14th Busan International Film Festival

The 14th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 8 to October 16, 2009, in Busan, South Korea.

A total of 355 films from over 70 countries were screened, beating the record set in the last festival. With a total attendance of 173,516, it had 98 world premieres and 46 international premieres.

The 9.9 billion won event opened with the South Korean film Good Morning President, directed by Jang Jin and closed with the Chinese film The Message, directed by Chen Kuo-fu and Gao Qunshu.

Program

 * † World premiere
 * †† International premiere
 * {{legend|#80E680|Award winner}}

Awards

 * New Currents Award
 * Kick Off - Shawkat Amin Korki (Iraq/Japan)
 * I'm in Trouble! - So Sang-min (South Korea)
 * Special Mention: Squalor - Giuseppe Bede Sampedro (Philippines)
 * Flash Forward Award - Last Cowboy Standing - Zaida Bergroth (Finland/Germany)
 * Special Mention - Miss Kicki - Håkon Liu (Sweden/Taiwan)
 * Korean Cinema Award
 * Riccardo Gelli (Director of Korea Film Festival in Florence, Italy)
 * Jeannette Paulson Hereniko (President of Asia Pacific Film.com, Former Director of Hawaii International Film Festival, USA)
 * Asian Filmmaker of the Year - Yash Chopra (Director & Producer, India)
 * Sonje Award
 * Somewhere Unreached - Kim Jae-won (South Korea)
 * Rare Fish - Basil Vassili Mironer (Singapore/Indonesia)
 * BIFF Mecenat Award
 * Earth's Women - Kwon Woo-jung (South Korea)
 * The Other Song - Saba Dewan (India)
 * FIPRESCI Award - Kick Off - Shawkat Amin Korki (Iraq/Japan)
 * NETPAC Award - Paju - Park Chan-ok (South Korea)
 * KNN Audience Award - Lan - Jiang Wenli (China)