Mongolian film wins Busan International Film Festival

The realistic fiction film “Remote control” by Mongolian director S.Byamba took first prize at Asia’s largest film festival, Busan International Film Festival (IFF).

This is the first time a Mongolian movie entered and won the competition in the festival’s 18 years of running. 

Three Mongolian directors entered films into the Festival; “Light bay colt” by Ch.Khoroldorj, “The call” by L.Bat-Erdene and “Remote control” by S.Byamba.

Busan International Film Festival Award winning director S.Byamba is well-known for his documentary “Passion”  which was screened at Dubai IFF, Goteborg IFF, San Fransisco IAAFF, Pusan IFF, Taiwan IDF. He is also known for numerous other films and documentaries including: "Poets of Mongolia" (documentary, international film festivals in Brussels, Paris and Bombay, 1999), "Real Man Eat Meat" (short fiction, international film festivals in Clermont-Ferrand/France and Tampere/Finland, 1998) and "State of Dogs" (documentary, many international film festivals worldwide, 1997).

S.Byamba is the 1999 winner of the "Goo Maral" award for the best documentary film of Mongolia for "Poets of Mongolia". In 1997 he was the winner of numerous prizes for "State of Dogs" including: "Grand Prix Nyon" (Switzerland), "Critics Award" (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and "Special Jury Award" (St. Petersburg, Russia).

During the Busan International Film Festival  300 films and documentaries by over 70 directors were presented and over 200,000 foreign visitors came to South Korea during the Festival.