3rd (1998)

• Festival Period : September 24-October 1, 1998
• Films screened : 211 films from 41 countries
• Invited guests : 659 guests from 35 countries
• Total audiences : 192,547 (paid audiences: 174,870)
• Hand Printing
  • mamura Shohei (Director/Japan)
  • Fernando E. Solanas (Director/Argentina)
  • Yoo Young-Kil (Director of Photography/Korea)

Awards

• New Currents Award
  • JIA Zhang Ke(China)
• Korean Cinema Award
  • Gilles Jacob (Festival Director, Festival de Cannes/France)
  • Moritz de Hadeln (Festival Director, Berlinale/Germany)
• Woonpa Award
  • HONGHyung-sook(Korea)
• Sonje Award
  • LIM Chang-jae(Korea)
  • PARK Chan-ok(Korea)
• FIPRESCI Award
  • Hiroshi SHIMIZU(Japan)
• NETPAC Award
  • HONG Sang-soo(Korea)
• PSB Award
  • IWAI Shunji(Japan)

Accomplishments

By its third edition, PIFF's biggest achievement was its emergence as the leading Asian film festival in prospecting current trend of Asian cinema. Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) was formally launched, shaping a meeting place for the global investors and producers with numerous Korean and Asian film projects.