reza Rahadian‘s ‘On Yourโฃ Lap’โข Sweeps Busan Vision Awards
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA – Indonesian actor-turned-director Reza Rahadian’s debut feature, “On Your Lap,” has emerged as the major winner โat the Busan International Film Festival’s Vision Awards, securing the KB Vision Audienceโฃ Award, Fipresci Award,โค Bishkek International Film Festival’s Central โAsia Cinema Award, โขand the Face of the Futureโ Award. The unprecedentedโข haul signals a important โฃbreakthrough โฃfor โคRahadian andโ Indonesian cinema on the international stage.
Theโค Busan Vision Awards, presented annually,โ recognize emerging talentโข and innovative filmmaking. Rahadian’s success underscores a growing global interest in Southeast Asian cinema and provides a platform โfor further distribution and recognition of “On Your Lap.” โคthe awards are expected to boost Rahadian’s career and possibly open doors for wider โฃinternational collaborations.
Beyond Rahadian’s triumph, several other films garnered multiple accolades.TRIBNY RAIKS’s “Shape of Momo” received bothโค the Songwon Vision Award and Taipei Film Commission Award. Natalia Uvarova’s “Malika” โwas honored with โthe Netpac Award, while “Kurak,” directed by Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev, shared recognition with the โขBangladesh July โMemorial Prize and Visionโฃ of Jiseok Award.
The โคHylife Vision Award went to both Anshul Chauhan’s โ”Tiger” and Sanju Surendran’s “If on a Winter’s Night.” Shahram Mokri’s “black rabbit, White Rabbit” earned โthe โInternational Film โคFestival of India’s Vision โคasia Award.
In โขthe acting categories, โขLee Seung-yeon was recognized as actor of the year for “Theโฃ Gorals,” and Moon Woo-jin received the โsame honor โfor his performance in “The Accordion Door.” Korean cinema also saw strong portrayal, with Jeong Seung-o’s “Coming of Age” claiming the DGK Plus M Award and Songwon Citizen Critics’ Award, and Kim Jinyu’s “Journey There” taking home the DGKโฃ Plus M award and KBS Independent Film Award.
Additional awardsโ included the CGV Award for Lee โขKwang-kuk’s “Beautiful Dreamer,” the Cine21 Awardโ for โSon Kyeong-su’s “The Accordion Door,” and the critic b Award for Lim Junghwan’s “The Observer’s Journal.” Vivek Chaudhary’s “I,Poppy” wonโฃ the Busan Cinephile Award,Wang Mincheol’s “Where We Stayโ for a While” took the Documentary Audience Award,and Frederik Sรธlberg’s “Hana Korea” claimed the Flash Forward Audienceโ Award.