Screening Venue: Total of 232,851 seats and 36 screens at 6 theaters
Haeundae : Busan Yachting Center Outdoor Theater, Megabox, CGV, Lotte CinemaNampodong : Daeyoung Cinema, Cinus (Busan)
Total Attendance : 182,046
World & International Premieres (record number)
101 World Premieres / 52 International Premieres
Asian Film Market(AFM)
Sales Booth : 51 sales offices from 108 companies of 26 countries
Total Market Screenings : 47 screenings of 39 films (including 22 market premieres)
Online Screening : 186 films registered, 240 people has seen 1652 times for 4 days
Asian Film Academy (AFA)
Participants : 24 persons from 16 countries
Faculty Members
Dean : Abbas KIAROSTAMI (Iran) / Assistant Dean : MOON Seug Wook (Korea)
Instructor of Cinematography : KIM Hyung-gu (Korea)
Instructor of Film Directing: Ogigami NAOKO (Japan)
Asian Cinema Fund (ACF)
Newly created Incubating Fund for an Asian Film Academy(AFA) graduate
Expanding financial aid for AND's Documentary Distribution Support
Accredited Guests and Press : Participation : Total of 9,367
3,784 from Kore
906 from out of Korea
1,651 Cinephiles
789 Market participants
2,237 Press Accreditations
* Market participants include only the numbers accredited with the Market Badge.
* Sales Office: 51 sales offices from 108companies of 26 countries
Official Programs
4 Master Classes
6 Hand Printings
10 Seminars (PIFF ACADEMY)
3 Open Talks
14 Audience Meet and Greets
8 Meet the Guest: Talk to Talks
8 teams of Cinema Together
2 Cinema Talk Beyond Cinema
4 Cinema Together
193 Guest Visits (GV)
13 Press Conferences
177 Individual Interviews
Awards
New Currents Award
Winner : The Journals of Musan - PAKR, Jung-Bum (Korea)
Winner : Yoon, Sung-Hyun (Korea)
Sonje Award (Short Films)
Winner (Asia): Thug Beram - Venkat AMUDHAN (India)
Special Mention : DIY Encouragement - Kohei YOSHINO (Japan)
Winner (Korea) : See You Tomorrow - LEE Woo-jung (Korea)
Special Mention : Bugging Heaven; Listen to Her - O Hyun-ju (Korea)
BIFF Mecenat Award (Documentaries)
Winner : Sea of Butterfly - PARK Bae-il (Korea)
Winner : Shoji & Takao - Yoko IDE (Japan)
KNN Movie Award (Audience Award)
Winner : Watch Indian Circus - Mangesh HADAWALE (India)
FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Award
Winner : The Journals of Musan - PARK Jung-Bum (Korea)
NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Award
Winner : The King of Pigs - YEUN Sang Ho (Korea)
Busan Cinephile Award
Winner : The Twin - Gustav DANIELSSON (Sweden)
Citizen Reviewers' Award
Winner : The Twin - Gustav DANIELSSON (Sweden)
DGK Award
Directors Award : The King of Pigs - YEUN Sang Ho (Korea)
Actor : Beautiful Miss Jin- HA Hyun Kwan (Korea)
Actress : Jesus Hospital- HAN Song Hee, WHANG Jungmin (Korea)
CGV Movie Collage Award
Winner : The King of Pigs - YEUN Sang Ho (Korea)
Accomplishment
1. External Growth
PIFF is expanding its horizons through networking with African films, introducing the Flash Forward Award, inviting Hollywood top stars and world renowned directors.
2. Bracing for the Future
PIFF is actively responding to ongoing changes and offering a bright vision for the future, through 3D conferences and workshops, Mini EAVE seminar.
3. Smooth Operation
The overall festival operation has been acknowledged to have greatly improved with thorough rehearsal and systemized manuals.
4. A New Takeoff for the Asian Film Market
The Asian Film Market is set for a new takeoff by announcing the launching of an online market screening system, unifying the events venue, resulting in an increase of participating exhibitors and buyers.
5. Critical acclaim towards the high quality programming
Not only are the numbers of world & international premieres highest ever, but more than a few of these films are already scheduled to make appearance at other international film festivals, following PIFF.
6. World-class PIFF Audience
Domestic and foreign press, visitors and guests praised the PIFF audience for their warm reception and well-educated conduct.