Sakhya Byamba’s Zogsool led the Vision Awards at Busan International Film Festival on Wednesday (October 14), taking home four trophies.
The Mongolia-German production won the Netpac Award, Fipresci Award, Hylife Vision Award and Vision of Jiseok Award. The latter two each include a cash prize of $7,500 (KRW10m).
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Set amid the chaos of the Covid pandemic, the satire follows an old tanker driver who finds himself quarantined at a gas station in rural Mongolia alongside a single mother who manages the station. Mongolian director Sakhya previously won Busan’s New Currents Award in 2013 with Remote Control and is also known for Bedridden, which screened in competition at Tallinn Black Nights.
A total of 30 prizes were announced during a ceremony at the Signiel Busan Grand Ballroom on Wednesday night.
Further multiple award winners included South Korean features Full Moon and Beyond Love’s Horizon, with both landing a hat-trick of prizes.
Jeong Jihye’s Full Moon won the CGV Award, K-Movie Award and Songwon Vision Audience Award – Korea for a combined cash prize of $30,000. The story follows a middle schooler and dancer who struggles after an on-stage costume mishap. It marks the second feature of Jeong after debut Jeong-sun premiered at San Sebastian in 2022 before winning the grand prize in Jeonju’s Korean competition and grand jury prize at Rome Film Festival.
Park Songyeol’s Beyond Love’s Horizon picked up the KBS Independent Film Award, Critic b Award – each worth $7,500 (KRW10m) – and Actor of the Year for Won Hyangra, who went home with $3,700 (KRW5m).
Director Park stars alongside Won in the story of a married couple who are faced with the challenges of pregnancy, childbirth and raising their baby. The awards wins nearly exactly repeat 2021, when he won the Critic b Award and KBS Independent Film Award in Busan with Hot In Day Cold At Night.
Winning two awards apiece were Sailesh Rathnakumar’s Indian home-care worker drama Selvi, which won a Hylife Vision Award and Taipei Film Commission Award; and Oh Sehyeon’s rural Korean drama Baler, which picked up the Jeong-In Award and Citizen Critics’ Award.
The 31st Busan International Film Festival will award its main Competition prizes 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
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