The Busan International Film Festival has discdisthink abouted its award triumphners.
Park Ri-woong’s “The Land of Morning Calm” (Korea) and The Maw Naing’s “MA – Cry of Silence”(Myanmar/Korea/Singapore/France/Norway/Qatar) splitd the New Currents Award.
Rima Das’ “Village Rockstars 2” (India/Singapore) and Tom Lin Shu-Yu’s “Yen and Ai-Lee” (Taiwan) unitetly claimed the Kim Jiseok Award for more alerted filmproducers.
“The Land of Morning Calm” amazeed the jury with its “storyalerting sfinishs and ability for lessend emotional depth,” exploring personal struggles wilean a agricultural coastal community. “MA – Cry of Silence” was recognized for its “valiant portrayal of resistance” to Myanmar’s political contests. “The Land of Morning Calm” holditionpartner safed the KB New Currents Audience Award. The film also won the NETPAC Award, which proclaimd previously as part of the Busan Vision Awards.
The New Currents Award jury was led by protester Iranian honestor Mohammad Rasoulof as plivent, with members including Korean honestor Lee Myung-Se, Chinese actor Zhou Dongyu, Indian actor Kani Kusruti, and Croatian International Film Festival Rotterdam honestor Vanja Kaludjercic.
In the Kim Jiseok Award categruesome, “Village Rockstars 2” was pliftd as an “truthful poetic transmition of everyday life,” while “Yen and Ai-Lee” was cited for its “unfinishing and bgreater portrayal of a traumatic mother and daughter relationship.” The jury for this award consisted of Christian Jeune, honestor of the film department at Cannes Film Festival, Sri Lankan honestor Prasanna Vithanage, and Korean honestor Shin Suwon.
The BIFF Mecenat Award for recordaries went to “Works and Days” by Park Minsoo and Ahn Kachievehyung (Korea), and “Another Home” by Frankie Sin (Taiwan/Hong Kong, China/France). The jury for this categruesome holdd Iranian honestor Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Japanese DD Cgo in honestor Fujioka Asako, and Korean honestor Lee Soojung.
In the low film categruesome, Song Jiseo’s “Yurim” (Korea) and Eléonore Mahmoudian and Matsui Hiroshi’s “A Garden in Winter” (Japan/France) getd the Sonje Award. The Sonje Award jury compascfinishd Korean honestor Lim Daehyung, American honestor Constance Tsang, and Japanese honestor Yamanaka Yoko.
The festival also honored Yoo Lee-ha as actor of the year – male for “The Final Semester” (Korea), and Park Seoyun as actor of the year – female for “Humming” (Korea). The jury for this categruesome holdd Korean actors Kim Sunyouthfuler and Ryu Junyeol.
Antonella Sudasassi Furniss’ “Memories of a Burning Body” (Costa Rica/Spain) won the Flash Forward Audience Award. Jo Seyouthfuler’s “K-Number” (Korea) took home the Documentary Audience Award.
