New Currents is a competitive section of Busan International Film Festival's official selection. The section was introduced at the festival's inaugural edition, in 1996.

It showcases the first or second feature films by up-and-coming Asian directors. The two winning directors are awarded each a prize of US$30,000.

From 2025 'The New Currents' section was merged into the newly created Competition and Vision sections, the festival retained the New Currents Award, recognizing a debut feature by a first-time filmmaker chosen from entries in the Competition and Vision categories. A dedicated jury oversees the selection for this award.

Selection

+Key Indicates New Currents winners Indicates Special Mention winner

1990s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)1996Rain Clouds over Wushan巫山云雨Zhang MingChina Accidental Legend 飛天 Wang Shaudi Taiwan Ah-Chung 忠仔 Chang Tso-chi Taiwan All Usual in the Village Xiaocun wu gushi Yu Xiangyuan China Common Plight Dard-e moshtarak Yassamin Maleknasr Iran Dark Night of the Soul Anantha Rathriya Prasanna Vithanage Sri LankaMee Pok Man Eric Khoo Singapore Nineteenth April উনিশে এপ্রিল Rituparno Ghosh India Okaeri おかえり Makoto Shinozaki Japan Three Friends 세친구 Yim Soon-rye South Korea Time Lasts 시간은 오래 지속된다 Kim Eung-soo South Korea The White Balloon بادکنک سفید Jafar Panahi Iran Yuri 유리 Yang Yun-ho South Korea1997Motel Cactus모텔 선인장Park Ki-yongSouth Korea After the Crescent 月未老 Chang Wai Chung Hong KongFalling Up Waking Down Arthur Chyu Taiwan Fiction Kahini Malay Bhattacharya India Fun Bar Karaoke ฝัน บ้า คาราโอเกะ Pen-ek Ratanaruang Thailand Green Fish 초록물고기 Lee Chang-dong South Korea Just Another Day いつものように Satoshi Kenmochi Japan Made in Hong Kong 香港製造 Fruit Chan Hong Kong My Secret Cache ひみつの花園 Shinobu Yaguchi Japan Paper Airplanes Mooshak e Kaghazi Farhad Mehranfar Iran Wind Echoing in My Being 내 안에 우는 바람 Jeon Soo-il South Korea1998Xiao Wu小武Jia ZhangkeChina After Life ワンダフルライフ Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Fly Low 하우등 Kim Si-un South Korea Girls' Night Out 처녀들의 저녁식사 Im Sang-soo South Korea Ikinai 生きない Hiroshi Shimizu Japan The Making of Steel 长大成人 Lu Xuechang China Paradise Sea 楽園 Koji Hagiuda Japan Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 一個字頭的誕生 Wai Ka-fai Hong Kong The Tree of Life Derakht-e-jan Farhad Mehranfar Iran The Weight of Cotton Rui Ka Bojh Subhash Agrawal India Who Is Running? ท้าฟ้าลิขิต Oxide Pang Thailand Yellow Flower 둘 하나 섹스 Lee Ji-sung South Korea1999Timeless MelodyタイムレスメロディHiroshi OkuharaJapan Autumn Blossoms あつもの Shunsaku Ikehata Japan The Bird Who Stops in the Air 새는 폐곡선을 그린다 Jeon Soo-il South Korea Black Hole 구멍 Kim Kuk-hyeong South Korea The Cup ཕོར་པ། Khyentse Norbu Bhutan, Australia Love Will Tear Us Apart 天上人間 Yu Lik-wai Hong Kong, China Men and Women 男男女女 Liu Bingjian China O-Negative รัก-ออกแบบไม่ได้ Pinyu Roothum Thailand The Outcast Padadaya Linton Semage Sri Lanka Postcard 明信片 Cheng Wen-tang TaiwanSri Marselli Sumarno Indonesia Throne of Death Marana Simhasanam Murali Nair India

2000s Year English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)2000The Day I Became a Womanروزی که زن شدمMarzieh MeshkiniIran, Italy Die Bad 죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나 Ryoo Seung-wan South Korea Djomeh جمعه Hassan Yektapanah Iran Father 冤家父子 Wang Shuo China Fluffy Rhapsody 起毛球了 Wu Mi-sen Taiwan Hidden Whisper 小百无禁忌 Vivian Chang Taiwan Interview 인터뷰 Daniel H. Byun South Korea Not Forgotten 忘れられぬ人々 Makoto Shinozaki Japan The Paper 纸 Ding Jiancheng ChinaPomildong Blues Kim Hee-jin South Korea Sunflower ひまわり Isao Yukisada Japan Twelve Nights 十二夜 Lam Oi-Wah Hong Kong2001Flower Island꽃섬Song Il-gonSouth Korea Blue Spring 青い春 Toshiaki Toyoda Japan Conjugation 动词变位 Emily Tang Hong KongDejavu Biju Viswanath India A Drowning Man 溺れる人 Naoki Ichio Japan Going By از کنار هم میگذریم Iraj Karimi IranMaya Digvijay Singh India Seafood 海鲜 Zhu Wen China Take Care of My Cat 고양이를 부탁해 Jeong Jae-eun South Korea The Unfinished Song Qateh-ye natamam Maziar Miri Iran Whispering Sands Pasir Berbisik Nan T. Achnas Indonesia2002Jealousy Is My Middle Name질투는 나의 힘Park Chan-okSouth Korea The Rite... A Passion Thilaadanam K. N. T. Sastry India Ardor 밀애 Byun Young-joo South KoreaBorder Line Lee Sang-il Japan Brave 20 鹹豆漿 Wang Ming Tai TaiwanEliana, Eliana Riri Riza Indonesia The Missing Gun 寻枪 Lu Chuan China Too Young to Die 죽어도 좋아 Park Jin-pyo South Korea The Trigger 扣板机 Alex Yang Taiwan Woman of Water 水の女 Hidenori Sugimori Japan Women's Prison زندان زنان Manijeh Hekmat Iran2003The Missing不見Lee Kang-shengTaiwan Tiny Snowflakes Danehaye rize barf Alireza Amini Iran15 Royston Tan Singapore An Estranged Paradise 陌生天堂 Yang Fudong China Dancing in the Dust رقص در غبار Asghar Farhadi Iran The Floating Landscape 戀之風景 Carol Lai Hong Kong Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women मातृभूमि Manish Jha India One Night Husband คืนไร้เงา Pimpaka Towira Thailand The Only Sons 山清水秀 Xiao'er Gan China Osama اُسامه Siddiq Barmak Afghanistan, Iran River リバー Takayuki Suzui Japan The Road Taken 선택 Hong Ki-seon South Korea Uniform 制服 Diao Yinan China2004This Charming Girl여자, 정혜Lee Yoon-kiSouth KoreaSanctuary Yuhang Ho MalaysiaThe Cat of Hollywood Pierre Lam Hong Kong Dogs & Cats 犬猫 Nami Iguchi Japan Holiday Dreaming 梦游夏威夷 Fu-chun Hsu Taiwan The Killing Danav Makarand Deshpande India My Generation 마이 제너레이션 Noh Dong-seok South Korea The Rainmaker Impian Kemarau Ravi Bharwani Indonesia So Cute 귀여워 Kim Soo-hyun South Korea Soap Opera Wuershan ChinaSurvive Style 5+ Gen Sekiguchi Japan Waiting Alone 独自等待 Dayyan Eng China2005Grain in Ear芒种Zhang LüChina, South Korea The Silent Holy Stones 静静的嘛呢石 Wanma Caidan China Big River ビッグ・リバー Atsushi Funahashi Japan One Summer with You 与你同在的夏天 Xie Dongshen Hong Kong The Peter Pan Formula 피터팬의 공식 Cho Chang-ho South Korea Poet of the Wastes شاعر زباله‌ها Mohammad Ahmadi Iran, Japan Reaching Silence Nisshabd Jahar Kanungo India, France The Shoe Fairy 人鱼朵朵 Robin Lee Taiwan, Hong Kong Ssunday Seoul 썬데이 서울 Park Sung-hun South Korea The Unforgiven 용서받지 못한 자 Yoon Jong-bin South Korea Writing on the Earth Yadasht Bar Zamin Ali Mohammad Ghasemi Iran2006Betelnut槟榔Yang HengChinaLove Conquers All Tan Chui Mui Malaysia Distance Yuanli Wei Tie China Driving with My Wife's Lover 아내의 애인을 만나다 Kim Tai-sik South Korea Eternal Summer 盛夏光年 Leste Chen Taiwan Just Like Before Tulad ng Dati Mike Sandejas Philippines Luxury Car 江城夏日 Wang Chao China, France The Railroad 경의선 Park Heung-sik South Korea The Summer of Stickleback ハリヨの夏 Mayu Nakamura Japan The White Silk Dress Áo Lụa Hà Đông Lưu Huỳnh Vietnam Wool 100% ウール100% Mai Tominaga Japan2007Life TrackGwedoJin GuanghaoChina, South Korea Flower in the Pocket 口袋裏的花 Liew Seng Tat Malaysia Wonderful Town เมืองเหงาซ่อนรัก Aditya Assarat Thailand Asyl: Park and Love Hotel パーク アンド ラブホテル Izuru Kumasaka JapanA Bao A Qu Naoki Sato JapanEndless Night Jianlin Pan China God Man Dog 流浪神狗人 Singing Chen Taiwan Milky Way Liberation Front 은하해방전선 Yoon Seong-ho South Korea My Song Is... 나의 노래는 Ahn Seul-gi South Korea The Red Awn 红色康拜因 Cai Shangjun China Tribe Tribu Jim Meer Libiran Philippines2008Land of ScarecrowsGwedoRoh Gyeong-taeSouth Korea, France Naked of Defenses 無防備 Masahide Ichii Japan Er Dong 二冬 Yang Jin China Members of the Funeral 장례식의 멤버 Baek Seung-bin South Korea100 Chris Martinez Philippines Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly Babi Buta yang Ingin Terbang Edwin Indonesia Empty Chair صندلی خالی Saman Estereki Iran Jalainur Zha lai nuo er Zhao Ye China A Light in the Fog Cheraghi dar meh Panahbarkhoda Rezaee Iran A Moment in June ณ ขณะรัก O. Nathapon ThailandOcean of an Old Man Rajesh Shera India The Pot 독 Kim Tae-gon South Korea Routine Holiday 黄金周 Li Hongqi China Turmoil Аурелен Sabit Kurmanbekov, Kanymbek Kassymbekov Kazakhstan2009Kick Offشوێنێک بۆ یاریShawkat Amin KorkiIraq I'm in Trouble! 나는 곤경에 처했다! So Sang-min South Korea Squalor Astig G.B. Sampedro Philippines Dead Slowly 慢性中毒 Rita Hui Hong Kong Lan 我们天上见 Jiang Wenli China Lost Paradise in Tokyo ロストパラダイス・イン・トーキョー Kazuya Shiraishi Japan A Man Who Ate His Cherries Mardi ke gilass hayash ra khord Payman Haghani Iran Mundane History เจ้านกกระจอก Anocha Suwichakornpong Thailand My Daughter 理发店的女儿 Charlotte Lim Malaysia Paju 파주 Park Chan-ok South Korea True Noon Qiyami roz Nosir Saidov TajikistanVihir Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni India

2010s