SEOUL -- The Pusan International Film Festival has announced a 275 film line up for its 12th edition (October 4-12).

The selection features a festival record number of world or international premieres (92), including Miike Takashi's "Crows - Episode 0", Zhang Ming's "Love Dog", Yukisada Isao's "Into the Faraway Sky", James Lee's "Waiting for Love", and Korean-American director Michael Kang's "West 32nd".

The festival has also introduced a Gala Presentation section that this year will present four films: Royston Tan's "881", Lee Myung-Se's "M", Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Flight of the Red Balloon" and Im Kwon-taek's "Beyond the Years".

Special programs will be devoted to Malaysian cinema, Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui (who also serves as jury president), classic Korean actor Kim Seung-ho and the late Taiwanese director Edward Yang, who the festival selected as this year's Asian Filmmaker of the Year.

Hand printing ceremonies will also be devoted to Mehrjui, Volker Schloendorff, Claude Lelouch, Edward Yang, and Kim Seung-ho.

Meanwhile, the festival announced the launch of the Asia Pacific Actors Network, which under the slogan "Beyond Asia," will attempt to create a support network for the region's leading actors.

In addition, in partnership with the Korean Film Archive, PIFF will launch the Busan Asian Film Archive to focus on outstanding past and present works from across Asia. With an initial 80 films obtained this year, the archive aims to gather more than 5,000 titles.

As previously announced, the opening and closing films of the festival will be Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's war film "Assembly" and hotly anticipated Japanese animation "Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone".

PIFF New Currents Competition 2007

"A bao a qu" (Japan), Kato Naoki (int'l premiere)

"Endless Night" (China), Pan Jian Lin (world premiere)

"Flower in the Pocket" (Malaysia), Liew Seng Tat (world

premiere)

"God man dog" (Taiwan), Chen Singing (world premiere)

"Life Track" (China/S. Korea), Jin Guang Hao (world premiere)

"Milky way Liberation Front" (S Korea), Yoon Seongho (world

premiere)

"My Song is..." (S. Korea), Ahn Seul-ki (world premiere)

"Park & Love Hotel" (Japan), Kumasaka Iziru (int'l premiere)

"The red awn" (China), Cai Shangjun (world premiere)

"Tribe" (Philippines), Jim Libiran (int'l premiere)

"Wonderful Town" (Thailand), Aditya Assarat (world premiere).

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