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	Thai Smile Club Ohio University
		It is a film in two segments-the firt part a romance story about two homosexual men, and the second a mysterious tale about a soldier lost in the woods,bedeviled by the spirit of a shaman.
		Particularly poignant in the film is the devotion of the wife to her husband.
		The second film by the director of Tears of the Black Tiger,it is a colorfully surrealistic story set in contemporary Bangkok, where a boy(Pod) without a goal in life falls in love with a girl(jin) who lives for her dreams.
	www.geocities.com /thaismile_ou/film.html (629 words)

	The Pusan International Film Festival - Mature and Independent
		Similarly, the Singapore International Film Festival is playing a regenerating role in pushing forward a new generation of local filmmakers in the small island republic through its competitive programme of local short films.
		PIFF has played on these strengths to establish itself as the leading Asian film festival in a few short years, but it wouldn't have done so without the vision and the firm sense of purpose of its programmers responsible for the regional focus and the Korean section: Mr.
		The film tends to be episodic, telling several stories associated with its many characters, including a young woman who is blind in one eye and is desired by an American soldier serving in Korea (he makes it possible to cure her blind eye but demands payment in return).
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/festivals/01/18/pusan.html (2556 words)

	FIPRESCI - Festival Reports - Pusan 06 - Korean Films
		Some of the most exciting films at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival could be found in the Korean Retrospective section, which featured a new restoration of Shin Sang-ok's outstanding 1962 melodrama Arch of Chastity (Yeolnyeomun), along with seven recently rediscovered Korean feature films made during the Japanese occupation.
		The historical importance of these seven films — the only Korean features from that period that are known to survive — is, of course, inestimable, but all seven are rich and interesting aesthetically, formally, and ideologically.
		Then the film is resumed as the first project of a newly formed company, whose founding, during a ceremonial dinner, is said to mark the new historical opportunity for "modernization" afforded by the "unification" of Korea with Japan.
	www.fipresci.org /festivals/archive/2006/pusan/pusan_fujiwara.htm (917 words)

	Pusan International Film Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF, 부산국제영화제, 釜山國際映畵祭), held annually in Busan(also Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia.
		The first festival, held from September 13 to September 21, 1996, was also the first international film festival in Korea.
		Another notable feature is the appeal of the festival to young people, both in terms of the large youthful audience it attracts and through its efforts to develop and promote young talent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pusan_International_Film_Festival (282 words)

	Hurray for Pusan and the Korean New Wave!
		This moving film made by a predominantly female cast and crew centers on the lives of five twenty-year old Korean girls from Inchon, the harbor city which has become the literal gateway of Korea with its new international airport.
		Although the film celebrates their friendships which date back to high school, each girl is on the threshold of adulthood and must find her own way through to the so-called outer world.
		The Pusan International Film Festival’s PPP is the biggest free market event in Asian cinema, giving new directors and their new projects a chance to meet with investors and producers from all over the globe.
	www.latrobe.edu.au /screeningthepast/reviews/rev1002/bybr214a.html (2195 words)

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		The Pusan Festival began in 1996 with the goal of becoming Asia's most dynamic film event.
		The festival gives priority to world premiere and every film that will be screened for the festival has to be at least Korean premiere.
		Films for the competition are judged by an international jury and awarded a $10,000 Won cash prize.
	www.afc.gov.au /marketingyourfilm/festivals/festival_30.aspx (774 words)

	Navarasa at the Pusan Festival
		He went to the Kuttandavar-Aravan Festival at Koovagam in Villupuram where Aravanis -- as they are called in Tamil Nadu -- assemble and re-enact the myth of Aravan, son of Arjuna and Nagakanya (a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu).
		This, according to the filmmaker, is the Aravan myth: 'At one point in the Kurukshetra war, a human sacrifice was required and a young warrior named Aravan, son of Arjuna and Nagakanniga, was chosen.
		After the Pusan festival, the film will be shown at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan, Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil and Lyon Asian Film Festival, France.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2005/sep/27nav.htm (362 words)

	GreenCine Daily: Busan Dispatch. 4.
		Pestonji limited this film to one room partly due to the challenges of filming on 35mm, something that Thai cinema never fully advanced to until the 1960s.
		However, this film is less about the war directly as it is about the aftermath, paralleling the experience of those who left Vietnam as refugees on boats and those who were forced into re-education camps (and the film is dedicated to both).
		Yet, again, this film was not intended for me but for the audience to whom he dedicates the film.
	daily.greencine.com /archives/001294.html (1842 words)

	Pusan film festival starts to draw raves - Marketplace by Bloomberg - International Herald Tribune
		The film was in preproduction in 2004 when its backers visited Pusan to drum up offshore interest.
		Now in its 11th year, Pusan is lifting Asia's standing in international moviemaking, even as new film festivals spring up in cities around the world.
		The festival is Asia's largest film gathering, helping lift the country's movie exports to $75 million last year from $208,679 in 1996.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/10/11/bloomberg/sxfilm.php (908 words)

	[KFCC] Hawaii International Spring Film Festival Coverage
		This festival was smaller compared to the Fall HIFF so there weren't many banners and posters displayed, or extra activities to take part in, or as many movies, but I had a great time.
		Established in 1981, the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) is dedicated to advance understanding and cultural exchange among the peoples of Asia, the Pacific and North America through the medium of film.
		As the largest East-meets-West Festival in the United States, HIFF is the primary source for the discovery and exhibition of Asian and Pacific feature films, documentaries and videos in the nation.
	www.kfccinema.com /festival/hawaiifest/hawaiifest.html (1812 words)

	Afghan Art & Film Festival \| presented by Afghan Communicator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The film is a remarkable tribute to a people in search of equilibrium and determined to rebuild their beloved nation, and a fascinating look at Afghanistan from an Iranian perspective.
		Filmed by the first ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan, this rare and uncompromising film explores the effects of the Taliban’s repressive rule and recent U.S. military campaign on Afghani women.
		The film highlights two compelling Afghan candidates who are hoping to represent their provinces when the Loya Jirga convenes in the capital, Kabul, in December 2003.
	aff.afghancommunicator.com /thefilms.html (1767 words)

	Pusan International Film Festival 2004 Report
		During screenings of the documentary at the Pyongyang Film Festival in September, the director was stunned to hear wild laughter from the audience at ordinary images like a faded North Korean flag painted on the side of a boat, or one of the frequent flouts in the family's apartment.
		The new film, directed by Kiriya Kazuaki, the former music video director and Utada Hikaru's husband, is a solid fantasy that remains, for better or worse, faithful to the kind of world-view and philosophy familiar to the Japanese anime.
		The film tells the story of a King's daughter who converts to Buddhism and eventually rebels outright against her tyrannical father, leading a group of prisoners to a new land.
	www.koreanfilm.org /piff04.html (9441 words)

	After the Storm - the 8th Pusan International Film Festival
		The strength of PIFF was again (as it has always been) its willingness to embrace and its capacity to recognise quickly the emerging new talents and provide them with a commercially viable space.
		The film is laced with a good dose of suspense and horror but it is also blended with Kafkaesque existentialistic questions; the alter ego of the weak-willed and stress-prone scientist and the scientist himself try to live as two symbiotic units, each assisting and complementing the other.
		It is conceivable that the film can work on a purely atmospheric level but with the use of the profound framework of Buddhism it is inevitable that the film becomes much less original.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/festivals/03/29/8th_pusan.html (2251 words)

	Sake-Drenched Postcards - Japanese Film Commissions Go to Pusan
		The JFCPC was established 5 years ago with the goal of supporting regional film commissions (FCs) so as to enhance opportunities for shooting films, television programs, and commercials in Japan.
		It is perhaps not so surprising then to learn that the majority of the street shots in "Lost in Translation," which subsequently boosted the city's international image, were filmed largely on-the-run with a handheld camera and without official permission from the relevant authorities.
		The 2005 South Korean film "Blue Swallow," the true story of one of Korea's first female airplane pilots, was shot with the coastal town of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture as the backdrop.
	www.bigempire.com /sake/japan_film_commission.html (710 words)

	Pusan film festival opens with 'Traces of Love' : Arts & Entertainment : Home
		Alongside films and galas, this year's PIFF introduces its first-ever marketplace as it seeks to become a business center in which to trade Asian films.
		The controversial political film by Im Sang-soo, "The President's Last Bang," which depicted the last moments of former President Park Chung-hee before his assassination, will be screened in its original version for the first time, as some sensitive scenes were earlier removed from general theater screenings by a court order.
		The city of Pusan changed its spelling to Busan in 2001 to comply with the adoption of a new government-devised romanization system, but the film festival keeps the former name and its acronym PIFF.
	english.hani.co.kr /arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/164023.html (820 words)

	Juires - Bangkok International Film Festival 2006
		A graduate of NYU Film School, she directed her first short Blah Blah Blah, which was presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995.
		He is a programmer for the Sarajevo Film Festival, where his sections include international fiction, international documentaries, and directors' tributes/retrospectives, such as the work of Mike Leigh, Peter Mullan, Alexander Payne, Abel Ferrara, and Bela Tarr.
		He has been a guest lecturer at various universities and film schools, attended many international film and theatre festivals, had his own radio programme, and was often a guest on TV talk shows.
	www.bangkokfilm.org /2006/en/festival/juries.aspx (1768 words)

	FIPRESCI - Festival Reports - Pusan 2003
		The 9-day journey of the 8th Pusan International Film Festival was completed with the screening of PARK Ki-hyung's Acacia on the evening of October 10th.
		As I watched these radical Iranian films that directly confront the internal problems of their society, I said to myself, the foremost aid that US must send to Iran is not their troops.
		In this year's Pusan International Film Festival, Deep Breath, a film that deals with the severe despair without losing its lyricism, is the most dramatic rudder that will distinguish the new wave and the reformation of the future Middle Eastern cinema.
	www.fipresci.org /festivals/archive/2003/pusan_2003/pusan_2003_ysim.htm (635 words)

	2005 Cinemanila International Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Cinemanila International Film Festival, happening from October 12 to 25, remains the longest running film festival in the Philippines.
		Now on its seventh year, the festival promises to be even bigger as 16 international films compete for the coveted Lino Brocka Award (equivalent to the Best Picture).
		The festival also received positive responses from local audiences as Cinemanila was honored the Favorite Film Festival award at the first Nokia 24/7 Nocturnal Awards 2005 at the Manila Polo Club in Forbes Park, Makati.
	www.cinemanila.com.ph /M_festival.htm (402 words)

	2005 Cinemanila International Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After only ten editions, the Pusan International Film Festival in Korea is already one of the most recognizable and respected festivals in the world.
		Critics are hailing it as the best place to watch Asian films while leading festival directors make it a point to attend Pusan's many screenings in order to select the best Asian films for their own festivals.
		The 2005 Cinemanila International Film Festival is presented by Cinemanila, in cooperation with the City of Manila and Independent Cinema Association of the Philippines.
	www.cinemanila.com.ph /news_asianchamp.htm (274 words)

	Popular Actors of Greater China Media & Entertainment Corporation Attend Pusan International Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 11th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) was held in Pusan, Korea on Oct. 12, 2006.
		The majority of non-Korean films shown during the festival are world premieres, especially the most recent works from renowned Japanese, Chinese and Hong Kong directors.
		PIFF has become one of the biggest and the most influential film festivals in Asia.
	www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=107999 (589 words)

	Seattle International Film Festival 2002
		Seattle, WA - The 28th Annual Seattle International Film Festival (May 23-June 16) is very proud to announce the inaugural Tradewinds Award for the outstanding Asian feature having its American premiere at the Festival.
		The Seattle International Film Festival is the largest festival in the US, and has been named by the New York Times, Variety, Film Comment and USA Today as one of the top five festivals in North America.
		Running a full 25 days and screening nearly 300 feature and short films from over 50 different countries, SIFF is considered one of the most influential film festivals in the world.
	www.seattlefilm.com /siff2002/press/releases/2002_05_16.asp (261 words)

	Film Festivals . com - People
		In attendance this week are several festival directors and programmers scouting films for their own programs, including those from Rotterdam, Pia, Human Rights, Melbourne, Taos Talking Pictures, Fantasia, Toronto, Wellington, Portland, Thessaloniki, Brisbane, San Francisco, Tromso, Deauville, Cinequest, AFI and Cleveland Festivals among others.
		Three Iranian films have been acquired for US distribution this month, thanks partly to their success on the festival circuit.
		On the eve of the screening of Common Wealth at the 48th San Sebastian Film Festival, State councilor Jose Luis Ruiz was brutally assassinated by the ETA and a group of demonstrators planted themselves the following day in front of the Festival's centre.
	www.filmfestivals.com /ffs (644 words)

	Thai Cinema
		This year is the 3rd Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, which is biannual and has been the key factor in the growth of expermental film in Thailand.
		But in 1997, when the 1st Bangkok Experimental Film Festival was held, there were even protests against it, which is indicative of the general public's low level of awareness.
		A former film critic, he started a campaign by himself to establish a film archive, which was successful in 1984.
	www.kinoasia.com /thai.html (1997 words)

	11th PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - soompi.com
		The Pusan International Film Festival raised anchor at the Suyoungman Yacht Stadium on Thursday to embark on its nine-day voyage.
		Moon Geun-young comperes the opening gala of the 11th Pusan International Film Festival at the Suyoungman Yacht Stadium on Thursday.
		Hong Kong director Andy Lau attends the opening gala of the Pusan International Film Festival at the Suyoungman Yacht Stadium on Thursday.
	soompi.com /?q=node/936 (283 words)

	Krrish to be screened at Pusan Film Festival
		Bollywood blockbuster 'Krissh' will be screened at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival 2006, in the 'A Window on Asian Cinema'section on October 16 and 19.
		Overall, the festival seeks to be non-competitive, with the exception of New Currents which is a competitive program.
		The Open Cinema features a collection of new films, combining both the art and mass popularity, along with the Internationally acclaimed works, and a 'Korean Panorama' offers a presentation of the latest outstanding Korean films that help in grasping the current trends in the Korean cinema.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061013/478702.html (317 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		His cultural policies as Minister of Culture turned the Pusan International Film Festival in Korea into one of the most prestigious on the world film festival circuit.
		As Asian films are increasing in their worldwide reach, the Pusan festival is making a specific section to showcase the "New Current" competition that is opened to first- or second-time Asian directors.
		You can find Asian films in any film festival but it is rare that you can find the range and quality of Asian films that are at Pusan.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20041208.R01 (619 words)

	11th Pusan International Film Festival starts on the 12th - soompi.com
		The 11th annual Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) will start on the 12th at 7pm at Busan's Haeunddae Yachting Center Outdoor Theatre with actors Ahn Seong Gi and Moon Geun Yeong as the MC and will continue on until the 20th transforming Busan into a 'World of the Silver Screen.'
		This year's festival will feature the opening film, director Kim Dae Seung's 'Gaeullo (Trace of Love),' closing film 'Crazy Stone' by director Ning Hao, along with 245 other movies from 63 different countries that will be screened at 31 theatres throughout the Haeundae and Nampodong areas.
		Amongst the invited films, 64 films are a world premiere, and there are 20 international and 71 Asia premieres once again proving the rising status of the film festival.
	soompi.com /?q=node/918 (272 words)

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