At the 58th Grand Bell Awards, director Park Chan-wook’s film ‘Decision to Break Up’ won three awards, including Best Picture.
At the Grand Bell Film Awards held on the 9th at Konkuk University’s New Millennium Hall, “Decision to Break Up” won Best Actor (Park Hae-il) and Screenplay (Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyung) in addition to Best Picture.
Tang Wei (left) and Park Hae-il in ‘Decision to Break Up’. Courtesy of CJ ENM
Director Park, who is staying in Los Angeles for an overseas filming schedule, expressed his gratitude through a voice message that day.
Director Park said, “I feel like I’ve received a big gift at the end of the year.”
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 other actors and staff. Thank you to the many audiences who loved ‘Decision to Break Up’.”
After receiving the Best Actor trophy from fellow actor Lee Byung-hun, actor Park Hae-il said, “As an actor, curiosity was the biggest driving force for me when dealing with movies.”
Actors Park Hae-il (left) and Yum Jung-ah. Reporter Han Yun-jong
The Best Actress Award went to Yum Jeong-ah for her role in ‘Life is Beautiful’.
Yeom Jung-ah said, “It is an honor to receive the trophy from teacher Lee Soon-jae.”
‘Life is Beautiful’ also won three categories, including Best Actress and Music Award (Kim Jun-seok), as well as the ‘New Wave Award for Best Actor’ (Ong Seong-wu) given to a new actor who has shown good acting this year.
‘Criminal City 2’ also received three awards, including Best Cinematography (Joo Seong-rim), Best Editing (Kim Seon-min), and the ‘People’s Award for Best Actor’ (Park Ji-hwan) given to an actor who has shown remarkable acting in the year.
The Best Director award went to Byun Seong-hyeon, who directed ‘Kingmaker’.
The Achievement Award given to a filmmaker who has contributed to the development of Korean cinema was given to Ahn Seong-ki, a ‘national actor’ who was saddened by the news of his recent battle with cancer.
Ahn Sung-ki, who might not come to the awards ceremony, expressed his gratitude through a pre-recorded video message.
The Grand Bell Awards have suffered crippling in recent years due to disputes over fairness and internal conflicts, but this year, filmmakers took the lead and declared reform and renewal.
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. Instead of removing the practice of awarding the award on behalf of film officials or acquaintances if the winner is unable to attend, the organizer decided to deliver 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 venues were filled. Although not many nominees for awards in each category attended, only a few of the winners did not attend, showing a change from the past when large-scale absenteeism occurred.
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 (‘Cooperation 2’)
▲ Best Supporting Actor = Byun Yo-han (‘Hansan: The Rise of the Dragon’)
▲ Best New Actress = Kim Hye-yoon (‘The Girl on the Bulldozer’)
▲ Best New Actor = Mu Jin-seong (‘Genre Only Romance’)
▲ Best New Director = Park Yi-woong (‘The Girl on the Bulldozer’)
▲ Achievement Award = Ahn Sung-ki
▲ Best Original Screenplay = Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyung (‘Decision to Break Up’)
▲ New Wave Award: Park Se-Wan (‘Yuk Sao’) · Jo Yoon-Seo (‘Mathematician in Wonderland’)
▲ Music Award = Kim Jun-seok (‘Life is Beautiful’)
▲ Art Prize = Ryu Seong-hee and Lee Ha-jun (‘Alien + Human Part 1’)
▲ New Wave Best Actor = Ong Seong-wu (‘Life is Beautiful’) · Park Jae-chan (‘Semantic Error: The Movie’)
▲ Cinematography Award = Joo Seong-rim (‘Crime City 2’)
▲ Visual Effects Award = Jegalseung (‘Alien + Human Part 1’)
▲ People’s Award for Best Actress = Oh Nara (‘Genre Only Romance’)
▲ Lighting Award = Lee Seong-hwan (‘Hunt’)
▲ Costume Award = Kwon Yoo-jin · Lim Seung-hee (‘Hansan: The Rise of the Dragon’)
▲ Best Editing = Kim Seon-min (‘Crime 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’)
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