18th Busan International Film Festival

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The 18th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 3 to October 12, 2013 and was hosted by Aaron Kwok and Kang Soo-yeon.[1]

Opening filmVara: A Blessing
Closing filmThe Dinner
Founded1995
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18th Busan International Film Festival
Opening filmVara: A Blessing
Closing filmThe Dinner
LocationBusan, South Korea
Founded1995
Hosted byAaron Kwok
Kang Soo-yeon
Festival dateOctober 3–12, 2013
Busan International Film Festival
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The 10-day festival attracted 217,865 people despite the organizers having been forced to reschedule some events due to a typhoon. Upcoming filmmakers from South Korea and Mongolia won $30,000 for the New Currents Awards. Over 299 films from 70 countries were screened, with 94 world premieres and 40 international premieres. The event opened with Bhutanese film Vara: A Blessing and closed with the South Korean film The Dinner.[2][3]

Program

† World premiere
†† International premiere
  Award winner

Opening Film

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Vara: A BlessingKhyentse NorbuBhutan†
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Gala Presentation

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Ana ArabiaAmos GitaiIsrael
France
††
KadalMani RatnamIndia
NagimaZhanna IssabayevaKazakhstan†
Snowpiercer설국열차Bong Joon-hoSouth Korea
Czech Republic
Unforgiven許されざる者Lee Sang-ilJapan
The X더 엑스Kim Jee-woonSouth Korea†
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A Window on Asian Cinema

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A Time in Quchi暑假作業Chang Tso-chiTaiwan††
A Touch of Sin天注定
Tiān zhùdìng
Jia ZhangkeChina
Japan
Anatomy of a Paperclip山守クリップ工場の辺り
Yamamori clip koujou no atari
Akira IkedaJapan
The Backwater共喰い
Tomogui
Shinji AoyamaJapan
Bends過界Flora LauHong Kong, China
The BookYerbol ZhumagulovKazakhstan†
CeylonInam Santosh SivanIndia†
Closed Curtainپرده
Pardeh
Jafar Panahi
Kambuzia Partovi
Iran
The ConstructorsStroiteliAdilkhan YerzhanovKazakhstan††
DavidBejoy NambiarIndia
Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Storyはじまりのみち
Hajimari no Michi
Keiichi HaraJapan††
Death MarchMartsang kamatayanAdolfo Alix, Jr.Philippines††
Einstein and Einstein狗十三Cao BaopingChina†
Fish & Catماهی و گربه
Mahi va Gorbeh
Shahram MokriIran††
Harmony LessonsАсланның сабақтары
Уроки гармонии
Emir BaigazinKazakhstan
Germany
France
††
HomesickSatoru HiroharaJapan††
If OnlySana DatiJerrold TarogPhilippines††
Ikal Mayang : Telling Women Stories
Directors:
  • Dira Abu Zahar (Jerat Suami)
  • Sofia Jane Hisham (1-800-Baby)
  • Vanida Imran (Pantang)
  • Junaidah M. Nor (Odah)
  • Melissa Saila (Berat Sebelah)
  • Ida Nerina (She)
Malaysia††
Ilo Ilo爸媽不在家
(lit. Mom and Dad Are Not Home)
Anthony ChenSingapore††
Keening Woman哭丧女
Ku Sang Nu
Rita HuiHong Kong, China††
The LetterLaxman UtekarIndia†
Letters from the South
Directors:
China
Malaysia
Thailand
Singapore
Myanmar
†
Like Father, Like Sonそして父になる
Soshite Chichi ni Naru
Hirokazu Kore-edaJapan†
The LunchboxRitesh BatraIndia
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is HappyNawapol ThamrongrattanaritThailand††
Mirror Without ReflectionNosir SaidovTajikistan†
Miss ZombieSabuJapan††
The Nightingale夜莺
yèyīng
Philippe MuylChina
France
†
Norte, the End of HistoryNorte, Hangganan ng KasaysayanLav DiazPhilippines††
OmarعمرHany Abu-AssadPalestine††
Once Upon a Time in VietnamLửa PhậtDustin NguyenVietnam††
One-Armed Swordsman独臂刀
Dú Bì Dāo
Chang ChehHong Kong, China
The Painting Poolحوض نقاشی
Hoze Naghashi
Maziar MiriIran††
The PastLe Passé,
گذشته Gozašte
Asghar FarhadiIran
Present for You 3DYoshihiko DaiJapan†
The ProtestSatyagrahaPrakash JhaIndia
QissaAnup SinghIndia
Germany
Netherlands
France
†
QueenVikas BahlIndia†
R100Hitoshi MatsumotoJapan††
Realリアル〜完全なる首長竜の日〜
Riaru: Kanzennaru Shuchō Ryū no Hi
Kiyoshi KurosawaJapan
SapiBrillante MendozaPhilippines††
Soul失魂
Shī hún
Chung Mong-hongTaiwan
Stray Dogs郊遊
Les Chiens errants
Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan
France
††
Striking Out in Loveロマンス・ロード
Romansu Rodo
Shingo MatsumuraJapan††
Summer's End夏の終り
Natsu no Owari
Kazuyoshi KumakiriJapan††
Taipei Factory
Directors:
  • Singing Chen, Jero Yun (The Pig)
  • Midi Z, Joana Preiss (Silent Asylum)
  • Shen Ko-shang, Luis Cifuentes (A Nice Travel)
  • Chang Jung-chi, Alireza Khatami (Mr Chang's New Address)
Taiwan
TogetherSaranyoo JiralakThailand††
Trappedدربند
Darband
Parviz ShahbaziIran
Twenty-Four Eyes二十四の瞳
Nijū-shi no Hitomi
Sakae TsuboiJapan
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About LoveYang Tidak Dibicarakan Ketika Membicarakan CintaMouly SuryaIndonesia
Why Don't You Play in Hell?地獄でなぜ悪い
Jigoku de naze warui
Sion SonoJapan
Yellow ColtNorte, Hangganan ng KasaysayanKhoroldorj ChoijoovanchigMongolia††
The Yellow Shallow SkyBahram TavakoliIran††
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New Currents

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10 Minutes10분
Sipbun
Lee Yong-seungSouth Korea†
Againゆるせない、逢いたい
Yurusenai Aita
Junichi KanaiJapan†
Concrete Cloudsภวังค์รักLee ChatametikoolThailand
Hong Kong, China
†
The IsthmusSopawan Boonnimitra
Peerachai Kerdsint
Thailand†
JalGirish MalikIndia†
Pascha파스카Seonkyoung AhnSouth Korea†
Remote ControlByamba SakhyaMongolia
Germany
†
SarikendMehdi ParizadIran†
Steel Cold Winter소녀
Sonyeo (lit. 'Girl')
Choi Jin-sungSouth Korea†
The Story of an Old WomanAlexey GorlovKazakhstan†
Toilet BluesDirmawan HattaIndonesia†
TransitHannah EspiaPhilippines††
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Korean Cinema Today – Panorama

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Abbi애비Jang Hyun-sooSouth Korea†
Another Family또 하나의 약속
Ddo Hanaui Yaksok
Kim Tae-yunSouth Korea†
The Berlin File베를린
Bereullin
(lit. Berlin)
Ryoo Seung-wanSouth Korea
The Fake사이비
Saibi
Yeon Sang-hoSouth Korea††
Fasten Your Seatbelt롤러코스터
Rolleo Koseuteo
(lit. 'Rollercoaster')
Ha Jung-wooSouth Korea†
Genome Hazardゲノムハザード
무명인
Mumyeongin (lit. 'Nameless')
Kim Sung-sooSouth Korea
Japan
†
God's Eye View시선
Sisun
Lee Jang-hoSouth Korea†
If You Were Me 6여섯 개의 시선6
Yeoseot gae-ui siseon 6
Directors:
  • Park Jung-bum (Dear Du-han)
  • Shin A-ga
  • Lee Sang-cheol
  • Min Yong-keun
South Korea†
Moebius시선
Sisun
Kim Ki-dukSouth Korea†
My Boy마이보이
Mai Boy
Jeon Kyu-hwanSouth Korea†
Nobody's Daughter Haewon누구의 딸도 아닌 해원
Nugu-ui ttal-do anin Haewon
Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea
Our Sunhi우리 선희
Uri Seonhui
Hong Sang-soo†
Rough Play배우는 배우다
Baeuneun Baeuda
(lit. 'An Actor Is an Actor')
Shin Yeon-shick†
Top Star톱스타
Topseuta
Park Joong-hoonSouth Korea†
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Korean Cinema Today – Vision

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Dynamite Man다이너마이트맨Jung Hyuk-wonSouth Korea†
Godsend신의 선물
Sinui Seonmul
Moon Si-hyunSouth Korea†
Guardian보호자
Bohoja
Yoo Won-sangSouth Korea†
Han Gong-ju한공주Lee Su-jinSouth Korea†
Intruders조난자들
Jonanjadeul
Noh Young-seokSouth Korea††
The King of Jokgu족구왕
Jokguwang
Woo Moon-giSouth Korea†
Mot못 (lit. 'Pond')Seo Ho-binSouth Korea†
ShuttlecockLee Yu-binSouth Korea†
The Stone스톤Cho Se-raeSouth Korea†
Thuy안녕, 투이
Annyeong, Tui
Kim Jae-hanSouth Korea†
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Korean Cinema Retrospective

Fly High, Run Far: The Making of Korean Master Im Kwon-taek

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ChunhyangIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
Come Come Come UpwardIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
Fly High Run FarIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
General's SonIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
Mismatched NoseIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
Seize the Precious SwordIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
SeopyeonjeIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
TicketIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
Village in the MistIm Kwon-taekSouth Korea
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World Cinema

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3X3D
Directors:
Portugal††
A Pact [fr]Zum GeburtstagDenis DercourtGermany
France
††
A Street in PalermoVia Castellana BandieraEmma DanteItaly
Switzerland
France
††
An Episode in the Life of an Iron PickerEpizoda u životu berača željezaDanis TanovićBosnia and Herzegovina
France
Slovenia
Adele: Chapters 1 & 2La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2Abdellatif KechicheFrance††
All Is LostJ. C. ChandorUnited States††
Arne's LegacyTorsten SchmidtGermany††
BastardsLes SalaudsClaire DenisFrance
Germany
††
The Best OfferLa migliore offertaGiuseppe TornatoreItaly
Big Bad Wolvesמי מפחד מהזאב הרע
Mi mefakhed mehaze'ev hara
(lit. 'Who is scared of the bad wolf')
Aharon Keshales
Navot Papushado
††
BorgmanAlex van WarmerdamNetherlands
Belgium
Denmark
††
Child's PosePoziția copiluluiCălin Peter NetzerRomania
Durban PoisonAndrew WorsdaleSouth Africa††
End of TimeEndzeitSebastian FritzschGermany††
Family TourLiliana TorresSpain††
The Fifth EstateBill CondonUnited States††
Fruitvale StationRyan CooglerUnited States††
Gaming Instinct [de]SpieltriebGregor SchnitzlerGermany††
GloriaSebastián LelioChile
Spain
GriGrisMahamat Saleh HarounFrance
Chad
††
HeliAmat EscalanteMexico
France
Germany
Netherlands
††
HoneymoonLíbánkyJan HřebejkCzech Republic
Slovenia
††
IdaPaweł PawlikowskiPoland
Denmark
††
In HidingJan Kidawa-BłońskiPoland†
Inside Llewyn DavisJoel and Ethan CoenUnited States
France
††
Intimate PartsИнтимные местаNatasha Merkulova
Alexey Chupov
Russia††
It Was You CharlieEmmanuel ShirinianCanada†
JealousyLa JalousiePhilippe GarrelFrance††
La PazSantiago LozaArgentina††
Le Grand CahierA nagy füzetJanos SzaszHungary
Germany
France
Austria
††
L'intrepidoGianni AmelioItaly††
My Sweet Pepper LandHuner SaleemFrance
Germany
Kurd
††
Mystery RoadIvan SenAustralia††
Paradise: HopeParadies: HoffnungUlrich SeidlAustriay
Francey
Germany
The Priest's ChildrenSvećenikova djecaVinko BrešanCroatia
Serbia
††
Prince AvalancheDavid Gordon GreenUnited States††
Reality ShowAdam RifkinUnited States††
Rock the Casbahרוק בקסבהIsrael
France
††
Sacro GRAGianfranco RosiItaly
France
††
Short Term 12Destin Daniel CrettonUnited States††
Stand Clear of the Closing DoorsSam FleischnerUnited States††
Story of My DeathHistòria de la meva mortAlbert SerraSpain
France
††
The Strange Colour of Your Body's TearsL'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corpsHélène Cattet and Bruno ForzaniBelgium
France
Luxembourg
††
Stranger by the LakeL'Inconnu du lacAlain GuiraudieFrance††
Tom at the FarmTom à la fermeXavier DolanCanada
France
††
Ummah – Among FriendsCuneyt KayaGermany††
Vic+Flo Saw a BearVic et Flo ont vu un oursDenis CôtéCanada††
Walesa. Man of HopeWałęsa. Człowiek z nadzieiAndrzej WajdaPoland††
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or MetabolismCând se lasă seara peste București sau MetabolismCorneliu PorumboiuRomania
France
††
WorkersJosé Luis ValleMexico
Germany
††
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Flash Forward

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AlienationMilko LazarovBulgaria††
ApachesThierry de PerettiFrance††
Bad HairPelo maloMariana RondónVenezuela††
BluebirdLance EdmandsUnited States
Sweden
††
CanopyAaron WilsonAustralia
Singapore
††
CLYDECYNICRamiro BelangerCanada†
DeliciousTammy Riley-SmithUnited Kingdom†
DreamlandPetra VolpeSwitzerland
Germany
††
DriftBenny VandendriesscheBelgium†
Good NightSean H. A. GallagherUnited States††
Grand CentralRebecca ZlotowskiFrance
Austria
††
HarriganVince WoodsUnited Kingdom††
HomeMaximilian HultSweden
Iceland
†
Il FuturoAlicia SchersonChile
Germany
Italy
Spain
††
The ImpeccablesRamin MatinTurkey†
JudasAndrey BogatyrevRussia††
La Jaula de OroDiego Quemada-DíezMexico††
MetalheadMálmhausRagnar BragasonIceland
Norway
††
Miss and the DoctorsAxelle RopertFrance††
Miss ViolenceAlexandros AvranasGreece††
My Dog KillerMôj pes KillerMira FornaySlovak Republic
Czech Republic
††
Not Another Happy EndingJohn McKayUnited Kingdom††
The RefereeL'arbitroPaolo ZuccaItaly
Argentina
††
The ReunionÅterträffenAnna OdellSweden††
The RocketKim MordauntAustralia
Thailand
††
SalvoFabio Grassadonia
Antonio Piazza
Italy
France
††
Sarah Prefers to RunSarah préfère la courseChloé RobichaudCanada††
The SeaStephen BrownIreland
United Kingdom
††
The Selfish GiantClio BarnardUnited Kingdom††
That Thing You LoveAlvaro VelardePeru
Argentina
†
Wild DuckYannis SakaridisGreece††
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Open Cinema

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Cold Eyes감시자들
Gamsijadeul
(lit. "Surveillance")
Cho Ui-seokSouth Korea
The FlyEegaS. S. RajamouliIndia
I'll Follow You DownRichie MehtaCanada††
Me, Myself and MumLes Garçons et Guillaume, à table !Guillaume GallienneFrance
Belgium
††
Run Milkha RunBhaag Milkha BhaagRakeysh Omprakash MehraIndia
Silent Witness全民目擊
Quán Mín Mù Jī
Fei XingChina††
The Terror Live더 테러 라이브
Deo Tereo Raibeu)
Kim Byung-wooSouth Korea
Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast總舖師
(lit. 'Bandoh master chef')
Chen Yu-hsunTaiwan††
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Special Program in Focus

Rogues, Rebels and Romantics: A Season of Irish Cinema

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Unknown New Wave Central Asian Cinema

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Abdullajon or Dedicated to Steven SpielbergZulfiqor MusoqovUzbekistan
BalkonKalykbek SalykovKazakhstan
The Blessed BukharaBako SadykovTajikistan
Poor PeopleDzhahangir KasymovUzbekistan††
PresenceTalib KhamidovTajikistan
Slow Sea, Fast RiverMarat SaruluKyrgyzstan
Surzhekey – The Angel of DeathDamir ManabayKazakhstan
The Wild EastRashid NugmanovKazakhstan
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Park Cheol-soo Special Commemoration: Eternal Movie Youth

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Farewell My Darling Park Chul-sooSouth Korea
Green Chair 2013 – Love ConceptuallyPark Chul-sooSouth Korea†
MotherPark Chul-sooSouth Korea
Stray DogPark Chul-sooSouth Korea
Three-Oh-One, Three-Oh-TwoPark Chul-sooSouth Korea
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Midnight Passion

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AfflictedDerek Lee
Clif Prowse
Canada
United States
AfterpartyMiguel LarrayaSpain
Dawn of the Dead 3-DGeorge A. RomeroUnited States
South Korea
†
The Devil's Path凶悪
Kyōaku
Kazuya ShiraishiJapan
Grand PianoEugenio MiraSpain††
The Keeper of Lost CausesKvinden i buretMikkel NørgaardDenmark
Last SummerSaranyoo Jiralak
Sittisiri Mongkolsiri
Kittithat Tangsirikit
Thailand††
Life DeluxeSnabba Cash: Livet DeluxeJens JonssonSweden††
Nothing Bad Can HappenTore tanztKatrin GebbeGermany
Pee Makพี่มาก..พระโขนง
Phi Mak Phra Khanong
Banjong PisanthanakuThailand
The ReturnedRetornadosManuel CarballoSpain
SavagedAvengedMichael S. OjedaUnited States
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Wide Angle – Documentary Competition

  • Gureombi –The Wind Is Blowing – Cho Sung-bong (South Korea)
  • Dream House by the Border – Kim Kyang (South Korea)
  • Jazz in Love – Baby Ruth Villarama (Philippines/Germany/France)
  • Non-fiction Diary – Jung Yoon-suk (South Korea)
  • Past Present – Tion Guan Saw (Malaysia)
  • Tale of a Butcher Shop – Aya Hanabusa (Japan)
  • To Singapore, with Love – Tan Pin Pin (Singapore)
  • Sandal – Kim Mi-re (South Korea)
  • Streetside – Daniel Ziv (Indonesia)

Awards

  • New Currents Award
    • Pascha – Ahn Seon-Kyoung (South Korea)[4]
    • Remote Control – Byamba Sakhya (Mongolia/Germany)
    • Special Mention: Transit – Hannah Espia (Philippines)
  • Sonje Award
    • A Lady Caddy Who Never Saw a Hole in One – Yosep Anggi Noen (Indonesia)
    • In the Summer – Son Tae-gyum (South Korea)
    • Special Mention: Temporary – Behzad Azadi (Iran)
    • Special Mention: Sprout – Yoon Ga-eun (Korea)
  • BIFF Mecenat Award
    • Streetside – Daniel Ziv (Indonesia)
    • Non-fiction Diary – Jung Yoon-suk (South Korea)
    • Special Mention: Gureombi – The Wind Is Blowing – Cho Sung-bong (Korea)
  • Busan Bank Award (Audience Award)
    • Home – Maximilian Hult (Sweden/Iceland)
  • KNN Movie Award (Audience Award)
  • FIPRESCI Award
  • NETPAC Award
    • Shuttlecock – Lee Yu-bin (South Korea)
  • Busan Cinephile Award
    • Father's Garden –The Love of My Parents – Peter Liechti (Switzerland)
  • Citizen Reviewers' Award
  • CGV Movie Collage Award
  • The Asian Filmmaker of the Year – Rithy Panh (Cambodia)
  • Korean Cinema Award – Charles Tesson (France)

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