The 17th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 4 to October 13, 2012 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Ahn Sung-ki and Chinese actress Tang Wei, who is the first foreign celebrity to host the event.
In this year's festival, a total of 304 films from 75 countries was screened, with 93 serving as world premieres and 39 serving as international premieres. The event was attended by more than 10,000 guests from over 60 countries.
The 304 films, which includes films from countries such as Japan, India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia, were played on 37 screens in seven theaters in Busan, including Busan Cinema Center, CGV Centum City, Lotte Cinema Centum City, and Megabox Haeundae.
Program † World premiere †† International premiere
Opening Film English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries Cold War 寒戰Hán Zhàn Longman LeungSunny Luk Hong Kong, China †
Gala Presentation English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries B-E-D 베드Bedeu Park Chul-soo South Korea †Dangerous Liaisons 危險關係 Hur Jin-ho China Doctor 닥터Dakteo Kim Sung-hong South Korea †El Condor Pasa 콘돌은 날아간다Kondoleun Nalaganda Jeon Soo-il South Korea †National Security 남영동 1985Namyeong-dong 1985 Chung Ji-young South Korea †Rhino Season وەرزی کەرگەدەن ، فصل کرگدن Bahman Ghobadi Iran †The Gardener باغبانBāghbān Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran
A Window on Asian Cinema English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries 10+10 Hou Hsiao-hsien (La Belle Epoque) Arvin Chen (Lane 256) Ya-Chuan Hsiao (Something's Gotta Give) Gillies Ya-che Yang (The Singing Boy) Wang Toon (The Ritual) Shen Ko-Shang (Bus Odyssey) Chu Yen-Ping (The Orphans) Ho Wo-Ding (100) Wu Nien-jen (A Grocery Called Forever) Shaudo Wang (Destined Eruption) Chen Kuo-fu (The Debut) Hou Chi-Jan (Green Island Serenade) Wei Tei-Sheng (Debut) Chen Yu-Hsun (Hippocamp Hair Salon) Chang Tso-Chi (Sparkles) Leon Dai (Key) Cheng Wen-tang (Old Man & Me) Sylvia Chan (The Dusk of Gods) Cheng Yu-Chieh (Unwritten Rules) Chung Mong-Hong (Reverberation) Taiwan A Motor Home Adventure 房車奇遇Fang Che Qi Yu Yang Lu China †All Apologies 愛的替身Ai De Ti Shen Emily Tang China An End to Killing 止殺Zhi Sha Ping Wang China Beautiful 2012 Gu Changwei (Long Tou) Tsai Ming-liang (Walker) Kim Tae-yong (You Are More Than Beautiful) Ann Hui (My Way) Hong Kong, ChinaTaiwan Beijing Flickers 有種Yǒu Zhǒng Zhang Yuan China Born to Hate...Destined to Love Ishaqzaade Habib Faisal India Breakaway Alagwa Ian Loreños Philippines †Captive Brillante Mendoza PhilippinesFrance Cold Bloom 桜並木の満開の下にSakura Namiki no Mankai no Shita ni Atsushi Funahashi Japan †Diablo Ramon Mez de Guzman Philippines ††Distortion คน โลก จิต Nonzee Nimibutr Thailand ††Eden Masaharu Take Japan †Fly with the Crane 告訴他們，我乘白鶴去了Gaosu Tamen, Wo cheng Baihe Qu Le Li Ruijun China Four Stations สถานี 4 ภาคSatanee See Pak Boonsong Nakphoo Thailand††Full Circle 飛越老人院Fei Yue Lao Ren Yuan Zhang Yang China ††Girlfriend, Boyfriend 女朋友。男朋友 Gillies Ya-che Yang Taiwan Hello Goodbye 안녕 굿바이Anyoung Gutbayi Titien Wattimena IndonesiaSouth Korea †I.D. Kamal K. M. India If It's Not Now, Then When? James Lee Malaysia †Japan's Tragedy 日本の悲劇Nihon no Higeki Masahiro Kobayashi Japan †Land of Hope 希望の国Kibō no Kuni Sion Sono Japan Like Someone in Love ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブRaiku Samuwan In Rabu Abbas Kiarostami JapanFrance Love in the Buff 春嬌與志明 Pang Ho-Cheung Hong Kong Mekong Hotel Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand Memories Look at Me 記憶望著我Ji yi wang zhe wo Fang Song China Mystery 浮城謎事 Lou Ye China Nil Linton Semage Sri LankaUnited States Odayaka おだやかな日常Odayaka na Nichijo Nobuteru Uchida JapanUnited States †Our Homeland かぞくのくにKazoku no kuni Yang Yong-hi Japan Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses Vakansi Yang Janggal Dan Penyakit Lainnya Yosep Anggi Noen Indonesia Penance 贖罪Shokuzai Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan Poor Folk Midi Z TaiwanMyanmar Postcards from the Zoo Kebun binatang Edwin Indonesia Rent-a-Cat レンタネコRentaneko Naoko Ogigami Japan Seven Something Paween Parijtipanya (14) Adisorn Tresirikasem (21/28) Jira Maligool (42.195) Thailand ††Shackled Posas Lawrence Fajardo Philippines ††Shyamal Uncle Turns off the Lights Suman Ghosh India Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay Antoinette Jadaone Philippines Soegija Garin Nugroho Indonesia Student Студент Darezhan Omirbaev Kazakhstan The Cremator 焚屍人 Tao Peng China The Dancer Sang Penari Ifa Isfansyah Indonesia Taboor Vahid Vakilifar Iran Talgat Zhanna Issabayeva Kazakhstan The Empty Home Nurbek Egen Kyrgyzstan Thy Womb Sinapupunan Brillante Mendoza Philippines Valley of Saints Musa Syeed IndiaUnited States Wildlife Kalayaan Adolfo Alix Jr. Philippines††
New Currents English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries 111 Girls Darbare 111 dokhtar Nahid GhobadiBijan Zmanpira Iraq †36 Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Thailand ††Apparition Aparisyon Isabel Sandoval (credited as Vincent Sandoval)Erica Gonzales, "Director Isabel Sandoval Wants to Shed Light on Invisible Women", February 24, 2021, Harper's Bazaar Philippines ††Fatal 가시꽃Gashi Ggot Lee Don-ku South Korea †Filmistaan Nitin Kakkar India †Kayan Maryam Najafi LebanonCanada The Town Of Whales Keiko Tsuruoka Japan ††Together 甜・祕密Tian mi mi Hsu Chae-Jen Taiwan †Touch of the Light 逆光飛翔Ni guang fei xiang Chang Jung-Chi Taiwan ††Your Time Is Up 누구나 제 명에 죽고 싶다Nuguna Je Myeonge Jokgo Shipda Kim Sung-hyun South Korea †
Korean Cinema Today - Panorama English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries Architecture 101 건축학개론Geonchukhakgaeron(lit. "Introduction to Architecture") Lee Yong-ju South Korea Behind the Camera 뒷담화: 감독이 미쳤어요Dwitdamhwa: Gamdokyi Micheotseoyo E J-yong South Korea †The Concubine 후궁: 제왕의 첩Hugoong: Jewangui Chub(lit. "Royal Concubine: Concubine to the King") Kim Dae-seung South Korea A Muse 은교Eun-gyo Jung Ji-woo South Korea Helpless 화차Hwa-cha Byun Young-joo South Korea In Another Country 다른 나라에서Dareun Naraeseo Hong Sang-soo South Korea My Way 마이 웨이Mai Wei Kang Je-gyu South Korea Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time 범죄와의 전쟁Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng(lit. "War on Crime: The Golden Age of the Bad Guys") Yoon Jong-bin South Korea Perfect Number 용의자XYonguija X(lit. "Suspect X") Bang Eun-jin South Korea Pietà 피에타 Kim Ki-duk South Korea The Taste of Money 돈의 맛Donui Mat Im Sang-soo South Korea Touch 터치Teochi Min Byung-hun South Korea †Tumbleweed 창수Changsoo Lee Duk-hee South Korea †The Ugly Duckling 미운오리새끼Miwoonorisaeggi Kwak Kyung-taek South Korea The Weight 무게Muge Jeon Kyu-hwan South Korea Two Weddings and a Funeral 두 번의 결혼식과 한 번의 장례식Du Beon-ui Gyeol-hon-sik-gwa Han Beon-ui Jang-nye-sik Kim Jho Kwang-soo South Korea The Winter of the Year was Warm 내가 고백을 하면Naega Gobaekeul Hamyeon David Cho South Korea
Korean Cinema Today - Vision English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries Azooma 공정사회Gongjeongsahoe Lee Ji-seung South Korea †Jiseul 지슬 O Muel South Korea †Love in 42.9 낭만파 남편의 편지Nangmanpa Nampyeonui Pyeonji Choi Wi-ahn South Korea †Mai Ratima 마이 라띠마Ma-i Rattima Yoo Ji-tae South Korea †Melo 멜로Mello Roy Lee (South Korea) South Korea †Over and Over Again 개똥이Gaeddongyi Kim Byung-june South Korea †Pluto 명왕성Myungwangsung Shin Su-won South Korea †Sunshine Boys 1999, 면회1999, Myeonhee Kim Tae-gon South Korea †The Russian Novel 러시안 소설Reosian Soseol Shin Yeon-shick South Korea †The Sound of Memories Lee Gong-hee South Korea †
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Shin Young-kyun, the Male Icon of Korean Cinema: From Farmhand to King English title Director(s) Production country/countriesLove Me Once Again Jung So-young South KoreaPrince Daewon Shin Sang-ok South KoreaRed Scarf Shin Sang-ok South KoreaRice Shin Sang-ok South KoreaSpring, Spring Kim Soo-young South KoreaThe Homeless Wanderer Shin Sang-ok South KoreaThe Power for Ten Years Im Kwon-taek South KoreaTowards the High Place Lim Won-sik South Korea
World Cinema English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries 3 Pablo Stoll UruguayArgentinaGermany A Royal Affair En kongelig affære Nikolaj Arcel DenmarkSwedenCzech RepublicGermany A Special Day Un giorno speciale Francesca Comencini Italy ††Abigail Harm Lee Isaac Chung United StatesHong Kong, China After Lucia Después de Lucía Michel Franco Mexico †Antiviral Brandon Cronenberg Canada Argo Ben Affleck United States Barbara Christian Petzold Germany Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin United States Berberian Sound Studio Peter Strickland United Kingdom Beyond the Hills După dealuri Cristian Mungiu RomaniaFrance Blancanieves Pablo Berger SpainFrance Blood Pressure Sean Garrity Canada †Caesar Must Die Cesare deve morire Paolo TavianiVittorio Taviani Italy Calm at Sea La mer à l'aube Volker Schlöndorff FranceGermany Comes a Bright Day Simon Aboud United Kingdom Dormant Beauty Bella addormentata Marco Bellocchio ItalyFrance Staub auf unseren Herzen Germany ††Eat Sleep Die Äta sova dö Gabriela Pichler Sweden Eden Megan Griffiths United States Good Vibrations Lisa Barros D'SaGlenn Leyburn United KingdomIreland Here and There Aquí y allá Antonio Méndez Esparza SpainUnited StatesMexico Holy Motors Leos Carax France Horses of God Les chevaux de Dieuيا خيل اللهYakheel Allah Nabil Ayouch MoroccoFranceBelgium If Only Everyone Եթե բոլորը Nataliya Belyauskene Armenia Imagine Andrzej Jakimowski PolandFrancePortugal In the Fog В тумане Sergei Loznitsa GermanyRussiaLatviaNetherlandsBelarus Just the Wind Csak a szél Benedek Fliegauf Hungary Töte mich Emily Atef GermanySwitzerlandFrance Kinshasa Kids Marc-Henri Wajnberg Belgium La Playa DC Juan Andrés Arango ColombiaBrazilFrance Laurence Anyways Xavier Dolan CanadaFrance Le Grand Soir Benoît DelépineGustave de Kervern FranceBelgium Lore Cate Shortland Australia Love Amour Michael Haneke FranceGermanyAustria The Passion of Marie Balladen om Marie(lit. "The Ballad of Marie") Bille August Denmark ††Material Craig Freimond South Africa Mía Javier van de Couter Argentina Nairobi Half Life David 'Tosh' Gitonga KenyaGermany Nick Fow Pyng Hu Netherlands ††Night of Silence Lal Gece Reis Çelik Turkey Noor Çagla ZencirciGuillaume Giovanetti FrancePakistan Paradise: Love Paradies: Liebe Ulrich Seidl AustriaGermanyFrance Pilgrim Hill Gerard Barrett Ireland Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas MexicoFranceNetherlandsGermany Purge Puhdistus Antti Jokinen FinlandEstonia ††Reality Matteo Garrone ItalyFrance Reported Missing Die Vermissten Jan Speckenbach Germany Salt Sal Diego Rougier ChileArgentina ††Shell Scott Graham United Kingdom Sky Force 3D Tony Tang Hong Kong, ChinaUnited States Sofia and the Stubborn Sofía y el Terco Andres Burgos Vallejo ColombiaPeru Something in the Air Après mai Olivier Assayas France Still Mine Michael McGowan Canada ††The Angels' Share Ken Loach United KingdomFranceBelgiumItaly The Commander and the Stork Il comandante e la cicogna Silvio Soldini ItalySwitzerland †The Dandelions Du vent dans mes mollets Carine Tardieu France ††The Domino Effect Paula van der Oest Netherlands ††The Fifth Season La cinquième saison Peter BrosensJessica Woodworth Belgium The Good Lie Shawn Linden Canada ††The Hunt Jagten Thomas Vinterberg Denmark The Last Sentence Dom över död man(lit. "Judgement on the Dead") Jan Troell SwedenNorway The Last Time I Saw Macao A Última Vez Que Vi Macau João Pedro RodriguesJoão Rui Guerra da Mata PortugalFrance The Man Who Laughs L'homme qui rit Jean-Pierre Améris FranceCzech Republic The Patience Stone سنگ صبور Atiq Rahimi FranceGermanyAfghanistan The Pirogue La Pirogue Moussa Touré FranceSenegalGermany The Sapphires Wayne Blair Australia The Sessions Ben Lewin United States The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears Teona Strugar Mitevska Macedonia Violeta Went to Heaven Violeta se fue a los cielos Andrés Wood ChileArgentinaBrazil Water Yona Rozenkier IsraelPalestineFrance White Belly Ventre blanc Jordi Lara Spain †Woman's Lake Frauensee Zoltan Paul Germany Yuma Piotr Mularuk PolandCzech Republic
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