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 그대만Ohjik 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 괴물Goemul (lit. "Monster") Bong Joon-ho South Korea †The Lady Luc Besson FranceUnited Kingdom Life Without Principle 奪命金Duó Mìng Jīn Johnnie To Hong Kong, China A Reason to Live 오늘Oneul (lit. "Today") Lee Jeong-hyang South Korea †Unbowed 부러진 화살Bureojin Hwasal Chung Ji-young South Korea †
A Window on Asian Cinema English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries 11 Flowers 我11wǒ 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 قندYek 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 پایانSout-e payan Niki Karimi Iran ††Goodbye به امید دیدارBe omid e didar Mohammad Rasoulof Iran Guilty of Romance 恋の罪Koi no Tsumi Sion Sono Japan Guzaarish गुज़ारिशRequest Sanjay Leela Bhansali India Himizu ヒミズ Sion Sono Japan Habibi Susan Youssef PalestineNetherlandsUnited Arab EmiratesUnited States Hanaan 하나안 Ruslan Park UzbekistanSouth 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 চোরNobel Chor Suman Ghosh India †Nono Rommel Tolentino Philippines ††P-047 แต่เพียงผู้เดียวTae 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 देऊळDeool 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 نیمSe o Nim Naghi Nemati Iran †Urumi - The Warriors Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama ഉറുമിUrumi 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 වැස්සNikini Wessa Aruna Jayawardana Sri Lanka †Choked 가시Gashi Kim Joong-hyun South Korea †Damn Life ダムライフ Kitagawa Hitoshi Japan ††Here...or There? Do Hay Day Siu Pham VietnamSwitzerland †I Carried You Home ปาดังเบซาร์ Tongpong Chantarangkul ThailandSingapore †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 최제우DongHwa, Soowoon Choe Che-u Stanley Park South Korea †Return to Burma Midi Z MyanmarTaiwan †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 않는다Saranghanda, Saranghaji Anneunda(lit. "I Love You, I Love You Not") Lee Yoon-ki South Korea The Day He Arrives 북촌 방향Bukchon Banghyang (lit. Bukchon-bound) Hong Sang-soo South Korea From Seoul to Varanasi 불륜의 시대Bulryunui Sidae Jeon Kyu-hwan South Korea Glove 글러브Geulreobeu Kang Woo-suk South Korea Hanji 달빛 길어올리기Dalbit Kileoolrigi Im Kwon-taek South Korea Hindsight 푸른소금Pureun Sogeum (lit. "Blue Salt") Lee Hyun-seung South Korea Kisses 키스Kiseu 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 핑크Pingkey Jeon Soo-il South Korea †Poongsan 풍산개Pungsangae (lit. "Phungsan Dog") Juhn Jai-hong South Korea Red Vacance Black Wedding 붉은 바캉스 검은 웨딩Buleun Bakangseu Geumeun Weding Park Chul-sooKim Tai-sik South Korea †Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North! 량강도 아이들Ryangkangdo Aideul Kim Sung-hoon South Korea †Sunny (Director's Cut) 써니Sseoni Kang Hyeong-cheol South Korea War of the Arrows 최종병기 활Choejongbyeonggi Hwal Kim Han-min South Korea
Korean Cinema Today - Vision English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries Barbie 바비Babi Lee Sang-woo South Korea †Beautiful Miss Jin 미스진은 예쁘다Misseu Jineun Yeobbeuda Jang Hee-chul South Korea †Black Dove 검은 갈매기Geumeun Katmaegi Roh Gyeong-tae South Korea †Dangerously Excited 나는 공무원이다Naneun Kongmuwonida(lit. "I'm a Civil Servant") Koo Ja-hong South Korea †A Fish 물고기Mulgogi Park Hong-min South Korea †Jesus Hospital 밍크코트Mingkeu Koteu (lit. "Mink Coat") Shin A-gaLee Sang-cheol South Korea †The King of Pigs 돼지의 왕Dwaejiui wang Yeon Sang-ho South Korea †The Peach Tree 복숭아나무Boksunga namu Ku Hye-sun South Korea †Persimmon 감/Gam Choo Sang-rok South Korea †Romance Joe 로맨스 조Romaenseu 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/countriesBarefooted Youth Kim Ki-duk South KoreaBuy My Fist Kim Ki-duk South KoreaFive Marines Kim Ki-duk South KoreaHorse-year Bride Kim Ki-duk South KoreaI Will Be a King for the Day Kim Ki-duk South KoreaKinship Kim Soo-yong South KoreaMonster Yonggari Kim Ki-duk South KoreaThe North and South Kim Ki-duk South KoreaUntil That Day Kim Ki-duk South Korea
World Cinema English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries170 Hz Joost van Ginkel Netherlands ††18 Days 18 يوم 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 ΆλπειςAlpeis Yorgos Lanthimos Greece Veit Helmer GermanyKazakhstanRussia ††The Bad Intentions Las malas intenciones Rosario García-Montero PeruGermanyArgentina 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 FranceCanadaIsrael †Breathing Atmen Karl Markovics Austria The Cardboard Village Il villaggio di cartone Ermanno Olmi Italy Chicken with Plums Poulet aux prunes Marjane SatrapiVincent Paronnaud FranceGermanyBelgium Declaration of War La Guerre est déclarée Valérie Donzelli France Donkeys Burros Odín Salazar Flores Mexico The Double Steps Los pasos dobles Isaki Lacuesta SpainSwitzerland ††Early One Morning De bon matin Jean-Marc Moutout FranceBelgium †Easy! Scialla! Francesco Bruni Italy The Enemy Neprijatelj Dejan Zečević SerbiaCroatiaHungaryBosnia and Herzegovina Ephemeral Weddings Noces éphémères("The Momentary Marriage") Reza Serkanian FranceIran ††Expecting La Espera Francisca Fuenzalida Chile †Faust Alexander Sokurov Russia Footnote הערת שולייםHe'arat Shulayim Joseph Cedar Israel Goodbye First Love Un amour de jeunesse Mia Hansen-Løve FranceGermany Gypsy Cigán Martin Šulík Slovak RepublicCzech Republic Hard Core Logo 2 Bruce McDonald Canada ††Kinshasa Kids Marc-Henri Wajnberg Belgium Hot Hot Hot Beryl Koltz LuxembourgBelgiumAustria 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 BelgiumFranceItaly King of Devil's Island Kongen av Bastøy Marius Holst NorwaySwedenPolandFrance Las Acacias Pablo Giorgelli ArgentinaSpain Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki FinlandFranceGermany Los Viejos Martín Boulocq Bolivia ††Lucky Gil Cates Jr. South AfricaUnited Kingdom Mangrove Julie GilbertFrédéric Choffat SwitzerlandFrance ††Manipulation Pascal Verdosci SwitzerlandGermany Melancholia Lars von Trier DenmarkSwedenFranceGermany Missione di pace Francesco Lagi Italy ††On the Ice Andrew Okpeaha MacLean United States Otelo Burning Sara Blecher South Africa ††Parked Darragh Byrne IrelandFinland The Perfect Stranger El Perfecto Desconocido Toni Bestard Spain †Pina Wim Wenders GermanyFrance 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 SerioMassimiliano De Serio ItalyRomania Sleep Tight Mientras duermes Jaume Balagueró Spain Sleeping Sickness Schlafkrankheit Ulrich Köhler GermanyFranceNetherlands Stella Days Thaddeus O'Sullivan Ireland ††Summer Games Giochi d'estate Rolando Colla SwitzerlandItaly 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 ItalyFrance 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/countriesCourage 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 FranceCanada †My Father is Baryshnikov Moy papa Baryshnikov Dmitry PovolotskyMark Drugoi Russia ††Nuit #1 Anne Émond Canada ††The Odds Simon Davidson Canada ††Off White Lies אורחים לרגע Maya Kenig Israel ††Mesh (Walking) Shiar Abdî TurkeyGermany ††
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