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)