16th Busan International Film Festival
The 16th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 6 to October 14, 2011 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by actresses Uhm Ji-won and Ye Ji-won, making it the first year to be hosted by two women. The 16th BIFF also marks the first year for Lee Yong-kwan as the festival director after the retirement of its founding director, Kim Dong-ho and is also the first to take place at the Busan Cinema Center which was opened on September 29, 2011. A total of 307 films from 70 countries were invited to participate in the festival, with 86 world premieres and 39 international premieres. The event had a total audience of 196,177. Program † World Premiere †† International Premiere Opening Film Gala Presentation A Window on Asian Cinema New Currents Korean Cinema Today - Panorama Korean Cinema Today - Vision Korean Cinema Retrospective Kim Kee-duk, On the Front Line of Korean Genre Films World Cinema Flash Forward Wide Angle Korean Short Film Competition Asian Short Film Competition Short Film Showcase Documentary Competition Documentary Showcase Animation Showcase Open Cinema Special Program in Focus Yonfan, A Touch of Sensuality Extreme Portuguese Cinema: Six Auteurs in Focus Asian Western: Man of the East Australian Cinema: Another Face of Australian Cinema Asian Western: Man of the East Special Screening Midnight Passion Closing Film Awards New Currents Award Mourning - Morteza Farshbaf (Iran) Nino - Loy Arcenas (Philippines) Flash Forward Award LA-BAS - A Criminal Education - Guido Lombardi (Italy) Sonje Award See You Tomorrow - Lee Woo-jung (South Korea) Thug Beram - Venkat Amudhan (India) Special Mention: Bugging Heaven; Listen to Her - Oh Hyun-ju (South Korea) Special Mention: DIY Encouragement - Kohei Yoshino (Japan) BIFF Mecenat Award Sea of Butterfly - Park Bae-il (South Korea) Shoji & Takao - Ide Yoko (Japan) KNN Movie Award Watch Indian Circus - Mangesh Hadawale (India) FIPRESCI Award Mourning - Morteza Farshbaf (Iran) NETPAC Award The King of Pigs - Yeon Sang-ho (South Korea) Busan Cinephile Award The Twin - Gustav Danielsson (Sweden) Citizen Reviewers' Award Romance Joe - Lee Kwang-kuk (South Korea) DGK Award Director: Yeon Sang-ho (The King of Pigs) (South Korea) Actor: Ha Hyun-kwan (Beautiful Miss Jin) (South Korea) Actress: Han Song-hee, Hwang Jung-min (Jesus Hospital) (South Korea) CGV Movie Collage Award The King of Pigs - Yeon Sang-ho (South Korea) Asian Filmmaker of the Year Tsui Hark (Hong Kong) Korean Cinema Award Julietta Sichel (Czech Republic) References External links Official site Busan International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival, 2011 Busan International Film Festival, 2011 Busan International Film Festival, 2011 2011 festivals in South Korea