Overview
- Festival Period
- Oct 2 (Thu) - 10 (Fri), 2003
- Selections
- 243 films from 61 countries
- Invited Guests
- 4,387 guests from 50 countries (inc. PPP & Press)
- Total Attendance
- 165,103 (paid audiences: 145,041)
- Hand Printing
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- Jan TROELL (Sweden | Director)
- Lucian PINTILIE (Romania | Director)
- CHUNG Chang-wha (Korea | Director)
Awards
- Korean Cinema Award
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- PARK Byoung-yang (Japan | President, Asia Film Production)
- LEE Bong-ou (Japan | President, Cine Quanon)
- New Currents Award
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- LEE Kang-sheng (Taiwan)
- Alireza AMINI (Iran)
- Woonpa Fund
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- LEE Ho-sup (Korea)
- Sonje Award
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- PARK Jung-seon (Korea)
- SON Kwang-ju (Korea)
- FIPRESCI Award
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- Parviz SHAHBAZI (Iran)
- NETPAC Award
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- E J-yong (Korea)
- PSB Award
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- HONG Ki-sun (Korea)
- Sedigh BARMAK (Afghanistan)
- Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award
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- Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Iran | Director, Producer)
- Youngsan Fund
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- CHOIHA Dongha (Korea)
Accomplishments
The 8th Pusan International Film Festival became one of the most remarkable festivals in the world with the re-opening of the outdoor screening venue, the most number of films shown in its history and the first-ever screening of North Korean films. Also, the outstanding showing of the Asian Film Industry Center (AFIC), a co-venture with BIFCOM from the Busan Film Commission, marked an icing on the cake for PIFF as it became the central point in the Asian film industry.
