‘Homage’ Lee Jung-eun, Best Actress Award at London Asian Film Festival

Actor Lee Jung-eun, winner of the Best Actor Award at the London Asian Film Festival. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Iseul] Actress Lee Jung-eun received the Best Actress Award at the 7th London Asian Film Festival for the movie "Hommage."

The festival praised Lee Jung-eun for delicately portraying the desires, frustrations, and courage of a middle-aged woman dreaming within an unexaggerated realistic performance in "Hommage."

"Hommage" is an art fantasy blockbuster connecting 1962 and 2022, depicting a cinematic time travel between the present and past of a middle-aged female director who restores the film of Korea's first-generation female film director, capturing a journey between everyday life and fantasy.

The film was nominated for Best Actress (Lee Jung-eun) and Best Director (Shin Su-won) at the Grand Bell Awards to be held this December, and was also nominated for Best Actress and Best Director at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards opening on November 11 in Gold Coast, Australia.

Previously, it was invited to the Sydney Film Festival, Glasgow Film Festival in the UK, Tokyo International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Hamburg Film Festival, and Jeonju International Film Festival, and received the Best Actress Award at the London Asian Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the 20th Florence Korean Film Festival. Additionally, it was invited as the closing film at the Taiwan International Women's Film Festival and as a competition film at the Geneva International Film Festival in Switzerland.

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