Film festival in South Korea in 2012
The 17th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 4 to October 13, 2012 at the Busan Cinema Center[1] and was hosted by Ahn Sung-ki and Chinese actress Tang Wei, who is the first foreign celebrity to host the event.[2][3]
In this year's festival, a total of 304 films from 75 countries was screened, with 93 serving as world premieres and 39 serving as international premieres. The event was attended by more than 10,000 guests from over 60 countries.[4][5]
The 304 films, which includes films from countries such as Japan, India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia, were played on 37 screens in seven theaters in Busan, including Busan Cinema Center, CGV Centum City, Lotte Cinema Centum City, and Megabox Haeundae.
Program
- † World premiere
- †† International premiere
Award winner
Opening Film
English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country/countries
|
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Cold War |
寒戰 Hán Zhàn |
Longman Leung Sunny Luk |
Hong Kong, China |
†
|
Gala Presentation
A Window on Asian Cinema
New Currents
English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country/countries
|
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111 Girls |
Darbare 111 dokhtar |
Nahid Ghobadi Bijan Zmanpira |
Iraq |
†
|
36 |
|
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit |
Thailand |
††
|
Apparition |
Aparisyon |
Isabel Sandoval (credited as Vincent Sandoval)[6] |
Philippines |
††
|
Fatal |
가시꽃 Gashi Ggot |
Lee Don-ku |
South Korea |
†
|
Filmistaan |
|
Nitin Kakkar |
India |
†
|
Kayan |
|
Maryam Najafi |
Lebanon Canada |
|
The Town Of Whales |
|
Keiko Tsuruoka |
Japan |
††
|
Together |
甜・祕密 Tian mi mi |
Hsu Chae-Jen |
Taiwan |
†
|
Touch of the Light |
逆光飛翔 Ni guang fei xiang |
Chang Jung-Chi |
Taiwan |
††
|
Your Time Is Up |
누구나 제 명에 죽고 싶다 Nuguna Je Myeonge Jokgo Shipda |
Kim Sung-hyun |
South Korea |
†
|
Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
Korean Cinema Today - Vision
English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country/countries
|
|
Azooma |
공정사회 Gongjeongsahoe |
Lee Ji-seung |
South Korea |
†
|
Jiseul |
지슬 |
O Muel |
South Korea |
†
|
Love in 42.9 |
낭만파 남편의 편지 Nangmanpa Nampyeonui Pyeonji |
Choi Wi-ahn |
South Korea |
†
|
Mai Ratima |
마이 라띠마 Ma-i Rattima |
Yoo Ji-tae |
South Korea |
†
|
Melo |
멜로 Mello |
Roy Lee (South Korea) |
South Korea |
†
|
Over and Over Again |
개똥이 Gaeddongyi |
Kim Byung-june |
South Korea |
†
|
Pluto |
명왕성 Myungwangsung |
Shin Su-won |
South Korea |
†
|
Sunshine Boys |
1999, 면회 1999, Myeonhee |
Kim Tae-gon |
South Korea |
†
|
The Russian Novel |
러시안 소설 Reosian Soseol |
Shin Yeon-shick |
South Korea |
†
|
The Sound of Memories |
|
Lee Gong-hee |
South Korea |
†
|
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Shin Young-kyun, the Male Icon of Korean Cinema: From Farmhand to King
World Cinema
Flash Forward
English title
|
Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country/countries
|
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All Musicians Are Bastards |
Kõik muusikud on kaabakad |
Heleri Saarik |
Estonia |
†
|
Annelie |
|
Antej Farac |
Germany Switzerland |
†
|
Flower Buds |
Poupata |
Zdeněk Jiráský |
Czech Republic |
††
|
Für Elise |
|
Wolfgang Dinslage |
Germany |
††
|
State of Emergency |
Avariynoe sostoyanie |
Vsevolod Bennigsen |
Russia |
††
|
Steel |
Acciaio |
Stefano Mordini |
Italy |
††
|
The Crack |
El resquicio |
Alfonso Acosta |
Colombia Argentina |
†
|
The Scar |
|
Jimmy Larouche |
Canada |
††
|
Wide Angle
Korean Short Film Competition
English title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country/countries
|
|
A Day Worth Dying For |
Byun Hyun-a |
South Korea |
†
|
Choongshim, Soso |
Kim Jung-in |
South Korea |
†
|
Dug-Goo TV |
Shin Min-hee |
South Korea |
†
|
Last Night |
Bae Du-ri |
South Korea |
†
|
Mackerel |
Lee Seol-hee |
South Korea |
†
|
Mija |
Jeon Hyo-jeong |
South Korea |
†
|
Miss Longlegs |
Yun Mo |
South Korea |
†
|
Night Market |
Kim Tae-yong |
South Korea |
†
|
Spring on Campus |
Ahn Seung-hyuk |
South Korea |
†
|
Suffocation |
Kwon Oh-kwang |
South Korea |
†
|
The Knitting |
Yoon Eun-hye |
South Korea |
†
|
The Night of the Witness |
Park Buem |
South Korea |
†
|
The Trace |
Chung Ji-yun |
South Korea |
†
|
Unlawful Love |
Kim Jun-sung |
South Korea |
†
|
Asian Short Film Competition
English title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country/countries
|
|
A Little Farther |
Nikan Nezami |
Iran |
†
|
Aurora, My Aurora |
Janus Victoria |
Philippines |
†
|
Daily Life |
Chang Chia Yun |
Taiwan |
††
|
I Offered You Pleasure |
Farah Shaer |
Lebanon |
†
|
Late Shift |
Edward Khoo |
Singapore |
†
|
Oriole |
Kaynipa Polnikorn |
Thailand |
†
|
Saba |
Roqiye Tavakoli |
Iran |
†
|
The Artist |
Siddartha Jatla |
India |
†
|
The Container |
Abu Shahed Emon |
Bangladesh South Korea |
†
|
The Lowest Extremities |
Farhad Qazi |
United Arab Emirates |
††
|
The Outpost |
Sayed Jalal Hussaini |
Afghanistan |
†
|
This Is London |
Mohammed Rashed Buali |
Bahrain United Arab Emirates |
††
|
Transferring |
Junichi Kanai |
Japan |
††
|
Short Film Showcase
English title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country/countries
|
|
Convenience |
Sam McKeith Tom McKeith |
Australia |
†
|
Cut To Fit |
Giovanni La Parola |
Italy |
††
|
Kiruna-Kigali |
Goran Kapetanović |
Sweden Rwanda |
†
|
Plot |
Pavle Vuckovic |
Serbia |
†
|
When Bucketwheet Flowers Blossom |
Ahn Jae-hun Han Hye-jin |
South Korea |
†
|
Documentary Competition
English title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country/countries
|
|
Anxiety |
Min Hwan-ki |
South Korea |
†
|
Char... The No-Man's Island |
Sourav Sarangi |
India |
†
|
Embers |
Tamara Stepanyan |
Lebanon Qatar Armenia |
†
|
Forest Dancing |
Kang Seok-pil |
South Korea |
†
|
Go Grandriders |
Hua Tien-Hao |
Taiwan |
††
|
In God's Land |
Pankaj Rishi Kumar |
India |
†
|
Serenade |
Benito Bautista |
Philippines |
††
|
The Cat that Lived a Million Times |
Tadasuke Kotani |
Japan |
†
|
Tour of Duty |
Kim Dong-ryeong, Park Gyeong-tae |
South Korea |
†
|
Wellang Trei |
Kim Tae-il |
South Korea |
†
|
Documentary Showcase
English title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country/countries
|
|
5 Broken Cameras |
Emad Burnat Guy Davidi |
Palestine Israel France Netherlands |
|
A Better Life Is Elsewhere |
Rolando Colla |
Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina |
††
|
Beyond School |
Kim Han-kook |
South Korea |
†
|
Captain Kang |
Won Ho-yeon |
South Korea |
†
|
Chiri/Trace |
Naomi Kawase |
Japan |
|
El Maestro Saharaui |
Nicolás Muñoz |
Spain |
|
King Hu |
Hubert Niogret |
France |
†
|
Magic Words (Breaking a Spell) |
Mercedes Moncada |
Mexico |
|
My Name Is Negahdar Jamali and I Make Westerns |
Kamran Heidari |
Iran |
†
|
Paramedico |
Benjamin Gilmour |
Australia |
††
|
Polluting Paradise |
Fatih Akın |
Germany |
|
Still I Strive |
Adam Pfleghaar A. Todd Smith |
Cambodia United States |
†
|
The End of Time |
Peter Mettler |
Switzerland Canada |
|
Theater 1 |
Kazuhiro Soda |
Japan United States France |
†
|
Theater 2 |
Kazuhiro Soda |
Japan United States France |
†
|
Three Sisters |
Wang Bing |
China |
|
Tony Rayns and a Quarter Century of Korean Cinema |
Seo Won-tae |
South Korea |
|
Animation Showcase
Open Cinema
Special Program in Focus
The Eternal Travelers for Freedom: Sergei Parajanov and Mikhail Vartanov
Afghanistan National Film Archive: The Rise from the Ashes
English title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country/countries
|
Akhtar the Clown |
Latif Ahmadi |
Afghanistan
|
Like Eagle |
Faiz Mohammad Khairzada |
Afghanistan
|
Love Epic |
Latif Ahmadi |
Afghanistan
|
Once Upon a Time |
Khaleq A’lil, Mohmmad Ali Rownaq, Sultan Hamid Hashem |
Afghanistan
|
Rabia Balkhie |
Abdullah Shadan Mohammad Nazir |
Afghanistan
|
The Stranger |
Siddiq Barmak |
Afghanistan
|
Poland in Close-up: The Great Polish Masters
Arturo Ripstein: Four Stories of Captive Minds
Cinema Archaeology
Special Screening
Midnight Passion
Closing Film
Awards
- New Currents Award
- 36 - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand)[7]
- Kayan - Maryam Najafi (Lebanon/Canada)
- Special Mention: Filmistaan - Nitin Kakkar (India)
- Flash Forward Award
- Sonje Award
- A Little Farther - Nikan Nezami (Iran)
- The Night of the Witness - Park Buem (South Korea)
- Special Mention: Transferring - Junichi Kanai (Japan)
- BIFF Mecenat Award
- Embers - Tamara Stepanyan (Lebanon/Qatar/Armenia)
- Anxiety - Min Hwan-ki (South Korea)
- Special Mention: Wellang Trei - Kim Tae-il (South Korea)
- FIPRESCI Award
- 36 - Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand)
- NETPAC Award
- KNN Movie Award
- DGK Award
- Busan Cinephile Award
- Citizen Reviewers' Award
- CGV Movie Collage Award
- Korean Cinema Award
- Asian Filmmaker of the Year
References
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