SONG Kang-ho and SON Ye-jin Take Home Acting Honors
The Korean Film Reporters Association handed out their awards for 2016 during their 8th annual ceremony on January 16th. They gave their ‘Film of the Year’ main prize to
NA Hong-jin’s
THE WAILING, adding to the film’s successful awards run. NA also received the Best Director prize for his Cannes-invited hit, which drew almost seven million viewers to Korean multiplexes during the spring.
YOON Ga-eun’s feature debut
The World of Us earned the Best Independent Film prize while Damien Chazelle’s
La La Land was recognized as the Best Foreign Film. The Korean Film Reporters Association Awards, which were handed out in the Korean Press Center in Central Seoul, were selected by 50 Korean film journalists.