13th Busan International Film Festival

2008 edition of film festival 13th Pusan International Film Festival The Gift to Stalin I Am Happy 315 October 2–10, 2008 Busan, South Korea http://www.biff.kr Busan International Film Festival 12th 14th The 13th Pusan International Film Festival took place on October 2 to 10, 2008 in Busan, South Korea. A total of 315 films from 60 countries were screened at the festival.https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/753610 Pusan Film Festival opens amid Korean movie slump October 2, 2008 August 7, 2021 Taiwan News Min Lee The event opened with The Gift to Stalin by Kazakh director Rustem Abdrashev.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/abdrashevs-stalin-marches-pusan-118889/ Abdrashev's 'Stalin' marches into Pusan September 10, 2008 August 7, 2021 The Hollywood Reporter Soo-mee Park South Korean Yoon Jong-chan's I Am Happy closed the festival.https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20081009006900315 "I Am Happy" to close S. Korea's international film festival October 9, 2008 August 7, 2021 Yonhap News Agency The event held 827 screenings and was attended by 198,818 people.https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_history_1.asp?pyear=2008 Information 13th Pusan International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival August 7, 2021 Juries New Currents Anna Karina, Danish-French actress, Head Juror Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian director Santosh Sivan, Indian director Lee Hwa-si, South Korean actress Karl Baumgartner, German film producer BIFF Mecenat Award Ahn Jung-sook, former director of Korean Film Council Jean-Pierre Rehm, head of Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Zhang Xian-min, Chinese film professor Sonje Award Kim-Jho Gwangsoo, Korean film producer Roger Gonin, French director Calida Uabumrungjit, Thai project director NETPAC Award Mohamed Atebbai, Iranian film critic Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, former Hawaii International Film Festival director Edward Delos Santos Cabagnot, programmer of Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival FIPRESCI Award Elise Domenach, French film critic Hynek Pallas, Swedish film critic Dubravka Lakić, Serbian film critic Bitopan Borborah Rinju, Indian film critic Shin Kang-ho, South Korean film critic Official selection Opening and closing films Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) I Am Happy (closing film) Yoon Jong-chan South Korea The Gift to Stalin (opening film) Rustem Abdrashov Russia, Kazakhstan, Israel, Poland Gala Presentation Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Ashes of Time (Redux) Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong, China Dada's Dance Zhang Yuan China Make Yourself at Home Soopum Sohn United States, South Korea A Window on Asian Cinema Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) 12 Lotus Royston Tan Singapore Adela Adolfo Alix Jr. Philippines All Around Us Ryōsuke Hashiguchi Japan Among the Clouds Rouhollah Hejazi IranBaby Angelo Joel Ruiz PhilippinesBe Calm and Count to Seven Ramtin Lavati Iran Cape No. 7 Wei Te-sheng TaiwanCaptain Abu Raed Amin Matalqa Jordan Child by Children Kôji Hagiuda Japan Confessional Jerrold Tarog, Ruel Dahis Antipuesto Philippines The Convert Yasmin Ahmad MalaysiaDepartures Yojiro Takita Japan Feast of Villains Jianlin Pan ChinaFiksi. Mouly Surya IndonesiaFiraaq Nandita Das India Flowers of the Sky Prasanna Vithanage Sri Lanka, India Gou-Gou, the Cat Isshin Inudo Japan, South KoreaJay Francis Xavier Pasion PhilippinesJermal Ravi Bharwani Netherlands, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland Kanchivaram Priyadarshan India Lonely Tunes of Tehran Saman Salur Iran Miao Miao Cheng Hsiao-Tse Taiwan The Moon at the Bottom of the Well Vinh Son Nguyen Vietnam My Darling of the Mountains Katsuhito Ishii JapanMy Magic Eric Khoo Singapore Native Dancer Gulshat Omarova Kazakhstan, Russia Orz Boyz! Yang Ya-che Taiwan Parking Chung Mong-hong Taiwan Perfect Life Emily Tang Hong Kong Pesantren (3 Wishes, 3 Loves) Nurman Hakim Indonesia Plastic City Nelson Yu Lik-wai Hong Kong, Japan, Brazil, FranceRamchand Pakistani Mehreen Jabbar Pakistan, United StatesRiver People He Jianjun China Sell Out! Joon-han Yeo Malaysia Service Brillante Mendoza France, Philippines The Shaft Zhang Chi China Snakes and Earrings Yukio Ninagawa Japan The Song of Sparrows Majid Majidi Iran Songs from the Southern Seas Marat Sarulu Kazakhstan, France, Germany, Russia Soul of a Demon Chang Tso-chi Taiwan Sparrow Johnnie To Hong Kong, China Still Walking Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Tahaan Santosh Sivan India This Longing Azharr Rudin MalaysiaTogether with My Father Danyar Salamat Kazakhstan Trivial Matters Pang Ho-cheung Hong Kong, China Twilight Dancing Tian Gao, Joshua Tong China Two-legged Horse Samira Makhmalbaf Iran Winds of September Tom Lin Hong Kong, China, Taiwan The Yurt Ayub Shakhobitdinov Uzbekistan New Currents Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) 100 Chris Martinez Philippines Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly Edwin Indonesia Empty Chair Saman Estereki Iran Er Dong Jin Yang China Jalainur Zhao Ye China Land of Scarecrows Roh Gyeong-tae South Korea, France A Light in the Fog Panahbarkhoda Rezaee Iran Members of the Funeral Baek Seung-bin South Korea A Moment in June O. Nathapon Thailand Naked of Defenses Masahide Ichii JapanOcean of an Old Man Rajesh Shera India The Pot Kim Taegon South Korea Routine Holiday Li Hongqi China Turmoil Kanymbek Kassymbekov, Sabit Kurmanbekov Kazakhstan Korean Cinema Today Title Director(s) Breathless Yang Ik-june The Chaser Na Hong-jin Crush and Blush Lee Kyoung-mi Evil Spirit Park Jin-sung Exhausted Kim Gok Forever the Moment Yim Soon-rye The Good, the Bad, the Weird Kim Jee-woon Heartbreak Library Kim Jung-kwon Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells Jeon Soo-il How to Live on Earth Ahn Seul-gi Let the Blue River Run Kang Mi-ja A Man Who Was Superman Jeong Yoon-cheol Night and Day Hong Sang-soo Oishii Man Kim Jeong-jung The Pit and the Pendulum Sohn Young-sung Public Enemy Returns Kang Woo-suk The Room Nearby Goh Tae-jeong Sisters on the Road Boo Ji-young Sunny Lee Joon-ik Treeless Mountain So Yong Kim Korean Cinema Retrospective Title Director(s) Year Ban Geum-ryeon Kim Ki-young 1982 A Dream of Fortune Han Hyeong-mo 1961 A Female Boss Han Hyeong-mo 1959 The Hand of Destiny Han Hyeong-mo 1954 The Housemaid Kim Ki-young 1960 Hyperbolae of Youth Han Hyeong-mo 1957 Love to Death Han Hyeong-mo 1957 Madame Freedom Han Hyeong-mo 1956 My Sister Is a Hussy Han Hyeong-mo 1961 World Cinema Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) $9.99 Tatia Rosenthal Israel, Australia The 27 Club Erica Dunton United States 33 Scenes from Life Małgorzata Szumowska Poland, Germany 35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis France, Germany Adoration Atom Egoyan Canada Another Man Lionel Baier Switzerland Awaking from a Dream Freddy Mas Franqueza Spain, Poland Be Good Juliette Garcias France, Denmark Cherry Blossoms Doris Dörrie Germany A Christmas Tale Arnaud Desplechin France The Collectress Kristina Buožytė Lithuania Dawn of the World Abbas Fahdel France, Germany Dean Spanley Toa Fraser New Zealand, United Kingdom Delta Kornél Mundruczó Hungary, Germany The Desert Within Rodrigo Plá Mexico Dim Sum Funeral Anna Chi United States, Canada Disgrace Steve Jacobs Australia, South Africa Everlasting Moments Jan Troell Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway For a Moment, Freedom Arash Riahi Austria, France Four Ages of Love Sergey Mokritskiy Russia Française Souad El-Bouhati France, Morocco Frontier of the Dawn Philippe Garrel France Frozen River Courtney Hunt United States God's Offices Claire Simon France, Belgium The Good Life Andrés Wood Chile, Spain The Good News Helena Taberna Spain Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh United Kingdom Helen Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor Ireland, United Kingdom Il divo Paolo Sorrentino Italy, France Involuntary Ruben Östlund Sweden Jerichow Christian Petzold Germany Johnny Mad Dog Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire France Un Lac Philippe Grandrieux France Lake Mungo Joel Anderson Australia Lion's Den Pablo Trapero Argentina, South Korea Liverpool Lisandro Alonso Argentina, Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany Lorna's Silence Jean Pierre-Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Belgium, France, Italy Lost Song Rodrigue Jean Canada Maybe God Is Ill Franco Brogi Taviani Italy Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's Léa Pool Canada Mothers & Daughters Carl Bessai Canada Mr. Kuka's Advice Dariusz Gajewski Poland, Austria Night Owls Michaela Pavlátová Czech Republic No One's Son Arsen Anton Ostojić Croatia Nucingen House Raúl Ruiz France, Chile O' Horten Bent Hamer Norway, Germany Of Time and the City Terence Davies United Kingdom Pandora's Box Yeşim Ustaoğlu Turkey, Belgium, France, Germany A Perfect Day Ferzan Özpetek Italy Rembrandt's J'Accuse Peter Greenaway Netherlands The Return of the Prodigal Son Arsen Azatyan, Nariné Mkrtchyan Armenia Revanche Götz Spielmann Austria Sandrine in the Rain Tonino Zangardi Italy, Germany Scratch Michał Rosa Poland The Seven Days Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz Israel, France Shadows in the Sun David Rocksavage United Kingdom Story of Jen François Rotger France, Canada The Stranger in Me Emily Atef Germany Three Monkeys Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey, France, Italy Three Wise Men Mika Kaurismäki Finland The Tour Goran Marković Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Triomf Michael Raeburn South Africa, France The Vanished Empire Karen Shakhnazarov Russia Vegas: Based on a True Story Amir Naderi United States Victoria Anna Karina Canada Welcome Home Jean-Xavier de Lestrade France Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt United States Awards New Currents Award: Land of Scarecrows by Roh Gyeong-tae (South Korea/France) and Naked of Defenses by Masahide Ichii (Japan) Special Mention: Members of the Funeral by Baek Seung-bin (South Korea) and Er Dong by Jin Yang (China) BIFF Mecenat Award: Mental by Soda Kazuhiro (Japan/United States) and Old Partner by Lee Chung-ryoul (South Korea) Sonje Award: Andong by Rommel Tolentino (Philippines) and Girl by Hong Sung-hoon (South Korea) NETPAC Award: Members of the Funeral by Baek Seung-bin (South Korea) and Treeless Mountain by So Yong Kim (United States/South Korea) FIPRESCI Award: Jalainur by Zhao Ye (China) KNN Award: 100 by Chris Martinez (Philippines) The Asian Filmmaker of the Year: Gulnara Sarsenova Korean Cinema Award: Richard Peña References External links https://www.biff.kr/eng/ Category:Busan International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival, 2008 Busan International Film Festival, 2008 Busan International Film Festival, 2008 Busan International Film Festival, 2008 Category:2008 festivals in South Korea