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13th Busan International Film Festival

The 13th Pusan International Film Festival took place on October 2 to 10, 2008 in Busan, South Korea. A total of 315 films from 60 countries were screened at the festival.

Juries
New CurrentsAnna Karina, Danish-French actress, Head Juror • Samira Makhmalbaf, Iranian director • Santosh Sivan, Indian director • Lee Hwa-si, South Korean actress • Karl Baumgartner, German film producer BIFF Mecenat Award • Ahn Jung-sook, former director of Korean Film Council • Jean-Pierre Rehm, head of Marseille Festival of Documentary Film • Zhang Xian-min, Chinese film professor Sonje AwardKim-Jho Gwangsoo, Korean film producer • Roger Gonin, French director • Calida Uabumrungjit, Thai project director NETPAC Award • Mohamed Atebbai, Iranian film critic • Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, former Hawaii International Film Festival director • Edward Delos Santos Cabagnot, programmer of Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival FIPRESCI Award • Elise Domenach, French film critic • Hynek Pallas, Swedish film critic • Dubravka Lakić, Serbian film critic • Bitopan Borborah Rinju, Indian film critic • Shin Kang-ho, South Korean film critic ==Official selection==
Official selection
Opening and closing films Gala Presentation A Window on Asian Cinema New Currents Korean Cinema Today Korean Cinema Retrospective World Cinema ==Awards==
Awards
New Currents Award: Land of Scarecrows by Roh Gyeong-tae (South Korea/France) and Naked of Defenses by Masahide Ichii (Japan) • Special Mention: Members of the Funeral by Baek Seung-bin (South Korea) and Er Dong by Jin Yang (China) • BIFF Mecenat Award: Mental by Soda Kazuhiro (Japan/United States) and Old Partner by Lee Chung-ryoul (South Korea) • Sonje Award: Andong by Rommel Tolentino (Philippines) and Girl by Hong Sung-hoon (South Korea) • NETPAC Award: Members of the Funeral by Baek Seung-bin (South Korea) and Treeless Mountain by So Yong Kim (United States/South Korea) • FIPRESCI Award: Jalainur by Zhao Ye (China) • KNN Award: 100 by Chris Martinez (Philippines) • The Asian Filmmaker of the Year: Gulnara SarsenovaKorean Cinema Award: Richard Peña ==References==
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