Pusan Film Festival Awards 2009

2009 Pusan Film Festival Awards
2009 Pusan International Film Festival: Oct. 8-16, 2009
 

Set in Iraq’s Kurdish region following the US-led invasion, Shawkat Amin Korki’s Kick Off was inspired by a reportedly true story about a young refugee in Kirkuk’s main soccer stadium who began organizing soccer matches to help lift the spirits of the locals.
 

New Currents Award
Kick Off – Shawkat Amin Korki (Iraq, Japan)
I’m In Trouble –  So Sang-Min (Korea)
Special Mention: Squalor – Giuseppe Bede Samperdro (Philippines)
 
Flash Forward Award
Last Cowboy Standing – Zaida Bergroth (Finland, Germany)
Special Mention: Miss Kicki – Hakon Liu (Sweden, Taiwan)
 
Sonje Award for Short Films
Somewhere Unreached – Kim Jae-won (Korea)
Rare Fish – Basil Vassili Mironer (Singapore, Indonesia)
 
Mecenat Award for Documentaries
Earth’s Woman – Kwon [...]

by Irene Young | October 16, 2009   
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