Opening film | The Gift to Stalin |
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Closing film | I Am Happy |
Location | Busan, South Korea |
Film titles | 315 |
Festival date | October 2–10, 2008 |
Website | http://www.biff.kr |
The 13th Pusan International Film Festival took place on October 2 to 10, 2008 in Busan, South Korea. A total of 315 films from 60 countries were screened at the festival. [1]
The event opened with The Gift to Stalin by Kazakh director Rustem Abdrashev. [2] South Korean Yoon Jong-chan's I Am Happy closed the festival. [3] The event held 827 screenings and was attended by 198,818 people. [4]
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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I Am Happy (closing film) | Yoon Jong-chan | South Korea |
The Gift to Stalin (opening film) | Rustem Abdrashov | Russia, Kazakhstan, Israel, Poland |
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Ashes of Time (Redux) | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong, China |
Dada's Dance | Zhang Yuan | China |
Make Yourself at Home | Soopum Sohn | United States, South Korea |
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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12 Lotus | Royston Tan | Singapore |
Adela | Adolfo Alix Jr. | Philippines |
All Around Us | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi | Japan |
Among the Clouds | Rouhollah Hejazi | Iran |
Baby Angelo | Joel Ruiz | Philippines |
Be Calm and Count to Seven | Ramtin Lavati | Iran |
Cape No. 7 | Wei Te-sheng | Taiwan |
Captain Abu Raed | Amin Matalqa | Jordan |
Child by Children | Kôji Hagiuda | Japan |
Confessional | Jerrold Tarog, Ruel Dahis Antipuesto | Philippines |
The Convert | Yasmin Ahmad | Malaysia |
Departures | Yojiro Takita | Japan |
Feast of Villains | Jianlin Pan | China |
Fiksi. | Mouly Surya | Indonesia |
Firaaq | Nandita Das | India |
Flowers of the Sky | Prasanna Vithanage | Sri Lanka, India |
Gou-Gou, the Cat | Isshin Inudo | Japan, South Korea |
Jay | Francis Xavier Pasion | Philippines |
Jermal | Ravi Bharwani | Netherlands, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland |
Kanchivaram | Priyadarshan | India |
Lonely Tunes of Tehran | Saman Salur | Iran |
Miao Miao | Cheng Hsiao-Tse | Taiwan |
The Moon at the Bottom of the Well | Vinh Son Nguyen | Vietnam |
My Darling of the Mountains | Katsuhito Ishii | Japan |
My Magic | Eric Khoo | Singapore |
Native Dancer | Gulshat Omarova | Kazakhstan, Russia |
Orz Boyz! | Yang Ya-che | Taiwan |
Parking | Chung Mong-hong | Taiwan |
Perfect Life | Emily Tang | Hong Kong |
Pesantren (3 Wishes, 3 Loves) | Nurman Hakim | Indonesia |
Plastic City | Nelson Yu Lik-wai | Hong Kong, Japan, Brazil, France |
Ramchand Pakistani | Mehreen Jabbar | Pakistan, United States |
River People | He Jianjun | China |
Sell Out! | Joon-han Yeo | Malaysia |
Service | Brillante Mendoza | France, Philippines |
The Shaft | Zhang Chi | China |
Snakes and Earrings | Yukio Ninagawa | Japan |
The Song of Sparrows | Majid Majidi | Iran |
Songs from the Southern Seas | Marat Sarulu | Kazakhstan, France, Germany, Russia |
Soul of a Demon | Chang Tso-chi | Taiwan |
Sparrow | Johnnie To | Hong Kong, China |
Still Walking | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
Tahaan | Santosh Sivan | India |
This Longing | Azharr Rudin | Malaysia |
Together with My Father | Danyar Salamat | Kazakhstan |
Trivial Matters | Pang Ho-cheung | Hong Kong, China |
Twilight Dancing | Tian Gao, Joshua Tong | China |
Two-legged Horse | Samira Makhmalbaf | Iran |
Winds of September | Tom Lin | Hong Kong, China, Taiwan |
The Yurt | Ayub Shakhobitdinov | Uzbekistan |
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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100 | Chris Martinez | Philippines |
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly | Edwin | Indonesia |
Empty Chair | Saman Estereki | Iran |
Er Dong | Jin Yang | China |
Jalainur | Zhao Ye | China |
Land of Scarecrows | Roh Gyeong-tae | South Korea, France |
A Light in the Fog | Panahbarkhoda Rezaee | Iran |
Members of the Funeral | Baek Seung-bin | South Korea |
A Moment in June | O. Nathapon | Thailand |
Naked of Defenses | Masahide Ichii | Japan |
Ocean of an Old Man | Rajesh Shera | India |
The Pot | Kim Taegon | South Korea |
Routine Holiday | Li Hongqi | China |
Turmoil | Kanymbek Kassymbekov, Sabit Kurmanbekov | Kazakhstan |
Title | Director(s) |
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Breathless | Yang Ik-june |
The Chaser | Na Hong-jin |
Crush and Blush | Lee Kyoung-mi |
Evil Spirit | Park Jin-sung |
Exhausted | Kim Gok |
Forever the Moment | Yim Soon-rye |
The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Kim Jee-woon |
Heartbreak Library | Kim Jung-kwon |
Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells | Jeon Soo-il |
How to Live on Earth | Ahn Seul-gi |
Let the Blue River Run | Kang Mi-ja |
A Man Who Was Superman | Jeong Yoon-cheol |
Night and Day | Hong Sang-soo |
Oishii Man | Kim Jeong-jung |
The Pit and the Pendulum | Sohn Young-sung |
Public Enemy Returns | Kang Woo-suk |
The Room Nearby | Goh Tae-jeong |
Sisters on the Road | Boo Ji-young |
Sunny | Lee Joon-ik |
Treeless Mountain | So Yong Kim |
Title | Director(s) | Year |
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Ban Geum-ryeon | Kim Ki-young | 1982 |
A Dream of Fortune | Han Hyeong-mo | 1961 |
A Female Boss | Han Hyeong-mo | 1959 |
The Hand of Destiny | Han Hyeong-mo | 1954 |
The Housemaid | Kim Ki-young | 1960 |
Hyperbolae of Youth | Han Hyeong-mo | 1957 |
Love to Death | Han Hyeong-mo | 1957 |
Madame Freedom | Han Hyeong-mo | 1956 |
My Sister Is a Hussy | Han Hyeong-mo | 1961 |
Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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$9.99 | Tatia Rosenthal | Israel, Australia |
The 27 Club | Erica Dunton | United States |
33 Scenes from Life | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland, Germany |
35 Shots of Rum | Claire Denis | France, Germany |
Adoration | Atom Egoyan | Canada |
Another Man | Lionel Baier | Switzerland |
Awaking from a Dream | Freddy Mas Franqueza | Spain, Poland |
Be Good | Juliette Garcias | France, Denmark |
Cherry Blossoms | Doris Dörrie | Germany |
A Christmas Tale | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
The Collectress | Kristina Buožytė | Lithuania |
Dawn of the World | Abbas Fahdel | France, Germany |
Dean Spanley | Toa Fraser | New Zealand, United Kingdom |
Delta | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary, Germany |
The Desert Within | Rodrigo Plá | Mexico |
Dim Sum Funeral | Anna Chi | United States, Canada |
Disgrace | Steve Jacobs | Australia, South Africa |
Everlasting Moments | Jan Troell | Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway |
For a Moment, Freedom | Arash Riahi | Austria, France |
Four Ages of Love | Sergey Mokritskiy | Russia |
Française | Souad El-Bouhati | France, Morocco |
Frontier of the Dawn | Philippe Garrel | France |
Frozen River | Courtney Hunt | United States |
God's Offices | Claire Simon | France, Belgium |
The Good Life | Andrés Wood | Chile, Spain |
The Good News | Helena Taberna | Spain |
Happy-Go-Lucky | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
Helen | Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor | Ireland, United Kingdom |
Il divo | Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France |
Involuntary | Ruben Östlund | Sweden |
Jerichow | Christian Petzold | Germany |
Johnny Mad Dog | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | France |
Un Lac | Philippe Grandrieux | France |
Lake Mungo | Joel Anderson | Australia |
Lion's Den | Pablo Trapero | Argentina, South Korea |
Liverpool | Lisandro Alonso | Argentina, Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany |
Lorna's Silence | Jean Pierre-Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Belgium, France, Italy |
Lost Song | Rodrigue Jean | Canada |
Maybe God Is Ill | Franco Brogi Taviani | Italy |
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's | Léa Pool | Canada |
Mothers & Daughters | Carl Bessai | Canada |
Mr. Kuka's Advice | Dariusz Gajewski | Poland, Austria |
Night Owls | Michaela Pavlátová | Czech Republic |
No One's Son | Arsen Anton Ostojić | Croatia |
Nucingen House | Raúl Ruiz | France, Chile |
O' Horten | Bent Hamer | Norway, Germany |
Of Time and the City | Terence Davies | United Kingdom |
Pandora's Box | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | Turkey, Belgium, France, Germany |
A Perfect Day | Ferzan Özpetek | Italy |
Rembrandt's J'Accuse | Peter Greenaway | Netherlands |
The Return of the Prodigal Son | Arsen Azatyan, Nariné Mkrtchyan | Armenia |
Revanche | Götz Spielmann | Austria |
Sandrine in the Rain | Tonino Zangardi | Italy, Germany |
Scratch | Michał Rosa | Poland |
The Seven Days | Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel, France |
Shadows in the Sun | David Rocksavage | United Kingdom |
Story of Jen | François Rotger | France, Canada |
The Stranger in Me | Emily Atef | Germany |
Three Monkeys | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Italy |
Three Wise Men | Mika Kaurismäki | Finland |
The Tour | Goran Marković | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Triomf | Michael Raeburn | South Africa, France |
The Vanished Empire | Karen Shakhnazarov | Russia |
Vegas: Based on a True Story | Amir Naderi | United States |
Victoria | Anna Karina | Canada |
Welcome Home | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | France |
Wendy and Lucy | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
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