# 16th Busan International Film Festival

The 16th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 6 to October 14, 2011 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by actresses Uhm Ji-won and Ye Ji-won, making it the first year to be hosted by two women.
The 16th BIFF also marks the first year for Lee Yong-kwan as the festival director after the retirement of its founding director, Kim Dong-ho and is also the first to take place at the Busan Cinema Center which was opened on September 29, 2011.
A total of 307 films from 70 countries were invited to participate in the festival, with 86 world premieres and 39 international premieres. The event had a total audience of 196,177.

## Program

    † World Premiere
    †† International Premiere

### Opening Film

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| Always | 오직 그대만 Ohjik Geudaeman (lit. "Only You") | Song Il-gon | South Korea | † |

### Gala Presentation

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| Cut | | Amir Naderi | Japan France United States | |
| Dragon | 武俠 Wǔ xiá | Peter Chan | Hong Kong, China | |
| The Host 3D | 괴물 Goemul (lit. "Monster") | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea | † |
| The Lady | | Luc Besson | France United Kingdom | |
| Life Without Principle | 奪命金 Duó Mìng Jīn | Johnnie To | Hong Kong, China | |
| A Reason to Live | 오늘 Oneul (lit. "Today") | Lee Jeong-hyang | South Korea | † |
| Unbowed | 부러진 화살 Bureojin Hwasal | Chung Ji-young | South Korea | † |

### A Window on Asian Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| 11 Flowers | 我11 wǒ shí yī | Wang Xiaoshuai | China | |
| Alms for a Blind Horse | Anhe Ghore Da Daan | Gurvinder Singh | India | |
| Amok | | Lawrence Fajardo | Philippines | †† |
| The Beetle Soldiers | Serdadu kumbang | Ari Shiasale | Indonesia | †† |
| Celestial Kingdom | 天国 Tian guó | Wang Chao | China | † |
| A Cube of Sugar | یک حبه قند Yek habe ghand | Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi | Iran | |
| Daughter...Father...Daughter | Dokhtar…Pedar…Dokhtar | Panahbarkhoda Rezaee | Iran | † |
| Death Is My Profession | Marg kasb va kare man ast | Amir Hossein Saghafi | Iran | † |
| Eternity | ชั่วฟ้าดินสลาย | Bhandevanov Devakula | Thailand | †† |
| Fable of the Fish | Isda | Adolfo Alix, Jr. | Philippines | |
| Final Whistle | سوت پایان Sout-e payan | Niki Karimi | Iran | †† |
| Goodbye | به امید دیدار Be omid e didar | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran | |
| Guilty of Romance | 恋の罪 Koi no Tsumi | Sion Sono | Japan | |
| Guzaarish | गुज़ारिश Request | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | India | |
| Himizu | ヒミズ | Sion Sono | Japan | |
| Habibi | | Susan Youssef | Palestine Netherlands United Arab Emirates United States | |
| Hanaan | 하나안 | Ruslan Park | Uzbekistan South Korea | |
| Hanezu | 朱花の月 Hanezu no tsuki | Naomi Kawase | Japan | |
| Hankyu Railway - A 15-Minute Miracle | 阪急電車　片道15分の奇跡 Hankyu Densha | Yoshishige Miyake | Japan | †† |
| Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | 一命 Ichimei | Takashi Miike | Japan | |
| Here, There | 这里，那里 | Lu Sheng | China | |
| I Wish | 奇跡 Kiseki (lit. "Miracle") | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan | |
| Inseparable | 形影不离 | Dayyan Eng | China | † |
| Jakarta Twilight | Jakarta Maghrib | Salman Aristo | Indonesia | †† |
| Jump Ashin! | 翻滚吧！阿信 | Lin Yu-hsien | Taiwan | †† |
| Kausar | | Gulsina Mirgaliyeva | Kazakhstan | † |
| Kotoko | | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | |
| Life Back Then | アントキノイノチ Antoki no Inochi | Takahisa Zeze | Japan | |
| Lost in Paradise | Hot boy nổi loạn (lit. "Rebellious Hot Boy") | Vũ Ngọc Đãng | Vietnam | |
| Lovely Man | | Teddy Soeriaatmadja | Indonesia | † |
| Mask | Maskara | Laurice Guillen | Philippines | †† |
| Mitsuko Delivers | ハラがコレなんで Hara ga Kore Nande | Yuya Ishii | Japan | |
| Mother's Paradise | Ray dlya Mamy | Aktan Arym Kubat | Kazakhstan | |
| Mr. Tree | Hello，树先生！ Hello! Shu Xian Sheng | Han Jie | China | |
| My Back Page | マイ・バック・ページ Mai Bakku Peji | Yamashita Nobuhiro | Japan | |
| Nobel Thief | নোবেল চোর Nobel Chor | Suman Ghosh | India | † |
| Nono | | Rommel Tolentino | Philippines | †† |
| P-047 | แต่เพียงผู้เดียว Tae Peang Phu Deaw | Kongdej Jaturanrasmee | Thailand | |
| Scabbard Samurai | さや侍 Saya Zamurai | Hitoshi Matsumoto | Japan | |
| Seediq Bale | 賽德克•巴萊 Sàidékè Balái | Wei Te-sheng | Taiwan | |
| Stanley Ka Dabba | स्टैनली का डब्बा | Amole Gupte | India | |
| The Address | Melvilasom | Madhav Ramadasan | India | † |
| The Sword Identity | 倭寇的踪迹 Wo Kou De Zong Ji | Xu Haofeng | China | |
| The Temple | देऊळ Deool | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | India | † |
| Tokyo Playboy Club | 東京プレイボーイクラブ | Yosuke Okuda | Japan | † |
| Three and a Half | سه و نیم Se o Nim | Naghi Nemati | Iran | † |
| Urumi - The Warriors Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama | ഉറുമി Urumi | Santosh Sivan | India | |
| The Woman in the Septic Tank | Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank | Marlon Rivera | Philippines | |

### New Currents

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| August Drizzle | නිකිණි වැස්ස Nikini Wessa | Aruna Jayawardana | Sri Lanka | † |
| Choked | 가시 Gashi | Kim Joong-hyun | South Korea | † |
| Damn Life | ダムライフ | Kitagawa Hitoshi | Japan | †† |
| Here...or There? | Do Hay Day | Siu Pham | Vietnam Switzerland | † |
| I Carried You Home | ปาดังเบซาร์ | Tongpong Chantarangkul | Thailand Singapore | † |
| Lost in Mountain | | Gao Zipeng | China | † |
| The Mirror Never Lies | Laut Bercermin ("The Ocean Reflects") | Kamila Andini | Indonesia | † |
| Mourning | Soog | Morteza Farshbaf | Iran | † |
| Niño | | Loy Arcenas | Philippines | †† |
| The Passion of a Man named Choe Che-u | 동학, 수운 최제우 DongHwa, Soowoon Choe Che-u | Stanley Park | South Korea | † |
| Return to Burma | | Midi Z | Myanmar Taiwan | † |
| Starry Starry Night | 星空 | Tom Lin Shu-yu | Taiwan | |
| Watch Indian Circus | Dekh Indian Circus | Mangesh Hadawale | India | † |

### Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| Amen | 아멘 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea | |
| Come Rain, Come Shine | 사랑한다, 사랑하지 않는다 Saranghanda, Saranghaji Anneunda (lit. "I Love You, I Love You Not") | Lee Yoon-ki | South Korea | |
| The Day He Arrives | 북촌 방향 Bukchon Banghyang (lit. Bukchon-bound) | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | |
| From Seoul to Varanasi | 불륜의 시대 Bulryunui Sidae | Jeon Kyu-hwan | South Korea | |
| Glove | 글러브 Geulreobeu | Kang Woo-suk | South Korea | |
| Hanji | 달빛 길어올리기 Dalbit Kileoolrigi | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea | |
| Hindsight | 푸른소금 Pureun Sogeum (lit. "Blue Salt") | Lee Hyun-seung | South Korea | |
| Kisses | 키스 Kiseu | Directors: Kang Ho-joon Kim Jin-hee Hwang Hee-seong Seo Yong-ho Lee Jung-won Moon In-dae Lee Hyun-chul Kim Doo-heon | South Korea | † |
| Pink | 핑크 Pingkey | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea | † |
| Poongsan | 풍산개 Pungsangae (lit. "Phungsan Dog") | Juhn Jai-hong | South Korea | |
| Red Vacance Black Wedding | 붉은 바캉스 검은 웨딩 Buleun Bakangseu Geumeun Weding | Park Chul-soo Kim Tai-sik | South Korea | † |
| Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North! | 량강도 아이들 Ryangkangdo Aideul | Kim Sung-hoon | South Korea | † |
| Sunny (Director's Cut) | 써니 Sseoni | Kang Hyeong-cheol | South Korea | |
| War of the Arrows | 최종병기 활 Choejongbyeonggi Hwal | Kim Han-min | South Korea | |

### Korean Cinema Today - Vision

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| Barbie | 바비 Babi | Lee Sang-woo | South Korea | † |
| Beautiful Miss Jin | 미스진은 예쁘다 Misseu Jineun Yeobbeuda | Jang Hee-chul | South Korea | † |
| Black Dove | 검은 갈매기 Geumeun Katmaegi | Roh Gyeong-tae | South Korea | † |
| Dangerously Excited | 나는 공무원이다 Naneun Kongmuwonida (lit. "I'm a Civil Servant") | Koo Ja-hong | South Korea | † |
| A Fish | 물고기 Mulgogi | Park Hong-min | South Korea | † |
| Jesus Hospital | 밍크코트 Mingkeu Koteu (lit. "Mink Coat") | Shin A-ga Lee Sang-cheol | South Korea | † |
| The King of Pigs | 돼지의 왕 Dwaejiui wang | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea | † |
| The Peach Tree | 복숭아나무 Boksunga namu | Ku Hye-sun | South Korea | † |
| Persimmon | 감/Gam | Choo Sang-rok | South Korea | † |
| Romance Joe | 로맨스 조 Romaenseu Jo | Lee Kwang-kuk | South Korea | † |

### Korean Cinema Retrospective
#### Kim Kee-duk, On the Front Line of Korean Genre Films

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| Barefooted Youth | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Buy My Fist | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Five Marines | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Horse-year Bride | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| I Will Be a King for the Day | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Kinship | Kim Soo-yong | South Korea |
| Monster Yonggari | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| The North and South | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Until That Day | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |

### World Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| 170 Hz | | Joost van Ginkel | Netherlands | †† |
| 18 Days | 18 يوم | Directors: Marwan Hamed (19-19) Ahmad Alaa (Ashraf Seberto) Sherif El Bendari (Curfew) Kamla Abou Zikri (God’s Creation) Yousry Nasrallah (Interior/Exterior) Sherif Arafa (Retention) Khaled Marei (Revolution Cookies) Mariam Abou Ouf (Tahrir 2/2) Ahmad Abdallah (Window) | Egypt | |
| Almayer's Folly | La Folie Almayer | Chantal Akerman | France | |
| Alps | Άλπεις Alpeis | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece | |
| Baikonur [de] | | Veit Helmer | Germany Kazakhstan Russia | †† |
| The Bad Intentions | Las malas intenciones | Rosario García-Montero | Peru Germany Argentina | |
| The Baron | O Barão | Edgar Pêra | Portugal | |
| Battle of Warsaw 1920 | Bitwa warszawska 1920 | Jerzy Hoffman | Poland | |
| The Beaver | | Jodie Foster | United States | |
| Behold the Lamb | | John McIlduff | United Kingdom | |
| Bellflower | | Evan Glodell | United States | |
| Best Intentions | | Adrian Sitaru | Romania | |
| Blood of My Blood | Sangue do Meu Sangue | João Canijo | Portugal | |
| Blue Bird | | Gust Van Den Berghe | Belgium | |
| A Bottle in the Gaza Sea | Une bouteille à la mer | Thierry Binisti | France Canada Israel | † |
| Breathing | Atmen | Karl Markovics | Austria | |
| The Cardboard Village | Il villaggio di cartone | Ermanno Olmi | Italy | |
| Chicken with Plums | Poulet aux prunes | Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud | France Germany Belgium | |
| Declaration of War | La Guerre est déclarée | Valérie Donzelli | France | |
| Donkeys | Burros | Odín Salazar Flores | Mexico | |
| The Double Steps | Los pasos dobles | Isaki Lacuesta | Spain Switzerland | †† |
| Early One Morning | De bon matin | Jean-Marc Moutout | France Belgium | † |
| Easy! | Scialla! | Francesco Bruni | Italy | |
| The Enemy | Neprijatelj | Dejan Zečević | Serbia Croatia Hungary Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Ephemeral Weddings | Noces éphémères ("The Momentary Marriage") | Reza Serkanian | France Iran | †† |
| Expecting | La Espera | Francisca Fuenzalida | Chile | † |
| Faust | | Alexander Sokurov | Russia | |
| Footnote | הערת שוליים He'arat Shulayim | Joseph Cedar | Israel | |
| Goodbye First Love | Un amour de jeunesse | Mia Hansen-Løve | France Germany | |
| Gypsy | Cigán | Martin Šulík | Slovak Republic Czech Republic | |
| Hard Core Logo 2 | | Bruce McDonald | Canada | †† |
| Kinshasa Kids | | Marc-Henri Wajnberg | Belgium | |
| Hot Hot Hot | | Beryl Koltz | Luxembourg Belgium Austria | |
| The Hunter | | Daniel Nettheim | Australia | |
| An Insignificant Harvey | | Jeff Kopas | Canada | † |
| Karen Cries in a Bus | Karen llora en un bus | Gabriel Rojas Vera | Colombia | |
| The Kid with a Bike | Le gamin au vélo | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Belgium France Italy | |
| King of Devil's Island | Kongen av Bastøy | Marius Holst | Norway Sweden Poland France | |
| Las Acacias | | Pablo Giorgelli | Argentina Spain | |
| Le Havre | | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland France Germany | |
| Los Viejos | | Martín Boulocq | Bolivia | †† |
| Lucky | | Gil Cates Jr. | South Africa United Kingdom | |
| Mangrove | | Julie Gilbert Frédéric Choffat | Switzerland France | †† |
| Manipulation | | Pascal Verdosci | Switzerland Germany | |
| Melancholia | | Lars von Trier | Denmark Sweden France Germany | |
| Missione di pace | | Francesco Lagi | Italy | †† |
| On the Ice | | Andrew Okpeaha MacLean | United States | |
| Otelo Burning | | Sara Blecher | South Africa | †† |
| Parked | | Darragh Byrne | Ireland Finland | |
| The Perfect Stranger | El Perfecto Desconocido | Toni Bestard | Spain | † |
| Pina | | Wim Wenders | Germany France | |
| Porfirio | | Alejandro Landes | Colombia | |
| Rebellion | L'Ordre et la Morale | Mathieu Kassovitz | France | |
| Red Dog | | Kriv Stenders | Australia | |
| Restless | | Gus Van Sant | United States | |
| Rose | Róża | Wojciech Smarzowski | Poland | |
| Seven Acts of Mercy | Sette opere di misericordia | Gianluca De Serio Massimiliano De Serio | Italy Romania | |
| Sleep Tight | Mientras duermes | Jaume Balagueró | Spain | |
| Sleeping Sickness | Schlafkrankheit | Ulrich Köhler [de] | Germany France Netherlands | |
| Stella Days | | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Ireland | †† |
| Summer Games | Giochi d'estate | Rolando Colla | Switzerland Italy | |
| SuperClásico | | Ole Christian Madsen | Denmark | |
| Taj | | Winston Furlong | Australia | †† |
| Terraferma | | Emanuele Crialese | Italy | |
| That Summer | Un été brûlant ("A Burning Hot Summer") | Philippe Garrel | France | |
| Three Sisters T | Trzy siostrzyczki trupki | Maciej Kowalewski | Poland | † |
| Today I Felt No Fear | Hoy No Tuve Miedo | Iván Fund | Argentina | †† |
| The Tree of Life | | Terrence Malick | United States | |
| Tyrannosaur | | Paddy Considine | United Kingdom | |
| We Have a Pope | Habemus Papam | Nanni Moretti | Italy France | |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | | Lynne Ramsay | United Kingdom | |
| Wetlands | | Guy Édoin | Canada | |
| Yatasto | | Hermes Paralluelo | Argentina | |

### Flash Forward

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| Courage | Wymyk | Greg Zgliński | Poland | †† |
| The Idiot | Idioot | Rainer Sarnet | Estonia | † |
| Joan and the Voices | Zhannan ev Dzajner | Mikayel Vatinyan | Armenia | † |
| Là-bas: A Criminal Education | Là-bas | Guido Lombardi | Italy | †† |
| Memories Corner | | Audrey Fouché | France Canada | † |
| My Father is Baryshnikov | Moy papa Baryshnikov | Dmitry Povolotsky Mark Drugoi | Russia | †† |
| Nuit #1 | | Anne Émond | Canada | †† |
| The Odds | | Simon Davidson | Canada | †† |
| Off White Lies | אורחים לרגע | Maya Kenig | Israel | †† |
| Mesh (Walking) | | Shiar Abdî | Turkey Germany | †† |

### Wide Angle
#### Korean Short Film Competition

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| The Abortion | Shim Hyun-seok | South Korea | † |
| Anesthesia | Kim Seok-young | South Korea | † |
| Anywhere in Seoul, 2010 | Kim Min-chul | South Korea | † |
| A Day Is Far Too Long | Lee Seung-yup | South Korea | † |
| Bugging Heaven; Listen to Her | Oh Hyun-ju | South Korea | † |
| Herstory | Kim Jun-ki | South Korea | † |
| No Land for the People | Ha Jung-su | South Korea | † |
| See You Tomorrow | Lee Woo-jung | South Korea | † |
| Night Market | Kim Tae-yong | South Korea | † |
| Spring on Campus | Ahn Seung-hyuk | South Korea | † |

#### Asian Short Film Competition

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| 6 to 6 | Aditya Assarat | Thailand | †† |
| Bahiya & Mahmoud | Zaid Abu Hamdan | Jordan United Arab Emirates | |
| Camels | Park Ji-youn | South Korea | |
| DIY Encouragement | Kohei Yoshino | Japan | † |
| Endless Joke | Baik Hyun-jhin | South Korea | |
| Five Numbers! | Hiroaki Ando | Japan | † |
| Fly by Night | Son Tae-gyum | South Korea | |
| I Am Happy | Abinash Bikram Shah | Nepal | † |
| Raw, Cooked, Burned | Shahram Mokri | Iran | †† |
| Inventing Happy Days | Sandrine Dumas | France | †† |
| Shelter | Ismail Basbeth | Indonesia | † |
| Starting From A | BW Purba Negara | Indonesia | †† |
| Thieves | Eysham Ali | Singapore | † |
| Thug Beram | Venkat Amudhan | India | † |
| The Twin | Gustav Danielsson | Sweden | †† |

#### Short Film Showcase

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| Modern Family | Kim Moon-gyeoung | South Korea | † |
| Modern Family | Kim Kwang-bin | South Korea | † |
| Peekaboo | Damien Power | Australia | †† |

#### Documentary Competition

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| Golden Slumbers | Davy Chou | Cambodia France | † |
| A Hundred-Year Journey of the Family | Kim Duk-chul | Japan South Korea | † |
| Jam Docu KANGJUNG | Directors: Jung Yun-seok Kim Tae-il Choi Jin-sung Choi Ha Dong-ha Kyung Soon Yang Dong-gyu Kwon Hyo Hong Hyung-sook Chon Seung-il | South Korea | |
| Money and Honey | Lee Ching-hui | Taiwan | † |
| Please Don't Beat Me, Sir! | Shashwati Talukdar P. Kerim Friedman | India United States | † |
| Quarter No. 4/11 | Ranu Ghosh | India | † |
| The Reason Why I Step | Kim Cheol-min | South Korea | † |
| Sea of Butterfly | Park Bae-il | South Korea | † |
| Shoji & Takao | Ide Yoko | Japan | † |
| The Sound of Old Rooms | Sandeep Ray | India South Korea United States | † |
| The Vanishing Spring Light | Xu Yun | China Canada | † |

#### Documentary Showcase

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| 311 | Tatsuya Mori Takaharu Yasuoka | Japan | † |
| Ari Ari the Korean Cinema | Heo Chul Chung Ji-young | South Korea | † |
| Barzakh | Mantas Kvedaravičius | Finland Lithuania | |
| Carte Blanche | Heidi Specogna | Switzerland Germany | †† |
| Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Alex Stapleton | United States | |
| Crulic: The Path to Beyond | Anca Damian | Romania Poland | |
| El Gusto | Safinez Bousbia | Ireland Algeria France | † |
| El Médico - The Cubatón Story | Daniel Fridell | Sweden Estonia Finland Cuba | † |
| The Golden Age of Korean Cinema & the Legend of Shin Film | Cho Jae-hong | South Korea | † |
| I Am | Tom Shadyac | United States | †† |
| Indochina, Traces of a Mother | Idrissou Mora-Kpai | France Benin Vietnam | † |
| Jig | Sue Bourne | United Kingdom | |
| Karla's Arrival | Koen Suidgeest | Spain Belgium United States | |
| Mad As Hell: Peter Finch | Robert de Young | Australia | † |
| The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments | Atahualpa Lichy | Venezuela | |
| No More Fear | Mourad Ben Cheikh | Tunisia | |
| Talking Architect | Jeong Jae-eun | South Korea | † |
| This Is Not a Film | Jafar Panahi Mojtaba Mirtahmasb | France | |
| Yoyochu in the Land of the Rising Sex | Masato Ishioka | Japan | |
| Yulu | Directors: Chen Tao Chen Zhi-heng Song Fang Wang Zi-zhao Wei Tie Tan Chui Mui Jia Zhangke | China | |

#### Animation Showcase

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| The Great Bear | Esben Toft Jacobsen | Denmark |
| Legend of a Rabbit | Sun Yijun | China |
| A Letter to Momo | Hiroyuki Okiura | Japan |
| Tatsumi | Eric Khoo | Singapore |

### Open Cinema

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| The Artist | | Michel Hazanavicius | France | |
| God's Own Child | Deiva Thirumagal | Vijay Amand.L. | India | |
| Leafie | 마당을 나온 암탉 Madangeul Naon Amtak | Oh Sung-yoon | South Korea | |
| A Monster in Paris | Un monstre à Paris | Bibo Bergeron | France Belgium | |
| Punch | 완득이 Wan-deuki | Lee Han | South Korea | † |
| Wunderkinder | | Marcus Otto Rosenmull | Germany | |

### Special Program in Focus
#### Yonfan, A Touch of Sensuality

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| A Certain Romance | Yonfan | South Korea |
| Double Fixation | Yonfan | South Korea |
| In Between | Yonfan | South Korea |
| Promising Miss Bowie | Yonfan | South Korea |
| Bishonen | Yonfan | South Korea |
| Peony Pavilion | Yonfan | South Korea |
| Colour Blossoms | Yonfan | South Korea |

#### Extreme Portuguese Cinema: Six Auteurs in Focus

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| Past and Present | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Doomed Love | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Francisca | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Val Abraham | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| The Convent | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Blood of My Blood | João Canijo | Portugal |
| Get a Life | João Canijo | Portugal |
| In the Darkness of the Night | João Canijo | Portugal |
| Misbegotten | João Canijo | Portugal |
| The Phantom | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
| To Die Like a Man | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
| Perpetual Movements:Cine-Tribute to Carlos Paredes | Edgar Pêra | Portugal |
| The Baron | Edgar Pêra | Portugal |
| Our Beloved Month of August | Miguel Gomes | Portugal |
| The Sword and the Rose | João Nicolau | Portugal |

#### Asian Western: Man of the East

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| The Rambling Guitarist | Buichi Saitō | Japan | |
| The Rambler Rides Again | Buichi Saitō | Japan | |
| Gun in My Hand | Fernando Poe, Jr. | Philippines | |
| San Bernardo | Fernando Poe, Jr. | Philippines | |
| Eagle of Wild Field | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea | † |
| Sholay | Ramesh Sippy | India | |
| Tears of the Black Tiger | Wisit Sasanatieng | Thailand | |
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea | |
| Let the Bullets Fly | Jiang Wen | China Hong Kong, China | |

#### Asian Western: Man of the East

| English title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| Snowtown | Justin Kurzel | Australia | |
| Mad As Hell: Peter Finch | Robert de Young | Australia | † |
| The Hunter | Daniel Nettheim | Australia | |
| Taj | Winston Furlong | Australia | †† |
| Red Dog | Kriv Stenders | Australia | |
| Peekaboo | Damien Power | Australia | †† |

#### Special Screening

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| The 14 Amazons | 十四女英豪 Shí Sì Nǚ Yīng Háo | Cheng Gang Charles Tung | Hong Kong, China |
| Chingachgook: The Great Snake | Chingachgook, die große Schlange | Richard Groschopp | Germany |
| The Seventh Bullet | Седьмая пуля Sedmaya pulya | Ali Khamraev | Uzbekistan |

### Midnight Passion

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries | |
| The Caller | | Matthew Parkhill | Puerto Rico | |
| The Catechism Cataclysm | | Todd Rohal | United States | †† |
| Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | Tropa de Elite 2 – O Inimigo Agora é Outro (lit. "Elite Troop 2: It's Another Enemy Now") | José Padilha | Brazil | |
| Grave Encounters | | The Vicious Brothers | Canada | |
| Hard Romantic-er | ハードロマンチッカー | Gu Su-yeon | Japan | † |
| The Kick | 더 킥 วอนโดนเตะ!! | Prachya Pinkaew | South Korea Thailand | † |
| Laddaland | ลัดดาแลนด์ | Sophon Sakdaphisit | Thailand | †† |
| The Raid | Serbuan Maut (lit. "The Deadly Raid") | Gareth Evans | Indonesia | |
| Red State | | Kevin Smith | United States | |
| Smuggler | スマグラー　おまえの未来を運べ Sumagura | Katsuhito Ishii | Japan | |
| Snowtown | | Justin Kurzel | Australia | |
| The Sorcerer and the White Snake | 白蛇傳說之法海 Bái Shé Chuán Shuō Zhī Fǎ Hǎi | Ching Siu-tung | China | |
| Urban Explorer | | Andy Fetscher | Germany | |
| Vampire | | Shunji Iwai | United States Canada | |
| The Woman | | Lucky McKee | United States | |

### Closing Film

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
| Chronicle of My Mother | わが母の記 Waga Haha no Ki | Masato Harada | Japan |

## Awards

* New Currents Award
** Mourning - Morteza Farshbaf (Iran)
** Nino - Loy Arcenas (Philippines)
* Flash Forward Award
** Là-bas: A Criminal Education - Guido Lombardi (Italy)
* Sonje Award
** See You Tomorrow - Lee Woo-jung (South Korea)
** Thug Beram - Venkat Amudhan (India)
** Special Mention: Bugging Heaven; Listen to Her - Oh Hyun-ju (South Korea)
** Special Mention: DIY Encouragement - Kohei Yoshino (Japan)
* BIFF Mecenat Award
** Sea of Butterfly - Park Bae-il (South Korea)
** Shoji & Takao - Ide Yoko (Japan)
* KNN Movie Award
** Watch Indian Circus - Mangesh Hadawale (India)
* FIPRESCI Award
** Mourning - Morteza Farshbaf (Iran)
* NETPAC Award
** The King of Pigs - Yeon Sang-ho (South Korea)
* Busan Cinephile Award
** The Twin - Gustav Danielsson (Sweden)
* Citizen Reviewers' Award
** Romance Joe - Lee Kwang-kuk (South Korea)
* DGK Award
** Director: Yeon Sang-ho (The King of Pigs) (South Korea)
** Actor: Ha Hyun-kwan (Beautiful Miss Jin) (South Korea)
** Actress: Han Song-hee, Hwang Jung-min (Jesus Hospital) (South Korea)
* CGV Movie Collage Award
** The King of Pigs - Yeon Sang-ho (South Korea)
* Asian Filmmaker of the Year
** Tsui Hark (Hong Kong)
* Korean Cinema Award
** Julietta Sichel (Czech Republic)