Cho In-sung, Jeon Do-yeon to Park Ji-hoon: Honored with Yeongpyeong Awards… Na Hong-jin’s “Hope” Sweeps Triple Crown

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The Korean Film Critics Association (President Seo Gok-suk) has selected the recipients and winning works for the 46th Yeongpyeong Awards, as well as the Yeongpyeong Top 10. The Best Picture Award went to “Possible Love,” produced by Fine House Film, while the Director Award was awarded to Na Hong-jin for “Hope.”

The association announced on the 19th that it had finalized the recipients and winning works in each category of the Korean Film Critics Association Awards (Yeongpyeong Awards), as well as the Yeongpyeong Top 10, following a preliminary review by members and a final review meeting held at 6 p.m. on the 16th. The review period for this year covers October 2025 through September 2026.

“Hope” wins in three categories: the Director Award, Best Actor (Cho In-sung), and Cinematography (Hong Gyeong-pyo). “Possible Love” receives the Best Picture Award and Best Actress (Jeon Do-yeon). The Best Supporting Actress Award goes to Yoo Se-jung for “People and Meat,” and the Best Supporting Actor Award goes to Oh Jung-se for “Wild Thing.”

Each year, association members not only present awards in each category but also comprehensively consider aesthetic achievements and other factors to select ten notable Korean films of the year as the “Yeongpyeong Top 10.” Additionally, through the “Korean Film Discovery Team,” composed of member critics, they have examined works by established directors alongside feature film debuts by new directors. They have discovered and evaluated high-quality works produced while encompassing both commercial and independent films, amid changing theater cultures and difficult production conditions.

In particular, this year is significant in that it highlights the achievements of animation and documentaries, which form the diverse soil of Korean cinema, as director Kim Bo-sol for the animated film “Plaza” received the Best New Director Award, and the documentary “1980 Sabuk” made the Yeongpyeong Top 10 list.

Also, the newly established OTT Series Award this year selected Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Woo Jo-yeon-sang (수상) for OTT original series. It aims to examine from a critical perspective the acting achievements accumulated by actors in a creative environment that moves between films and series.

The Joo Yo (수상) and winning works determined through the final review meeting are: Best Picture “Possible Love” (Fine House Film); Director Award Na Hong-jin for “Hope”; Best Actress Jeon Do-yeon for “Possible Love”; Best Actor Cho In-sung for “Hope”; Best Supporting Actress Yoo Se-jung for “People and Meat”; Best Supporting Actor Oh Jung-se for “Wild Thing”; Screenplay Award Director Byun Sung-hyun and Writer Lee Jin-seong for “Good News”; Cinematography Award Cinematographer Hong Gyeong-pyo for “Hope”; Technical Award (Sound) Sound Director Kim Young-ho for “Sal Mok Ji”; Music Award Music Director Lee Min-hwi for “Pavane”; Best New Director Award Director Kim Bo-sol for “Plaza”; Best New Actress Seo Soobin for “Master of the World”; Best New Actor Park Ji-hoon for “The Man Who Lives with the King”; Acting Ensemble Award “People and Meat”; and International Film Award Distributor M&M International for “Two Prosecutors.”

The Merit Award in Film goes to actress Ko Eun-a. Ko Eun-a (real name Lee Gyeong-hee), who debuted in the 1965 film “Rain of Riot,” is a representative leading lady who drove the golden age of Korean cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. She won the Popularity Yeo U-sang-eul (수상) at the 4th Blue Dragon Film Awards, gaining great public affection, and from 1987 opened “Eun-a Theater” in Busan and participated in the management of Heupdong Film Company and Seoul Theater, solidifying the production, distribution, and screening foundations of Korean cinema. She was selected as the recipient of this year’s Merit Award in Film for her contributions to the development and expansion of the base of Korean cinema by broadening her activities from actress to film industry executive and social institutional investor organization. The Yeongpyeong Merit Award goes to film critic Kim Doo-ho, who served as the 15th president of the Korean Film Critics Association. For the New Critic Award, there is no Choi U-su-sang (수상), and two individuals, Lee Jun-hyuk and Im Tae-gyu, receive Excellence Awards.

The recipients in the OTT Series category are: Best Actress Shin Hye-sun for “Lady Dua”; Best Actor Hyun Bin for “Made in Korea”; Best Supporting Actress Jang Yeong-nam for “East Palace”; and Best Supporting Actor Noh Jae-won for “Made in Korea.”

For the Federation of International Film Critics Korean Branch (FIPRESCI KOREA, President Yook Jeong-hak) Award, “People and Meat” (Director Yang Jong-hyun) was selected for the domestic category, and “National Treasure” (Director Lee Sang-il) for the international category.

For the Independent Film Support Award, Director Park Bong-nam for the documentary “1980 Sabuk” receives the award in the documentary category, and Director Kim Bo-sol for “Plaza” receives it in the feature film category. Oo Theater, Art Nine, Art House Momo, Indispace, and CJ CGV participate in independent film screening support.

The Yeongpyeong Top 10 for this year includes: “Possible Love” (Lee Chang-dong), “Good News” (Byun Sung-hyun), “People and Meat” (Yang Jong-hyun), “Sal Mok Ji” (Lee Sang-min), “Master of the World” (Yoon Ga-eun), “Assassin(s)” (Heo Jin-ho), “The Man Who Lives with the King” (Jang Hang-jun), “1980 Sabuk” (Park Bong-nam), “Pavane” (Lee Jong-pil), and “Hope” (Na Hong-jin). (In alphabetical order)

The 46th Yeongpyeong Awards ceremony will be hosted by actors Cho Han-cheol and Jang Sun, and will be held at 6 p.m. on November 4 in Hall 1 of Cinematheque KOFA at the Korea Film Archive.

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