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==Profile==
* '''Film Festival:''' 13th [[Pusan International Film Festival]]
* '''Period:''' October 2nd-10th, 2008
* '''Location:''' Busan, South Korea
* '''Screenings:''' 315 films
* '''Attendance:''' 198,818
* '''Premieres:''' 85 World Premieres / 48 International Premieres / 95 Asian Premieres

==Awards==
* '''New Currents Award:''' [[Land of Scarecrows]] / [[Naked of Defenses]]
'''Special Mentions:''' [[Members of the Funeral]] / [[Er Dong]]
* '''Sonje Award''' (Shot Film Competition): Andong / Girl
* '''PIFF Mecenat Award''' (Documentary Competition): [[Mental]] / [[Old Partner]]
* '''Fipresci Award:''' [[Jalainur]]
* '''NETPAC Award:''' [[Members of the Funeral]] / [[Treeless Mountain]]
* '''KNN Movie Award''' (Audience Award): [[100]]

==Jury Members==
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'''New Currents'''
* Anna Karina - Jury Head
* Samira Makhmalbaf
* Santosh Sivan
* [[Hwa-shi Lee]]
* Karl Baumgartner
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'''Wide Angle'''
* Jung-sook Ahn
* Jean-Peirre Rehm
* Xian-min Zhang
* Gwang-soo Kimjho
* Roger Gonin
* Calida Uabumrungjit
|}
==Film Listings==
===Opening/Closing===
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! Title
! Director
! Country
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| The Gift to Stalin
| Rustem Abdrashev
| Russia
| World Premiere
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| [[I Am Happy (2009-South Korea)|I Am Happy]]
| [[Jong-chan Yun]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
|}
===Gala Presentation===
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! Title
! Director
! Country
!
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| [[Make Yourself at Home]]
| Soopum Sohn
| USA
| World Premiere
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| [[Dada's Dance]]
| [[Yuan Zhang]]
| China
| World Premiere
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| [[Ashes of Time Redux]]
| [[Kar Wai Wong]]
| Hong Kong
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|}
===A Window on Asian Cinema===
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! Title
! Director
! Country
!
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| [[Moon at the Bottom of the Well]]
| [[Vinh Son Nguyen]]
| Vietnam
| World Premiere
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| [[Plastic City]]
| [[Yu Lik-wai]]
| Brazil/Hong Kong
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| [[Perfect Life]]
| [[Xiaobai Tang]]
| Hong Kong/China
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| [[Miao Miao]]
| [[Hsiao-tse Cheng]]
| Taiwan/Hong Kong
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Jermal]]
| [[Ravi L. Bharwani]]
| Indonesia
| World Premiere
|-
| Firaaq
| Nandita Das
| India
|
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| Two Legged Horse
| Samira Makhmalbaf
| Iran
|
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| Together with My Father
| Danyar Salamat
| Kazakstan
|
|-
| [[Winds of September]]
| [[Tom Lin]]
| Taiwan
|
|-
| [[Twilight Dancing]]
| [[Tian Gao]], [[Joshua Tong]]
| China
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Trivial Matters]]
| [[Ho-Cheung Pang]]
| Hong Kong
|
|-
| [[This Longing]]
| [[Azharr Rudin]]
| Malaysia
| World Premiere
|-
| The Yurt
| Ayub Shakhobitdinov
| Uzbekistan
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|-
| The Song of Sparrows
| Majid Majidi
| Iran
|
|-
| [[The Shaft]]
| [[Chi Zhang]]
| China
|
|-
| [[The Convert]]
| [[Yasmin Ahmad]]
| Malaysia
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|-
| TAHAAN - A Boy with a Grenade
| Santosh Sivan
| India
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|-
| [[Still Walking]]
| [[Hirokazu Koreeda]]
| Japan
|
|-
| [[Sparrow]]
| [[Johnnie To]]
| Hong Kong
|
|-
| [[Soul of a Demon]]
| [[Tso-chi Chang]]
| Taiwan
|
|-
| Songs from the Southern Seas
| Marat Sarulu
| Kazakhstan
| International Premiere
|-
| [[Snakes and Earrings]]
| [[Yukio Ninagawa]]
| Japan
|
|-
| [[Service (2008-Philippines)|Service]]
| [[Brillante Mendoza]]
| France/Philippines
|
|-
| [[Sell Out!]]
| [[Yeo Joon Han]]
| Malaysia
|
|-
| [[River People]]
| [[Jianjun He]]
| China
| World Premiere
|-
| Ramchand Pakistani
| Mehreen Jabbar
| Pakistan
|
|-
| [[Pesantren - 3 Wishes, 3 Loves]]
| [[Nurman Hakim]]
| Indonesia
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Parking]]
| [[Mong-Hong Chung]]
| Taiwan
|
|-
| [[Orz Boyz]]
| [[Ya-che Yang]]
| Taiwan
|
|-
| Native Dancer
| Guka Omarova
| Kazakhstan, Russia
|
|-
| [[My Magic]]
| [[Eric Khoo]]
| Singapore
|
|-
| [[My Darling of the Mountains]]
| [[Katsuhito Ishii]]
| Japan
|
|-
| Lonely Tunes of Tehran
| Saman Salour
| Iran
|
|-
| Kanchivaram
| Soman Nair Priyadarsan
| India
|
|-
| [[Jay (2009-Philippines)|Jay]]
| [[Francis Xavier Pasion]]
| Philippines
|
|-
| [[Gou Gou, The Cat]]
| [[Isshin Inudo]]
| Japan
|
|-
| Flowers of the Sky
| Prasanna Vithanage
| Sri Lanka, India
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|-
| [[Fiksi]]
| [[Mouly Surya]]
| Indonesia
| International Premiere
|-
| [[Feast of Villains]]
| [[Jianlin Pan]]
| China
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Departures]]
| [[Yojiro Takita]]
| Japan
|
|-
| [[Confessional (2007-Philippines)|Confessional]]
| [[Ruel Dahis Antipuesto]], [[Jerrold Tarog]]
| Philippines
|
|-
| [[Child by Children]]
| [[Koji Hagiuda]]
| Japan
| International Premiere
|-
| Captain Abu Raed
| Amin Matalqa
| Jordan
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|-
| [[Cape No. 7]]
| [[Te-Sheng Wei]]
| Taiwan
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|-
| Be Calm and Count to Seven
| Ramtin Lavati
| Iran
|
|-
| [[Baby Angelo]]
| [[Joel Ruiz]]
| Philippines
| International Premiere
|-
| Among the Clouds
| Rouhollah Hejazi
| Iran
|
|-
| [[All Around Us]]
| [[Ryosuke Hashiguchi]]
| Japan
|
|-
| [[Adela (2008-Philippines)|Adela]]
| [[Adolfo Alix Jr.]]
| Philippines
|
|-
| [[12 Lotus]]
| [[Royston Tan]]
| Singapore
|
|-
|}

===New Currents===
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! Title
! Director
! Country
!
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| [[Members of the Funeral]]
| [[Jin-yeong Kim]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[A Moment in June]]
| [[O. Nathapon]]
| Thailand
| World Premiere
|-
| Turmoil
| Kanymbek Kassymbekov, Sabit Kurmanbekov
| Kazakhstan
| International Premiere
|-
| [[The Pot]]
| [[Tae-gon Kim]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Routine Holiday]]
| [[Hongqi Li]]
| China
| World Premiere
|-
| Ocean of an Old Man
| Rajesh Shera
| India
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Naked of Defenses]]
| [[Masahide Ichii]]
| Japan
| International Premiere
|-
| [[Land of Scarecrows]]
| [[Gyeong-tae Roh]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Jalainur]]
| [[Ye Zhao]]
| China
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Er Dong]]
| [[Jin Yang]]
| China
| World Premiere
|-
| Empty Chair
| Saman Estereki
| Iran
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly]]
| [[Edwin]]
| Indonesia
| World Premiere
|-
| A Light in the Fog
| Panahbarkhoda Rezaee
| Iran
| World Premiere
|-
| [[100]]
| [[Chris Martinez]]
| Philippines
| International Premiere
|-
|}
===Korean Cinema Today - Panorama===
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! Title
! Director
! Country
!
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| [[A Man who was Superman]]
| [[Yoon-Chul Jeong]]
| South Korea
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|-
| [[Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells]]
| [[Soo-il Jeon]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Sisters on the Road]]
| [[Ji-yeong Bu]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Oishii Man]]
| [[Jeong-jung Kim]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[The Good, The Bad, The Weird]]
| [[Ji-woon Kim]]
| South Korea
|
|-
| [[The Chaser]]
| [[Hong-jin Na]]
| South Korea
|
|-
| [[Sunny (2008-Korean Movie)|Sunny]]
| [[Jun-ik Lee]]
| South Korea
|
|-
| [[Public Enemy Returns]]
| [[Woo-Suk Kang]]
| South Korea
|
|-
| [[Night and Day]]
| [[Sang-soo Hong]]
| South Korea
|
|-
| [[Forever the Moment]]
| [[Soonrye Yim]]
| South Korea
|
|-
| [[Crush and Blush]]
| [[Kyoung-mi Lee]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Heartbreak Library]]
| [[Jeong-kwon Kim]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
|}
===Korean Cinema Today - Vision===
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! Title
! Director
! Country
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| [[Evil Spirit ; VIY]]
| [[Jin-yeong Park]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Treeless Mountain]]
| [[So Yong Kim]]
| South Korea
|
|-
| [[Let the Blue River Run]]
| [[Mi-ja Kim]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Breathless (2009-South Korea)|Breathless]]
| [[Ik-jun Yang]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[The Room Nearby]]
| [[Tae-jeong Goh]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[The Pit and the Pendulum]]
| [[Yeong-seong Son]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[How to Live on Earth]]
| [[Seul-gi Ahn]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
| [[Exhausted]]
| [[Kim Gok]]
| South Korea
| World Premiere
|-
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RamenLover at 07:23, 23 March 2011