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.
The event opened with The Gift to Stalin by Kazakh director Rustem Abdrashev. South Korean Yoon Jong-chan's I Am Happy closed the festival. The event held 827 screenings and was attended by 198,818 people.
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
|
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
|
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
|
| Vegas: Based on a True Story
|
Amir Naderi
|
United States
|
| Victoria
|
Anna Karina
|
Canada
|
| Welcome Home
|
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
|
France
|
| Wendy and Lucy
|
Kelly Reichardt
|
United States
|
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
References
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