19th Busan International Film Festival

2014 Busan International Film Festival
Opening filmParadise in Service
Closing filmGangster Payday
LocationBusan Cinema Center
Founded1995
Hosted byKen Watanabe
Moon So-ri
Festival dateOctober 2–11, 2014

The 19th Busan International Film Festival was held in South Korea from October 2 to October 11, 2014, and was hosted by Ken Watanabe and Moon So-ri. A total of 312 films from 79 countries were screened with total attendance of 226,473. Hong Kong director Ann Hui receives the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The closing film was Gangster Payday.[7][8]

Program

Opening

Gala Presentation

A Window on Asian Cinema

New Currents

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

Korean Cinema Retrospective

Reminiscing the timeless filmmaker, Jung Jin-woo

Archeology of Korea Cinema

World Cinema

Flash Forward

Wide Angle

Korean Short Film Competition

  • A Familiar Taste - Kim In-seon (South Korea)
  • Before the Moving - Kim Rae-won (South Korea)
  • Happy Together - Lee Jeong-min (South Korea)
  • The Giving-heart - Jung Jae-woong (South Korea)
  • The Night - Choi Ki-yun (South Korea)
  • The Strait Gate - Son Min-young (South Korea)
  • Flayed - Kim Eun-ji (South Korea)
  • Working Day - Lee Han-jong (South Korea)
  • We'll Live! - Go Sang-hoon (South Korea)
  • Cartwheel - Ahn Ju-young (South Korea)
  • Visit - Seo Hyung-won (South Korea)
  • 19:19 - Lee Yun-mee (South Korea)
  • Horn - Byun Sung-bin (South Korea)
  • Spring Colds - Kim Dong-ha (South Korea)
  • As the Sun Sets - Ko Myoung-sung (South Korea)
  • Mrs. Young - Bang Woo-ri (South Korea)
  • Hurdle - Bak Sung-jin (South Korea)

Asian Short Film Competition

  • Two Halves of a Truth - Neda Assef (Iran)
  • White Sparrow - Dilovar Sultonov (Tajikistan)
  • Son - Subarna Thapa (Nepal/France)
  • Stairway - Matt Wu (Taiwan)
  • Stone Heart - Martika Ramirez Escobar (Philippines)
  • That Day of the Month - Jirassaya Wongsutin (Thailand)
  • Xing - Liew Bradley (Malaysia)
  • The Old Tree - Farnoush Abedirenani (Iran)
  • Summer Secret - Zeng Zeng (China)
  • Gyges - He Wenchao (China)

Short Film Showcase

Documentary Competition

  • Collapse - Mun Jeong-hyun, Lee Won-woo (South Korea)
  • A Lullaby Under the Nuclear Sky - Tomoko Kana (Japan)
  • Strangers on the Field - Kim Myeong-joon (South Korea)
  • The Storm Makers - Guillaume Suon (Cambodia/France)
  • Nick and Chai - Cha Escala, Wena Sanchez (Philippines)
  • Factory Complex - Im Heung-soon (South Korea)
  • The Anxious Day Out - Kim Cheol-min (South Korea)
  • The Hospice - Lee Chang-jae (South Korea)
  • Our Metropolis - Gautam Sonti, Usha Rao (India)
  • Cotton - Hao Zhou (China/France)
  • 03-Flats - Lei Yuan Bin (Singapore)

Documentary Showcase

Cinekids

Open Cinema

Special Programs in Focus

New Turkish Cinema: Faces of the 21st Century

The Power of Georgian Women Filmmakers

Midnight Passion

Closing

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Ken Watanabe to co-host Busan film fest". 19 August 2014.
  2. ^ Lee Hyo-won (18 August 2014). "2014 Busan Film Fest to Present Retrospective on South Korea's Jung Jin-woo". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ^ The Korea Herald (19 August 2014). "Ken Watanabe to cohost Busan film fest". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ^ Lee Hyo-won (19 August 2014). "Busan's Asian Project Market Unveils 2014 Selection". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ^ Lee Hyo-won (19 August 2014). "Ken Watanabe to Host 2014 Busan Film Festival Opening Ceremony". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Busan to Debut New Actor &Actress Awards". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  7. ^ Silvia Wong (October 6, 2014). "Hot from Hong Kong at Busan market". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  8. ^ "Film fest sets diplomatic example with Japan-South Korea collaborations". AJW by The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
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