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History

Archive

  • Festival Dates : 2009. 10. 8~10. 16
  • Number of Films Screened :
    • 355 Films from 70 countries, 803 screenings
    • World Premiere 98 Films (72 Feature Films, 26 Short Films)
    • International Premiere 46 Films (41 Feature Films, 5 Short Films)
    • Films selected for New Currents are either World Premiere or International Premiere.
    • Films selected for Flash Forward are either World Premiere or International Premiere.
    • PPP Projects: 30 in total
    • ACF Projects
      • Post-Production Supporting Fund: 5 completed films are screened at the festival
      • AND Fund: 11 films are screened at the festival
  • Invited Guests (exc. Asian Film Market) : 8,602 in total (Guest : 6,400, Press : 2,202)
  • Audience : 173,516
  • Event
    • 6 Master Classes
    • 2 Hand Printings (Costa GAVRAS, Director, Dario ARGENTO, Director)
    • 14 Seminars
    • 3 Open Talks
    • 8 Audience Meet-and-Greet
    • 12 Meet the Guest: Talk to Talk
    • 7 Cinema Together
    • 203 GV (Guest Visits)
    • 13 Press Conferences
    • 188 Individual Interviews
  • Awards
    • New Currents Award
      • Shawkat Amin KORKI (Iraq/Japan)
      • SO Sang-Min (Korea)
      • Special Mention : Giuseppe Bede SAMPEDRO (Philippines)
    • Flash Forward Award
      • LAST COWBOY STANDING> Zaida BERGROTH (Finland/Germany)
      • Special Mention : Hakon LIU (Sweden/Taiwan)
    • Korean Cinema Award
      • Riccardo GELLI (Director of Korea Film Festival in Florence, Italy)
      • Jeannette Paulson HERENIKO (President of Asia Pacific Film.com, Former Director of Hawaii International Film Festival, USA)
    • Asian Filmmaker of the Year
      • Yash CHOPRA (Director & Producer, India)
    • Sonje Award
      • KIM Jae-won (Korea)
      • Basil Vassili MIRONER (Singapore, Indonesia)
    • PIFF Mecenat Award
      • KWON WooJung (Korea)
      • Saba DEWAN (India)
    • FIPRESCI Award
      • Shawkat Amin KORKI (Iraq/Japan)
    • NETPAC Award
      • PARK Chan Ok (Korea)
    • KNN Audience Award
      • JIANG Wenli (China)