‘Yanagawa,’ ‘Aloners’ Win Top Prizes at Vesoul Asian Film Festival
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Zhang Lu’s “Yanagawa” (China), Hong Sung-eun’s “Aloners” (South Korea) and Fujimoto Akio’s “Along the Sea” (Japan/Vietnam) were among the top award winners at France’s Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas. “Yanagawa,” which opened the 2021 Pingyao Film Festival, won the Golden Cyclo, the festival’s top honor awarded by the international jury. “Aloners,” which has previously won awards at Jeonju and Torino, won the international jury prize and the Netpac jury award.
The grand jury prize went to San Sebastian, Tokyo and Fajr player “Along the Sea,” which also won the festival’s critic’s choice award and the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) jury prize.
The INALCO jury also recognized Da Fei’s “The Coffin Painter” (China). The international jury accorded special mentions to Chung Mong-Hong’s Venice selection “The Falls” (Taiwan), Brillante Mendoza’s Busan Kim Ji Seok Award winner “Gensan Punch” (Philippines/Japan) and Yalkin Tuychiev “2000 songs of Farida” (Uzbekistan). “The Falls” also won the high school jury award.
The festival’s fiction film audience award was shared by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “No Land’s Man” (Bangladesh/India/U.S.) and Reza Dormishian’s “No Choice” (Iran).
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