The 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) ended its nine-day run on October 14 with the New Currents Award going to two films: Morteza FARSHBAF’s Iranian film <Mourning> and Loy ARCENAS’s Filipino film <Niño>. The Flash Forward Award went to Guido LOMBARDI’s Italian film <La-Bas: A Criminal Education>. All three films were awarded US$30,000 each.<Mourning> also picked up the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award.

Other awardees included buzz-generating Korean animation <The King of Pigs>, which snapped up the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award as well as the DGK Director’s Award, and PARK Bae-il’s <Sea of Butterfly>, which shared BIFF Mecenat Award for documentaries along with Yoko IDE’s <Shoji & Takao>.