"Oldboy" reigns at Critics Choice Awards
Published on | Source
The Critics Choice Awards, a yearly awards ceremony which has been held since 1980 by the Korean Film Critics Society, presented a total of five awards to Park Chan-wook's acclaimed "Oldboy", including Best Picture.
Other prizes won by the film include Best Director, Best Actor (Choi Min-sik), Best New Actress (Kang Hye-jung), and Best Music (Jo Yeong-wook).
For other categories, Yum Jung-ah won Best Actress for her role in "The Big Swindle"; Kim Ki-duk won Best Screenplay for "3-Iron"; Best New Actor went to Gang Dong-won for "Temptation of Wolves"; Best New Director was won by Choi Dong-hoon of "The Big Swindle", and a Special Mention was presented to Kim Dong-won's documentary "Repatriation". Record-breaking war film "Taegukgi" also won Best Cinematography (Hong Kyung-pyo) and Best Effects (Jung Do-an).
Prizes were scheduled to be given at a special ceremony on November 25 at Hypertheque Nada in Seoul. The Korean Film Critics Society, headed by JOO Jin-sook, also announced the best ten films of the past year by consensus vote, as follows: "Oldboy" (18 votes), "3-Iron" (12 votes), "Silmido" (9 votes), "Taegukgi" (8 votes), "Repatriation" (7 votes), "Spider Forest" (6 votes), "The Scarlet Letter" (5 votes), "Woman is the Future of Man" (5 votes), "The President's Barber" (5 votes), and "The Big Swindle" (3 votes).
Other prizes won by the film include Best Director, Best Actor (Choi Min-sik), Best New Actress (Kang Hye-jung), and Best Music (Jo Yeong-wook).
For other categories, Yum Jung-ah won Best Actress for her role in "The Big Swindle"; Kim Ki-duk won Best Screenplay for "3-Iron"; Best New Actor went to Gang Dong-won for "Temptation of Wolves"; Best New Director was won by Choi Dong-hoon of "The Big Swindle", and a Special Mention was presented to Kim Dong-won's documentary "Repatriation". Record-breaking war film "Taegukgi" also won Best Cinematography (Hong Kyung-pyo) and Best Effects (Jung Do-an).
Prizes were scheduled to be given at a special ceremony on November 25 at Hypertheque Nada in Seoul. The Korean Film Critics Society, headed by JOO Jin-sook, also announced the best ten films of the past year by consensus vote, as follows: "Oldboy" (18 votes), "3-Iron" (12 votes), "Silmido" (9 votes), "Taegukgi" (8 votes), "Repatriation" (7 votes), "Spider Forest" (6 votes), "The Scarlet Letter" (5 votes), "Woman is the Future of Man" (5 votes), "The President's Barber" (5 votes), and "The Big Swindle" (3 votes).
Advertisement