18th Busan International Film Festival

The 18th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 3 to October 12, 2013 and was hosted by Aaron Kwok and Kang Soo-yeon.^[1][2][3]

Official selection

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Anatomy of a Paperclip - Akira Ikeda (Japan)
• Backwater - Shinji Aoyama (Japan)
• Bends' - Flora Lau (Hong Kong)
• Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story - Keiichi Hara (Japan)
• Death March - Adolfo Alix, Jr. (Philippines)
• Einstein and Einstein - Baoping Cao (China)
• Homesick - Satoru Hirohara (Japan)
• If Only - Jerrold Tarog (Philippines)
• Ilo Ilo - Anthony Chen (Singapore)
• Ikal Mayang : Telling Women Stories - various (Malaysia)
• Keening Woman - Rita Hui (Hong Kong/China)
• Letters from the South - various (China/Malaysia/Thailand/Singapore/Myanmar)
• Like Father, Like Son - Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan)
• Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand)
• Miss Zombie - SABU (Japan)
• The Nightingale - Philippe Muyl (China/France)
• Norte, the End of History - Lav Diaz (Philippines)
• Once Upon a Time in Vietnam - Dustin Nguyen (Vietnam)
• The One-Armed Swordsman - Cheh Chang (Hong Kong)
• Possession - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)
• Present for You - Yoshihiko Dai (Japan)
• Real - Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
• R100 - Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan)
• Soul - Mong-Hong Chung (Taiwan)
• Stray Dogs - Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan/France)
• Striking Out in Love- Shiingo Matsumura (Japan)
• Summer's End - Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Japan)
• Taipei Factory- various (Taiwan)
• Tamako in Moratorium - Nobuhiro Yamashita (Japan) *World Premiere
• Together - Saranyoo Jiralak (Thailand) *International Premiere
• A Touch of Sin - Jia Zhangke (China)
• Twenty-Four Eyes - Keisuke Kinoshita (Japan)
• What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love - Mouly Surya (Indonesia)
• Why Don't You Play in Hell? - Sion Sono (Japan)
• Yellow Colt - Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig (Mongolia)

New Currents

• 10 Minutes - Lee Yong-seung (South Korea)
• Again - Junichi Kanai (Japan)
• Concrete Clouds - Lee Chatametikool (Thailand/Hong Kong/China)
• The Isthmus - Peerachai Kerdsint/Sopawan Boonnimitra (Thailand)
• Pascha - Ahn Seon-Kyoung (South Korea)
• Remote Control - Byamba Sakhya (Mongolia/Germany)
• Steel Cold Winter - Choi Jin-sung (South Korea)
• Toilet Blues - Dirmawan Hatta (Indonesia)
• Transit - Hannah Espia (Philippines)

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

• Another Family - Kim Tae-yun (South Korea) *World Premiere
• The Berlin File - Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
• The Fake - Yeon Sang-ho (South Korea)
• Fasten Your Seatbelt - Ha Jung-woo (South Korea)
• Genome Hazard - Kim Sung-su (South Korea)
• God's Eye View- Lee Jang-ho (South Korea)
• If You Were Me 6 - various (South Korea)
• Moebius - Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)
• My Boy - Jeon Kyu-hwan (South Korea)
• Nobody's Daughter Haewon- Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
• Our Sunhi - Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
• Rough Play - Shin Yeon-shick (South Korea)
• Top Star - Park Joong-hoon (South Korea)
• Twisted Daddy - Jang Hyun-soo (South Korea)

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

• Dynamite Man - Jeong Hyuk-won (South Korea)
• Godsend - Moon Si-hyun (South Korea)
• Guardian - Yoo Won-sang (South Korea)
• Han Gong-ju - Lee Su-jin (South Korea)
• Intruders - Noh Young-seok (South Korea)
• The King of Jokgu - Woo Moon-gi (South Korea)
• Mot - Seo Ho-bin (South Korea)
• Shuttlecock - Lee Yu-bin (South Korea)
• The Stone - Cho Se-rae (South Korea)
• Thuy - Kim Jae-ran (South Korea)

Open Cinema

• Cold Eyes - Cho Ui-seok, Kim Byeong-seo (South Korea)
• Silent Witness - Xing Fei (China)
• The Terror Live - Kim Byung-woo (South Korea)
• Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast - Yu-Hsun Chen (Taiwan)

Midnight Passion

• The Devil's Path - Kazuya Shiraishi (Japan)
• Last Summer - various (Thailand)
• Pee Mak - Banjong Pisanthanakun (Thailand)

Wide Angle - Documentary Competition

• Gureombi –The Wind Is Blowing - Cho Sung-bong (South Korea)
• Dream House by the Border - Kim Kyang (South Korea)
• Jazz in Love - Baby Ruth Villarama (Philippines/Germany/France)
• Non-fiction Diary - Jung Yoon-suk (South Korea)
• Past Present - Tion Guan Saw (Malaysia)
• Tale of a Butcher Shop - Aya Hanabusa (Japan)
• To Singapore, with Love - Pin Pin Tan (Singapore)
• Sandal - Kim Mi-re (South Korea)
• Streetside - Daniel Ziv (Indonesia)

Awards

• New Currents Award
  • Pascha - Ahn Seon-Kyoung (South Korea)^[4]
  • Remote Control - Byamba Sakhya (Mongolia/Germany)
  • Special Mention: Transit – Hannah Espia (Philippines)
• Sonje Award
  • A Lady Caddy Who Never Saw a Hole in One - Yosep Anggi Noen (Indonesia)
  • In the Summer - Son Tae-gyum (South Korea)
  • Special Mention: Temporary – Behzad Azadi (Iran)
  • Special Mention: Sprout – Yoon Ga-eun (Korea)
• BIFF Mecenat Award
  • Streetside - Daniel Ziv (Indonesia)
  • Non-fiction Diary - Jung Yoon-suk (South Korea)
  • Special Mention: Gureombi – The Wind Is Blowing - Cho Sung-bong (Korea)
• Busan Bank Award (Audience Award)
  • Home – Maximilian Hult (Sweden/Iceland)
• KNN Movie Award (Audience Award)
  • 10 Minutes - Lee Yong-seung (South Korea)
• FIPRESCI Award
  • 10 Minutes - Lee Yong-seung (South Korea)
• NETPAC Award
  • Shuttlecock - Lee Yu-bin (South Korea)
• Busan Cinephile Award
  • Father’s Garden –The Love of My Parents - Peter Liechti (Switzerland)
• Citizen Reviewers' Award
  • Shuttlecock - Lee Yu-bin (South Korea)
  • Han Gong-ju - Lee Su-jin (South Korea)
• CGV Movie Collage Award
  • Han Gong-ju - Lee Su-jin (South Korea)
• The Asian Filmmaker of the Year - Rithy Panh (Cambodia)
• Korean Cinema Award - Charles Tesson (France)

References

External links

• BIFF official website