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- BURNING Leads Asian Film Awards with 8 Nominations
- LEE Chang-dong’s BURNING (2018) will go into the 13th Asian Film Awards as a favorite this year after scoring eight nominations, more than any other film, including Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters. The acclaimed drama bowed in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May. BURNING is nominated for Be...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 15, 2019
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- 1987 Takes Home Another Grand Prize at KFPA Awards
- The Korean Film Producers Association Awards held their 5th edition on December 11th. This year’s Grand Prize went to JANG Joon-hwan’s hit period political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), while YIM Soon-rye earned the Best Director Prize for her feel good youth drama Little Forest. The top ac...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 24, 2018
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- 1987 Comes Out on Top at Blue Dragon Awards
- JANG Joon-hwan’s political drama 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) topped the 39th edition of the Blue Dragon Film Awards, which took place in Seoul on November 23 during a ceremony hosted by stars KIM Hye-soo and YOO Yeon-seok. Other top prizes went to YOON Jong-bin, who earned Best Director for his ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 06, 2018
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- BURNING Takes Home Top Grand Bell Award
- The 55th Grand Bell (Daejong) Film Awards took place in Seoul on the evening of October 22, where LEE Chang-dong’s latest critically acclaimed work Burning, which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, was handed the Best Film Prize. This year’s awards were very evenly spread out with...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 29, 2018