13th Busan International Film Festival
2008 edition of film festival
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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]
| Opening film | The Gift to Stalin |
|---|---|
| Closing film | I Am Happy |
| Location | Busan, South Korea |
| Film titles | 315 |
| Festival date | October 2â10, 2008 |
| Website | http://www.biff.kr |
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
- Anna Karina, Danish-French actress, Head Juror
- Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian director
- Santosh Sivan, Indian director
- Lee Hwa-si, South Korean actress
- Karl Baumgartner, German film producer
BIFF Mecenat Award
- Ahn Jung-sook, former director of Korean Film Council
- Jean-Pierre Rehm, head of Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
- Zhang Xian-min, Chinese film professor
Sonje Award
- Kim-Jho Gwangsoo, Korean film producer
- Roger Gonin, French director
- Calida Uabumrungjit, Thai project director
NETPAC Award
- Mohamed Atebbai, Iranian film critic
- Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, former Hawaii International Film Festival director
- Edward Delos Santos Cabagnot, programmer of Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
FIPRESCI Award
- Elise Domenach, French film critic
- Hynek Pallas, Swedish film critic
- Dubravka LakiÄ, Serbian film critic
- Bitopan Borborah Rinju, Indian film critic
- Shin Kang-ho, South Korean film critic
Official selection
Opening and closing films
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| I Am Happy (closing film) | Yoon Jong-chan | South Korea |
| The Gift to Stalin (opening film) | Rustem Abdrashov | Russia, Kazakhstan, Israel, Poland |
Gala Presentation
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ashes of Time (Redux) | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong, China |
| Dada's Dance | Zhang Yuan | China |
| Make Yourself at Home | Soopum Sohn | United States, South Korea |
A Window on Asian Cinema
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Lotus | Royston Tan | Singapore |
| Adela | Adolfo Alix Jr. | Philippines |
| All Around Us | RyÅsuke 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 |
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
| Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|
| Breathless | Yang Ik-june |
| The Chaser | Na Hong-jin |
| Crush and Blush | Lee Kyoung-mi |
| Evil Spirit | Park Jin-sung |
| Exhausted | Kim Gok |
| Forever the Moment | Yim Soon-rye |
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Kim Jee-woon |
| Heartbreak Library | Kim Jung-kwon |
| Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells | Jeon Soo-il |
| How to Live on Earth | Ahn Seul-gi |
| Let the Blue River Run | Kang Mi-ja |
| A Man Who Was Superman | Jeong Yoon-cheol |
| Night and Day | Hong Sang-soo |
| Oishii Man | Kim Jeong-jung |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | Sohn Young-sung |
| Public Enemy Returns | Kang Woo-suk |
| The Room Nearby | Goh Tae-jeong |
| Sisters on the Road | Boo Ji-young |
| Sunny | Lee Joon-ik |
| Treeless Mountain | So Yong Kim |
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 |
World Cinema
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