Flower in The Pocket

Liew Seng Tat's debut film FLOWER IN THE POCKET won the Pusan Int Film Festival's New Currents Award and the KNN Audience Award.

It shares the New Currents Award with two other films - LIFE TRACK (Jin Guang Hao, China/Korea) and WONDERFUL TOWN (Aditya Assarat, Thailand).

New Currents Award is the only competitive section of PIFF. PIFF this year increased the number of New Currents Award from one to three. Each of PIFF's biggest 3 sponsors will award US$30,000 to one film - total three films.

The New Currents jury comprised Dariush Mehrjui (Head of Jury, Iran), Nan Yu (Actress, China), Cristian Mungiu (Director), Goran Paskaljevic (Director) and Lee Chang-dong (Director).

The jury noted Flower In The Pocket was "a touching and humanistic story that tells a neglected father-and-sons relationship with a good sense of humor, while using a simply and beautifully composed cinematic style."

KNN Award(Audience Award)is voted by the audiences during the festival, this award is presented by KNN Foundation to the most popular film from New Currents section. $20,000 is awarded to its director.

The Award Ceremony would be held tonight.

This is the second year in a row Da Huang Pictures's film won the New Currents Awards from Pusan. Last year, Love Conquers All took the New Currents Award and Fipresci Prize.

Selamat Hari Raya.

Here's a 30 seconds trailer of FLOWER IN THE POCKET.

Pusan 2007 Awards in full:

New Currents Awards
"Life Track" (dir. Jin Guanghao, China-S. Korea)
"Flower in the Pocket" (Liew Seng-tat, Malaysia)
"Wonderful Town" (Aditya Assarat, Thailand).

Fipresci Award
"The Red Awn" (Cai Shangjun, China).

Netpac Award (shared)
"Hello, Stranger" (Kim Dong-hyun, S. Korea)
"With a Girl of Black Soil" (Jeon Soo-il, S. Korea).

Audience Award
"Flower in the Pocket"

Sonje Award (best Korean short) (shared):
"Woong's Story" (Lee Ha-song, S. Korea)
"A Man under the Influence" (Jung July, S. Korea).

Get Flower in the pocket's DVD here!