23rd Busan International Film Festival

The 23rd Busan International Film Festival was held from 3 October to 13 October 2018 at the Busan Cinema Center. A total of 324 films from 79 countries were screened at the festival, including 115 world premieres and 25 international premieres.[1]

23rd Busan International Film Festival
Opening filmBeautiful Days
Closing filmMaster Z: The Ip Man Legacy
LocationBusan Cinema Center
Founded1995
Hosted byKim Nam-gil and Han Ji-min
Festival dateOctober 4–13, 2018

Two new awards were created in 2018 to promote Korean independent films. KTH, a renowned film investor and digital content distributor, will award the KTH Award and a cash prize of 10,000,000 KRW to two Korean films from the Korean Cinema Today–Vision and the New Currents section. While Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), which broadcasts independent films KBS Independent Cinema, will award the KBS Independent Film Award and cash prize of 10,000,000 KRW to one best film from the same section. The KBS Independent Film Award-winning films will also be screened on KBS Independent Cinema within one year after release with a separate broadcasting rights contract from the award.[2]

The DGK Award was also reinstated after it was boycotted by the Director's Guild of Korea in 2016 and 2017.

Program

Opening

Gala Presentation

A Window on Asian Cinema

New Currents
  • Aurora - Bekzat PIRMATOV (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Clean up - KWON Man-ki (Korea)
  • Gold Carrier - Touraj ASLANI (Iran)
  • His Lost Name - HIROSE Nanako (Japan)
  • House of Hummingbird - KIM Bora (Korea)
  • House of My Fathers - Suba SIVAKUMARAN (Sri Lanka)
  • SAVAGE - CUI Si Wei (China)
  • Second Life - PARK Young-ju (Korea)
  • The Red Phallus - Tashi GYELTSHEN (Bhutan/Germany/Nepal)
  • Vanishing Days - ZHU Xin (China)

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

Korean Cinema Today - Vision
  • A Boy and Sungreen - Ahn Ju-young (Korea)
  • A Duck's Grin - Kim Young-nam (Korea/France)
  • Between the Seasons - Kim Jun-sik (Korea)
  • Bori - Kim Jin-yu (Korea)
  • Don't Go Too Far - Park Hyun-yong (Korea)
  • Maggie - Yi Ok-seop (Korea)
  • Night Light - Kim Moo-young(Korea)
  • Our Body - Han Ka-ram (Korea)
  • Sub-zero Wind - Kim Yuri (Korea)
  • Youngju - Cha Sung-duk (Korea)

The Pioneer of 1980's Realism: Lee Jang-ho

World Cinema

Flash Forward

Korean Short Film Competition
  • Beyond the Sea - KIM Si-jin (Korea)
  • Cat Day Afternoon - KWON Sungmo (Korea)
  • Chicken Fighters - GO Hyeonji (Korea)
  • Do Cabbages Grow in Africa? - LEE Na-yeon (Korea)
  • Down - LEE Woosoo (Korea)
  • Habitat - HONG Eui-jeong (Korea)
  • My Little Brother, Seung-hyuk - KIM Deokgeun (Korea)
  • The Narrow Gate - KIM Younmi (Korea)
  • Only All of Us - HAN Yuwon (Korea)
  • Road to Her - CHO Jeehoon (Korea)
  • Spring Equinox - SUK Jinhyuk (Korea)
  • Stranger - KIM Youjune (Korea)
  • Tears - OH Seoung-ho (Korea)
  • Water Spray - OH Eunyoung (Korea)

Asian Short Film Competition
  • A Dance for Ren Hang - Yuan Bin Lei (Singapore/Macau China)
  • A Million Years - SAN Danech (Cambodia)
  • Air - Aizhana Kassymbek (Kazakhstan)
  • Chasing Paper - Shoki Lin (Singapore)
  • GOLD - Yong Chao LEE (Taiwan/Myanmar)
  • In the Middle of Blue - QI Ji (China)
  • The Moon Is Bright Tonight - Abinash Bikram SHAH (Nepal/Myanmar)
  • MOTHER, DAUGHTER, DREAMS - Linh Duong (Vietnam)
  • NOOREH - Ashish Pandey (India)
  • Similitude - Hariyali DESAI (India)
  • The Stain - Nuntanat Duangtisarn (Thailand)
  • Tokyo 21st October - OKUYAMA Hiroshi (Japan)
  • Void - XU Jianshang (China)
  • Waves Interrupted - Dimon John (Sri Lanka)

Short Film Showcase
  • A Cold Summer Night - Yash SAWANT (India)
  • A Gift - Aditya Ahmad (Indonesia)
  • All These Creatures - Charles WILLIAMS (Australia)
  • BELIEVE IT OR NOT - PARK Chan-kyong (Korea)
  • The Crying of Tanbur - Anisa Sabiri (Tajikistan)
  • Down There - YANG Zhengfan (China/France)
  • The Fight - Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
  • Heart of Snow: afterlife - Soyoung Kim (Korea)
  • Last Order - Joji Villanueva Alonso (Philippines/Singapore)
  • Manila is Full of Men Named Boy - Andrew Stephen LEE (Philippines/United States)
  • ON THE BORDER - WEI Shujun (China)
  • The Open Door - Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk (Bhutan/United Kingdom)
  • Over There - JANG Minseung (Korea)
  • Permanent Resident - Nicole Midori WOODFORD (Singapore)
  • Sex, Fear, and Hamburgers - Eldar SHIBANOV (Kazakhstan)
  • Supermonk - Shenang Gyamjo TAMANG (Taiwan/Nepal)
  • Till Next Time - Paulie HUANG Chih Chia (Taiwan)

Documentary Competition
  • A War of Memories - Bora LEE-KIL (Korea)
  • ARMY - Kelvin Kyungkun PARK (Korea)
  • KIM-GUN - KANG Sang-woo (Korea)
  • Opening Closing Forgetting - James T. Hong (Taiwan)
  • Our Happy Birth Day - Angel SU, Mimi CHEN (Taiwan)
  • Re-sound - JEONG Ilgeon (Korea)
  • Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of Comfort Women Issue - Miki Dezaki (United States/Japan)
  • The Song of Grassroots - Yuda Kurniawan (Indonesia)
  • The Strangers - MYOUNG So-hee (Korea)
  • Swimming Through The Darkness - Supriyo SEN (India)
  • Unknown Knowns - HAN Hyesung (Korea)

Documentary Showcase
  • Absence - Ekta MITTAL (India)
  • BNK48: Girls Don′t Cry - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand)
  • Boy Soldiers: The Secret War in Okinawa - MIKAMI Chie, OYA Hanayo (Japan)
  • Bruce Lee and the Outlaw - Joost Vandebrug (United Kingdom/Netherlands/Czech Republic)
  • Chi-Town - Nick BUDABIN (United States)
  • The Children Gone to Poland - CHOO Sangmee (Korea)
  • Chinese Portrait - Wang Xiaoshuai (China/Hong Kong, China)
  • Cloud, Encore - Jung Sung-il (Korea)
  • Crossing Beyond - Yi Seung-jun (Korea)
  • Dead Souls - Wang Bing (France/Switzerland)
  • Dear My Genius - KOO Yunjoo (Korea)
  • Fahrenheit 11/9 - Michael Moore (United States)
  • Gravity of the Tea - Jung Sung-il (Korea)
  • Land from God - Kevin Piamonte (Philippines)
  • Last Scene - PARK Baeil (Korea)
  • Light A Candle, Write A History - Candlelight Revolution - Nungcool (Korea)
  • Littleboy 12725 - KIM Jigon (Korea)
  • Minding the Gap - LIU Bing (United States)
  • Out - Denis PARROT (France)
  • The State Against Mandela And The Others - Nicolas CHAMPEAUX, Gilles PORTE (France/South Africa)
  • Tranny Fag - Kiko GOIFMAN, Claudia PRISCILLA (Brazil)
  • The Trial - Sergei Loznitsa (Netherlands)
  • Turning 18 - HO Chao-ti (Taiwan)
  • What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? - Roberto MINERVINI (Italy/United States/France)

Cinekids
  • Circleen, Coco and the Wild Rhinoceros - Jannik Hastrup (Denmark)
  • Gordon & Paddy - Linda HAMBÄCK (Sweden)
  • Little Miss Dolittle - Joachim Masannek (Germany)
  • Once in a Child′s Life - Sara Momtazian, Jesahel Newton, Mafer Agahi (South Africa/Ecuador/Colombia)
  • The Witch Hunters - Rasko Miljkovic (Serbia/Macedonia)

Animation Showcase
  • Funan - Denis Do (France/Belgium/Luxembourg)
  • Ireesha, The Daughter of Elf-king - CHANG Hyung-yun (Korea)
  • Mirai - Mamoru Hosoda (Japan)
  • Monkey Magic - MA Xihai (China)
  • The Shaman Sorceress - AHN Jaehuun (Korea)
  • The Tower - Mats GRORUD (Norway/France/Sweden)

Open Cinema

Philippines Special Program

Midnight Passion

Busan Classic

Closing
  • Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy - Yuen Woo-ping (Hong Kong, China/China)

Awards
  • New Currents Award
    • Clean up - KWON Man-ki (Korea)[3][4][5]
    • SAVAGE - CUI Si Wei (China)
  • BIFF Mecenat Award
    • ARMY - Kelvin Kyungkun PARK (Korea)
    • Opening Closing Forgetting - James T. Hong (Taiwan)
    • Special Mention : A War of Memories - Bora LEE-KIL (Korea)
  • Sonje Award
    • Cat Day Afternoon - KWON Sungmo (Korea)
    • NOOREH - Ashish Pandey (India)
  • Actor & Actress of the Year Award
  • FIPRESCI Award
  • NETPAC Award
  • Kim Jiseok Award
  • Citizen Critics' Award
    • Maggie - Yi Ok-seop (Korea)
  • Busan Cinephile Award
    • Bruce Lee and the Outlaw - Joost Vandebrug (United Kingdom/Netherlands/Czech Republic)
  • DGK Award
    • Bori - Kim Jin-yu (Korea)
    • Sub-zero Wind - Kim Yuri (Korea)
  • CGV Arthouse Award
    • Maggie - Yi Ok-seop (Korea)
  • KBS Independent Film Award
    • Maggie - Yi Ok-seop (Korea)
  • KTH Award
  • The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
  • Korean Cinema Award
    • Martine Thérouanne (France)
    • Jean-Marc Thérouanne (France)

References
  1. Lee, Hyo-won (3 September 2018). "Busan: North Korean Defector Drama Beautiful Days to Open Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "23rd Busan International Film Festival Vision's Night Award Announcement". BIFF. 12 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. Park, Bo-ram (13 October 2018). "23rd Busan film festival closes with new task of staying relevant". Yonhap. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. Lee, Hyo-won (13 October 2018). "Busan: 'Clean Up,' 'Savage' Share New Currents Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "23rd Busan International Film Festival Vision's Night Award Announcement". BIFF. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  6. Lee, Hyo-won (22 August 2018). "Busan: Ryuichi Sakamoto Named Asian Filmmaker of the Year". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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