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The 15th Pusan International Film Festival comes to an end after 9 days of journey.

Two South Korean productions won the major awards at Asia's top film festival Friday, lauded for their richly evocative reflections of modern Korean society.

Park Jung-Bum's "The Journals of Musan" and Yoon Sung-Hyun's "Bleak Night" took the two prizes of 30,000 dollars in the New Currents section for first or second time Asian directors at the 15th Pusan International Film Festival.

Park was a double winner, also picking up the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award for his film, which follows the problems faced by a North Korean defector when he moves to the south.

"Independent films are always very personal so I am very happy that my film was able to find an audience here in Busan," he said.

Yoon's film follows three schoolboys caught up in a murder and how the South Korean school system and society deal with it.

"There was strength in the storytelling and great acting," said "Lost" actress Kim Yunjin, who sat on the New Currents jury. "This shows great possibilities and a great future for the director."

The New Currents awards were to be officially presented at the festival's closing ceremony on Friday night.