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
네스프레소
한맥
네이버
CGV
파라다이스 호텔 부산
한국거래소
드비치골프클럽 주식회사
트립닷컴
아이앱 스튜디오
두산트리븐센텀
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER