The Pusan International Festival hosted 315 films from 60 countries and 827 screenings. 198,818 audience members enjoyed 85 world premier, 48 International Premieres and 95 Asian Premieres. 4,640 industry delegates insured a successful film market.

PIFF awarded films as follows:

New Currents Award (Best Film): "Land of Scarecrows" Directed by: Roh Gyeong-tae (South Korea)

and "Naked Of Defenses"
Directed by Masahide Ichii ( Japan)

Special Mentions: "Members of the Funeral"
Directed by Baek Seung-bin (South Korea)

and "Er Dong"
Directed by Jin Yang (China)

Sonje Award: "Andong"
Directed by Milo Tolentino ( Philippines)

and "Girl"
Directed by Hong Sunghoon (South Korea)

Mecenat Award: "Mental"
Directed by Kazuhiro Soda (Japan)

and "Old Partner"
Directed by Lee Chung Ryoul (South Korea)

FIPRECI Award: "Jalainur"
Directed by Ye Zhao (China)

NETPAC Award: "Members of the Funeral"
Directed by Baek Seung-bin (South Korea)

and "Treeless Mountain"
Directed by Kim So Yong (South Korea)

KNN Movie Award (Audience Award): "100"
Directed by Chris Martinez (Philippines)

New Currents Award:

Pusan Bank Award: “Life Track”
Directed By: Guang Hao JIN (China/Korea)
An unpretentious depiction of a sad and tragic human story that not only delves into the instincts of human nature, but also reveals a courageous way of filmmaking.

Bean Pole New Currents Award: “Flower in the Pocket”
Directed By: Seng Tat LIEW (Malaysia)
A touching and humanistic story that tells a neglected father-and-sons relationship with a good sense of humor, while using a simply and beautifully composed cinematic style.

“Wonderful Town”
Directed By: Aditya Assarat (Thailand)
The rendering of a simple and fluent love story made realistically with a cinematically impressive and rigorous style.

New Currents Jury:
Dariush Mehrjui - Director (Head Of New Currents Jury), Nan Yu (Actress), Cristian Mungiu (Director), Goran Paskaljevic (Director) and Lee Chang-Dong (Director)

FIPRESCI Award: “The Red Awn”
Directed By: Shangjun CAI (China)
The film reflects upon the social issues arise in the middle of beautiful country side and it well-illustrates the cold relationship between a son and a father.

FIPRESCI Jury:
Ronald Bergan (UK, Film Critic), Diego Brodersen (Argentina, Film Critic), Harri Rompotti (Finland, Film Critic), Nirmal Dhar (India, Film Critic) and Hye-jung Cho (Korea, Film Critic)

NETPAC Award: “Hello Stranger”
Directed By: Kim Dong-Hyun (Korea)
Humorous depiction of feelings against strangers

“With a Girl of Black Soil”
Directed By: Jeon Soo-il (Korea)
Excellent portrayal of a child’s growth in the mist of much difficulty and problems.

NETPAC Jury: Aijaz Gul (Pakistan, Film Critic), Kim Byung-Cheol (Korea, Professor) and Chang Sanling (Taiwan, Producer)

KNN Audience Award: “Flower in the Pocket”
Directed By: Seng Tat LIEW (Malaysia)

Sonje Award: “Woong’s Story”
Directed By: Lee Ha-song (Korea)
Through the eyes of children, the reality of poor residents in redevelopment area unfolds in front of our eyes without filter. Taking an unusual genre of a thriller, the film deals with social problems while leaping back and forth between the child’s mind and fright.

“A Man under the Influenza”
Directed By: Jung July (Korea)
This film is a witty illustration of the psychological situation of a timid man in a cheap restaurant – a common scene in real life. It portrays the momentary emotion in a confined space with no redundancy. In this sense, this film maximizes the essence of short film.

Woonpa Award: “Tear Drops”
Directed By: Mun Jeong-hyun (Korea)
This film demonstrates a keen insight in bringing out the scar of modern Korean history from a personal family history of the director’s. The jury regards highly of the fact that a family’s hidden scar comes to symbolize the scar each one of us living in “broken” Korea.

Korean Cinema Award
Sabrina Baracetti, Festival President of Udine Far East Film Festival
Jean-François Rauger, Head Programmer of the Cinémathèque Française

Asian Filmmaker of the Year: The late Edward Yang