History
- Festival Dates : 2009. 10. 8~10. 16
- Number of Films Screened :
- 355 Films from 70 countries, 803 screenings
- World Premiere 98 Films (72 Feature Films, 26 Short Films)
- International Premiere 46 Films (41 Feature Films, 5 Short Films)
- Films selected for New Currents are either World Premiere or International Premiere.
- Films selected for Flash Forward are either World Premiere or International Premiere.
- PPP Projects: 30 in total
- ACF Projects
- Post-Production Supporting Fund: 5 completed films are screened at the festival
- AND Fund: 11 films are screened at the festival
- Invited Guests (exc. Asian Film Market) : 8,602 in total (Guest : 6,400, Press : 2,202)
- Audience : 173,516
- Event
- 6 Master Classes
- 2 Hand Printings (Costa GAVRAS, Director, Dario ARGENTO, Director)
- 14 Seminars
- 3 Open Talks
- 8 Audience Meet-and-Greet
- 12 Meet the Guest: Talk to Talk
- 7 Cinema Together
- 203 GV (Guest Visits)
- 13 Press Conferences
- 188 Individual Interviews
- Awards
- New Currents Award
Shawkat Amin KORKI (Iraq/Japan) - Special Mention :
Giuseppe Bede SAMPEDRO (Philippines)
- Flash Forward Award
- LAST COWBOY STANDING> Zaida BERGROTH (Finland/Germany)
- Special Mention : Hakon LIU (Sweden/Taiwan)
- Korean Cinema Award
- Riccardo GELLI (Director of Korea Film Festival in Florence, Italy)
- Jeannette Paulson HERENIKO (President of Asia Pacific Film.com, Former Director of Hawaii International Film Festival, USA)
- Asian Filmmaker of the Year
- Yash CHOPRA (Director & Producer, India)
- Sonje Award
KIM Jae-won (Korea) Basil Vassili MIRONER (Singapore, Indonesia)
- PIFF Mecenat Award
Saba DEWAN (India)
- FIPRESCI Award
Shawkat Amin KORKI (Iraq/Japan)
- NETPAC Award
PARK Chan Ok (Korea)
- KNN Audience Award
JIANG Wenli (China)
- New Currents Award
