Mongolian-German feature Zogsool was the big winner in the Vision Awards at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, taking four prizes including the Vision of Jiseok Award.
Directed by former cinematographer Sakhya Byamba, the film also took the NETPAC Award, FIPRESCI Award and one of two Hylife Vision Awards. Filmed on the Mongolian grasslands, the film portrays the chaos of the early days of the Covid pandemic.
Other multiple award winners included Full Moon from Korea’s Jeong Jihye, which took the CGV Award, K-Movie Award and Songwon Vision Audience Award for a Korean film.
Selvi, a Tamil-language drama from India’s Sailesh Rathnakumar, won the other Hylife Vision Award as well as the Taipei Film Commission Award. Other Indian winners included Birds In The Dark, directed by Shashank Walia, which won the Songwon Vision Audience Award for an Asian film.
BIFF Mecenat Awards went to Yang Bo’s China-France co-production Agaar and Can I Talk To You? from Korea’s Yi Seungjun, while A Woman Dancing On The Waves, from Choi Se-Dam, was given a Special Mention.
The Heart Of Eurasia Award was presented to Ria, directed by the Philippines’ Arvin Belarmino. (See full list of award winners below). Busan International Film Festival’s awards ceremony for the main competition section will be held on October 15.
BUSAN VISION AWARDS 2026:
BIFF Mecenat Award (Asia): Agaar, dir: Yang Bo
BIFF Mecenat Award (Korea): Can I Talk To You?, dir: Yi Seungjun
BIFF Mecenat Award (Special Mention): A Woman Dancing On The Waves, dir: Choi Se-Dam
Sonje Award (Asia): Fatima, dir: Soroush Shahpouri
Sonje Award (Korea): Toe′s, dir: Yun Taerang
Sonje Award (Special Mention): The Boy Who Fell To Earth, dir: Jung Jaeseo
NETPAC Award: Zogsool, dir: Sakhya Byamba
FIPRESCI Award: Zogsool, dir: Sakhya Byamba
Bishkek International Film Festival-Central Asia Cinema Award: There Will Be Snow, dir: Chen Jianying (Story)
Face Of The Future Award: After The Song, dir: Kumamoto Ryohei
The Heart Of Eurasia Award: Ria, dir: Arvin Belarmino
Hylife Vision Award: Zogsool, dir: Sakhya Byamba
Hylife Vision Award: Selvi, dir: Sailesh Rathnakumar
International Film Festival Of India – Vision Asia Award: The Cord, dir: Darkhan Tulegenov
Songwon Vision Audience Award – Asia: Birds In The Dark, dir: Shashank Walia
Taipei Film Commission Award: Selvi, dir: Sailesh Rathnakumar
Vision Of Jiseok Award: Zogsool, dir: Sakhya Byamba
Actor Of The Year: Won Hyangra, Beyond Love′s Horizon
Actor Of The Year: Kang Seung-Ho, Cosmic Trace
DGK PLUS M Award: The Flower, dir: Kim Si-Jin
CGV Award: Full Moon, dir: Jeong Jihye
KBS Independent Film Award: Beyond Love′s Horizon, dir: Park Songyeol
Critic B Award: Beyond Love′s Horizon, dir: Park Songyeol
K-MOVIE Award: Full Moon, dir: Jeong Jihye
Jeong-In Award: Baler, dir: Oh Sehyeon
Citizen Critics’ Award: Baler, dir: Oh Sehyeon
Busan Cinephile Award: Birds Of War, dir: Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak
Songwon Vision Audience Award – Korea: Full Moon, dir: Jeong Jihye
Documentary Audience Award: Recovery, dir: Im Yeonjeong
Flash Forward Audience Award: La Bola Negra, dir: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi