SEOUL (Dispatches)-Films from South Korea and Iran were announced Saturday as joint winners of the 2017 Busan Film Festival’s main competition section.
Kim Ui-seok’s "After My Death” and Mohsen Gharaei’s "Blockage” won the New Currents competition which focuses on first and second features by filmmakers from Asia.
The jury chaired by American director Oliver Stone said that "both films were tightly scripted, and displayed vivid detail and excellent craftsmanship.”
 "After My Death” is the story of a girl who is suspected of having provoked another schoolgirl into killing herself and "Blockage” depicts the overwhelming chaos that happens to a vicious, despicable temporary worker.
The 22nd Busan International Film Festival was held from Oct. 12 - Oct. 21, 2017 in the South Korean city of Busan.