'Parasite' Wins Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film at Critics' Choice Awards

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The film Parasite won Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film at the Critics' Choice Awards. Director Bong Joon-ho shared the Best Director award with Sam Mendes of 1917 at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards ceremony held on the 12th (local time) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, USA.

This achievement was made by surpassing directors such as Martin Scorsese of The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. Parasite had previously won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the Golden Globe Awards on the 5th but did not receive awards for Best Director or Best Screenplay.

The Critics' Choice Awards is a significant critics' event organized by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) in North America. Upon receiving the award, Director Bong said, "I was enjoying the ceremony while eating a vegan burger, and many unexpected things happened." He added, "I am happier to be nominated alongside the nominated directors than to have won this award. Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story), Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino?all are directors I love." He then expressed gratitude to the Parasite team and humorously said, "Now I have to go eat the half-left vegan burger," which brought laughter to the venue.

Parasite also won the Best Foreign Language Film award, beating out Atlantics, Les Mis?rables, Pain and Glory, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Having almost monopolized this category in recent ceremonies, it is highly likely to win again at the Academy Awards on the 9th of next month. The final Oscar nominees will be announced at 5:18 a.m. on the 13th (10:18 p.m. on the 13th Korean time).

Meanwhile, the Best Picture award went to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This film also won Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, and Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt), achieving four awards in total. The Best Editing award went to 1917, and the Best Acting Ensemble award was given to The Irishman, featuring outstanding performances by Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci.

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