
Mongolian-German co-producted “Remote Control”, by Mongolian director S.Byamba, won the top prize at the 18th edition of the Busan International Film Festival in October 2013.
The film “Remote Control” has successfully participated in the Gцteborg International Film Festival (IFF) and Vilnius International Film Festival (IFF). “Remote control” will be screened three times during the 43rd Annual Gцteborg IFF.
The Busan International Film Festival Award winning director S.Byamba is well-known for his documentary “Passion” which was screened at the Dubai IFF, Goteborg IFF, San Francisco IAAFF, Pusan IFF and 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).