30th Busan Film Festival Winners – ‘On Your Lap’ Wins 4 Vision Awards

On Your Lap (Pangku) the Indonesian drama directed by actor Reza Rahadian in his feature directorial debut, is the big winner of the Busan Vision Awards at the 30th Busan International Film Festival, snagging 4 awards.

The film won the KB Vision Audience Award, FIPRESCI Award, Bishkek International Film Festival – Central Asia Cinema Award and Face of the Future Award.

Set during Indonesia’s 1998 economic crisis, On Your Lap follows a pregnant young woman working as a kopi pangku waitress – who sits on men’s laps as they drink coffee.

The NETPAC Award went to Malika directed by Natalia Uvarova, a drama following a twelve-year-old girl named Malika, who finds her life interrupted when her mom decides to remarry, and she is forced to go to her father’s house, as the Islamic tradition dictates.

Winners of 2026 Busan International Film Festival

KB Vision Audience Award
Recipient: On Your Lap
Director: Reza Rahadian

Recipient: Malika
Director: Natalia Uvarova

FIPRESCI Award
Recipient: On Your Lap
Director: Reza Rahadian

Bangladesh July Memorial Prize
Recipient: Kurak
Director: Erke Dzhumakmatova, Emil Atageldiev

Bishkek International Film Festival – Central Asia Cinema Award
Recipient: On Your Lap
Director: Reza Rahadian

Face of the Future Award
Recipient: On Your Lap
Director: Reza Rahadian

Hylife Vision Award
Recipient: Tiger
Director: Anshul Chauhan

Hylife Vision Award
Recipient: If on a Winter′s Night
Director: Sanju Surendran

International Film Festival of India – Vision Asia Award
Recipient: Black Rabbit, White Rabbit
Director: Shahram Mokri

Songwon Vision Award
Recipient: Shape of Momo
Director: Tribeny Rai

Taipei Film Commission Award
Recipient: Shape of Momo
Director: Tribeny Rai

Vision of Jiseok Award
Recipient: Kurak
Director: Erke Dzhumakmatova, Emil Atageldiev

Actor of the Year
Recipient: Lee Seung-yeon
Film: The Gorals

Actor of the Year
Recipient: Moon Woo-jin
Film: The Accordion Door

DGK PLUS M Award
Recipient: Coming of Age
Director: Jeong Seung-o

DGK PLUS M Award
Recipient: Journey There
Director: Kim Jinyu

CGV Award
Recipient: Beautiful Dreamer
Director: Lee Kwang-kuk

KBS Independent Film Award
Recipient: Journey There
Director: KIM Jinyu

Critic b Award
Recipient: The Observer′s Journal
Director: Lim Junghwan

CINE21 Award
Recipient: The Accordion Door
Director: Son Kyeong-su

Songwon Citizen Critics’ Award
Recipient: Coming of Age
Director: Jeong Seung-o

Busan Cinephile Award
Recipient: I, Poppy
Director: Vivek Chaudhary

Documentary Audience Award
Recipient: Where We Stay for a While
Director: Wang Mincheol

Flash Forward Audience Award
Recipient: Hana Korea
Director: Frederik Sølberg