History

11th Busan International Film Festival Overview

Overview

Festival Period
Oct 12 (Thu) - 20 (Fri), 2006
Selections
245 films from 63 countries
Invited Guests
8,321 from 51 countries (inc. ASIAN FILM MARKET & press)
Total Attendance
162,835(inc. previous editions)
Hand Printing
  • Istvan SZABO (Hungary | Director)

Awards

Korean Cinema Award
  • Martial KNAEBEL (Switzerland | Festival Director, Fribourg International Film Festival)
  • TERAWAKI Ken (Japan | Former Director-General, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
New Currents Award
  • Betelnut (YANG Heng | China)
  • Love Conquers All (TAN Chui Mui | Malaysia)
Woonpa Award
  • Our School (KIM Myung-jun | Korea)
  • People Crossing the River (KIM Duk-Chul | Korea)
Sonje Award
  • The Wind Stirs (LEE Jin-Woo | Korea)
  • Portfolio (YOON Seong-ho | Korea)
  • Special Mention - Merry Christmas (CHOI Young-jun | Korea)
FIPRESCI Award
  • Love Conquers All (TAN Chui Mui | Malaysia)
NETPAC Award
  • The Last Dining Table (ROH Gyeong Tae | Korea)
KNN Audience Award
  • The White Silk Dress (HUYNH Luu | Vietnam)
Asian Filmmaker of the Year
  • Andy LAU (Actor | Hong Kong)
Asia Documentary Network
  • YoungSan Fund: Sorri-ai (PAIK Yeon-ah | Korea)
  • KyungSung Fund: Chorolke Women Miners (PARK Mi-sun | Korea)
  • UniKorea Fund: Little Woman, Big Woman, Man in Between - Episode 2 (SEO Dong-il | Korea)
  • David Young Fund: Long Way (RYU Mi-rye | Korea)
  • Hyowon Fund: Innocence (KIM Hee-chul | Korea)
Asia Project
  • DongSeo Asia Fund: The Last Hope in the War (Supriyo SEN | India), Yasukuni Shrine (LI Ying | China)
  • Busan Bank Fund: Invisible City (TAN Pin Pin | Singapore), The Forsaken Child (GAN Chao | China)
  • PanStar Fund: Passion of the Heart (Mana RABIEE | Iran), The Long River (HUANG Wenhai | China)
  • PUFS Fund: Wugong Yishan (Joanna VASQUEZ ARONG | Philippines/Thailand/China), Bing Ai (FENG Yan | China)
  • Kodak Fund: Yasukuni Shrine (LI Ying | China/Japan)
Busan | Gyeongnam Project
  • Dong-Eui Cinema Fund
Overseas Korean Project
  • OKF Fund: Another Sun-ah, Another Me (YANG Young-hee | Japan)
CJ Collection
  • Crazy Stone (NING Hao | China)
  • Wool 100% (TOMINAGA Mai | Japan)
  • Illusion (Ellen RAMOS, Paolo VILLALUNA | Philippines)
  • Rain Dogs (HO Yuhang | Malaysia)
  • My Mother is a Belly Dancer (WONG Ching Po, LEE Kung Lok | Hong Kong)
BNK부산은행
제네시스
한국수력원자력㈜
뉴트리라이트
두산에너빌리티
OB맥주 (한맥)
네이버
파라다이스 호텔 부산
한국거래소
드비치골프클럽 주식회사
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER