2012 (16th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan)
• Edition: 16th
• Period: July 19-29, 2012
• Location: Bucheon, South Korea

Awards (East Asian Features Listed Only)

• Best of Puchon - "Space Brothers" (Yoshitaka Mori)
• NH Nonghyup Citizen’s Choice - "Space Brothers" (Yoshitaka Mori)
• European Fantastic Film Festival Federation Asian Award - "Lee’s Adventure" (Frant Gwo, Yang LI)
• Netpac Award - "Vulgaria" (Ho-Cheung Pang)
• Fujifilm Eterna Award - "Super Virgin" (Baek Seung-Kee)

Notes

1. Actor Ha Jung-Woo and actress Ha Ji-Won were awarded the "Producer's Choice" award which is designated by the Korean Film Producers Association. Actor Lee Je-Hoon and Min Hyo-Rin were awarded the "Fantasia Award" which is a popular vote conducted by the film festival to see who Bucheon citizens want to see the most. The survey was taken in June, 2012 in Bucheon. These four actors will accept their awards at the opening ceremony at the 16th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.

Program (East Asian Features Listed Only)

Opening Film

• "Horror Stories" - various (Korea) *World Premiere

Closing Film

• "For Love's Sake" - Takashi Miike (Japan) *Asian Premiere

Puchon Choice: Feature

• "Blood-C: The Last Dark" - Naoyoshi Shiotani (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Motorway" - Pou-Soi Cheang (Hong Kong) *Korean Premiere
• "Space Brothers" - Yoshitaka Mori (Japan) *International Premiere

World Fantastic Cinema

• "23:59" - Gilbert Chan (Singapore) *Korean Premiere
• "90 minutes" - Park Sun-Uk (South Korea) *World Premiere
• "The Crucible" - Kim Yeon-Soo (South Korea) *World Premiere
• "Dead Sushi" - Noboru Iguchi (Japan) *Asian Premiere
• "Dirty Blood" - Kang Hyo-Jin (South Korea) *World Premiere
• "Don't Click" - Kim Tae-Kyeong (South Korea)
• "Doomsday Book" - Kim Jee-Woon, Yim Pil-Sung (South Korea)
• "Fairy Tale Killer" - Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun (Hong Kong) *Korean Premiere
• "Ghost Day" - Thanit Jitnukul (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Hi5teria" - various (Indonesia) *International Premiere
• "Lee’s Adventure" - Frant Gwo, Yang LI (China) *International Premiere
• "Let's Go!" - Ching-Po Wong (Hong Kong) *Korean Premiere
• "Love Strikes!" - Hitoshi One (Japan) *Korean Premiere
• "Nightfall" - Roy Chow Hing-Yeung (Hong Kong) *Korean Premiere
• "Osaka Violence" - Takahiro Ishihara (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Over My Dead Body" - Woo Sun-Ho (South Korea)
• "Remington and the Curse of Zombadings" - Jade Castro (Philiphines) *Korean Premiere
• "Spellbound" - Hwang In-Ho (South Korea)
• "Super Virgin" - Baek Seung-Kee (South Korea) *World Premiere
• "Young Dudes" - DJ Chen (China) *Korean Premiere
• "Young Gun in the Time" - Oh Young-Doo (South Korea) *Korean Premiere

Vision Express

• "Always: Sunset on Third Street 3" - Takashi Yamazaki (Japan) *Korean Premiere
• "The Brat!" - Taichi Suzuki (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Flying With You" - Zhang Li (China) *World Premiere
• "Jalan Pintas" - Nam Ron (Malaysia) *International Premiere
• "Let Me Out" - Kim Chang-Rae, Jae Soh (South Korea) *Asian Premiere
• "Nasi Lemak 2.0" - Namewee (Malaysia) *Korean Premiere
• "Parts of the Heart" - Paul Agusta (Indonesia) *Korean Premiere
• "The Soul of Bread" - Pin-Chuan Kao (Taiwan) *Korean Premiere
• "Stateless Things" - Kim Kyung-Mook (South Korea)
• "Vulgaria" - Ho-Cheung Pang (Hong Kong) *Korean Premiere

Strange Homage

• "Ace Attorney" - Takashi Miike (Japan) *Korean Premiere
• "River" - Ryuichi Hiroki (Japan) * Korean Premiere

Ani Fanta

• "Gyo" - Takayuki Hirao (Japan) *Asian Premiere
• "Rainbow Fireflies" - Konosuke Uda (Japan) *Korean Premiere

Asian Major Studio - The Bright Focus for Chronicle of Myung Film

• "The Quiet Family" - Kim Jee-Woon (South Korea)
• "Happy End" - Chung Ji Woo (South Korea)
• "The Isle" - Kim Ki-Duk (South Korea)
• "Joint Security Area" - Park Chan-Wook (South Korea)
• "Waikiki Brothers" - Yim Soonrye (South Korea)
• "A Good Lawyer's Wife" - Im Sang-Soo (South Korea)
• "Bloody Tie" - Choi Ho (South Korea)
• "Cyrano Agency" - Kim Hyeon-Seok (South Korea)

Open Cine Parade

• "One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase" - Hiroyuki Sato (Japan)
• "Atashinchi The 3D Movie" - Wataru Takahashi (Japan)

Surprise Screenings

• Two Rabbits in Osaka - Lim Tai-Hyung (Japan / South Korea)