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New Currents Award
The only featured competition at PIFF is awarded in ‘New Currents’ section. The New Currents Award serves to promote emerging film talent in Asia by selecting the best new film by an Asian director. Selected by a jury of eminent film professionals, the awards guarantee a 10,000 USD cash award to the winning director(s).
This Charming Girl
Special Mention
Sanctuary
Sonje Fund
A cash award of 10,000,000 KRW is granted to the best Korean short film from Wide Angle section for the purpose of assisting the next production by its director.
Punk Eek
Goldfish
Woonpa Fund
A cash award of 10,000,000 KRW is granted to the best Korean documentary film or video from Wide Angle section, for the purpose of assisting the next production by its director.
What Do People Live For
FIPRESCI Award
FIPRESCI Award (Prize of the International Film Critics) is awarded annually at PIFF to a new Asian film from ‘New Currents’ section for its experimental and progressive spirit by the Association of Internal Film Press.
Soap Opera
NETPAC Award
The NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Award is presented to the best Korean feature film by the NETPAC Jury. NETPAC was founded as an international body in 1990 with a mission to promote and to distribute Asian films, and to introduce the outstanding achievements of Asian cinema overseas
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PSB Award (Audience Award)
The PSB Award is given to most popular film in the ‘New Currents’ section of PIFF, with an audience award of 10,000 USD presented by the Pusan Broadcasting Cultural Foundation.
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The Asian Filmmaker of the Year
In order to celebrate the accomplishment of a filmmaker who has the most activity in improving and developing the Asian Film industry in the past year, we're honored to present "The Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award". The recipient of this year's prestigious award is Mr. Hou Hsiao-hsien.
HOU Hsiao-hsien
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, born in 1947, is to be the second recipient of The Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award, created by the Pusan International Film Festival to recognize the significant contribution of Asian filmmakers. His latest film, Cafe Lumière which is a tribute to Japanese film master Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) to mark his centenary, stresses the quiet nuances of human emotions and challenges the Asian cinema in whole. Following the life of ordinary Japanese with a minimalist approach, Hou Hsiao-hsien finds himself drawn to certain sentimental connections driven by the genuine issue of identity-the subject Ozu favored in his body of work as well. This opens up a new chapter in the history of Asian cinema while delivering insightful conversation between the master and director himself-without borders and a sense of time.
Korean Cinema Award
The Korean Cinema Award is presented annually to those who have made significant contributions to Korea films by introducing them to the global film industry.
YANO Kaxuyuki | Festival Director, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Philip CHEAH | Festival Director, Singapore International Film Festival
The organizing committee of the Pusan International Film Festival recognizes foreign individuals who have made outstanding contributions to promoting Korean films worldwide through the Korean Cinema Award. This year’s recipients are festival directors Kaxuyuki YANO and Philip CHEAH of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival and the Singapore International Film Festival, respectively. As festival directors, YANO and CHEAH have both been consistently promoting Korean films. The Pusan International Film Festival would like to bestow this honor in recognition of their efforts, through which people in Asia have gained more understanding of Korean cinema.