Director Park Chan-wook’s film “Decision to Break Up” won three awards, including Best Film at the 58th Grand Bell Awards.
At the “58th Grand Bell Awards Film Festival” held at the New Millennium Hall of Konkuk University in Seoul on the afternoon of the 9th, “Decision to Break Up” won the Best Film Award, Best Actor Award (Park Hae -il) and screenplay award (Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyung).
Director Park, who is in Los Angeles, USA due to an overseas shooting schedule, expressed his impressions of the award through a voicemail the same day.
Director Park said, “I feel like I got a great gift at the end of the year,” and added, “It’s an honor, especially since it’s the first Grand Bell award since it’s been normalized for a long time, and I I believe it will remain as an unforgettable and precious memory.”
He added, “More than anyone else, the faces of the two actors, Park Hae-il and Tang Wei, come to mind first, and I want to see many actors and staff. Thanks to the many viewers who loved ‘Decision to Break’ .”
Park Hae-il, who won the Best Actor award, said, “As an actor, curiosity was the biggest driving force for me when I was in a movie.”
The Best Actress Award went to Yeom Jung-ah for ‘Life is Beautiful’.
The film “Life is Beautiful” also won trophies in three categories, including Best Actress, Music Award (Kim Jun-seok), and New Wave Award for New Actor (Ong Seong-wu).
‘Sin City 2’ also received three awards. After the Cinematography Award (Joo Seong-rim) and Editing Award (Kim Seon-min), Park Ji-hwan was named ‘People’s Award for Best Actor’ given to an actor who displayed outstanding acting for the year.
The Best Director Award went to Byun Seong-hyeon, who directed ‘Kingmaker’.
Then, national actor Ahn Seong-ki, saddened by the news of his recent battle with cancer, received the Achievement Award. Ahn Seong-ki, who was unable to attend the awards ceremony, expressed his gratitude through a video message.
Ahn Seong-gi said, “My health is very worried, but it’s getting better. See you all in a new movie.”
He stressed: “Now, our films and directors are attracting the attention of people all over the world. The roots of that glory have been planted and nurtured by our senior directors, and I think it is the result of the expertise and sweat of the our outstanding directors. .”
He added, “I look forward to the development of our films and directors and thank everyone involved in the Grand Bell Awards event.”
Meanwhile, the Grand Bell Awards have experienced a paralysis in recent years due to fairness disputes and internal strife.
The preliminary examination method, which had been used as an entry system, was changed to a selection system, and a national judging panel was also introduced. The practice of awarding the prize in the name of a person from the cinema world or an acquaintance in the event that the winner is unable to participate has also been eliminated. Instead, the organizers decided to present the trophy directly to the winner at a later date.
The Grand Bell Awards ceremony was so well received that most of the 800-seat halls were full.
Below is the list of awards
△Best Movie = Decision to Break
△Best Director = Sunghyun Byun (Kingmaker)
△ Best Actress = Yeom Jeong-ah (Life is Beautiful)
△Best Actor Award = Park Hae-il (Breakdown Decision)
△ Best Supporting Actress = Im Yoon-ah (Gongjo 2)
△Best Supporting Actor = Byun Yo-han (Hansan: Rise of the Dragon)
△ Best New Actress = Kim Hye-yoon (Girl on the Bulldozer)
△ New Actor Award = Mujinseong (Romance Only Genre)
△ New Director Award = Park Lee-woong (Girl on a Bulldozer)
△ Achievement Award = Ahn Sung-ki
△Best Original Screenplay = Park Chan-wook, Jung Seo-kyung (Decision to Break Up)
△ New Wave Fox Award = Park Se-wan (Yuk Sa-oh) · Jo Yoon-seo (Mathematician in Wonderland)
△ Music Award = Kim Jun-seok (Life is Beautiful)
△ Art Prize = Ryu Seong-hee and Lee Ha-joon (Alien + Person Part 1)
△ Best New Wave Actor = Ong Seong-wu (Life is Beautiful) · Park Jae-chan (Semantic Fallacy: The Movie)
△ Cinema Award = Joo Seong-rim (Crime City 2)
△ Visual Effects Award = Jegalseung (Alien + Human Part 1)
△ People’s Award Best Actress = Oh Na-ra (Romance Only Genre)
△ Enlightenment Award = Seonghwan Lee (Hunting)
△ Costume = Kwon Yoo-jin Lim Seung-hee (Hansan: Rise of the Dragon)
△Best Editing = Kim Seon-min (Sin City 2)
△ People’s Award Best Actor = Park Ji-hwan (Sin City 2)
△ Documentary Award = Lee Il-ha (Other)
△ Series Director Award = Lee Joo-young (Anna – Director’s Cut)
△ Daejong’s Attention Award = Shin Soo-won (tribute)
Lee Bo-bae, Hankyung.com guest reporter [email protected]
