‘Concrete Utopia,’ ‘Moving’ win best film, series at 59th Grand Bell Awards in Korea


“Concrete Utopia” won best film and Disney+’s “Moving” won best series at the 59th Grand Bell Awards held on Nov. 15 at the Gyeonggi Arts Center in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. 

This year, the Grand Bell Awards launched the OTT (over-the-top) category to recognize shows on streaming services. 

“Concrete Utopia,” a disaster film starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-jun and Park Bo-young, took home six awards. 

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"Concrete Utopia" (Korean Film Council) Grand7C.jpg

"Moving" (Disney+)

Besides best film, it won best actor for Lee Byung-hun, best supporting actress for Kim Sun-young, best art direction, best visual effects and best sound. 

The best supporting actor and actress awards went to Oh Jeong-se for “Cobweb” and Kim Sun-young for “Concrete Utopia.”

“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” star Kim Seon-ho bagged the best new actor for his debut film “The Childe.” Kim Si-eun won the best new actress award for “Next Sohee.”

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Best actor winner Lee Byung-hun (Screenshot from Gyeonggi Arts Center video) 

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Best actress winner Kim Seo-hyung (Screenshot from Gyeonggi Arts Center video) Grand5.jpg

Best supporting actress Kim Sun-young (Screenshot from Gyeonggi Arts Center video) Grand3 .jpg

Best new actor Kim Seon-ho (Screenshot from Gyeonggi Arts Center video) Grand4.jpg

Best new actress Kim Si-eun (Screenshot from Gyeonggi Arts Center video) 

Here are the winners at the 59th Grand Bell Awards:

FILM CATEGORY

Best Film - "Concrete Utopia" 

Best Director -  Ryoo Seung-wan, “Smugglers” 

Best Actor - Lee Byung-hun, “Concrete Utopia” 

Best Actress  - Kim Seo-hyung, Green House 

Best Supporting Actor - Oh Jeong-se, “Cobweb”

Best Supporting Actress - Kim Sun-young, “Concrete Utopia”

Best New Actor  - Kim Seon-ho, “The Childe” 

Best New Actress Award - Kim Si-eun, “Next Sohee”

Best New Director -  Ahn Tae-jin, “The Night Owl”

Daejong’s Expected Award for Actor - Jung Sung-hwa, “Hero” 

Daejong’s Expected Award  for Director - Jay Park, “Mother Land”

Daejong’s Expected Award for Film  - "Dream Palace"

Achievement Award - Jang Mi-hee

Documentary Award - Yang Young-hee, “Soup and Ideology”

Best Costume Design - Yoon Jeong-hee, “Killing Romance”

Best Art Direction - Cho Hwa-sung, Choi Hyun-seouk, “Concrete Utopia”

Best Sound - Kim Suk-won, “Concrete Utopia”

Best Film Editing - Kim Sun-min, “The Night Owl”

Best Visual Effects - Eun Jae-hyeon, “Concrete Utopia”

Best Screenplay - Hyun Gyu-ri, Ahn Tae-jin, “The Night Owl”

Best Music - Dalparan, “Phantom” 

Best Cinematography - Choi Young-hwan, “Smugglers”  

 

SERIES CATEGORY 

Best Series Award  - “Moving”

Best Actor in a Series - Choi Min-sik, “Big Bet” 

Best Actress in a Series - Han Hyo-joo, “Moving”

Best Series Director - Kang Yoon-sung, “Big Bet”

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Best actress in a series Han Hyo-joo  (Screenshot from Gyeonggi Arts Center video) Grand2.jpg

Best actor in a series Choi Min-sik  (Screenshot from Gyeonggi Arts Center video)