movie <헤어질 결심>Director Park Chan-wook, who won the Best Director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and the film <씨받이>The late actress Kang Su-yeon, who won the Best Actress award at the 1977 Venice Film Festival for ‘The Golden Globe’, is awarded the Silver Crown Order of Cultural Merit.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that at the ‘2022 Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards’ held on the 24th, it will award Presidential Citations and Prime Ministerial Citations to pop culture artists who have been active in various fields , including director Park Chan-wook and the late actress Kang Su-yeon.
The “Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards”, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and supervised by the Korea Creative Content Agency, has been awarded annually since 2010 to encourage those who have contributed to the development of the popular culture industry and of the spread of the Korean wave, while also elevating the social status of popular culture and arts.
The field of folk culture and art is a core field of the content industry, which not only moves people’s hearts around the world and attracts sympathy, but also elevates the national image and drives exports.
In particular, the exports of “K content (Korean content)” have already surpassed the exports of home appliances and display panels, becoming Korea’s largest export item.
In response, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism selected candidates for this award through a public competition and expert recommendation to express gratitude to those who have contributed to the development of folk culture and arts.
Then, a comprehensive review of various elements was conducted, such as the duration of appointments, the performance of domestic and foreign activities, contribution to related industries and social contribution, ▲ Cultural Medal (5 people) ▲ Presidential Citation (6 people) ▲ Prime Minister’s Commendation (8 people/team) ▲Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism A total of 28 people (teams) were announced, including the Minister’s Commendation (9 people/team).
First of all, the highest award of this year’s awards ceremony, the Silver Crown Order of Cultural Merit, <헤어질 결심>Director Park Chan-wook, who set the record for the most awards at the Cannes International Film Festival as a Korean director, will receive the Best Director award at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Along with this, the late actress Kang Soo-yeon, who made her acting debut in 1969 at the age of 3 and became the first Korean to receive the Best Actress award at the Venice International Film Festival, will also receive the crown of honor. silver of the Order of Cultural Merit.
Cultural Merit Award archived <브로커>Song Kang-ho, the first Korean to receive the Best Actor award at the Cannes International Film Festival for his film, and the KBS TV Literature Center in 1987 <점 점 점…>After debuting as a writer with <아들과 딸> Writer Park Jin-sook, who has written popular dramas such as.
<각시탈>, <아스팔트 사나이>, <미스터큐(Q)>, <타짜>, <식객> Writer Heo Young-man, who created various cartoons that have been made into films and fiction, will also receive the Order of Cultural Heritage.
Six people, including voice actor Hong Seung-ok, actor Byeon Seong-yong, actor Kim Yun-seok, singer Kim Hyeon-cheol, writer Park Hae-young and the late music director Bang Jun-seok , will receive the presidential certificate.
Eight people (teams) received the Prime Minister’s Award: actor Lee Seong-min, singer Jang Pil-soon, comedian Park Myung-soo, singer (team) Jaurim, director Yeon Sang-ho, producer Kim Ji-yeon, singer Zico, and writer Kim Bo-tong.
The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award was presented to voice actor Kim Young-sun, musical actor Kim Sun-young, planner/producer Han Seung-won, actor Jeon Mi-do, comedian Hong Hyun-hee, choreographer Aiki, singer Paul Kim, singer (team) TOMORROW X TOGETHER, singer (team) Espa, etc. (team) to be.
A policy officer at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said, “Now, Korean content is being valued as a game changer that changes the economic map of Korea.”
“The government will continue to provide policy support to create an environment where pop culture artists can fully demonstrate their talents and abilities, and to create an environment where our content created in this way can continue to be loved by the world.” he has declared. .
Requests: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Department of Content Policy Division of Popular Culture Industry (044-203-2468)
