Andreas Prochaska’s The Dark Valley wins at Puchon

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Tommy Wirkola’s Nazi zombie sequel from Norway, Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead, snapped up three awards – best director and actor as well as the NH Nonghyup Citizen’s Choice award.

Best Actress went to Essie Davis for her performance in Australian horror film The Babadook, where a single mother and widow battling her son’s fears of monsters becomes possessed by an evil spirit.

Festival director Kim Young Bin said: “210 films from 48 countries have met with audiences during 11 days of the festival. As of July 24, 137 sessions out of 256 screenings were sold out successfully.

“You could say this is a significant result that we have reaped in an environment where all of society has been in a torpor.”

Puchon Choice: Feature jury members Cho Min-soo, Erik Matti, Tom Davia and Diego Marambio Avaria were on hand to help present award at the closing ceremony.

It wrapped with My Ordinary Love Story, director Lee Kwon’s sophomore feature starring Song Sae-byeok and Kang Ye-won. All three were at the world premiere of the film to present the a mix of romance, mystery and thriller about a couple about to get married.

PiFan held its closing ceremony July 25, with two more encore screening days on the weekend.

PiFan feature awards winners list

Best of Puchon (KW15m/$150,000)
The Dark Valley (Austria/Germany) Andreas Prochaska

Best Director (KW10m/$10,000)
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (Norway) Tommy Wirkola

Best Actress
Essie Davis (Australia) The Babadook

Best Actor
Vegar Hoel (Norway) Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

Jury’s Choice
The Midnight After (Hong Kong) dir. Fruit Chan

NH Nonghyup Citizen’s Choice
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (Norway) Tommy Wirkola

European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation Asian Award
Mourning Grave (Korea) Oh In-Chun

NETPAC Award
Wood Job! (Japan) Yaguchi Shinobu

LG HiEntech Award (KW5m/$5,000)
18 – Eighteen Noir (Korea) Han Yun Sun