The main characters at this year's Blue Dragon Film Festival were parasites, Jung Woo-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong.
The best film award at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony held in Paradise City, Yeongjong-do, Incheon, was awarded by director Bong Joon-ho. The Best Actor and Best Actress went to Jung Woo-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong, respectively.
First, the best nominations for the best film were 'extreme job', 'midbird', 'Swing Kids' and 'Exit'.
Kang-Ho Song, who won the award for the film on the day, said, "I am honored to win the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Palm Prize, but I dare to think that we are also a little proud to make such a movie."
He added: "I pay tribute to the great director of the Republic of Korea, Bong Joon-ho, the best staff and great actors, who made a film called 'parasites'. "We give our audience the honor," he added.
Jung Woo-sung has won the Best Actor award for the movie 'Innocent Witness', with 'Extreme Job' Ryu Seung-ryong, 'Birthday' Seol Kyung-gu, 'parasite' Kang-Ho Song, 'Exit'
Jung Woo-sung said, "I suddenly thought I wanted to receive the prize." "I wanted to play with the words" I knew parasites would receive the prize. " I participated in the Blue Dragon quite a lot, and I won the prize for the first time. "
Cho Yeo-jeong won the Best Actress Award for the film 'parasite', beating 'Anger: Yu Gwan-soon' orphanage, 'National Day of Insolvency' Kim Hye-soo, 'Exit' Im Yoon-ah, 'Birthday' Jeon Do-yeon.
Cho Yeo-jeong said, "I accepted the acting as a crushing thing for some time," he said. "I acted with the mind that I could be abandoned at any time."
"I thought that love could never be done, and in a way it was my driving force," he said. "I do not think that unrequited love has been achieved. Maybe it's obvious, but I'll walk silently. I will love you as hard as I am now. "
The best supporting actor went to Jo Woo-jin of "National Bankruptcy Day" and the best supporting actress went to Lee Jung-eun of "The Parasite." The new director was Lee Sang-geun, who directed the film "Exit".
The 40th Blue Dragon Film Award Winner (Written)
▲ Best Picture = 'parasite' ▲ Director = Bong Joon-ho ('parasite') ▲ Best Actor = Jung Woo-sung ('Innocent Witness') ▲ Best Actress = Cho Yeo-jeong ('parasite') ▲ Best Supporting Actor = Jo Woo-jin (' National Day of Insolvency') ▲ Supporting Actress = Lee Jung-eun ('parasite'), New Man Idol = Park Hae-soo ('quantum physics'), New Man Idol = Kim Hye-joon ('Minor'), New Man Director Award = Lee Sang-geun ('Exit'), script Award = Kim Bora ('Bird') ▲ Photographic Lighting Award = Kim Ji-yong, Cho Kyu-young ('Swinging' Kids') ▲ Editorial Prize = Nam Na Young ('Swing Kids'), Technology Prize = Yoon Jin-yul, Kwon Ji-hoon ('Exit'), Music Prize = Kim Tae-sung ('Sabaha'), Art Prize = Lee Ha-jun ('parasite'), Korean Film Award = 'Extreme Job' ▲ Chung Jung-won Popular Star Award = Lee Kwang-soo, Lee Hyung-sik, Im Yoon-ah ▲ Chung Jung Won Short Film Award = Jang Yoo-jin ('Milk')
The director award is Bong Joon-ho, and the male and female supporting awards are awarded to Jo Woo-jin and Lee Jung-eun respectively.