United Kingdom |
| Delta | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary, Germany |
| The Desert Within | Rodrigo Plá | Mexico |
| Dim Sum Funeral | Anna Chi | United States, Canada |
| Disgrace | Steve Jacobs | Australia, South Africa |
| Everlasting Moments | Jan Troell | Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway |
| For a Moment, Freedom | Arash Riahi | Austria, France |
| Four Ages of Love | Sergey Mokritskiy | Russia |
| Française | Souad El-Bouhati | France, Morocco |
| Frontier of the Dawn | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Frozen River | Courtney Hunt | United States |
| God's Offices | Claire Simon | France, Belgium |
| The Good Life | Andrés Wood | Chile, Spain |
| The Good News | Helena Taberna | Spain |
| Happy-Go-Lucky | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
| Helen | Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Il divo | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France |
| Involuntary | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
| Jerichow | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| Johnny Mad Dog | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | France |
| Un Lac | Philippe Grandrieux | France |
| Lake Mungo | Joel Anderson | Australia |
| Lion's Den | Pablo Trapero | Argentina, South Korea |
| Liverpool | Lisandro Alonso | Argentina, Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany |
| Lorna's Silence | Jean Pierre-Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Belgium, France, Italy |
| Lost Song | Rodrigue Jean | Canada |
| Maybe God Is Ill | Franco Brogi Taviani | Italy |
| Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's | Léa Pool | Canada |
| Mothers & Daughters | Carl Bessai | Canada |
| Mr. Kuka's Advice | Dariusz Gajewski | Poland, Austria |
| Night Owls | Michaela Pavlátová | Czech Republic |
| No One's Son | Arsen Anton Ostojić | Croatia |
| Nucingen House | Raúl Ruiz | France, Chile |
| O' Horten | Bent Hamer | Norway, Germany |
| Of Time and the City | Terence Davies | United Kingdom |
| Pandora's Box | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | Turkey, Belgium, France, Germany |
| A Perfect Day | Ferzan Özpetek | Italy |
| Rembrandt's J'Accuse | Peter Greenaway | Netherlands |
| The Return of the Prodigal Son | Arsen Azatyan, Nariné Mkrtchyan | Armenia |
| Revanche | Götz Spielmann | Austria |
| Sandrine in the Rain | Tonino Zangardi | Italy, Germany |
| Scratch | Michał Rosa | Poland |
| The Seven Days | Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel, France |
| Shadows in the Sun | David Rocksavage | United Kingdom |
| Story of Jen | François Rotger | France, Canada |
| The Stranger in Me | Emily Atef | Germany |
| Three Monkeys | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Italy |
| Three Wise Men | Mika Kaurismäki | Finland |
| The Tour | Goran Marković | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Triomf | Michael Raeburn | South Africa, France |
| The Vanished Empire | Karen Shakhnazarov | Russia |
| Amir Naderi | United States |
| Victoria | Anna Karina | Canada |
| Welcome Home | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | France |
| Wendy and Lucy | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
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Awards
- New Currents Award: Land of Scarecrows by Roh Gyeong-tae (South Korea/France) and Naked of Defenses by Masahide Ichii (Japan)
- Special Mention: Members of the Funeral by Baek Seung-bin (South Korea) and Er Dong by Jin Yang (China)
- BIFF Mecenat Award: Mental by Soda Kazuhiro (Japan/United States) and Old Partner by Lee Chung-ryoul (South Korea)
- Sonje Award: Andong by Rommel Tolentino (Philippines) and Girl by Hong Sung-hoon (South Korea)
- NETPAC Award: Members of the Funeral by Baek Seung-bin (South Korea) and Treeless Mountain by So Yong Kim (United States/South Korea)
- FIPRESCI Award: Jalainur by Zhao Ye (China)
- KNN Award: 100 by Chris Martinez (Philippines)
- The Asian Filmmaker of the Year: Gulnara Sarsenova
- Korean Cinema Award: Richard Peña
Notes and References
- Web site: Pusan Film Festival opens amid Korean movie slump. October 2, 2008. August 7, 2021. Taiwan News. Min. Lee.
- Web site: Abdrashev's 'Stalin' marches into Pusan. September 10, 2008. August 7, 2021. The Hollywood Reporter. Soo-mee. Park.
- Web site: "I Am Happy" to close S. Korea's international film festival. October 9, 2008. August 7, 2021. Yonhap News Agency.
- Web site: Information 13th Pusan International Film Festival. Busan International Film Festival. August 7, 2021.
