KOFIC is reporting the nominees for this year's Grand Bell awards, Korea's rough equivalent to the Oscars. As with its American counterpart perhaps, the Grand Bells place a value on commercial fare, which often means the year's biggest box office hit ends up scooping the Grand Bell itself, which is exactly what happened last year with The King and the Clown. No surprise, then, that this year sees relatively err... lightweight but hugely successful titles such as 200 Pounds Beauty (pictured) among the nominees, but may well see Bong Joon-ho's monster monster movie The Host run off with the spoils...
Nominations in the main categories are as follows...
Best Film
Radio Star
A Dirty Carnival
200 Pounds Beauty
The Host
Family Ties
Best Director
Kim Yong-hwa (200 Pounds Beauty)
Bong Joon-ho (The Host)
Kim Tae-yong (Family Ties)
Ryoo Seung-wan (City of Violence)
Choi Dong-hoon (Tazza: The High Rollers)
It's also worth noting that one or two winners of Grand Bells long forgotten are to set to appear on Firecracker TV soon - keep an eye out!
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