[BISFF 2018] International Competition Finalist Announcement!
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Selection criteria for the 35th Busan International Short Film Festival International Competition
In selecting the international films submitted to the 35th Busan International Short Film Festival, the 20 members of the preliminary jury, 15 people from Korea and 5 from abroad, followed strict guidelines for the past three months. A total of 4,953 international from 129 countries went through two elimination processes, resulting in 42 films from 35 countries selected for International Competition.
Examination of the distribution ratio by genre shows that, while fiction remains the dominant category with 69% of all submissions, other categories were similarly served compared to previous editions: experimental (13%), animation (10%) and documentary (10%). Still, we did see a noticeable increase in number of animated films, which is another outstanding point this year.
As has been the case for many years, the issue of immigration still captivates and keeps being turned into films by directors from all countries, highlighting the challenges that come with accepting immigrants and, perhaps more so than previously, showing them leaving their countries to move to another. Considering the many, rapid developments of this issue internationally, it will likely be covered even more in years to come. While more movies than before were also dealing with feminism and sexual minorities, family and friendship continue to be the top themes in short films.
As years go by, the submitted films’ overall quality has clearly improved, with more movies from more countries reaching higher levels of completion. This made it hard yet challenging for the preliminary jury to choose the finalists. In order to make their decisions, its 20 members had to follow two standards: "Short Filmness" and "Issue Awareness".
Firstly, the notion of "Short Filmness" applies to movies which define their own principles without comparison with feature films but, instead, by finding their own independence, and their own voice, in the short format. Based on this, the jury paid greater attention to outstanding aesthetic, philosophical and artistic perspectives by singling out examples of mise-en-sc?ne, scriptwriting and cinematography that are specific to short films. Meanwhile, "Issue Awareness" describes another effective characteristic of short films which is to reflect on contemporary politics, society and economics in order to draw a certain universality out of them. Whether the films would point towards these issues directly or indirectly, this is the second standard that the jury had to consider.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all who have submitted their films. The members of the 35th Busan International Short Film Festival's preliminary jury delightedly fulfilled the task to review the films despite their dramatically increased number, and it was for them an unforgettable and precious experience.
Thank you.
The Preliminary Jury of the 35th Busan International Short Film Festival |
* International Competition Finalist
TITLE (English) | TITLE (Original) | Director | Country |
A Month | Nj? Muaj | Zgjim Terziqi | Kosovo |
Atlantic City | Atlantic City | Miguel Alvarez | USA |
Aya | Aya | Moufida Fedhila | Tunisia, France, Qatar |
Baobab Bark | Casca de Baob? | Mariana Macedo | Brazil |
Cold Fish |
| David Hay | New Zealand |
D// | Gadho | Digant Gautam | India |
Emkhatsini: Between | Emkhatsini | Toa Stappard | Swaziland, UK |
Fanny | Fanny | Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel | Norway |
Giancarlo Vitali: Time Out | Giancarlo Vitali: Time Out | Francesco Clerici | Italy |
Grands Canons | Grands Canons | Alain Biet | France |
High Way | High Way | Chia Chee Sum | Malaysia |
I Have Nothing to Say | ??的口供 | Ying Liang | Taiwan, |
Ice | J?? | Anna Hints | Estonia, Luxembourg, France |
It Could Have Been |
| Liinu Gr?nlund | Finland |
Kampung Tapir | Kampung Tapir | See Wee Aw | Malaysia |
Last Order | Last Order | Joji Villanueva Alonso | Philippines |
Make Aliens Dance | Make Aliens Dance | S?bastien Petretti | Belgium |
Man of Pa-Aling | Manong ng Pa-Aling | E. Del Mundo | Philippines, USA |
Maned & Macho | Yal va Koopal | Shiva Sadegh Asadi | Iran |
Martian Chronicle | Cr?nica Marciana | Silvana Lazaro | Mexico |
Ming |
| Danski Tang | USA |
My Sister | Min søster | Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad | Norway |
Nightshade | Nachtschade | Shady El-Hamus | Netherlands |
Paper Roof | Paper Roof | Judith Tong | Singapore |
Password: Fajara | Mot de Passe : Fajara | S?verine Sajous, Patricia S?nchez Mora | Spain |
Perfect Town | Perfect Town | Ana?s Voirol | Switzerland |
Phone Duty | Дежурство | Lenar Kamalov | Russia |
Picture World | F?rebilder | Elin ?vergaard | Sweden |
Play | Play | Vangelis Liberopoulos | Greece, Cyprus |
R? | R? | Sophia B?sch | Germany, Sweden |
Repulsion | Repulsa | Eduardo Morot? | Brazil |
Schnipsel - Scraps of Paper | Schnipsel | Sven Hill | Germany |
Sculpted | Modelado | Christian Hern?ndez | Mexico |
Sleepy | A Sonolenta | Marta Monteiro | Portugal |
Stations | Stations | Julien Huger | France |
Sub Terrae | Sub Terrae | Nayra Sanz Fuentes | Spain |
The Distance | Ara | Yousef Kargar | Iran |
The Kitman | El Utilero | Andre Cornejo | Ecuador |
The Second Bullet | ?K?NC? G?LL? | Natig Rasul | Azerbaijan |
Tweet-Tweet | Чик-Чирик | Zhanna Bekmambetova | Russia |
White Noise | White Noise | Ghossein Ahmad, | Lebanon, France |
With Thelma | Avec Thelma | Ann Sirot, Rapha?l Balboni | Belgium |
*Preliminary Jury
Back Yoonseuk | Filmmaker |
Choi Yongseok | Chief of Busan Independent Film Association |
Daniel Ebner | Artistic Director of VIS Vienna Independents Shorts |
Jo Jihoon | Programmer of Muju Film Festival |
Jung Seongwook | Cinematographer |
Jung Seungeon | Researcher at PNU Film Institute |
Kang Byunghwa | Screenwriter |
Kim Eunjung | Film Critic |
Kim Kiman | Film Critic |
Kim Sejin | Film Critic |
Kim Younggwang | Film Critic |
Kim Youngjo | Filmmaker |
Lee Sanghoon | Programmer of BISFF |
Marcelo Alderete | Programmer of Mar del Plata International Film Festival |
Oh Minwook | Filmmaker |
Philip Cheah | Film Critic, NETPAC Advisory Committee |
Pip Chodorov | Filmmaker |
S?bastien Simon | Programmer of BISFF |
Shin Dongseok | Filmmaker |
Yoo Sunhee | Programmer of JeonBuk Independent Film Festival |
