Disney’s ‘Moving’ Sweeps Asia Contents Awards With Six Prizes Including Best Creative, Writer & Actor – Busan

Liz Shackleton
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Disney+ superhero series Moving was the big winner at Busan Film Festival’s Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards, scooping six prizes, including Best Creative and Best Writer for Kang Full.

The series also took Best Lead Actor for Ryu Seung Ryong, who portrays a father with a superpower attempting to save his family, Best Newcomer Actor (Lee Jung Ha), Best Newcomer Actress (Go Youn Jung) and Best Visual Effects.

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Best OTT Original was awarded to Weak Hero Class 1, which is being broadcast simultaneously on platforms including Kocowa in the U.S. and iQiyi in the U.S. and Taiwan.

Netflix Indian series Scoop, directed by Hansal Mehta, won awards for Best Asian TV Series and Best Lead Actress, for Karishma Tanna’s performance. Best Reality & Variety was won by Let’s Feast Vietnam, produced by BHD Vietnam Media Corp, and Netflix Korea’s Physical: 100.

Hsueh Shih-Ling won the Best Supporting Actor award for Taiwan Crime Stories, produced by Sixty Percent Productions, Calfilms & Imagine Entertainment, while Best Supporting Actress award went to Lim Ji-yeon of Netflix’s The Glory. Best Director went to Xin Shuang for Tencent Video’s The Long Season.

The Lifetime Achievement Award honored the late Kim Jonghak, known for directing renowned TV series such as Sandglass (1995) and The Legend (2007). The Asian Excellence Award was given to Yagira Yuya for his performance in Gannibal.

The Rising Star of the Year Award was jointly won by Wen JunHui, a member of K-pop group Seventeen who starred in Exclusive Fairytale, and Buffy Chen.

See full list of awards below..

Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards 2023:

Best Creative: Moving

Best OTT Original: Weak Hero Class 1

Best Asian TV Series: Scoop

Best Reality & Variety: Let’s Feast Vietnam, Physical: 100

Best Director: Xin Shuang, The Long Season

Best Writer: Kang Full, Moving

Best Lead Actor: Ryu Seung Ryong, Moving

Best Lead Actress: Karishma Tanna, Scoop

Best Supporting Actor: Hsueh Shih-Ling, Taiwan Crime Stories

Best Supporting Actress: Lim Ji-yeon, The Glory

Best Newcomer Actor: Lee Jung Ha, Moving

Best Newcomer Actress: Go Youn Jung, Moving

Best Visual Effects: Moving

Creative Beyond Border: Exchange2, One Day Off

New Technology: TVing

Special Contribution for K-Contents: Viu, Wavve Amercias

Special Contribution for OTT Industry: Watcha

Lifetime Achievement Award: Kim Jonghak

Asian Excellence Award: Yuya Yagira

Rising Star of the Year: Wen Junhui, Buffy Chen

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