The Land Of Morning Calm, from Korean director Park Ri-woong, and MA Cry Of Silence, directed by Myanmar’s The Maw Naing, have been offered with the New Currents Awards on the shut of Busan Worldwide Movie Competition (October 2-11).
The jury, headed by exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, praised The Land Of Morning Calm, set among the many inhabitants of a rural coastal group, for navigating “themes of financial uncertainty, loss, xenophobia, and societal prejudice, making a narrative that by no means falters”.
The Land Of Morning Calm additionally gained the KB New Currents Viewers Award and the Netpac Award.
MA Cry of Silence, a few younger Burmese lady who strikes to the massive metropolis to work in a garment manufacturing unit, was praised for “its brave portrayal of resistance to historic and ongoing political challenges beneath Myanmar’s political junta”. The movie was made as a co-production with Korea, Singapore, France, Norway and Qatar.
The Kim Jiseok Awards, for extra established filmmakers, went to Indian filmmaker Rima Das’ Village Rockstars 2, a follow-up to her award-winning 2017 coming-of-age movie Village Rockstars, and Taiwanese director Tom Lin Shu Yu’s Yen And Ai Lee, which additionally has a number of nominations on the upcoming Golden Horse Awards.
The Jiseok jury, together with Christian Jeune, Prasanna Vithanage and Shin Suwon, described Village Rockstars 2 as “an sincere poetic expression of on a regular basis life, exhibiting the concord between nature and mankind by way of the struggles and gaze of a younger lady.” Lin’s movie was lauded as “an unfinishing and daring portrayal of a traumatic mom and daughter relationship with highly effective, lovely performances”.
The FIPRESCI Award went to Story Of The Land, directed by Indonesia’s Loeloe Hendra. The primary ever Documentary Viewers Award was offered to Jo Seyoung’s Okay Quantity, which explores the experiences of Korean adoptees.
The Last Semester, the story of a younger novice employee, was a a number of winner taking the DGK Plus M Award, KBS Unbiased Movie Award, Songwon Citizen Critics Award and the Actor of the Yr for Yoo Lee Han’s efficiency. See beneath for full record of award winners.
Extra on this yr’s Busan Worldwide Movie Competition in our wrap story coming quickly..
BIFF AWARD WINNERS 2024:
New Currents Award:
The Land Of Morning Calm, dir: Park Ri-woong (Korea)
MA – Cry Of Silence, dir: The Maw Naing (Myanmar, Korea, Singapore, France, Norway, Qatar)
KIM Jiseok Award :
Village Rockstars 2, dir: Rima Das (India, Singapore)
Yen and Ai-Lee, dir: Tom Lin Shu-Yu (Taiwan)
BIFF Mecenat Award:
Works And Days, dir: Park Minsoo, Ahn Kearnhyung (Korea)
One other House, Frankie Sin (Taiwan, Hong Kong, France)
Sonje Award:
Yurim, dir: Music Jiseo (Korea)
A Backyard In Winter, dirs: Eléonore Mahmoudian, Matsui Hiroshi (Japan, France)
Actor of the Yr Male: Yoo Lee ha, dir: The Last Semester (Korea)
Actor of the Yr Feminine: Park Seoyun, Buzzing (Korea)
KB New Currents Viewers Award: The Land Of Morning Calm, dir: Park Ri-woong (Korea)
Flash Ahead Viewers Award: Recollections Of A Burning Physique, Antonella Sudasassi Furniss (Costa Rica, Spain)
Documentary Viewers Award: Okay Quantity, Jo Seyoung (Korea)
FIPRESCI Award: Story Of The Land, dir: Loeloe Hendra (Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Qatar)
NETPAC Award: The Land Of Morning Calm, dir: Park Ri-woong (Korea)
DGK PLUS M Award:
The Last Semester, dir: Lee Ran-hee
Crimson Nails, dir: Hwang Seulgi
CGV Award: Fragment, dir: Kim Sung-yoon
KBS Unbiased Movie Award: The Last Semester, dir: Lee Ran-hee
CGK Award: Waterdrop, cinematographer: Kang Jongsu
Critic b Award: Inserts, dir: Lee Jong-su
Chorokbaem Media Award:
Waterdrop, dir: Choi Jongyong
Fragment, dir: Kim Sung-yoon
Watcha Brief Award: Misplaced Goal, dir: Kim Dongeun
Songwon Citizen Critics’ Award: The Last Semester, dir: Lee Ran-hee
Busan Cinephile Award: No Different Land, dirs: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
