IU wins best new actress at 27th Chunsa International Film Festival
Popular Korean singer IU bagged the best new actress award at the 27th Chunsa International Film Festival held in Seoul on Sept. 30.
It started as the Chunsa Arts Awards in 1990 and eventually became the Chunsa International Film Festival. The film festival was launched in honor of Korean filmmaker and actor Na Un-gyu whose pen name was Chunsa.

IU won best new actress for her role in the film “Broker,” which was screened at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
However, IU was unable to attend the awarding ceremony as she was classified as a close contact of a Covid-19 positive person.
IU attended the Milan Fashion Week and returned to South Korea on Sept. 29. She underwent PCR testing and her results did not come out on Sept. 30.
Oh Na-ra of the Korean entertainment program “Sixth Sense” won best supporting actress for “Perhaps Love.”
Here are the winners at 27th Chunsa International Film Festival:
Best Director - Park Chan-wook, “Decision to Leave”
Best New Director - Lee Sang-yong, “The Roundup”
Best Actress - Tang Wei, “Decision to Leave”
Best Actor - Park Hae-il, “Decision to Leave”
Best Supporting Actress - Oh Na-ra, “Perhaps Love”
Best Supporting Actor - Park Ji-hwan, ‘The Roundup”
Best New Actor - Mu Jin-Sung, “Perhaps Love” and Kim Dong-hwi, “In Our Prime”
Best New Actress - Lee Ji-eun (IU), “Broker”
Chunsa International Director's Award - Kore-eda Hirokazu, “Broker”
Audiences' Choice Award for Most Popular Film - “The Roundup”
Best Screenplay - Kim Han-min and Yun Hong-gi, “Hansan: Rising Dragon”
Technical Award - Cinematographer Choi Young-hwan, “Escape from Mogadishu”