The 56th Grand Bell Awards, also known as the Daejong Film Awards, took place at Grand Walkerhill in Seoul yesterday [June 3rd, 2020].
Presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea, the ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on the 25th of February but had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the event was held without an audience due to health concerns.
The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest continuous film awards held in South Korea, and has been called the Korean equivalent of the American Academy Awards.
The program was hosted by celebrities Han Hye Jin and Lee Hwi Jae.
With a total of 193 Wins and 320 Nominations from various film awards, screenwriter and director Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite" held the most number of nominations.
Below is the list of the awards presented with its winners and nominees.
Best Film |
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(2019) | (2019) | (2019) | (2019) |
Best Actress |
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WINNER as Kim Ji Young |
as Im Ji Woo | as Yoon Hee | as Soon Nam | as Baek Sang Ah |
Best Supporting Actor |
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WINNER as Detective Ma Bong Pal |
as Kang Kyung Ho | as Byung Chul | as Oh Geun Sae | as Hwang Hee |
Best Supporting Actress |
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WINNER as Gook Moon Gwang |
as Kim Young Ji | as Kim Mi Hee | as Oh Mi Ran (2019) |
as Detective Jang |
Best New Actor |
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WINNER as Hyun Woo |
Detective Jae Hoon | as Lee Chan Woo | as Bo Hee | as Zhen Chen |
Best New Actress |
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WINNER as Yeong Hee |
as Eun Hee | as Kim Yoon Ah | as Geum Hwa | as Seon Hee / Seul Ki |
Best Cinematography |
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Hong Kyung Pyo | Kang Kook Hyun | Kim Dong Young | Lee Tae Yoon |
Best Film Editing |
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WINNER Lee Gang Hui |
Nam Na Yeong | Yang Jin Mo | Jeong Byeong Jin | Kim Sun Min |
Best Art Direction |
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WINNER Seo Seong Kyeong |
Lee Ha Jun | Ryu Seong Hee | | Cho Hwa Sung |
Best Lighting |
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WINNER Jeon Young Seok |
Kim Chang Ho | Cho Kyu Young | Hwang Sun Ok | Lee Seung Hwan Forbidden Dream (2019) |
Best Music |
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WINNER Jung Jae Il |
| Matija Strniša | Kim Tae Seong | |
Technical Award |
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WINNER Andras Ikladi |
| Son Seung Hyeon and Kim Shin Cheol | Jin Yul Yun and Jung Do Ahn |
Best Planning |
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WINNER Lee Jong Suk |
Yoon Seo Young | Kim Soon Mo | Baek Hyeon Ik | Mo Il Young |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
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Sources: [1] [2] [3]