The hub of Asian cinema, Pusan International Film Festival
 The hub of Asian cinema, Pusan International Film Festival
PIFF, which makes 13th edition in 2008, breaks the mold between documentaries and animations, commercial and independent films, digital and analog films, and goes beyond to play a role in helping Korean and Asian films equally grow successfully.
Also, it hopes to bridge the gap and break the walls between central and remote countries, advanced and developing countries, in Asia and other continents, and help Asian films stand in the center of the film world.
Asian Film Academy, Asian Film Market, Asian Cinema Fund, Asian film distribution company, Busan Asian Film Archive in Cinematheque Pusan, etc. are strategic moves to achieve its goal.
PIFF will persistently strive for new visions to become the festival of constant awakening, of continuous transformation, of unyielding fundamentals, and more importantly, of new cultural paradigm.
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* Summary of 12th PUSAN International Film Festival
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 Films : 271 films |
World Premiers : 65 films |
International Premiers : 26 films |
| Countries : 64 Countries |
Screenings : 770 Screenings |
Total Participation : approx. 300,000 |
| Audience : 198,603 |
Venues : 34 screens |
Guest from Korea : 4,634 in total |
| Guest out of Korea : 932 in total |
Press : 1,695 in total |
GV : 154 GVs |
| Publications : 5 Publicitions |
Master Class : 6 Master Classes |
Hand Printings : 7 Hand Printings |
| Seminar : 5 Seminars |
Open Talk : 2 Open Talks |
Audience Meet and Greet : 11 Audience
Meet and Greets |
Meet the Guest-Talk to Talk : 6 Meet the
Guest-Talk to Talk |
Press Conferences : 10 Press
Conferences |
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 Award Winners
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)
[Flower in the Pocket] by Seng Tat LIEW (Malaysia)
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