2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival Contents 1 Profile 2 Awards 3 Program (East Asian films listed only) 3.1 Opening Film 3.2 Gala Presentation 3.3 A Window on Asian Cinema 3.4 New Currents 3.5 Korean Cinema Today - Panorama 3.6 Korean Cinema Today - Vision 3.7 Wide Angle - Korean Short Film Competition 3.8 Wide Angle - Documentary Competition 3.9 Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase 3.10 Wide Angle - Animation Showcase 3.11 Open Cinema 3.12 Special Screening Profile Film Festival: Busan International Film Festival Edition: 17th Period: October 4-13, 2012 Location: Busan, South Korea Awards New Currents Award - "36" - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand) Flash Forward Award - "Flower Buds" - Zdenek Jirasky (Czech Republic) BIFF Mecenat Award Asia - "Embers" - Tamara Stepanyan (Lebanon/Qatar/Armenia) BIFF Mecenat Award Korea - "Anxiety" - Min Hwan-Ki (South Korea) Sonje Award Asia - "A Little Farther" - Nikan Nezami (Iran) Sonje Award Korea - "The Night of the Witness" - Buem Park (South Korea) FIPRESCI Award - "36" - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand) NETPAC Award - "Jiseul" - O Muel (South Korea) DGK Award - Director - O Muel ("Jiseul") / Shin Youn-Sik ("The Russian Novel") DGK Award - Actor - Shim Hee-Sub, Ahn Jae-Hong, Kim Chang-Hwan ("Sunshine Boys") DGK Award - Actress - Jang Yeong-Nam ("Azooma") Movie Collage Award - "Jiseul" - O Muel (South Korea) KNN Award - Touch of the Light Citizen Reviewers' Award - "Jiseul" - O Muel (South Korea) Busan Cinephile Award - "5 Broken Cameras" - Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi (Palestine/Israel/France/Netherlands) Asian Filmmaker of the Year - Koji Wakamatsu Program (East Asian films listed only) Opening Film "Cold War" - Lok Man Leung, Sunny Luk (Hong Kong, China) *World Premiere Gala Presentation "B·E·D" - Park Chul-Soo (South Korea) *World Premiere "Dangerous Liaisons" - Hur Jin-Ho (China) "Doctor" - Kim Sung-Hong (South Korea) *World Premiere "El Condor Pasa" - Jeon Soo-Il (South Korea) *World Premiere "National Security" - Chung Ji-Young (South Korea) *World Premiere A Window on Asian Cinema "10+10" - various (Taiwan) "A Motor Home Adventure" - Yang Lu (China) *World Premiere "All Apologies" - Emily Tang (China) "An End to Killing" - Ping Wang (China) "Beautiful 2012" - various (Hong Kong/China) "Beijing Flickers" - Yuan Zhang (China) "Breakaway" - Ian Lorenos (Philippines) *World Premiere "Captive" - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines/Germany/France/UK) "Cold Bloom" - Atsushi Funahashi (Japan) *World Premiere "Diablo" - Ramon Mez de Guzman (Philippines) *International Premiere "Distortion" - Nonzee Nimibutr (Thailand) *International Premiere "Eden" - Masaharu Take (Japan) *World Premiere "Fly With The Crane" - Rui Jun Li (China) "Four Stations" - Boonsong Nakphoo (Thailand) *International Premiere "Full Circle" - Yang Zhang (China) *International Premiere "Gf*Bf" - Ya-che Yang (Taiwan) "Hello Goodbye" - Titien Wattimena (Indonesia / South Korea) *World Premiere "If It's Not Now Then When?" - James Lee (Malaysia) *World Premiere "Japan's Tragedy" - Masahiro Kobayashi (Japan) *World Premiere "Like Someone in Love" - Abbas Kiarostami (Japan/France) "Love in the Buff" - Ho-Cheung Pang (Hong Kong) "Mekong Hotel" - Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) "Memories Look at Me" - Fang Song (China) "Mystery" - Ye Lou (China) "Odayaka" - Nobuteru Uchida (Japan/United States) *World Premiere "Our Homeland" - Yang Yong-Hi (Japan) "Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses" - Yosep Anggi Noen (Indonesia) "Penance - Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan) "Poor Folk" - Midi Z (Taiwan/Myanmar) "Postcards from the Zoo" - Edwin (Indonesia/Germany/Hong Kong) "Rent-a-Cat" - Naoko Ogigami (Japan) "Seven Something" - various (Thailand) *International Premiere "Shackled" - Lawrence Fajardo (Philippines) *International Premiere "Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay" - Antoinette Jadaone (Philippines) "Soegija" - Garin Nugroho (Indonesia) "The Cremator" - Tao Peng (China) "The Dancer" - Ifa Isfansyah (Indonesia/France) "The Land Of Hope" - Sion Sono (Japan) "Thy Womb" - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines) "Wildlife" ("Kalayaan") - Adolfo Alix Jr. (Philippines) *International Premiere New Currents "36" - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand) *International Premiere "Apparition" - Vincent Sandoval (Philippines) *International Premiere "Fatal" - Lee Don-Ku (South Korea) *World Premiere "The Town Of Whales" - Keiko Tsuruoka (Japan) *International Premeire "Together" - Chae-Jen Hsu (Taiwan) *World Premiere "Touch of the Light" - Jung-Chi Chang (Taiwan/Hong Kong) *International Premiere "Your Time Is Up" - Kim Sung-Hyun (South Korea) *World Premiere Korean Cinema Today - Panorama "Architecture 101" - Lee Yong-Ju (South Korea) "Behind the Camera" - Lee Je-Yong (South Korea) *World Premiere "The Concubine" - Kim Dae-Seung (South Korea) "Eungyo" - Chung Ji Woo (South Korea) "Helpless" - Byun Young-Joo (South Korea) "In Another Country" - Hong Sang-Soo (South Korea) "My Way" - Kang Je-Gyu (South Korea) "Nameless Gangster: Rules of The Time" - Yun Jong-Bin (South Korea) "Perfect Number" - Bang Eun-Jin (South Korea) *World Premiere "Pieta" - Kim Ki-Duk (South Korea) "The Taste of Money" - Im Sang-Soo (South Korea) "Touch" - Min Byung-Hun (South Korea) *World Premiere "Tumbleweed" - Lee Duk-Hee (South Korea) *World Premiere "The Ugly Duckling - Kwak Kyung-Taek (South Korea) "The Weight" - Jeon Kyu-Hwan (South Korea) "Two Weddings And a Funeral" - Kim Jo Kwang Su (South Korea) "The Winter of the Year was Warm" - Cho Sung-Kyu (South Korea) *World Premiere Korean Cinema Today - Vision "Azooma" - Lee Ji-Seung (South Korea) *World Premiere "Jiseul" - O Muel (South Korea) *World Premiere "Love in 42.9" - Choi Wi-Ahn (South Korea) *World Premiere "Mai Ratima" - Yoo Ji-Tae (South Korea) *World Premiere "Melo" - Roy Lee (South Korea) *World Premiere "Over and Over Again" - Kim Byung-June (South Korea) *World Premiere "Pluto" - Shin Su-Won (South Korea) *World Premiere "Sunshine Boys" - Kim Tae-Gon (South Korea) *World Premiere "The Russian Novel" - Shin Youn-Sik (South Korea) *World Premiere "The Sound of Memories" - Lee Gong-Hee (South Korea) *World Premiere Wide Angle - Korean Short Film Competition "The Knitting" - Yoon Eun-Hye (South Korea) *World Premiere (short film) Wide Angle - Documentary Competition "Anxiety" - Min Hwan-Ki (South Korea) *World Premiere "The Cat that Lived a Million Times" - Tadasuke Kotani (Japan/China) *World Premiere "Forest Dancing" - Kang Seok-Pil (South Korea) *World Premiere "Go Grandriders" - Tien-Hao Hua (Taiwan) *International Premiere "Serenade" - Benito Bautista (South Korea) *International Premiere "Tour of Duty" - Kim Dong-Ryeong, Park Gyeong-Tae (South Korea) "Wellang Trei" - Kim Tae-Il (South Korea) Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase "Beyond School" - Kim Han-Kook (South Korea) *World Premiere "Captain Kang" - Won Ho-Yeon (South Korea) *World Premiere "Chiri/Trace" - Naomi Kawase (Japan) "Three Sisters" - Bing Wang (France/Hong Kong/China) Wide Angle - Animation Showcase "The Life of Guskou Budori" - Gisaburo Sugii (Japan) Open Cinema "Don't Cry, Mommy" - Kim Yong-Han (South Korea) *World Premiere "Rurouni Kenshin" - Keishi Ohtomo (Japan) *International Premiere "Tai Chi 0" - Stephen Fung (China) "The Thieves" - Choi Dong-Hun (South Korea) "A Werewolf Boy" - Jo Sung-Hee (South Korea) Special Screening "11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate" (listed as "Mishima") - Koji Wakamatsu (Japan) "The Millennial Rapture" - Koji Wakamatsu (Japan) "Petrel Hotel Blue" - Koji Wakamatsu (Japan) "009 Re: Cyborg" - Kenji Kamiyama (Japan) "Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Solid State Society 3D" - - Kenji Kamiyama (Japan) "The Great Flight" - Jin Jae-Un (South Korea) *World Premiere "Comrade Kim Goes Flying" - various (Belgium/United Kingdom/North Korea) "R2B: Return To Base" (listed as "Soar Into The Sun") - Kim Dong-Won (South Korea) Page Discussion View View source History
