Director Park Chan-wook’s film ‘Decision to Break Up’ won three awards, including Best Picture 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 Best Picture, Best Actor Award (Park Hae-il) and Screenplay Award (Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyung).
Director Park, who is staying in Los Angeles, USA due to an overseas filming schedule, expressed his impressions of the award through a voice message on the same day.
Director Park said, “I feel like I’ve received a big 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 think 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. Thank you to the many audiences who loved ‘Decision to Break Up’.”
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 movie ‘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. Following the Cinematography Award (Joo Seong-rim) and Editing Award (Kim Seon-min), Park Ji-hwan was named the ‘People’s Award for Best Actor’ given to an actor who has shown remarkable acting for the year.
The Best Director award went to Byun Seong-hyeon, who directed ‘Kingmaker’.
Then, national actor Ahn Seong-ki, who was saddened by the news of his recent battle with cancer, received the Achievement Award. Ahn Sung-ki, who could not come to the awards ceremony, conveyed her gratitude through her video message.
Ahn Seong-gi said, “My health worries a lot, but it’s getting better. I’ll see you all in a new movie.”
He emphasized, “Now, our films and filmmakers are attracting the attention of people around the world. The roots of that glory were planted and nurtured by our senior filmmakers, and I think it is the result of the competence and sweat of our outstanding filmmakers.”
He added, “I wish for the development of our films and filmmakers, and thank the people involved in the Grand Bell Awards event.”
Meanwhile, the Grand Bell Awards have suffered crippling due to fairness disputes and internal conflicts in recent years.
The preliminary examination method, which had been operated as an entry system, was changed to a selection system, and a national jury was also introduced. The practice of awarding the award on behalf of a person involved in the film industry or an acquaintance has also been eliminated if the winner is unable to attend. Instead, the organizers decided to deliver the trophy directly to the winner later.
The Grand Bell Awards Ceremony was so well received that most of the 800-seat venues were filled.
Following is the list of awards
△Best Picture = Decision to break up
△Best Director = Sunghyun Byun (Kingmaker)
△ Best Actress = Yeom Jeong-ah (Life is Beautiful)
△Best Actor Award = Park Hae-il (Decision to Break Up)
△ Best Supporting Actress = Im Yoon-ah (Gongjo 2)
△Best Supporting Actor = Byun Yo-han (Hansan: The Rise of the Dragon)
△ Best New Actress = Kim Hye-yoon (The Girl on the Bulldozer)
△ New Actor Award = Mujinseong (genre only romance)
△ 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 Award Fox = 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)
△ New Wave Best Actor = Ong Seong-wu (Life is Beautiful) · Park Jae-chan (Semantic Error: The Movie)
△Cinema Award = Joo Seong-rim (Crime City 2)
△Visual Effect Award = Jegalseung (Alien + Human Part 1)
△ People’s Award Best Actress = Oh Na-ra (genre only romance)
△ Lighting Award = Seonghwan Lee (Hunt)
△ Costume = Kwon Yoo-jin·Lim Seung-hee (Hansan: The 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 (More)
△ Series Film Director Award = Lee Joo-young (Anna – Director’s Cut)
△ Daejong’s Attention Award = Shin Soo-won (homage)
Lee Bo-bae, Hankyung.com guest reporter [email protected]