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(CJ Entertainment) |
The Best Film prize at the 56th Grand Bell Awards -- South Korea’s major film festival, also known as Daejong Film Awards -- held at Grand Walker Hill Seoul on Wednesday went to Oscar-star “Parasite.”
“It is a great honor to receive the Best Film award at the Daejong Film Awards at these difficult times,” said Kwak Sin-ae who heads the film’s production company, Barunson E&A, reading the acceptance speech on behalf of director Bong who is on long leave after a series of international events.
“Two years ago around this period we were producing the film, and last year it was finally showcased to the audience. I miss people who used to fill the seats at theaters and also at the award ceremony,” Kwak added her personal thoughts.
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Comedian Lee Hwi-jae and fashion model Han Hye-jin who emceed the 56th Daejong Film Awards pose at the awards. |
The 56th Grand Bell Awards was held without any audience for the first time since 1962 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of five films that include “Extreme Job,” “House of Hummingbird,” “Forbidden Dream” and “Innocent Witness” were nominated for the Best Film.
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Lee Jung-eun of “Parasite” poses on the red carpet at the 56th Daejong Film Awards. |
Director Bong also won the Best Director award for “Parasite.”
The other nominees of the Best Director were Kim Bora of “House of Hummingbird,” Lee Byeong-heon of “Extreme Job,” Jang Jae-hyun of “Savaha: The Sixth Finger” and Chung Ji-young of “Black Money.”
“Parasite” also won Best Picture, Best Scenario and Best Music awards.
The Best Actress award went to Jung Yu-mi of “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” while that for Best Actor went to Lee Byung-hun of “Ashfall,” who won the award for the third time.
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Lee Byung-hun of “Ashfall” enters to pose on the red carpet at the 56th Daejong Film Awards. |
“The film ‘Ashfall’ is a disaster movie, but what we are facing in real life feels like a movie than any other films,” Lee said at the acceptance speech. “It has been a long time since we have seen a film at a theater comfortably. I hope for the time when we used to enjoy watching films at a theater will come soon.”
The award was exclusively broadcast live on MBN at 7 p.m. emceed by comedian Lee Hwi-jae and fashion model Han Hye-jin.
By Park Yuna (
yunapark@heraldcorp.com)
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