Sunday, October 18, 2009

14th Pusan International Film Festival Award Winners


Recently the fest had the awards ceremony and here are the winners.

New Currents Award (tie)
Kick Off, Shawkat Amin Korki, Kurdistan and Iraq, 2008
나는 곤경에 처했다! Naneun Konkyeonge Cheohaessda! (I’m in Trouble!), So Sang-min, Korea, 2009
Special Mention: Squalor, Giuseppe Bede Sampedro, Philippines, 2009

FIPRESCI Award: Kick Off, Shawkat Amin Korki, Kurdistan and Iraq, 2008
NETPAC Award: Paju, Park Chan Ok, Korea, 2009
Audience Award: 伞 Lan, Jiang Wenli, China, 2009

Fast Forward Award: Last Cowboy Standing, Zaida Bergroth, Findland and Germany, 2009
Special Mention: Miss Kicki, Hakon Liu, Sweden and Taiwan, 2009

Sonje Award for Short Films (tie)
Somewhere Unreached, Kim Jae-won, Korea
Rare Fish, Basil Vassili Mironer, Singapore and Indonesia

Mecenant Award for Documentaries (tie)
Earth’s Woman, Kwon WooJung, Korea
The Other Song, Saba Dewan, India

To read the official press release go here.

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