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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Pusan Film Festival Awards 2008

2008 Pusan Film Festival Awards
2008 Pusan International Film Festival: Oct. 2-10, 2008
 

In Masahide Ichii’s Naked of Defenses, a troubled plastic factory worker tries to help a pregnant newcomer.
 

New Currents Award 
Land of Scarecrows ROH Gyeong-tae
Naked of Defenses Masahide ICHII

Special Mentions:
Members of the Funeral BAEK Seung-bin
Er Dong Jin YANG
Sonje Award
Andong Rommel Tolentino MILO
Girl HONG Sunghoon
PIFF Mecenat Award
Mental Kazuhiro SODA  
Old Partner LEE Chung Ryoul

Special Mention: American Alley KIM Dongryung
FIPRESCI Award 
Jalainur Ye ZHAO
NETPAC Award
Members of the Funeral BAEK Seung-bin
Treeless Mountain KIM So [...]

by Andre Soares | October 11, 2008   
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Pusan Film Festival Awards 2007

2007 Pusan Film Festival Awards
2007 Pusan International Film Festival: Oct. 4-12, 2007
 

Aditya Assarat’s Wonderful Town chronicles the difficulties encountered by a couple having an affair in a small town ravaged by the Dec. 2004 tsunami.
 

New Currents Award
Life Track by Guang Hao Jin (China/Korea)
Flower in the Pocket by Seng Tat Liew (Malaysia)
Wonderful Town by Aditya Assarat (Thailand)
 
FIPRESCI Award
The Red Awn by Shangjun Cai (China)
 
NETPAC Award
Hello Stranger by KIM Dong-Hyun (Korea)
With a Girl of Black Soil by Jeon Soo-il (Korea)
 
KNN Audience Award
Flower In The Pocket by Seng Tat Liew (Malaysia)
 
Sonje Award
Woong’s Story by Lee Ha-song (Korea)
A Man Under the Influenza by Jung July (Korea) [...]

by Andre Soares | October 12, 2007   
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Pusan Film Festival Awards 2006

2006 Pusan Film Festival Awards
2006 Pusan International Film Festival: October 12-20, 2006
 

Heng Yang’s Betelut (China) and Chui Mui Tan’s Love Conquers All (Malaysia, see above photo) tied for the New Currents Award for Best New Asian Film at the 2006 Pusan Film Festival. Chui’s film also won the FIPRESCI (International Critics) Award.
 

New Currents Award for the Best New Asian Filmmaker of the Year (tie):
Betelut by Heng Yang (China)
"This film is selected for its new cinematic value, great acting from all the cast, powerful picture and beautiful silent moments."
and
Love Conquers All by Chui Mui Tan (Malaysia)
" This film is using a known cinematic language in a nice way telling the life of a village girl who is going to a [...]

by Andre Soares | October 21, 2006   
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