16th Busan International Film Festival

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

Awards

 * New Currents Award
 * Mourning - Morteza Farshbaf (Iran)
 * Nino - Loy Arcenas (Philippines)
 * Flash Forward Award
 * LA-BAS - A Criminal Education - Guido Lombardi (Italy)
 * Sonje Award
 * See You Tomorrow - Lee Woo-jung (South Korea)
 * Thug Beram - Venkat Amudhan (India)
 * Special Mention: Bugging Heaven; Listen to Her - Oh Hyun-ju (South Korea)
 * Special Mention: DIY Encouragement - Kohei Yoshino (Japan)
 * BIFF Mecenat Award
 * Sea of Butterfly - Park Bae-il (South Korea)
 * Shoji & Takao - Ide Yoko (Japan)
 * KNN Movie Award
 * Watch Indian Circus - Mangesh Hadawale (India)
 * FIPRESCI Award
 * Mourning - Morteza Farshbaf (Iran)
 * NETPAC Award
 * The King of Pigs - Yeon Sang-ho (South Korea)
 * Busan Cinephile Award
 * The Twin - Gustav Danielsson (Sweden)
 * Citizen Reviewers' Award
 * Romance Joe - Lee Kwang-kuk (South Korea)
 * DGK Award
 * Director: Yeon Sang-ho (The King of Pigs) (South Korea)
 * Actor: Ha Hyun-kwan (Beautiful Miss Jin) (South Korea)
 * Actress: Han Song-hee, Hwang Jung-min (Jesus Hospital) (South Korea)
 * CGV Movie Collage Award
 * The King of Pigs - Yeon Sang-ho (South Korea)
 * Asian Filmmaker of the Year
 * Tsui Hark (Hong Kong)
 * Korean Cinema Award
 * Julietta Sichel (Czech Republic)