Reza Rahadian’s ‘On Your Lap’ Scoops Four Prizes At Busan Vision Awards

On Your Lap, the directorial debut of Indonesian actor Reza Rahadian, picked up four prizes in the Vision Awards of this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, September 17-26).

For the first time this year, BIFF’s Vision strand was expanded to include Asian films from outside Korea, across two seprate sections – Vision Asia and Vision Korea.

Rahadian’s film, which screened in Vision Asia, was presented with the KB Vision Audience Award, FIPRESCI Award, Face of the Future Award and the Central Asia Cinema Award, presented by Bishkek International Film Festival. Set in rural Indonesia, the film revolves around a woman who forced to make a living by sitting in men’s laps in a coffee shop.

Kurak, a drama from Kyrgyzstan directed by Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev, picked up two awards in the Vision Asia section: the Vision of Jiseok Award and the Bangladesh July Memorial Prize. The Netpac Award went to Malika, a drama directed by Natalia Uvarova and co-produced by Kazakhstan, Moldova and Ireland.

Indian director Tribeny Rai’s Shape Of Momo was also a multiple winner, picking up the Songwon Vision Award and Taipei Film Commission Award. The Hylife Vision Award was presented to Anshul Chauhan’s Tiger and Sanju Surendran’s If On A Winter’s Night. Shahram Mokri’s Black Rabbit, White Rabbit won the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) – Vision Asia Award.

The Flash Forward Audience Award went to Hana Korea, a Danish-Korean co-production directed by Frederik Sølberg, while the Documentary Audience Award was presented to Wang Micheol’s Where We Stay For A While.

Among films screening in the Vision Korea section, Actor of the Year awards went to Lee Seung-yeon for The Gorals and Moon Woo-jin for The Accordion Door, with the latter film also picking up the CINE21 Award. Jeong Seung-o’s Coming Of Age and Kim Jinyu’s Journey There were also both multiple winners. (See below for the full list of awards.)

BUSAN VISION AWARDS 2025:

KB Vision Audience Award: On Your Lap, dir: Reza Rahadian

NETPAC Award: Malika, dir: Natalia Uvarova

FIPRESCI Award: On Your Lap, dir: Reza Rahadian

Bangladesh July Memorial Prize: Kurak, dirs: Erke Dzhumakmatova, Emil Atageldiev

Bishkek International Film Festival - Central Asia Cinema Award: On Your Lap, dir: Reza Rahadian

Face of the Future Award: On Your Lap, dir: Reza Rahadian

Hylife Vision Award:
Tiger, dir: Anshul Chauhan
If On A Winter′S Night, dir: Sanju Surendran

IFFI - Vision Asia Award: Black Rabbit, White Rabbit, dir: Shahram Mokri

Songwon Vision Award: Shape Of Momo, dir: Tribeny Rai

Taipei Film Commission Award: Shape Of Momo, dir: Tribeny Rai

Vision of Jiseok Award: Kurak, dirs: Erke Dzhumakmatova, Emil Atageldiev

Actor of the Year:
Lee Seung-yeon, The Gorals
Moon Woo-jin, The Accordion Door

DGK PLUS M Award:
Coming Of Age, dir: Jeong Seung-o
Journey There, dir: Kim Jinyu

CGV Award: Beautiful Dreamer, dir: Lee Kwang-kuk

KBS Independent Film Award: Journey There, dir: Kim Jinyu

Critic b Award: The Observer′s Journal, dir: Lim Junghwan

CINE21 Award: The Accordion Door, dir: Son Kyeong-su

Songwon Citizen Critics' Award: Coming Of Age, dir: Jeong Seung-o

Busan Cinephile Award: I, Poppy, dir: Vivek Chaudhary

Documentary Audience Award: Where We Stay For a While, dir: Wang Mincheol

Flash Forward Audience Award: Hana Korea, dir: Frederik Sølberg