20th Busan International Film Festival

The 20th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 1 to October 10, 2015 at South Korea's Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Song Kang-ho and Marina Golbahari.[1]

20th Busan International Film Festival
Opening filmZubaan
Closing filmMountain Cry
LocationBusan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea
Founded1995
Hosted bySong Kang-ho
Marina Golbahari
Festival dateOctober 1–10, 2015

In this year's festival, a total of 302 films from 75 countries was screened, with 94 serving as world premieres and 31 serving as international premieres.

The 302 films, which includes films from countries such as Japan, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Iran, were played on 35 screens at six theaters in Busan, including Busan Cinema Center, CGV Centum City, Lotte Cinema Centum City, Dongseo University Sohyang Theater, Megabox Haeundae and Megabox Busan Theater.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Program

Opening

Gala Presentation

A Window on Asian Cinema

New Currents

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

Korean Cinema Today - Vision
  • ALONE - Park Hong-min (Korea)
  • Another Night - Choi Yong-suk (Korea)
  • Another Way - Cho Chang-ho (Korea)
  • Blossom - Kim Jin-do (Korea)
  • Eyelids - O Muel (Korea)
  • Girl on the Edge (aka School Girl) - Park Geun-buem (Korea)
  • Overman - Seo Eun-young (Korea)
  • Recording - Park Min-kook (Korea)
  • Steel Flower - Park Suk-young (Korea)
  • The Battle of Gwangju - Lee Ji-sang (Korea)
  • The Boys Who Cried Wolf - Kim Jin-hwang (Korea)

Korean Cinema Retrospective

Hidden Masterpieces of the 1960s
  • A Bloodthirsty Killer - Lee Yong-min (Korea)[9]
  • The Body Confession - Jo Keung-ha (Korea)
  • The Cash Is Mine - Lee Sang-eon (Korea)
  • The DMZ - Park Sang-ho (Korea)
  • The Door of the Body - Lee Bong-rae (Korea)
  • The General's Mustache - Lee Sung-gu (Korea)
  • Trees Stand on Slope - Choi Ha-won (Korea)
  • When Night Falls at Myeongdong - Lee Hyung-pyo (Korea)

World Cinema

Flash Forward
  • As I Open My Eyes - Leyla Bouzid (France/Tunisia/Belgium/United Arab Emirates)
  • Babai - Visar Morina (Germany/Kosovo/Macedonia/France)
  • Banat - Adriano Valerio (Italy/Bulgaria/Macedonia/Romania)
  • Chicken - Joe Stephenson (United Kingdom)
  • Clever - Federico Borgia, Guillermo Madeiro (Uruguay)
  • Closet Monster - Stephen Dunn (Canada)
  • Eye of the Storm - Sékou Traoré (France/Burkina Faso)
  • Flocking - Beata Gårdeler (Sweden)
  • Frenzy - Emin Alper (Turkey/France/Qatar)
  • Highway to Hellas - Aron Lehmann - (Germany)
  • Home Care - Slávek Horák (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic)
  • Ixcanul - Jayro Bustamante (Guatemala/France)
  • Krisha - Trey Edward Shults (United States)
  • Lamb - Yared Zeleke (Ethiopia/France/Germany)
  • Land and Shade - César Augusto Acevedo (Colombia/France/Spain)
  • Les Cowboys - Thomas Bidegain (France)
  • Long Live the Bride - Ascanio Celestini (Italy/France)
  • Looking for Her - Ounie Lecomte (France)
  • Mustang - Deniz Gamze Ergüven (France/Germany/Turkey/Qatar)
  • Panama - Pavle Vučković (Serbia)
  • Parasol - Valéry Rosier (Belgium)
  • Raging Rose - Julia Kowalski (France/Poland)
  • Rams - Grímur Hákonarson (Iceland/Denmark)
  • Road to La Paz - Francisco Varone (Argentina/Netherlands/Germany/Qatar)
  • The Automatic Hate - Justin Lerner (United States)
  • The Devout - Connor Gaston (Canada)
  • The Exile - Arturo Ruiz Serrano (Spain)
  • The Project of the Century - Carlos Quintela (Argentina/Cuba/Germany/Switzerland)
  • The Summer of Sangailė - Alantė Kavaitė (Lithuania/France/Netherlands)
  • The Thin Yellow Line - Celso R. García (Mexico)

Wide Angle

Korean Short Film Competition
  • A Place Left Behind - Moon Ji-won (Korea)
  • Anna - Je Jung-mo (Korea)
  • Bargain - Lee Chung-hyun (Korea)
  • Boy with Guitar - Kwon Hyo (Korea)
  • DESK - Kim You-June (Korea)
  • Dishonor - Kim Ui-suk (Korea)
  • Family - Chong Seung-hyun (Korea)
  • Shame Diary - Lee Eun-jeong (Korea)
  • The Chicken of Wuzuh - Byun Sung-bin (Korea)
  • The Transfer Student - Park Ji-in (Korea)

Asian Short Film Competition
  • For We Are Strangers - Nicole Midori Woodford (Singapore)
  • Hpakant Jade Life - Lee Yong Chao (Taiwan)
  • Nia's Door - Lau Kek Huat (Taiwan)
  • Octopus - Jaypee Hamoc Jr. (Philippines)
  • Opus - Sugita Satoru (Japan)
  • Rapture - Nima Farahi (Iran)
  • Spring Awakening - Cheng Ya-Chih (Taiwan)
  • The Shame - Sushan Prajapati (Nepal)
  • Three Wheels - Neang Kavich (Cambodia/France)
  • Time to Die - Wang Tong (China)

Short Film Showcase
  • Ave Maria - Basil Khalil (Palestine/France/Germany)
  • Color of Asia - Newcomers - Asmita Shrish, Fateme Ahmadi, Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Cheng Liang, Lee Han-jong (China/Korea/Nepal/Thailand)
  • Dancing Cat - Min Yong-keun (Korea)
  • Durga - Vivek Kajaria (India)
  • Junilyn Has - Carlo Francisco Manatad (Philippines)
  • Life on the Border - Hazem Khodeide, Zohur Saeid, Basmeh Soleiman, Delovan Kekha, Diar Omar, Mahmod Ahmad, Rounahi Ezaddin, Sami Hossein (Syria/Iraq)
  • Love Story Not - Yosep Anggi Noen (Indonesia)
  • RED EYE - Yoon Eun-hye - (Korea)
  • The Audition - Martin Scorsese (United States)
  • The Best Director - Moon So-ri (Korea)
  • Where Mermaids Go - Kim Tae-yong (Korea)
  • William Wilson - Emmanuel Ollivier (France)

Documentary Competition
  • Boys Run - Kang Seok-pil (Korea)
  • Fireflies in the Abyss - Chandrasekhar Reddy (India/United Kingdom)
  • Look Love - Ye Yun (China)
  • Reach For The SKY - Choi Woo-young, Steven Dhoedt (Korea/Belgium)
  • Shahrzaad's Tale - Shahin Parhami (Iran/Canada/Korea)
  • Still and All - Kim Young-jo (Korea)
  • Twenty Two - Guo Ke (China/Korea)
  • We Shall Overcome - Mikami Chie (Japan)
  • Where am I?: Beyond Girl and Woman - Kim Hyo-jung (Korea)
  • Zen and Bones - Nakamura Takayuki (Japan)

Documentary Showcase

Cinekids
  • Boonie Bears: Mystical Winter - Leon Ding (China)
  • Dumbo - Ben Sharpsteen (United States)
  • Rainbow - Nagesh Kukunoor (India)
  • Raven the Little Rascal - The Big Race - Sandor Jesse, Ute von Münchow-Pohl (Germany)
  • The Incredible Story of the Stone Boy - Miguel Uriegas, Miguel Bonilla, Jaime Romandía, Pablo Aldrete (Mexico)
  • Trenk, the Little Knight - Anthony Power (Germany/Austria)

Animation Showcase

Open Cinema

Special Programs in Focus

Asian Cinema 100

(For the top 100 Asian films of all time, see Asian Cinema 100 Ranking)

My French Cinema

Midnight Passion

Closing

Awards
  • New Currents Award
  • BIFF Mecenat Award
    • Boys Run - Kang Seok-pil (Korea)
    • Look Love - Ye Yun (China)
    • Special Mention: Still and All - Kim Young-jo (Korea)
  • Sonje Award
    • Shame Diary - Lee Eun-jeong (Korea)
    • Nia's Door - Lau Kek Huat (Taiwan)
  • Actor & Actress of the Year Award
    • Lee Ju-won - ALONE (Korea)
    • Sun Jang - Communication & Lies (Korea)
  • FIPRESCI Award
  • NETPAC Award
    • Communication & Lies - Lee Seung-won (Korea)
  • Daemyung Culture Wave Award
    • Overman - Seo Eun-young (Korea)
  • KNN Award
    • Radio Set - Hari Viswanath (India)
  • Busan Bank Award
    • Highway to Hellas - Aron Lehmann (Germany)
  • Citizen Critics’ Award
    • ALONE - Park Hong-min (Korea)
  • Busan Cinephile Award
  • CGV Arthouse Award
  • DGK Award
  • The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
  • Korean Cinema Award

Asian Cinema 100

Asian Cinema 100 ranks top 100 Asian films of all time and it was completed with the help from directors, critics, film scholars, and journalists from various countries. 73 film professionals participated in the project with a total of 113 films (including joint rankings) and 106 directors listed in the "Asian Cinema Directors 100". It will be updated every 5 years and is expected to focus more attention and studies on Asian films.[14]

Asian Cinema 100 Ranking
Rank Title Director Year Country
1Tokyo StoryYasujirō Ozu1953Japan
2RashomonAkira Kurosawa1950Japan
3In the Mood for LoveWong Kar-wai2000Hong Kong
4The Apu TrilogySatyajit Ray1955
1957
1959		India
5A City of SadnessHou Hsiao-hsien1989Taiwan
6Seven SamuraiAkira Kurosawa1954Japan
7A Brighter Summer DayEdward Yang1991Taiwan
8Spring in a Small TownFei Mu1948China
Still LifeJia Zhangke2006China
10The HousemaidKim Ki-young1960Korea
Close-UpAbbas Kiarostami1990Iran
12Yi YiEdward Yang2000Taiwan
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and SpringKim Ki-duk2003Korea
OldboyPark Chan-wook2003Korea
15Late SpringYasujirō Ozu1949Japan
Taste of CherryAbbas Kiarostami1998Iran
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past LivesApichatpong Weerasethakul2010Thailand
18Ugetsu MonogatariKenji Mizoguchi1953Japan
The Music RoomSatyajit Ray1958India
The Cloud-Capped StarRitwik Ghatak1960India
Where Is the Friend's Home?Abbas Kiarostami1987Iran
Raise the Red LanternZhang Yimou1991China
SeopyeonjeIm Kwon-taek1993Korea
Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonAng Lee2000Taiwan
Spirited AwayHayao Miyazaki2001Japan
Tropical MaladyApichatpong Weerasethakul2004Thailand
MotherBong Joon-ho2008Korea
PoetryLee Chang-dong2010Korea
A SeparationAsghar Farhadi2011Iran
30A Touch of ZenKing Hu1969Taiwan
Manila in the Claws of LightLino Brocka1975Philippines
MandalaIm Kwon-taek1981Korea
A Moment of InnocenceMohsen Makhmalbaf1996Iran
Happy TogetherWong Kar-wai1997Hong Kong
The RiverTsai Ming-liang1997Taiwan
Blissfully YoursApichatpong Weerasethakul2002Thailand
37AwaraRaj Kapoor1951India
Floating CloudsMikio Naruse1955Japan
PyaasaGuru Dutt1957India
The Lonely WifeSatyajit Ray1964India
The CowDariush Mehrjui1969Iran
Red SorghumZhang Yimou1987China
Days of Being WildWong Kar-wai1990Hong Kong
Farewell My ConcubineChen Kaige1993China
Vive L'AmourTsai Ming-liang1994Taiwan
The Adopted SonAktan Abdykalykov1998Kyrgyzstan
Peppermint CandyLee Chang-dong1999Korea
48I Was Born, But...Yasujirō Ozu1932Japan
The Story of the Last ChrysanthemumsKenji Mizoguchi1939Japan
LivingAkira Kurosawa1952Japan
Sansho the BailiffKenji Mizoguchi1954Japan
The House Is BlackForough Farrokhzad1963Iran
The Woman in the DunesHiroshi Teshigahara1964Japan
Scattered CloudsMikio Naruse1967Japan
Daughter-In-LawKhodzhakuli Narliev1972Turkmenistan
Dersu UzalaAkira Kurosawa1975Japan
In the Realm of the SensesNagisa Oshima1976Japan
The Time to Live and the Time to DieHou Hsiao-hsien1985Taiwan
Through the Olive TreesAbbas Kiarostami1994Iran
Children of HeavenMajid Majidi1997Iran
OsamaSiddiq Barmak2003Afghanistan
Tie Xi Qu: West of the TracksWang Bing2003China
Paradise NowHany Abu-Assad2005Palestine
MukhsinYasmin Ahmad2006Malaysia
Secret SunshineLee Chang-dong2007Korea
66The GoddessWu Yonggang1934China
Humanity and Paper BalloonsSadao Yamanaka1937Japan
Street AngelYuan Muzhi1937China
The Life of OharuKenji Mizoguchi1952Japan
Mother IndiaMehboob Khan1957India
Floating WeedsYasujirō Ozu1958Japan
Good MorningYasujirō Ozu1959Japan
Paper FlowersGuru Dutt1959India
The Naked IslandKaneto Shindo1960Japan
Intentions of MurderShohei Imamura1964Japan
A Man VanishesShohei Imamura1967Japan
HolidayLee Man-hee1968Korea
The Cruel SeaKhalid Al Siddiq1972Kuwait
InsiangLino Brocka1976Philippines
Vengeance Is MineShohei Imamura1979Japan
Batch '81Mike De Leon1982Philippines
Taipei StoryEdward Yang1984Taiwan
The RunnerAmir Naderi1985Iran
My Neighbor TotoroHayao Miyazaki1988Japan
Ju DouZhang Yimou1990China
Life, and Nothing More...Abbas Kiarostami1992Iran
The PuppetmasterHou Hsiao-hsien1993Taiwan
Chungking ExpressWong Kar-wai1994Hong Kong
The Scent of Green PapayaTran Anh Hung1994Vietnam, France
GabbehMohsen Makhmalbaf1995Iran
The White BalloonJafar Panahi1995Iran
The Day a Pig Fell into the WellHong Sang-soo1996Korea
Hana-biTakeshi Kitano1997Japan
Flowers of ShanghaiHou Hsiao-hsien1998Taiwan
ChunhyangIm Kwon-taek1999Korea
The Color of ParadiseMajid Majidi1999Iran
A PoetGarin Nugroho1999Indonesia
BlackboardsSamira Makhmalbaf2000Iran
The CircleJafar Panahi2000Iran
The Day I Became a WomanMarzieh Meshkini2000Iran
Devils on the DoorstepJiang Wen2000China
PlatformJia Zhangke2000China
KandaharMohsen Makhmalbaf2001Iran
Sympathy for Mr. VengeancePark Chan-wook2002Korea
The Wind Will Carry UsAbbas Kiarostami2002Iran
Memories of MurderBong Joon-ho2003Korea
The WorldJia Zhangke2004China
Bright FutureKiyoshi Kurosawa2004Japan
The HostBong Joon-ho2006Korea
MelancholiaLav Diaz2008Philippines
WadjdaHaifaa al-Mansour2012Saudi Arabia
Ilo IloAnthony Chen2013Singapore
The OwnersAdilkhan Yerzhanov2014Kazakhstan

Asian Cinema Directors 100 Ranking
Rank Director Country
1Yasujirō OzuJapan
2Hou Hsiao-hsienTaiwan
3Abbas KiarostamiIran
4Akira KurosawaJapan
5Satyajit RayIndia
6Wong Kar-waiHong Kong
Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
8Jia ZhangkeChina
Kenji MizoguchiJapan
Edward YangTaiwan
11Zhang YimouChina
12Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan
13Kim Ki-dukKorea
Ritwik GhatakIndia
15Im Kwon-taekKorea
16Lee Chang-dongKorea
Lino BrockaPhilippines
18Hong Sang-sooKorea
Mikio NaruseJapan
20Nagisa OshimaJapan
King HuHong Kong
22Mohsen MakhmalbafIran
23Hayao MiyazakiJapan
24Shohei ImamuraJapan
Takeshi KitanoJapan
26Kim Ki-youngKorea
Jafar PanahiIran
Ang LeeTaiwan
Bong Joon-hoKorea
Lav DiazPhilippines
Rithy PanhCambodia-France
32Park Chan-wookKorea
Jiang WenChina
Asghar FarhadiIran
Tsui HarkHong Kong
John WooHong Kong
Majid MajidiIran
Lester James PeriesSri Lanka
Dariush MehrjuiIran
Gerardo de LeónPhilippines
41Aktan AbdykalykovKyrgyzstan
Yoji YamadaJapan
Yasmin AhmadMalaysia
Shin Sang-okKorea
Sadao YamanakaJapan
Raj KapoorIndia
Hany Abu-AssadIsrael
Tran Anh HungVietnam
P. RamleeMalaysia
Sun YuChina
Brillante MendozaPhilippines
Wang BingChina
Adoor GopalakrishnanIndia
Chen KaigeChina
Fei MuChina
Guru DuttIndia
Ishmael BernalPhilippines
Anurag KashyapIndia
Masaki KobayashiJapan
Darezhan OmirbaevKazakhstan
Lee Man-heeKorea
62Chang ChehChina
Kiyoshi KurosawaJapan
Garin NugrohoIndonesia
Mehboob KhanIndia
Juzo ItamiJapan
Tolomush OkeyevKyrgyzstan
Shaken AimanovKazakhstan
Seijun SuzukiJapan
Forough FarrokhzadIran
Adilkhan YerzhanovKazakhstan
Siddiq BarmakAfghanistan
Zhang YuanChina
Rustem AbdrashevKazakhstan
Davlat KhudonazarovTajikistan
Khodzhakuli NarlievTurkmenistan
Elyor IshmuhamedovUzbekistan
Li Han-hsiangHong Kong
Bahram BeyzaiIran
Jang Sun-wooKorea
Vichit KounavudhiThailand
Lu BanChina
Lo WeiHong Kong
Kon IchikawaJapan
Naomi KawaseJapan
Ziad DoueiriLebanon
Karazan KaderIraq
Hirokazu KoreedaJapan
Đặng Nhật MinhVietnam
Rattana PestonjiThailand
G. AravindanIndia
Hiroshi ShimizuJapan
Hussein HaniffSingapore
Mike De LeonPhilippines
Lamberto V. AvellanaPhilippines
Mario O'HaraPhilippines
Johnnie ToHong Kong
Stephen ChowHong Kong
Ann HuiHong Kong
Tan Pin PinSingapore
Amir NaderiIran
Mira NairIndia
Elia SuleimanIsrael
Kidlat TahimikPhilippines
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