23rd Busan International Film Festival

23rd Busan International Film Festival
Official poster
Opening filmBeautiful Days
Closing filmMaster Z: The Ip Man Legacy
LocationBusan Cinema Center
Founded1995
Hosted byKim Nam-gil and Han Ji-min
Festival dateOpening: 4 October 2018 (2018-10-04)
Closing: 13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)
Busan International Film Festival

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

Korean Cinema Retrospective

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

World Cinema

Flash Forward

Wide Angle

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

Special Programs in Focus

Philippines Special Program

Midnight Passion

Busan Classic

Closing

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.