18th Busan International Film Festival

The 18th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 3 to October 12, 2013 and was hosted by Aaron Kwok and Kang Soo-yeon.

The 10-day festival attracted 217,865 people despite the organizers having been forced to reschedule some events due to a typhoon. Upcoming filmmakers from South Korea and Mongolia won $30,000 for the New Currents Awards. Over 299 films from 70 countries were screened, with 94 world premieres and 40 international premieres. The event opened with Bhutanese film Vara: A Blessing and closed with the South Korean film The Dinner.

Program

 * † World premiere
 * †† International premiere
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Wide Angle – Documentary Competition

 * Gureombi –The Wind Is Blowing – Cho Sung-bong (South Korea)
 * Dream House by the Border – Kim Kyang (South Korea)
 * Jazz in Love – Baby Ruth Villarama (Philippines/Germany/France)
 * Non-fiction Diary – Jung Yoon-suk (South Korea)
 * Past Present – Tion Guan Saw (Malaysia)
 * Tale of a Butcher Shop – Aya Hanabusa (Japan)
 * To Singapore, with Love – Tan Pin Pin (Singapore)
 * Sandal – Kim Mi-re (South Korea)
 * Streetside – Daniel Ziv (Indonesia)

Awards

 * New Currents Award
 * Pascha – Ahn Seon-Kyoung (South Korea)
 * Remote Control – Byamba Sakhya (Mongolia/Germany)
 * Special Mention: Transit – Hannah Espia (Philippines)
 * Sonje Award
 * A Lady Caddy Who Never Saw a Hole in One – Yosep Anggi Noen (Indonesia)
 * In the Summer – Son Tae-gyum (South Korea)
 * Special Mention: Temporary – Behzad Azadi (Iran)
 * Special Mention: Sprout – Yoon Ga-eun (Korea)
 * BIFF Mecenat Award
 * Streetside – Daniel Ziv (Indonesia)
 * Non-fiction Diary – Jung Yoon-suk (South Korea)
 * Special Mention: Gureombi – The Wind Is Blowing – Cho Sung-bong (Korea)
 * Busan Bank Award (Audience Award)
 * Home – Maximilian Hult (Sweden/Iceland)
 * KNN Movie Award (Audience Award)
 * 10 Minutes – Lee Yong-seung (South Korea)
 * FIPRESCI Award
 * 10 Minutes – Lee Yong-seung (South Korea)
 * NETPAC Award
 * Shuttlecock – Lee Yu-bin (South Korea)
 * Busan Cinephile Award
 * Father's Garden –The Love of My Parents – Peter Liechti (Switzerland)
 * Citizen Reviewers' Award
 * Shuttlecock – Lee Yu-bin (South Korea)
 * Han Gong-ju – Lee Su-jin (South Korea)
 * CGV Movie Collage Award
 * Han Gong-ju – Lee Su-jin (South Korea)
 * The Asian Filmmaker of the Year – Rithy Panh (Cambodia)
 * Korean Cinema Award – Charles Tesson (France)