Kim Min-sook (김민숙)

11th PiFan Wraps With Awards

Source | 2007/07/20 | Permalink |

The 11th Puchon International Film Festival drew to a close Thursday, after a successful 9-day run. Curtains closed with Indonesian director Joko ANWAR's Kala, a noir-ish crime thriller that was a huge hit in its homeland. PiFan's top prize, the Puchon Choice Best Film award went to Thai psychological thriller 13 by Chookiet SAKVEERAKUL. It also took home the European Fantastic Film Festival Federation Asian Award .

Best actor nods were shared between Thomas Kretschmann and Thomas Huber for their delectable performances in Martin Weisz's cannibalistic feature Grimm Love. Best Actress went to Charlene Choi in Hong Kong horror-melo Diary, by Oxide Pang. Runners up were and German cannibalistic feature Grimm Love by Martin Weisz. The Puchon Citizen's Choice award voted on by audiences, went to Yamashita Nobuhiro's The Matsugane Potshot Affair.

The best short film award, worth US$5,000, went to Juanito Under the Orange Tree by Columbian director Juan Carlos Villamizar. South...| More

11th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan)

Source | 2007/06/22 | Permalink |

Korea's second-largest film event, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) is also Asia's top genre film fest. This year running July 12th to the 21st, the fantasy fueled fest will screen 215 films, opening with Korean director Hwang Kyoo-deok's supernatural romance "For Eternal Hearts" and closing with hit Indonesian thriller, Kala by Joko Anwar.

The festival's chief competition section Puchon Choice will present 10 features from Asia, Europe and the USA, including Korean independent film "Resurrection of the Butterfly" by KIM Min-sook. The 60-film World cinema section will screen films from around the globe including premiers of Korean films "Beautiful Sunday", Aseurai and Code of a Duel, the later two being DV works. Previous local releases "Texture of Skin" and "Cinderella" will also screen here, while Jang Jin's drama "A Day with My Son" and animated feature "Robot Taekwon V" (1976) will play in the Family section.

Each year PiFan also unearths treas...| More