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    Home / News / Entertainment News / Busan International Film Festival: 'Scoop' wins Best Asian TV Series
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    Busan International Film Festival: 'Scoop' wins Best Asian TV Series
    Hansal Mehta's 'Scoop' bags two awards at the ongoing Busan International Film Festival

    Busan International Film Festival: 'Scoop' wins Best Asian TV Series

    By Tanvi Gupta
    Oct 08, 2023
    07:10 pm

    What's the story

    Hansal Mehta's Scoop has been crowned the Best Asian TV Series at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)'s Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards.

    Meanwhile, its lead actor Karishma Tanna bagged the Best Lead Actress Award.

    Scoop is a Netflix series that premiered on June 2. It follows journalist Jagruti Pathak (Tanna), who is determined to seek justice in a politically dominated nation.

    Announcement

    'We won': Mehta shares elation on social media

    The BIFF, on Sunday, announced the said awards on its official X handle.

    Mehta expressed his elation on social media over Scoop's victory by saying, "We won! Best Asian TV Series at Busan."

    The series, backed by the Indian production banner Matchbox Shots, draws inspiration from former journalist Jigna Vora's biographical work, Behind Bars In Byculla: My Days in Prison.

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    Twitter Post

    Here's what Mehta posted on X

    We won! Best Asian TV Series at Busan. #BIFF23. https://t.co/nYeHi5ercB

    — Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) October 8, 2023
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    Twitter Post

    Take a look at BIFF's official post

    아시아 전역의 우수한 TV·OTT·온라인 콘텐츠를 시상하는 부산국제영화제의 대표 콘텐츠 행사인 2023 아시아콘텐츠어워즈 & 글로벌OTT어워즈(Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards)가 올해의 수상작과 수상자를 발표했습니다. 축하합니다! pic.twitter.com/kViYQ1I6PB

    — 부산국제영화제 BIFF (@busanfilmfest) October 8, 2023
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    Big winner

    Meanwhile, Disney's 'Moving' swept Asia Contents Awards with six prizes

    Meanwhile, Disney+'s superhero series Moving emerged as the big winner at the BIFF's Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards, securing six accolades.

    Kang Full—the creative mind behind Moving—earned Best Creative and Best Writer awards.

    Ryu Seung-ryong clinched the Best Lead Actor award for Moving, while Lee Jung-ha received the Best Newcomer Actor Award and Go Youn-jung won the Best Newcomer Actress Award.

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    Other notable winners

    From Wen Junhui to late Kim Jong-hak: Other notable winners

    In the Best Reality & Variety category, two remarkable productions stood out: Let's Feast Vietnam and Netflix Korea's Physical: 100.

    The Rising Star of the Year Award was jointly presented to Wen Junhui—a member of the K-pop group SEVENTEEN—and Taiwanese actor Buffy Chen.

    The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to the late Kim Jonghak, who directed TV series Sandglass (1995) and The Legend (2007).

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    About the festival

    Rima Das earned a spot in BIFF Asian Project Market

    The 28th edition of the BIFF—running from October 4 to 13—is currently captivating audiences at the Busan Cinema Center, South Korea.

    Notably, Indian filmmaker Rima Das has earned a spot in the BIFF Asian Project Market.

    Her creation—Malati, My Love—will shine alongside the works of esteemed filmmakers, such as Japan's Koji Fukada and Indonesia's Makbul Mubarak, among the selected 30 films in the lineup.

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