Blue Dragon Awards Articles

Directed by Joon-ho Bong, Mother, South Korea’s submission for the 2010 best foreign language film Academy Awards, won the top prize at the Blue Dragon Awards ceremony held tonight in Seoul. Despite its important victory, Mother, the tale of a middle-aged mother (Kim Hye-ja) fighting to clear the name of her son (Won Bin), who has been accused of a vicious crime, failed to win [...]

2009 Blue Dragon Awards 2009 Blue Dragon Awards – Nominations: Nov. 14, 2009 2009 Blue Dragon Award Winners: KBS Hall in Seoul on Dec. 2, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Directed by Joon-ho Bong, Mother chronicles the fight of a middle-aged mother to clear the name of her son, accused of a vicious crime. Mother is South Korea's submission for the [...]

2008 Blue Dragon Awards   Lim Soon-rye's Forever the Moment, chronicles the struggles of a fictionalized version of Korea's women's handball team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.   Best Film: Forever the Moment Best Director: Kim Ji-woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) Best New Director: Lee Kyung-mi (Crush and Blush) Best Actor: Kim Yoon-seok (The Chaser) Best Actress: Sohn Ye-jin (My Wife [...]

2006 Blue Dragon Awards 2006 Blue Dragon Film Award winners: KBS Hall in Seoul, on December 15, 2006 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Bong Joon-Ho's The Host was a phenomenal box-office hit in South Korea. The tale of a mutant river creature with a taste for fresh human flesh, The Host works as black comedy, as drama, as a horror flick, as [...]