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    35th Buil Film Awards Winners: “The World of Love” Takes Best Film, “HOPE” Wins 5 Awards

    The 35th Buil Film Awards took place on Wednesday, October 7, at the Signiel Busan Grand Ballroom in Haeundae, Busan, hosted by actors Kim Nam Gil and Chun Woo Hee. The ceremony was streamed live on Naver chzzk.

    A Prestigious Awards Show With a Long History

    Founded in 1958, the Buil Film Awards is Korea’s first film award. It helped drive the golden age of Korean cinema in the 1960s. After a long break, it returned in 2008 and is now in its 19th consecutive year since the revival.

    “The World of Love” Wins the Top Prize

    Yoon Ga Eun’s “The World of Love” won Best Film, and its lead, Seo Su Bin, took Best Actress. Seo had been nominated in two categories, Best Actress and Best New Actress.

    Na Hong Jin’s “HOPE” was the night’s biggest winner with five awards: Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Eum Moon Suk), Best New Actress (Jung Ho Yeon), Best Cinematography (Hong Kyung Pyo), and Best Art & Technical Achievement (Lee Hoo Kyung).

    Highlights of the Night

    • “The King’s Warden” took three trophies.
      Yoo Hae Jin won Best Actor, and Jeon Mi Do and Park Ji Hoon won the Female and Male Star of the Year awards. Yoo was not at the ceremony, and a representative from the production company Onda Works accepted the award for him. Park’s hoped-for triple crown ended with the Star Award, as Best New Actor went to Jo Yoo Hyun.
    • “No Other Choice” won just one award despite leading with nine nominations.
      Yeom Hye Ran took Best Supporting Actress. Lee Byung Hun, Son Ye Jin and Park Chan Wook went home without awards.
    • Hong Kyung Pyo repeated his win.
      After winning Best Cinematography for “Harbin” last year, he won again this year for “HOPE.”
    • Special honor:
      The Yu Hyun Mok Film Arts Award went to the late Lim Jae Chul.

    The Winners and Nominees

    ( Winners are in BOLD)

    Best Film

    • “The World of Love“
    • “The Final Semester”
    • “People and Meat”
    • “No Other Choice”
    • “HOPE”

    Best Director

    • Na Hong Jin (“HOPE”)
    • Park Chan Wook (“No Other Choice”)
    • Byun Sung Hyun (“Good News”)
    • Yoon Ga Eun (“The World of Love”)
    • Jang Hang Jun (“The King’s Warden”)

    Best Actor

    • Yoo Hae Jin (“The King’s Warden”)
    • Koo Kyo Hwan (“Once We Were Us”)
    • Park Ji Hoon (“The King’s Warden”)
    • Lee Byung Hun (“No Other Choice”)
    • Zo In Sung (“HOPE”)

    Best Actress

    • Seo Su Bin (“The World of Love”)
    • Ko A Seong (“Pavane”)
    • Mun Ka Young (“Once We Were Us”)
    • Son Ye Jin (“No Other Choice”)
    • Yeom Hye Ran (“My Name”)

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Eum Moon Suk (“HOPE”)
    • Oh Jung Se (“Wild Sing”)
    • Yoo Ji Tae (“The King’s Warden”)
    • Yoon Kyung Ho (“My Daughter Is a Zombie”)
    • Lee Sung Min (“No Other Choice”)

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Shin Hyun Been (“The Ugly”)
    • Yeom Hye Ran (“No Other Choice”)
    • Lee Jung Eun (“My Daughter Is a Zombie”)
    • Jang Hye Jin (“The World of Love”)
    • Jeon Mi Do (“The King’s Warden”)

    Best New Director

    • Kim Yoo Min (“Isle Of Snakes”)
    • Yoo Jae Wook (“The Gorals”)
    • Lee Sang Min (“Salmokji: Whispering Water”)
    • Choi Seung Woo (“Last Summer”)
    • Han Chang Rok (“Funky Freaky Freaks”)

    Best New Actor

    • Moon Sang Min (“Pavane”)
    • Park Ji Hoon (“The King’s Warden”)
    • Yoo Yi Ha (“The Final Semester”)
    • Jo Yoo Hyun (“3670”)
    • Joo Min Hyeong (“Funky Freaky Freaks”)

    Best New Actress

    • Seo Su Bin (“The World of Love”)
    • Shin Sia (“Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight”)
    • Lee Seung Yeon (“The Gorals”)
    • Jang Da A (“Salmokji: Whispering Water”)
    • Jung Ho Yeon (“HOPE”)

    Best Screenplay

    • Byun Sung Hyun, Lee Jin Sung (“Good News”)
    • Yeon Sang Ho (“The Ugly”)
    • Yoon Ga Eun (“The World of Love”)
    • Lee Ran Hee (“The Final Semester”)
    • Lim Na Moo (“People and Meat”)

    Best Cinematography

    • Kim Woo Hyung (“No Other Choice”)
    • Byun Bong Sun (“Colony”)
    • Yang Hyun Seok (“HUMINT”)
    • Cho Hyoung Rae (“Good News”)
    • Hong Kyung Pyo (“HOPE”)

    Best Music

    • Jo Young Wook (“No Other Choice”)
    • Lee Jin Hee (“Wild Sing”)
    • Dalpalan (“The King’s Warden”)
    • Lee Min Hwi (“Pavane”)
    • Michael Abels (“HOPE”)

    Best Art & Technical Achievement

    • Han Ah Reum (“Good News” / Art)
    • Ryu Seong Hee (“No Other Choice” / Art)
    • Park Il Hyun (“The People Upstairs” / Art)
    • Yoo Sang Seop (“HOPE” / Martial Arts)
    • Lee Hoo Kyung (“HOPE” / Art)
    teamAME

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