With the latest winning in Grand Bell award yesterday, Na Moon Hee has made history by becoming the first actress ever to claim all the prestigious Best Actress awards offered in Korea – 1st Seoul Awards, 38th Blue Dragon Awards, 54th Paeksang Art Awards and 55th Daejong / Grand Bell Awards, with the same cinematic role as an elderly woman who consistently made complaints in I Can Speak since the first ceremonial awards introduced. Interestingly, she also made another history by becoming the oldest one to do so at 76 years old.
Few actresses had made the attempts before including Jeon Do Yeon and Yeon Joon Hee through their awards-winning performances in Harmonium in My Memory and Poetry, respectively but they never did that with Paeksang Awards.
Na Moon Hee couldn’t attend the ceremony, thus she leave the message read as, ” I had shooting and I need to pass the ceremony as well ,” via her agency beforehand.
The Grand Bell award also honored the posthumous actor, Kim Joo Hyuk for his critically-acclaimed performance in Believer beating the other nominees like Gi Ju Bong (“The Spy Gone North”) , Song Sae-byeok (“Seven Years of Night”), Steven Yeun (“Burning”) and Jin Seon-kyu (“The Outlaws”). Kim Joo Hyuk died last year due to the road accident and somebody took the award on behalf of him. Another notable winners includes the Cannes-darling Burning, which was coveted as the Best Film while Jang Joon Hwan took the Best Directing trophy instead for 1987: When The Day Comes.
The Grand Bell award is the oldest award ceremony to be held in South Korea and known globally for its equivalence to the famous Academy Awards (“Oscar”). Many filmmakers and actors had criticized the way the award was handled since the last few years despite the efforts made by the organizers to improve its transparency and credibility. Some of them boycotted the ceremony to show their protests.
Here, the list of the winners and nominees of 55th Daejong / Grand Bell Awards.
Best Film
Burning
- The Spy Gone North
- The Fortress
- Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
- 1987: When the Day Comes
Best Director
Jang Joon-hwan – 1987: When the Day Comes
- Kim Yong-hwa – Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
- Yoon Jong-bin – The Spy Gone North
- Lee Chang-dong – Burning
- Hwang Dong-hyuk – The Fortress
Best Actor
Hwang Jung-min – The Spy Gone North
Lee Sung-min – The Spy Gone North
- Kim Yoon-seok – 1987: When the Day Comes
- Lee Byung-hun – The Fortress
- Yoo Ah-in – Burning
- Cho Jin-woong – Believer
Best Actress
Na Moon-hee – I Can Speak
- Kim Da-mi – The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
- Kim Tae-ri – 1987: When the Day Comes
- Kim Hae-sook – Herstory
- Esom – Microhabitat
Best Supporting Actor
(Posthumous) Kim Joo-hyuk – Believer
- Gi Ju-bong – The Spy Gone North
- Song Sae-byeok – Seven Years of Night
- Steven Yeun – Burning
- Jin Seon-kyu – The Outlaws
Best Supporting Actress
Jin Seo-yeon – Believer
- Go Min-si – The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
- Kim Sae-byuk – Adulthood
- Kim Sun-young – Herstory
- Jung Yoo-mi – Psychokinesis
Best New Actor
Lee Ga-sub – The Seeds of Violence
- Go Sung-wan – Loser’s Adventure
- Oh Seung-hoon – Method
- Wi Ha-joon – Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
- Jung Ga-ram – The Poet and the Boy
Best New Actress
Kim Da-mi – The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
- Kim Ka-hee – Park Hwa-young
- Jeon Jong-seo – Burning
- Jin Ki-joo – Little Forest
- Lee Jae-in – Adulthood
Best New Director
Jeon Go-woon – Microhabitat
- Im Dae-hyung – Marry Christmas Mr. Mo
- Kang Yoon-sung – The Outlaws
- Shin Dong-suk – Last Child
- Lee Seok-geun – On Your Wedding Day
Best Screenplay
Jeon Go-woon – Microhabitat
- Kwon Sung-hwi, Yoon Jong-bin – The Spy Gone North
- Hwang Dong-hyuk – The Fortress
- Yoo Seung-hee – I Can Speak
- Kim Kyung-chan – 1987: When the Day Comes
- Kim In-sun, Park Geun-beom – Adulthood
Best Cinematography
Kim Ji-yong – The Fortress
- Choi Chan-min – The Spy Gone North
- Kim Tae-kyung – Believer
- Hong Kyung-pyo – Burning
- Kim Woo-hyung – 1987: When the Day Comes
Best Editing
Kim Hyung-joo, Yang Dong-yeop – Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
- Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum – The Spy Gone North
- Nam Na-young – The Fortress
- Kim Jin-oh, Kim Hye-jin – Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
- Yang Jin-mo – 1987: When the Day Comes
Best Art Direction
Park Il-hyun – The Spy Gone North
- Chae Kyung-sun – The Fortress
- Lee Ha-joon – Believer
- Lee Mok-won – Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
- Jo Hwa-sung – Illang: The Wolf Brigade
Best Lighting
Jo Kyu-young – The Fortress
- Yoo Suk-moon – The Spy Gone North
- Kim Chang-ho – Burning
- Lee Sung-hwan – Illang: The Wolf Brigade
- Kim Seung-kyu – 1987: When the Day Comes
Best Costume Design
Jo Sang-kyung – Illang: The Wolf Brigade
- Chae Kyung-hwa – The Spy Gone North
- Jo Sang-kyung – The Fortress
- Jo Sang-kyung – Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
- Chae Kyung-hwa, Lee Eun-yi – 1987: When the Day Comes
Best Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Fortress
- Dalpalan – Believer
- Mowg – Burning
- Bang Joon-seok – Sunset in My Hometown
- Kim Tae-seong – 1987: When the Day Comes
Technical Award
Jin Jong-hyun – Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
- The Spy Gone North
- Believer
- The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
- Illang: The Wolf Brigade
Best Planning
Lee Woo-jung – 1987: When the Day Comes
- Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
- The Spy Gone North
- The Outlaws
- Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Woori Bank Star Award
Kim Seol-hyun
Special Award
(Posthumous) Kim Joo-hyuk
