Kwak Yeon-soo is a digital editor at The Korea Times creating, editing and curating digital content for the newspaper’s website, mobile app and social media. She previously covered a diverse array of cultural, political and business topics.
Go Doo-shim, Moon So-ri named winners of 22nd Women in Film Korea Festival
From left, actors Moon So-ri, Go Doo-shim and Bang Min-ah / Courtesy of C-Jes Entertainment, Myung Film, Yooborn Company
By Kwak Yeon-soo
By Kwak Yeon-soo
Go Doo-shim, Moon So-ri and Bang Min-ah have been named winners of the 22nd Women in Film Korea Festival, which spotlights women both in front of and behind the camera and advocates gender equality in the film industry.
Veteran actor Go won the Woman in Film of the Year Award for her performance in “Everglow,” in which she played a haenyeo (UNESCO-recognized female diver of Jeju Island) who falls in love with a young documentary director.
The Best Actress Award went to Moon, who has swept main screen awards including the Blue Dragon Award and the Korean Association of Film Critics' Award. She appeared in drama film “Three Sisters” as the second-eldest daughter Mi-yeon, who had been the victim of domestic violence as a child and an extramarital affair of her husband as a grownup.
Bang, better known as Minah of K-pop group Girl's Day, won the Best New Actress Award for portraying a teenager with deep-seated trauma in thriller teen drama film “Snowball.”
“A Leave” director Lee Ran-hee took home the Best Director Award while “Gull” director Kim Mijo and “Snowball” director Lee Woo-jung won the Best Screenplay Awards. Producer Kim Min-kyung of “Good Light, Good Air” was named the Best Producer of the Year.
This year, the awards ceremony will be held at Cine Cube in Seoul on Dec. 16, as an in-person event.