Chris Martinez’s One Hundred and other 13 films to compete for Pusan Festival Awards
Fourteen films from nine countries have been selected to compete for Pusan Festival Awards, including Filipino filmmaker Chris Martinez’s One Hundred. The award will go to the two best works by up-and-coming young directors, who will each receive 30,000 dollars, they said.
All 14 films are either the first or second films by young Asian directors which will be premiered at Pusan. The 14 films from nine countries are:
One Hundred by Chris Martinez (Philippines)
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly by Edwin (Indonesia)
Er Dong by Yang Jin (China)
Jalainur by Zhao Ye (China)
Routine Holiday by Li Hongqi (China)
Land of Scarecrows by Roh Geong-Tae (South Korea)
Member of Funeral by Baek Seung-Bin (South Korea)
The Pot by Kim Tae-Gon (South Korea)
Empty Chair by Saman Estereki (Iran)
A Light in the Fog by Panahbarkhoda Rezaee (Iran)
Nakid of Defenses by Ichii Masahide (Japan )
Turmoil by Sabit Kurmanbekov (Kazakhstan)
Ocean of an Old Man by Rajesh Shera (India)
A Moment in June by O Nathapon (Thailand)
The organizers also said that starting this year the festival will include not only Korean but other Asian short films and documentaries for its Wide Angle Award.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:16 am
[...] held in South Korea. The film “Andong” by Milo Tolentino won Best Short Film and Chris Martinez “100″ won the Audience prize. The two Filipino films were also winners in this year’s Cinemalaya [...]