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Zogsool wins four prizes at Busan Film Festival's Vision Awards

Sakhya Byamba's Mongolian-German film Zogsool took four prizes at the Busan International Film Festival's Vision Awards on 14 October. Korean drama Full Moon won three.

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Mixed · 2Sakhya Byamba's Mongolian-German feature Zogsool was the biggest winner at the Vision Awards of the Busan International Film Festival, taking four prizes. Mixed · 2The film won the NETPAC Award, the FIPRESCI Award and the Vision of Jiseok Award, and shared the Hylife Vision Award with Sailesh Rathnakumar's Tamil-language drama Selvi. Centre · 1Deadline describes Byamba as a former cinematographer and says the film was shot on the Mongolian grasslands and portrays the chaos of the early days of the Covid pandemic.

Left · 1Among Korean titles, Jeong Jihye's Full Moon won three prizes: the CGV Award, the K-Movie Award and the Songwon Vision Audience Award for a Korean film. Left · 1Park Songyeol's Beyond Love's Horizon won the KBS Independent Film Award and the Critic b Award, and Won Hyangra received one of two Actor of the Year honours for the film; Kang Seung-ho took the other for Cosmic Trace. Left · 1Oh Sehyeon's Baler won the Jeong-in Award and the Citizen Critics' Award, and Kim Si-jin's The Flower received the DGK Plus M Award.

Mixed · 2The BIFF Mecenat Awards went to Yang Bo's Agaar (Asia) and Yi Seungjun's Can I Talk to You? (Korea), with a special mention for Choi Se-dam's A Woman Dancing on the Waves; the Sonje Awards went to Soroush Shahpouri's Fatima (Asia) and Yun Taerang's Toe's (Korea), with a special mention for Jung Jaeseo's The Boy Who Fell to Earth. Mixed · 2Other winners included Ria by Arvin Belarmino of the Philippines (The Heart of Eurasia Award), After the Song by Kumamoto Ryohei (Face of the Future Award), There Will Be Snow by Chen Jianying (Bishkek International Film Festival-Central Asia Cinema Award) and The Cord by Darkhan Tulegenov (International Film Festival of India – Vision Asia Award). Mixed · 2Audience prizes went to Shashank Walia's Birds in the Dark (Songwon Vision Audience Award – Asia), Im Yeonjeong's Recovery (Documentary Audience Award) and Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's La Bola Negra (Flash Forward Audience Award); Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak's Birds of War won the Busan Cinephile Award.

Mixed · 2The 31st edition of the festival opened on 6 October and closes on 15 October, when the awards ceremony for the main competition section will be held.

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Variety reports the results as a straightforward awards roundup, leading with Zogsool's four prizes and Full Moon's three.
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“Among Korean titles, Jeong Jihye’s “Full Moon” won three prizes” — Variety

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Deadline leads with the Mongolian-German film's win and adds a short description of the film, then lists all winners.
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The film's subject, the director's background and Indian winners, plus a full list of winners.
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“Filmed on the Mongolian grasslands, the film portrays the chaos of the early days of the Covid pandemic.” — Deadline

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