“Pig Lady” wins top prize at Osaka Asian Film Fest

PanARMENIAN.Net - Korean director Jang Moon-il’s “My Sister, the Pig Lady” was awarded the Grand Prix at the 11th Osaka Asian Film Festival’s closing ceremony in Osaka on Sunday, March 13, according to Variety.

Released in Korea last September, the film about a woman raising pigs while trying to attract one of her village’s few eligible bachelors was praised by jury president Yee Chih-yen for “successfully balancing the commercial and the artistic fields of filmmaking.”

The most promising talent award went to Uisenma Borchu, the director, scriptwriter and actress of the German/Mongolian production “Don’t Look At Me That Way.” The Japan Cuts Award was given to Keihiro Kanyama for his short “Somewhere In My Memory.”

The festival, which unspooled March 4-13, featured sections on South East Asian, Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Japanese indie films, in addition to its competition.