2009 (14th) Pusan International Film Festival

Profile

Film Festival: 14th Pusan International Film Festival
Period: October 8th-16th, 2009
Location: Busan, South Korea
Screenings: 355 films
Premieres: 98 World Premiers / 46 International Premieres
Attendence: 173,516

Notes

Official poster for the 14th Pusan International Film Festival is based on the abstract painting "Song of the Night" by Jeum-sik Jeong and designed by Soon-dae Choi.
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang & Terri Kwan presided on the "New Currents" jury and Tan Chui Mui & Ji-tae Yu presided on the "Wide Angle" jury.

Awards

New Currents Award: Kick Off (Shawkat Amin Korki) / I'm in Trouble! (Sang-min So)

Special Mention: Squalor

Flash Forward Award: Last Cowboy Standing (Zaida Bergroth)

Special Mention: Miss Kicki (Hakon Liu)

Sonje Award: (Shot Film Competition): Somewhere Unreached (Jae-won Kim) / Rare Fish (Basil Vassili Mironer)
PIFF Mecenat Award: (Documentary Competition): Earth's Woman (Woo-jung Kwon) / The Other Song (Saba Dewan)
Fipresci Award: Kick Off (Shawkat Amin Korki)
NETPAC Award: Paju (Chan-ok Park)
KNN Movie Award: (Audience Award): Lan (Wenli Jiang)

East Asian Films @ 14th Pusan International Film Festival

Opening

"Good Morning President" - Jang Jin (South Korea) * World Premiere

Closing

"The Message" - Qunshu Gao, Kuo-fu Chen (China) * International Premiere

Gala Presentation

"A Little Pond" - Sang-woo Lee (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Chengdu, I Love You" - Jian Cui, Fruit Chan (China)
"I Come with the Rain" - Anh Hung Tran (France/U.S.)
"In My End is My Beginning" - Kyu-dong Min (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Symbol" - Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan)
"The Fair Love" - Yeon-sik Shin (South Korea) * World Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

"15 Malaysia" - various (Malaysia) * World Premiere
"A White Night" - Masahiro Kobayashi (Japan) * International Premiere
"Accident" - Pou-Soi Cheang (Hong Kong)
"Adrift" - Chuyen Bui Thac (Vietnam)
"Affliction" - Richard Somes (Philippines)
"Air Doll" - Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan)
"At the End of Daybreak - Yuhang Ho (Malaysia)/(Hong Kong)
"Children Metal Divers - Ralston Jover (Philippines)
"City of Life and Death - Chuan Lu (China)
"Dear Doctor - Miwa Nishikawa (Japan)
"Don't Burn - Nhat Minh Dang (Vietnam)
"Face - Ming-liang Tsai (France)/(Taiwan)
"The Happiness of Kati - Genwaii Thongdeenok (Thailand)
"Here - Tzu Nyen Ho (Singapore)
"How are you, Dad? - Tso-chi Chang (Taiwan) * International Premiere
"Itsuji Itao's King of the Escape - Itsuji Itao (Japan) * International Premiere
"Judge - Jie Liu (China)
"Kanikosen - Hiroyuki Tanaka (Japan)
"Karaoke - Chris Chong Chan Fui (Malaysia)
"Killer Virgin Road" - Goro Kishitani (Japan) * International Premiere
"Lola" - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)
"Memory of Love" - Chao Wang (China)/(France)
"Night and Fog" - Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
"Nymph - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)
"One Night in Supermarket - Qing Yang (China)
"Parade - Isao Yukisada (Japan) * World Premiere
"Prince of Tears - Yonfan (Taiwan)
"Sawasdee Bangkok - various (Thailand)
"Sun Spots" - Heng Yang (China)(Hong Kong)
"Taipei 24H - various (Taiwan) * International Premiere
"Talentime" - Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)
"Tears - Wen-Tang Cheng (Taiwan) * World Premiere
"Tetsuo: The Bullet Man" - Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)
"The Blue Mansion" - Glen Goei (Singapore)/(Malaysia) * World Premiere
"The Legend Is Alive" - Luu Huynh (Vietnam)
"The Rainbow Troops" - Riri Riza (Indonesia)
"The Two Horses of Genghis Khan - Byambasuren Davaa (Germany)/(Mongolia)
"The Warmest" - Wulan Tana (China) * World Premiere
"Toad's Oil" - Koji Yakusho (Japan)
"Weaving Girl" - Wang Quanan (China)
"Where Are You?" - Masahiro Kobayashi (Japan)
"Woman On Fire Looks For Water" - Ming Jin Woo (Malaysia)/(South Korea) * World Premiere
"Yang Yang" - Yu-Chieh Cheng (Taiwan)

New Currents

"Dead Slowly" - Rita Hui (Hong Kong) * World Premiere
"I'm in Trouble!" - Sang-min So (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Lan" - Wenli Jiang (China) * World Premiere
"Lost Paradise in Tokyo" - Kazuya Shiraishi (Japan) * International Premiere
"Mundane History" - Anocha Suwichakornpong (Thailand) * World Premiere
"My Daughter" - Charlotte Lim (Malaysia)
"Paju" - Chan-ok Park (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Squalor" - G.B. Sampedro (Philippines) * International Premiere

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

"Cafe Noir" - Seong-il Jeong (South Korea)
"Castaway on the Moon" - Hae-jun Lee (South Korea)
"Haeundae" - Je-gyun Yun (South Korea)
"Like You Know It All" - Sang-soo Hong (South Korea)
"Loveholic" - Chil-in Kwon (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Maybe" - Ji-hong Ju (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Mother" - Joon-ho Bong (South Korea)
"Running Turtle" - Yeon-woo Lee (South Korea)
"The Executioner" - Jin-ho Choi (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Thirst" - Chan-wook Park (South Korea) * World Premiere (extended cut)
"Tokyo Taxi" - Tae-sik Kim (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Vegetarian" - Woo-seong Lim (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Where Are You Going?" - Cheol-woong Park (South Korea) * World Premiere

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

"Break Away - Hee-il Leesong (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Dear Music: That is, their fantasy heading for the sea" - Seong-oh Park (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Drifting Away" - Dong-won Kim (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Enlightenment Film" - Dong-hoon Park (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Lost & Found" - Kye-su Jeon (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Mongsil" - Ji-sang Lee (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Moscow" - Cheol-min Hwang (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Our Fantastic 21st Century" - Hyeong-ki Ryu (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Viewfinder" - Kim Jeong (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Wish" - Seong-han Lee (South Korea) * World Premiere

World Cinema

"A Brand New Life" - Ounie Lecomte (Korea)/(France)
"She, a Chinese" - Xiaolu Guo (UK)/(France)/(Germany)

Open Cinema

"A Good Husband" - Isao Yukisada (Japan) * World Premiere
"John Rabe" - Florian Gallenberger (Germany)/(France)/(China)
"Yatterman" - Takashi Miike (Japan)

Flash Forward

"Miss Kicki" - Hakon Liu (Sweden)/(Taiwan) * World Premiere

Midnight Passion

"Be My Guest" - Su-yeong Park (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Be With Me" - various (South Korea) * World Premiere
"Crows Zero II" - Takashi Miike (Japan)
"Higanjima" - Tae-gyun Kim (Korea)/(Japan) * World Premiere
"Murderer" - Roy Chow Hing-Yeung (Hong Kong)
"The Robbers" - Shupeng Yang (China) * World Premiere

Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase

"Dance of Time" - Il-gon Song (South Korea)
"Sona, the Other Myself" - Yang Yong-Hi (South Korea) *World Premiere

Filipino Independent Film Special: Mabuhay! Pinoy Indi-Cinema!

"The Execution of P" (Kinatay) - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)

2009 (14th) Pusan International Film Festival

Contents

Profile

Notes

Awards

East Asian Films @ 14th Pusan International Film Festival

Opening

Closing

Gala Presentation

A Window on Asian Cinema

New Currents

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

World Cinema

Open Cinema

Flash Forward

Midnight Passion

Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase

Filipino Independent Film Special: Mabuhay! Pinoy Indi-Cinema!