The 18th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 3 to October 12, 2013 and was hosted by Aaron Kwok and Kang Soo-yeon.
The 10-day festival attracted 217,865 people despite the organizers having been forced to reschedule some events due to a typhoon. Upcoming filmmakers from South Korea and Mongolia won $30,000 for the New Currents Awards. Over 299 films from 70 countries were screened, with 94 world premieres and 40 international premieres. The event opened with Bhutanese film ' and closed with the South Korean film The Dinner.
Program
â World premiere
â â International premiere
Opening Film
Gala Presentation
A Window on Asian Cinema
New Currents
Korean Cinema Today â Panorama
Korean Cinema Today â Vision
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Fly High, Run Far: The Making of Korean Master Im Kwon-taek
World Cinema
Flash Forward
Open Cinema
Special Program in Focus
Rogues, Rebels and Romantics: A Season of Irish Cinema
Unknown New Wave Central Asian Cinema
Park Cheol-soo Special Commemoration: Eternal Movie Youth
Midnight Passion
Wide Angle â Documentary Competition
- Gureombi âÂÂThe Wind Is Blowing â Cho Sung-bong (South Korea)
- Dream House by the Border â Kim Kyang (South Korea)
- Jazz in Love â Baby Ruth Villarama (Philippines/Germany/France)
- Non-fiction Diary â Jung Yoon-suk (South Korea)
- Past Present â Tion Guan Saw (Malaysia)
- Tale of a Butcher Shop â Aya Hanabusa (Japan)
- To Singapore, with Love â Tan Pin Pin (Singapore)
- Sandal â Kim Mi-re (South Korea)
- Streetside â Daniel Ziv (Indonesia)
Awards
- New Currents Award
- Pascha â Ahn Seon-Kyoung (South Korea)
- Remote Control â Byamba Sakhya (Mongolia/Germany)
- Special Mention: Transit â Hannah Espia (Philippines)
- Sonje Award
- A Lady Caddy Who Never Saw a Hole in One â Yosep Anggi Noen (Indonesia)
- In the Summer â Son Tae-gyum (South Korea)
- Special Mention: Temporary â Behzad Azadi (Iran)
- Special Mention: Sprout â Yoon Ga-eun (Korea)
- BIFF Mecenat Award
- Streetside â Daniel Ziv (Indonesia)
- Non-fiction Diary â Jung Yoon-suk (South Korea)
- Special Mention: Gureombi â The Wind Is Blowing â Cho Sung-bong (Korea)
- Busan Bank Award (Audience Award)
- Home â Maximilian Hult (Sweden/Iceland)
- KNN Movie Award (Audience Award)
- 10 Minutes â Lee Yong-seung (South Korea)
- FIPRESCI Award
- 10 Minutes â Lee Yong-seung (South Korea)
- NETPAC Award
- Shuttlecock â Lee Yu-bin (South Korea)
- Busan Cinephile Award
- Father's Garden âÂÂThe Love of My Parents â Peter Liechti (Switzerland)
- Citizen Reviewers' Award
- Shuttlecock â Lee Yu-bin (South Korea)
- Han Gong-ju â Lee Su-jin (South Korea)
- CGV Movie Collage Award
- Han Gong-ju â Lee Su-jin (South Korea)
- The Asian Filmmaker of the Year â Rithy Panh (Cambodia)
- Korean Cinema Award â Charles Tesson (France)
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