On Your Lap, the function directorial debut of Indonesian actor Reza Rahadian, gained 4 trophies at Busan Worldwide Movie Competition’s Imaginative and prescient Awards.
At an awards ceremony in Busan on Thursday (September 25), the movie was honoured with the KB Imaginative and prescient viewers award, Fipresci award, Bishkek Worldwide Movie Competition’s Central Asia Cinema award and Face of the Future award. They included a mixed money prize of $21,000 (KRW30m).
The movie, which acquired its world premiere at Busan, follows a younger mom who flees to a small coastal village to construct a brand new life and makes cash serving espresso whereas having to sit down on male clients’ laps. Director Rahadian is one in all Indonesia’s main actors, with greater than 70 movies to his identify, profitable 5 Citra awards. The movie, recognized domestically as Pangku, is ready for launch in Indonesia on November 6.
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The Imaginative and prescient Awards, which recognises rising impartial Asian filmmakers, noticed 24 prizes handed out throughout the night.
The Netpac award went to Natalia Uvarova’s Malika, a Kazakh household drama was picked up for gross sales by Cappu Movies shortly earlier than the competition.
5 movies managed to scoop a number of awards. These included Kurak, which explores girls’s rights in Kyrgyzstan by means of the tales of a webcam mannequin and a girl initially of a relationship. It gained the Bangladesh July memorial prize and Imaginative and prescient of Jiseok award. Directed by Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev, it was beforehand feted as the primary France-Kyrgyz co-production in twenty years.
Additionally profitable two was Tribeny Rai’s Form Of Momo, which picked up the Songwon Imaginative and prescient award and Taipei Movie Fee award. The India-South Korea co-production sees a girl return to her native Himalayan village, dealing with underlying battle together with her household and wider neighborhood. It additionally performs within the New Administrators competitors of San Sebastian.
South Korean winners included Son Kyeong-su’s fantasy drama The Accordion Door, which earned the Cine21 award and actor of the yr for Moon Woo-jin; and Jeong Seung-o’s household drama Coming Of Age, honoured with a DGK Plus M award and Songwon Citizen Critics’ Award. Kim Jinyu’s Journey There additionally picked up a DGK Plus M award and KBS Unbiased Movie Award.
Busan will announce the winners in its first Competitors strand on the competition’s closing ceremony at present.
Busan Imaginative and prescient Awards 2025
KB Imaginative and prescient Viewers Award
On Your Lap / Dir. Reza Rahadian
Netpac Award
Malika / dir. Natalia Uvarova
Fipresci Award
On Your Lap / dir. Reza Rahadian
Bangladesh July Memorial Prize
Kurak / dir. Erke Dzhumakmatova, Emil Atageldiev
Bishkek Worldwide Movie Competition – Central Asia Cinema Award
On Your Lap / dir. Reza Rahadian
Face of the Future Award
On Your Lap / dir. Reza Rahadian
Hylife Imaginative and prescient Award
Tiger / dir. Anshul Chauhan
Hylife Imaginative and prescient Award
If On A Winter′s Night time / dir. Sanju Surendran
Worldwide Movie Competition of India – Imaginative and prescient Asia Award
Black Rabbit, White Rabbit / dir. Shahram Mokri
Songwon Imaginative and prescient Award
Form Of Momo / dir. Tribeny Rai
Taipei Movie Fee Award
Form Of Momo / dir. Tribeny Rai
Imaginative and prescient of Jiseok Award
Kurak / dir. Erke Dzhumakmatova, Emil Atageldiev
Actor of the Yr
Lee Seung-yeon, The Gorals
Actor of the Yr
Moon Woo-jin, The Accordion Door
DGK Plus M Award
Coming Of Age / dir. Jeong Seung-o
DGK Plus M Award
Journey There / dir. Kim Jinyu
CGV Award
Lovely Dreamer / dir. Lee Kwang-kuk
KBS Unbiased Movie Award
Journey There / dir. Kim Jinyu
Critic b Award
The Observer′s Journal / dir. Lim Junghwan
Cine21 Award
The Accordion Door / dir. Son Kyeong-su
Songwon Citizen Critics’ Award
Coming Of Age / dir. Jeong Seung-o
Busan Cinephile Award
I, Poppy / dir. Vivek Chaudhary
Documentary Viewers Award
The place We Keep For A Whereas / dir. Wang Mincheol
Flash Ahead Viewers Award
Hana Korea / dir. Frederik Sølberg
