20th Busan International Film Festival
Rank Director Country
1 Yasujirō Ozu Japan
2 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
3 Abbas Kiarostami Iran
4 Akira Kurosawa Japan
5 Satyajit Ray India
6 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong
6 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
8 Jia Zhangke China
8 Kenji Mizoguchi Japan
8 Edward Yang Taiwan
11 Zhang Yimou China
12 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
13 Kim Ki-duk Korea
13 Ritwik Ghatak India
15 Im Kwon-taek Korea
16 Lee Chang-dong Korea
16 Lino Brocka Philippines
18 Hong Sang-soo Korea
18 Mikio Naruse Japan
20 Nagisa Oshima Japan
Asian Cinema 100 -- Asian Cinema Directors 100 Ranking
The 20th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 1 to October 10, 2015 at South Korea's Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Song Kang-ho and Marina Golbahari. In this year's festival, a total of 302 films from 75 countries was screened, with 94 serving as world premieres and 31 serving as international premieres. The 302 films, which includes films from countries such as Japan, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Iran, were played on 35 screens at six theaters in Busan, including Busan Cinema Center, CGV Centum City, Lotte Cinema Centum City, Dongseo University Sohyang Theater, Megabox Haeundae and Megabox Busan Theater.