59th Grand Bell Awards

Annually awarded South Korean awards

Cha In-pyo
Jang Do-yeon

HighlightsBest FilmConcrete UtopiaBest DirectorRyoo Seung-wanBest ActorLee Byung-hunBest ActressKim Seo-hyungMost awardsConcrete Utopia – 6Most nominationsCobweb – 14Television coverageNetworkENA

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The 59th Grand Bell Awards (Korean: 제59회 대종상 영화제; RR: Daejongsang Yeonghwajae), also known as Daejong International Film Awards, is determined and presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea.^[1] The Grand Bell Awards were first presented in 1962 and have gained prestige as the Korean equivalent of the American Academy Awards.^[2] The 59th edition of the award ceremony was co-hosted with the Gyeonggi Arts Center for the first time at the Gyeonggi Arts Center Grand Theater and Convention Hall on November 15, 2023.^[3] Cha In-pyo and Jang Do-yeon were master of ceremonies for the award night.^[4]

Concrete Utopia won six awards including three popular awards viz.: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and three technical awards viz.: Visual Effects, Sound Effects, and Art Awards.^[5]

Judging panel

The judging panel consisted of 9 members: ^[6]

Jeong Sung-il, film critic
Kim Hong-shin, novelist
Won Dong-yeon, film producer
Jo Hye-jeong, Chung-Ang University professor
Kim Do-young, film director
Park Jong-won, Korea National University of Arts professor
Kim Sun-a, head of the Women's Filmmakers' Association
Kang Kyung-ho, Kyonggi University professor
Sung Joon-hyun, Theater Directors Association

Nominations and winners

Lee Byung-hun, winner of Best Actor Award

Kim Seo-hyung, winner of Best Actress Award

Oh Jung-se, winner of Best Supporting Actor Award

Kim Sun-young, winner of Best Supporting Actress Award

Kim Seon-ho, winner of Best New Actor Award

Kim Si-eun, winner of Best New Actress Award

The Grand Bell Awards Committee selected the nominees for all domestic releases (including series) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The nominations for best film were announced on October 20,^[7] and for the rest of categories on 24th.^[8]

(Winners denoted in bold)^[9]^[10]

Film awards

Best Film	Best Director
Concrete Utopia Cobweb Smugglers The Night Owl Next Sohee Sleep	Ryoo Seung-wan – Smugglers Kang Je-gyu – Road to Boston Um Tae-hwa – Concrete Utopia Kim Jee-woon – Cobweb Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee Yim Soon-rye – The Point Men
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Lee Byung-hun – Concrete Utopia* as Kim Yeong-tak** Song Kang-ho – Cobweb as Kim Ki-yeol Ryu Jun-yeol – The Night Owl as Cheon Kyung-soo Doh Kyung-soo – The Moon as Hwang Sun-woo Im Si-wan – Road to Boston as Suh Yun-bok	Kim Seo-hyung – Green House Yum Jung-ah – Smugglers as Um Jin-sook Jung Yu-mi – Sleep as Jung Soo-jin Bae Doona – Next Sohee as Oh Yoo-jin Kim Sun-young – Dream Palace as Hye-jeong Yang Mal-bok – The Apartment with Two Women
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Oh Jung-se – Cobweb* as Kang Ho-se** Kim Jong-soo – Smugglers as Lee Jang-chun Ko Kyu-pil – The Roundup: No Way Out as Cho Rong-i Park Jeong-min – Smugglers as Jang Do-ri Kang Ki-young – The Point Men	*Kim Sun-young – Concrete Utopia* as Kim Geum-ae** Go Min-si – Smugglers as Go Ok-bun Na Moon-hee – Hero as Cho Maria Krystal Jung – Cobweb as Han Yu-rim Jeon Yeo-been – Cobweb as Shin Mi-do
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
*Kim Seon-ho – The Childe* as Nobleman (Gwigongja)** Park Sung-hoon – Hail to Hell as Han Myeong-ho Lee Shin-young – Rebound as Cheon Ki-beom Kim Sung-cheol – The Night Owl as Crown Prince Sohyeon Byeon Woo-seok – Soulmate as Ham Jin-woo	*Kim Si-eun – Next Sohee* as So-hee** Ahn Eun-jin – The Night Owl as Jo So-yong Im Jee-ho – The Apartment with Two Women Oh Woo-ri – Hail to Hell Moon Seung-a – The Hill of Secrets
Best New Director	Best Screenplay
Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl Lee Sol-hui – Green House Kim Se-in – The Apartment with Two Women Jason Yu – Sleep Lee Ji-eun – The Hill of Secrets Ka Sung-moon – Dream Palace	Ahn Tae-jin, Hyun Eun-mi– The Night Owl Um Tae-hwa, Lee Sin-ji – Concrete Utopia Shin Yeon-sick – Cobweb Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee Jason Yu – Sleep Kim Se-in – The Apartment with Two Women
Best Music	Best Art Direction
Dalpalan – Phantom Chang Kiha – Smugglers Hwang Sang-jun – Hero Kim Hae-won – Concrete Utopia Mowg – Cobweb Jang Hyuk-jin, Jang Yong-jin – Sleep	Cho Hwa-sung, Choi Hyun-seouk – Concrete Utopia Shin Yu-jin – Killing Romance Jung Yi-jin – Cobweb Lee Hoo-kyoung – Smugglers Hong Ju-hui – The Moon Kim Bo-muk – Phantom
Best Cinematography	Best Visual Effects
Choi Young-hwan – Smugglers Kim Tae-kyeong – The Night Owl Kim Young-ho – The Moon Cho Hyoung-rae – Concrete Utopia Kim Tae-seong – Ransomed Kim Jee-yong – Cobweb	Eun Jae-hyun – Concrete Utopia Jin Jong-hyun – The Moon Park Sung-jin – Cobweb Noh Nam-seok – Ransomed Hwang Jin-hye, Kim Han-jun – Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman Heo Myeong-hoeng – Phantom
Best Sound	Best Costume Design
Kim Suk-won – Concrete Utopia Choi Tae-young – The Moon Park Yong-ki – The Night Owl Park Joo-Gang – Hero Gong Tae-won – Sleep Choi Tae-won – Cobweb	Yoon Jung-hee – Killing Romance Yoon Jung-hee, Kwon Soo-kyung – Smugglers Ham Hyun-ju – Phantom Choi Eui-young– Cobweb Chae Gyeong-hwa – Road to Boston Shim Hyun-seop – Hero Shim Hyun-seop – The Night Owl
Best Film Editing	Documentary Award
Kim Sun-min – The Night Owl Lee Gang-hee – Smugglers Yang Jin-mo – Cobweb Han Mi-yeon – Concrete Utopia Kim Chang-ju – Ransomed Lee Seon-min – Hero	Yang Young-hee – Soup and Ideology Go Hee-young – Legend of the Waterflowers Hwang Yoon – Sura: A Love Song Mario Lee – Little Garden Lee So-hyun – The Talent Show
Daejong's Attention Award (work)	Daejong's Attention Award (actor)
Dream Palace by Ka Sung-moon	Jung Sung-hwa in Hero
Daejong's Attention Award (director)	Lifetime Achievement Award
Park Jae-beom – Mother's Land: Grisha, Master of the Forest	Jang Mi-hee

Series awards

Best Series	Best Director Series
Moving (Disney+) The Glory (Netflix) Mask Girl (Netflix) Big Bet (Disney+)	Kang Yoon-sung – Big Bet Lee Jong-pil – One Day Off Kim Yong-hun – Mask Girl Ahn Gil-ho – The Glory Park In-je, Park Yoon-seo – Moving
Best Actor in a Series	Best Actress in a Series
*Choi Min-sik – Big Bet* as Cha Mu-sik** Ryu Seung-ryong – Moving as Jang Ju-won Jung Hae-in – D.P. Season 2 as Ahn Jun-ho Jin Seon-kyu – Bargain as Noh Hyung-soo Lee Sung-min – Shadow Detective as Kim Taek-rok Ahn Jae-hong – Mask Girl as Joo Oh-nam	*Han Hyo-joo – Moving* as Lee Mi-hyun** Song Hye-kyo – The Glory as Moon Dong-eun Lee Na-young – One Day Off as Park Ha-kyung Go Hyun-jung – Mask Girl as Kim Mo-mi Jeon Jong-seo – Bargain as Park Joo-young Yeom Hye-ran – Mask Girl as Kim Kyung-ja

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Films
14	Cobweb
11	Smugglers
11	Concrete Utopia
10	The Night Owl
6	Sleep
5	Hero
	Next Sohee
	The Moon
4	Phantom
3	Road to Boston
	Ransomed
	The Apartment with Two Women
2	The Point Men
	Green House
	Dream Palace
	The Hill of Secrets
	Killing Romance
	Hail to Hell

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