Busan: Main Awards Handed to Iraqi-Qatari and Vietnamese Dramas1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 24th Busan International Film Festival has awarded its main New Currents prizes to the Iraq-Qatar co-production Haifa Street and to Vietnam’s Rom, films that jury head Mike Figgis said showed the emergence of exciting new talent.
“We saw young filmmakers showing their concerns for the future, which is great,” said the Oscar-nominated British director (Leaving Las Vegas). “We were looking for filmmakers of the future, for filmmakers who demonstrate that they understand the language of cinema.”
The awards offer two prizes of $30,000 to first or second-time Asian filmmakers.
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