‘A Wild Roomer’ and ‘Shivamma’ Share Busan Festival’s New Currents Awards
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Korean film “A Wild Roomer” and India’s “Shivamma” have been announced as the joint winners of the New Currents competition, the prestige discovery section of the Busan International Film Festival. “We were particularly sensitive to the lightness and subtlety of the director’s view of his characters.
Through his innovative cinematography, he creates original circulations between the characters within a house, and builds a very contemporary universe,” the competition jury said of the Lee Jeon-hong-directed “A Wild Roomer.” “We appreciated the originality and intensity with which the director was able to tell this very contemporary story.
Here documentary and fiction meet in an organic and spirited way of making cinema. The generosity of the actors and the scenes create a closeness with this universal story that takes place in an Indian village,” the jury said of the Jaishankar Aryar-directed “Shivamma.” “A Wild Roomer” also picked up the NETPAC Award selected by a group of film critics, the KBS Independent Film Award, and the Critic b award.
Juries for the new Jiseok competition – selecting from films by slightly more established filmmakers – also gave two prizes. “A Scent of Wind,” by Iran’s Hagi Mohaghegh, which played as the festival’s opening title, picked up the Jiseok competition prize, sharing it with Yalkin Tuychiev’s “Alteration.” Prizes were announced on Friday morning at a press conference in Busan.
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