'Concrete Utopia' Wins Best Film Award at Bu-il Film Awards

Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and 3 Awards
'Daum Sohee' Bae Doona Wins Yoo Hyunmok Film Art Award

Director Eom Tae-hwa's film Concrete Utopia won the Best Film Award at the Bu-il Film Awards. At the awards ceremony held on the afternoon of the 5th at the Signiel Busan Grand Ballroom in Haeundae-gu, Busan, it swept three major awards including Best Actor (Lee Byung-hun) and Best Cinematography (Jo Hyung-rae). The film depicts the survival story of residents set against the backdrop of the only apartment that did not collapse in Seoul after a massive earthquake. Lee Byung-hun, who gave a convincing performance, said, "Although the scenes were set in midwinter, we filmed in midsummer. We struggled with the weather more than in any other film," and added, "I am grateful for the support of the audience."

The Best Actress Award went to Kim Seo-hyung for her role as a woman burdened with hardship in Vinyl House. The Best Director Award was given to director Jung Ju-ri for Next Sohee. Lead actress Bae Doo-na received the Yoo Hyun-mok Film Art Award, a special award established to continue the spirit of youth films by the late director Yoo Hyun-mok. Although this award has previously been given to directors and producers, it was awarded to an actor for the first time. In Next Sohee, Bae Doo-na played a police officer angry at adults who neglected the death of a teenage girl.

The Bu-il Film Awards, established in 1958, are the first film awards in Korea.

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