Blue Dragon Awards 2009

2009 Blue Dragon Awards
2009 Blue Dragon Awards – Nominations: Nov. 14, 2009
2009 Blue Dragon Awards – Winners: KBS Hall in Seoul on Dec. 2, 2009
 

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 2010 best foreign language film Academy Awards.
 

Best Film
Take Off – Yong-hwa Kim
Good Morning President – Jang Jin
Mother – Joon-ho Bong
Thirst – Chan-wook Park
Haeundae – Je-gyun Yun
Best Director
Yong-hwa Kim – Take Off
Jang Jin – Good Morning President
Joon-ho Bong – Mother
Chan-wook Park – Thirst
Je-gyun Yun – Haeundae
Best New Director
Hyeong-cheol Kang – Scandal Makers
Keon-hong Park – Lifting King Kong
Ik-jun Yang – Breathless
Yong-ju Lee – Possessed
Ki-hun [...]

by Irene Young | November 14, 2009   
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Blue Dragon Awards 2008

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 Got Married)
Best Supporting Actor: Park Hee-soon (Seven Days)
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Ji-young (Forever the Moment)
Best New Actor: So Ji-sub, Kang Ji-hwan (A Movie is a Movie)
Best New Actress: Han Ye-seul (Miss Gold Digger)
Best Screenplay: Lee Kyung-mi, Park Chan-wook (Crush and Blush)
Best Cinematography: Lee Mo-gae (The Good, The Bad, The Weird)
Best Lighting: Kang Dae-hee (Modern Boy)
Best Music: Park Joon-seok (Go Go 70)
Best [...]

by Andre Soares | November 21, 2008   
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Blue Dragon Awards 2006

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 an environmentally conscious cautionary tale.
 

Best Film
Radio Star
Family Ties
* The Host
King and the Clown
Tazza
Best Director
Kim Tae-Yong (Family Ties)
Bong Joon-Ho (The Host)
* Yoo Ha (A Dirty Carnival)
Lee Joon-Ik (King and the Clown)
Choi Dong-Hoon (Tazza)
Best Leading Actor (tie)
Kam Woo-Sung (King and the Clown)
* Park Joong-Hoon (Radio Star)
Song Kang-Ho (The Host)
* Ahn Sung-Ki (Radio Star)
Cho Seung-Woo (Tazza)
Best Leading Actress
* Kim Hye-Soo (Tazza)
Uhm Jung-Hwa [...]

by Andre Soares | December 15, 2006   
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