Philippine Movie A Must See in Pusan International Film Festival

Must-See Movies at 13th Pusan Film Festival

Phili By Lee Hyo-won Staff Reporter of a Korean major daily newspaper The 13th Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival (PIFF) ― South Korea's most reputable and Asia's largest cinema event ― will take place in the southern port city Oct. 2-10. ``The Gift to Stalin'' from Kazakhstan opens the festival while ``I Am Happy'' by Yoon Jong-chan will wrap up the event. This year's edition features the biggest ever lineup of 315 films from 60 countries. They will be shown across 37 screens in six venues, and to facilitate festival-goers, multiplex theaters will screen works according to theme: Korean films will mostly be shown at Primus Theater; World cinema at Lotte Cinema; and Asian films at Megabox, etc.  Still, the large selection makes choosing films not that easy, and so to ease the pain the four PIFF programmers have come up with two lists of recommended works: One for cinephiles and another for regular viewers: For Movie Maniacs Kim Ji-seok: ``Confessional'' (R. Antipuesto & J. Tarog, Philippines, 2007; A Window on Asian Cinema) ― ``This film blurs the line between truth and lies. The moment the protagonist's camera captures the truth, doubts arise about morality. Filipino cinema gave birth to a truly remarkable work.''