South Korean director Park Ri-woong’s “The Land of Morning Calm” won the top prize, the Golden Cyclo, at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema.
The jury, headed by Chinese auteur Jia Zhang-ke, said: “”Watching this film is like taking a dive into the sea. The director led us dive from the calming surface into the depth of life, entering the core zone of undercurrents of the surging reality.” The film won three awards at the Busan International Film Festival last year.
The festival, which ran Feb. 11-18, saw Kazakh filmmaker Elzat Eskendir’s “Abel” emerge as another major winner. It received the Grand Jury Award, with the jury citing “the authenticity and confidence of the director’s creative vision” in capturing “the conflicts and angers of the people on this desolate land.” The film also won the Netpac Award and Film Critics’ Award, with Netpac jurors specifically...
The jury, headed by Chinese auteur Jia Zhang-ke, said: “”Watching this film is like taking a dive into the sea. The director led us dive from the calming surface into the depth of life, entering the core zone of undercurrents of the surging reality.” The film won three awards at the Busan International Film Festival last year.
The festival, which ran Feb. 11-18, saw Kazakh filmmaker Elzat Eskendir’s “Abel” emerge as another major winner. It received the Grand Jury Award, with the jury citing “the authenticity and confidence of the director’s creative vision” in capturing “the conflicts and angers of the people on this desolate land.” The film also won the Netpac Award and Film Critics’ Award, with Netpac jurors specifically...
- 2/19/2025
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas has concluded the run of its 31th edition, from February 11 to 18 2025. The festival featured a retrospective honouring acclaimed director Jia Zhang-ke, who served as the president of the international jury.
Here are all the winners of the 31th Iff Asian Cinemas that took place in Vesoul, France.
Golden Cyclo:
Land of the Morning Calm by Park Ri-woong
Grand Jury Prize:
Abel by Elzat Eskendir
International Jury Prize
Deal at the Border by Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi
International Jury Prize Special Mention
To Kill a Mongolian Horse by Jiang Xiaoxuan
Netpac First Aruna Vasudev Award – Best Asia Pacific Film 2024
All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia
Critics Award
Abel by Elzat Eskendir
Netpac Jury Prize:
Abel by Elzat Eskendir
Guimet Museum Award
Deal at the Border by Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi
Guimet Museum Award Special Mention
To Kill a Mongolian Horse by Jiang Xiaoxuan...
Here are all the winners of the 31th Iff Asian Cinemas that took place in Vesoul, France.
Golden Cyclo:
Land of the Morning Calm by Park Ri-woong
Grand Jury Prize:
Abel by Elzat Eskendir
International Jury Prize
Deal at the Border by Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi
International Jury Prize Special Mention
To Kill a Mongolian Horse by Jiang Xiaoxuan
Netpac First Aruna Vasudev Award – Best Asia Pacific Film 2024
All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia
Critics Award
Abel by Elzat Eskendir
Netpac Jury Prize:
Abel by Elzat Eskendir
Guimet Museum Award
Deal at the Border by Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi
Guimet Museum Award Special Mention
To Kill a Mongolian Horse by Jiang Xiaoxuan...
- 2/18/2025
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Despite the fact that Kazakh cinema is mostly represented in the festival circuit nowadays from genre-filmmaking of the likes of Adilkhan Yerzhanov, the art-house part of the local industry frequently presents movies of quality too. “Abel” which premiered in Busan last year, is definitely one of those films.
Abel is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas
In an impressive one-shot 13-and-a-half-minute sequence, Elzat Eskendir sets the tone of his film in the most eloquent fashion. In Southern Kazakhstan, after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1993, another collective farm is disbanded in the midst of the changing political landscape and the turn towards capitalism, and subsequently, privatization. Although the sheepherders involved are expecting the remaining cattle to be shared fairly, the appearance of an elderly hand in this first scene highlights that something is definitely wrong here.
As the man in charge of the farm, Bolat, is...
Abel is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas
In an impressive one-shot 13-and-a-half-minute sequence, Elzat Eskendir sets the tone of his film in the most eloquent fashion. In Southern Kazakhstan, after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1993, another collective farm is disbanded in the midst of the changing political landscape and the turn towards capitalism, and subsequently, privatization. Although the sheepherders involved are expecting the remaining cattle to be shared fairly, the appearance of an elderly hand in this first scene highlights that something is definitely wrong here.
As the man in charge of the farm, Bolat, is...
- 2/16/2025
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The 31st Vesoul International Film Festival Asian Cinema, chaired by the international jury of the great Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke, presents the complete feature films of Jia Zhang-ke, in the presence of his muse, the actress Zhao Tao.
Two honorary Cyclos d’or are awarded to them during the opening ceremony at the Théâtre Edwige Feuillère.
92 films, including 47 unreleased ones, make up the official selection.
The fiction and documentary competitions offer a selection of 17 films from Bhutan, China, Korea, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Malaysia, Yakutia, etc., judged by 7 juries and presented by the film teams:
Bhutan: I The Song by Dechen Roder – French premiere
Burma: Ma – Cry of silence by The Maw Naing – French premiere
China (Hong Kong): To Kill a Mongolian Horse by Jiang Xiaoxuan – French premiere
Korea: The Land of Morning Calm by Park Ri-woong – French premiere
Iran: The Witness by Nader Saeivar – French premiere
Japan:...
Two honorary Cyclos d’or are awarded to them during the opening ceremony at the Théâtre Edwige Feuillère.
92 films, including 47 unreleased ones, make up the official selection.
The fiction and documentary competitions offer a selection of 17 films from Bhutan, China, Korea, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Malaysia, Yakutia, etc., judged by 7 juries and presented by the film teams:
Bhutan: I The Song by Dechen Roder – French premiere
Burma: Ma – Cry of silence by The Maw Naing – French premiere
China (Hong Kong): To Kill a Mongolian Horse by Jiang Xiaoxuan – French premiere
Korea: The Land of Morning Calm by Park Ri-woong – French premiere
Iran: The Witness by Nader Saeivar – French premiere
Japan:...
- 2/11/2025
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The 29th Busan International Film Festival has revealed the line-ups for its competitive New Currents and Jiseok sections, which include the latest features from award-winning filmmakers Brillante Mendoza, Rima Das and Tom Lin.
The Jiseok strand, launched in 2022, is reserved for Asian filmmakers who have directed at least three features and this year comprises eight titles.
Scroll down for full list of titles
They include Motherland by Filipino director Mendoza, which explores the bloody Mamasapano incident of 2015, when 44 police commandos and more than 20 others were killed in a deadly operation. The filmmaker has previously played in competition at Berlin, Cannes...
The Jiseok strand, launched in 2022, is reserved for Asian filmmakers who have directed at least three features and this year comprises eight titles.
Scroll down for full list of titles
They include Motherland by Filipino director Mendoza, which explores the bloody Mamasapano incident of 2015, when 44 police commandos and more than 20 others were killed in a deadly operation. The filmmaker has previously played in competition at Berlin, Cannes...
- 8/27/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Hong-Kong based sales company pick up rights to two family dramas
Hong Kong-based sales company Asian Shadows has picked up international rights to Iranian feature Like A Fish On The Moon, by debut director Dornaz Hajiha, and Adasqaq, by first-time Kazakh filmmaker Elzat Eskendir.
Like A Fish On The Moon is about a couple whose must learn to adapt when their young son suddenly stops talking. It is produced by renowned Iranian producer Ehsan Rasoulof.
Hajiah, who studied at the London Film School, is now developing her second feature Diaphanous, which is being produced by Chinese Shadows. It won...
Hong Kong-based sales company Asian Shadows has picked up international rights to Iranian feature Like A Fish On The Moon, by debut director Dornaz Hajiha, and Adasqaq, by first-time Kazakh filmmaker Elzat Eskendir.
Like A Fish On The Moon is about a couple whose must learn to adapt when their young son suddenly stops talking. It is produced by renowned Iranian producer Ehsan Rasoulof.
Hajiah, who studied at the London Film School, is now developing her second feature Diaphanous, which is being produced by Chinese Shadows. It won...
- 6/4/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
The Busan film festival’s Asian project market will be held online this year on Oct. 12-14. Some 22 projects from around Asia will vie for production funds during the market.
These include “Love Life,” from Japanese filmmaker Koji Fukada who won the Un Certain Regard jury prize at Cannes in 2016 for “Harmonium,” and “A Burning Question” from Bangladesh’s Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, who closed Busan in 2012 with “Television.”
Other selections include “Tick It” from Vietnamese director Tran Thanh Huy, who won Busan’s New Currents award in 2019 winner for “Rom,” and “A River in the Mirror,” by Tashi Gyeltshen, Fipresci International Critics’ Award 2018 winner for “The Red Phallus.”
From the Philippines, Sheron Dayoc, winner of Busan’s Mecenat Award in 2016 with “The Crescent Rising,” will participate in the market with “6th Finger.” From Kazakhstan, Elzat Eskendir, who won Busan’s Sonje Award in the same year for “Off-season,” will present “Abel.
These include “Love Life,” from Japanese filmmaker Koji Fukada who won the Un Certain Regard jury prize at Cannes in 2016 for “Harmonium,” and “A Burning Question” from Bangladesh’s Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, who closed Busan in 2012 with “Television.”
Other selections include “Tick It” from Vietnamese director Tran Thanh Huy, who won Busan’s New Currents award in 2019 winner for “Rom,” and “A River in the Mirror,” by Tashi Gyeltshen, Fipresci International Critics’ Award 2018 winner for “The Red Phallus.”
From the Philippines, Sheron Dayoc, winner of Busan’s Mecenat Award in 2016 with “The Crescent Rising,” will participate in the market with “6th Finger.” From Kazakhstan, Elzat Eskendir, who won Busan’s Sonje Award in the same year for “Off-season,” will present “Abel.
- 9/1/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
New projects from Cannes label directors Wei Shujun and Koji Fukada among line-up.
The Asian Project Market, the biggest investment and co-production market in Asia, is to shift online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The industry platform, which takes place during the Busan International Film Festival (Biff), will run as a virtual event from October 12 to 14 alongside the Asian Contents and Film Market, which previously announced it would run as a hybrid event.
This year will feature 22 projects, which is down on the 29 titles presented in both 2018 and 2019.
The selection includes Ripple Of Life by Chinese director Wei Shujun, whose...
The Asian Project Market, the biggest investment and co-production market in Asia, is to shift online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The industry platform, which takes place during the Busan International Film Festival (Biff), will run as a virtual event from October 12 to 14 alongside the Asian Contents and Film Market, which previously announced it would run as a hybrid event.
This year will feature 22 projects, which is down on the 29 titles presented in both 2018 and 2019.
The selection includes Ripple Of Life by Chinese director Wei Shujun, whose...
- 9/1/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
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