Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Burning’ wins best picture title at Daejong Film Awards
SEOUL: Burning, the latest movie from award-winning South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang- dong, won best picture at the 55th annual Daejong Film Awards on Monday.
Lee’s first feature in eight years, Burning, starring Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun and Jeon Jong- seo, depicts the insecurity, helplessness and anger of young Korean people through the story of a parttime deliveryman and aspiring novelist, and two of his friends.
Premiering in the main competition section of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, the film won the Fipresci I n t e r n a t i on a l Critics’ Prize for best film in the category.
Jang Joon-hwan won best director for 1987: When the Day Comes, a local box office hit about historical nationwide protests that led to the eventual overthrow of the military-backed government in June 1987. The historical epic also won the best planning award.
Lee Seong-min and Hwang Jung-min shared best actor for director Yoon Jong-bin’s political thriller The Spy Gone North, while best actress went to Na Moon-hee of I Can Speak.
Microhabitat earned its writer- director Jeon Go-woon best screenplay and best rookie director.
Believer landed best supporting actor and actress awards for its co- stars Kim Joo-hyuk and Jin Seo-yeon.
As South Korea’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, the Daejong Film Awards were launched in 1962 to boost the quality of Korean films and to support the industry.