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
Opening Film
Gala Presentation
A Window on Asian Cinema
New Currents
Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
Korean Cinema Today - Vision
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Kim Kee-duk, On the Front Line of Korean Genre Films
World Cinema
Flash Forward
Wide Angle
Korean Short Film Competition
Asian Short Film Competition
Short Film Showcase
Documentary Competition
Documentary Showcase
Animation Showcase
Open Cinema
Special Program in Focus
Yonfan, A Touch of Sensuality
Extreme Portuguese Cinema: Six Auteurs in Focus
Asian Western: Man of the East
Australian Cinema: Another Face of Australian Cinema
Asian Western: Man of the East
Special Screening
Midnight Passion
Closing Film
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)