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- Korean netizens choose Radio Star
- by Darcy Paquet (KOFIC) / Jan 29, 2007
Korean netizens choose Radio Star
Online film reservations site Maxmovie and Channel CGV have announced the results of their 4th annual Best Film Awards selections based on voting by internet users. With a total of 425,613 votes cast, the surprise winner for Best Picture was LEE Jun-ik's Radio Star –a film which opened weakly at the box office but benefitted from strong word of mouth.
Other awards included Best Director to BONG Joon-ho for his film The Host, and Best Foreign Film to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. The full awards are listed below:
Best Picture: Radio Star
Best Director: BONG Joon-ho, The Host
Best Foreign Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Actor: ZO In-sung, A Dirty Carnival
Best Actress: KIM Ah-joong, 200 Pound Beauty
Best Supporting Actor: BYUN Hee-bong, The Host
Best Supporting Actress: NA Moon-hee, Cruel Winter Blues
Best Poster: A Dirty Carnival
Best Trailer: The Host
Newcomer's Award, chosen by journalists: actor RYU Deok-hwan, Like a Virgin
An awards ceremony is scheduled to be held on February 6.
Darcy Paquet (KOFIC)
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