Wildflower Film Awards

Wildflower Film Awards
Awarded for Excellence in Independent and Low-budget Films
Location Seoul
Country South Korea
Presented by Wildflower Film Awards Korea
First awarded 2014
Official website http://www.wildflower-awards.com/
Wildflower Film Awards
Hangul 들꽃영화상

The Wildflower Film Awards (Hangul: 들꽃영화상) is an awards ceremony recognizing the achievements of Korean independent and low-budget films. The awards, presented by the Wildflower Film Awards Korea - a grassroots effort by a group of film critics led by founder and organizer Darcy Paquet (with the participation of Oh Dong-jin), aims to create more publicity in Korea and abroad for filmmakers working outside of the mainstream commercial film industry. Awards are handed out annually to films released in the previous year.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The name "Wildflower Film Awards" is meant to symbolize the creative fertility and diversity of the independent film sector, which grows and thrives despite difficulties in funding and distribution where the local industry is dominated by vertically-integrated studios.[7]

Categories

Grand Prize

# Year Film Director
1 2014 N/A N/A
2 2015 Han Gong-ju Lee Su-jin

Best Film

# Year Film Director
1 2014 (Narrative Films) Jiseul O Muel[8]
(Documentaries) Scenery Zhang Lu

Best Director (Narrative Films)

# Year Director Film
1 2014 Yeon Sang-ho The Fake
2 2015 Hong Sang-soo Hill of Freedom

Best Director (Documentaries)

# Year Director Film
2 2015 Park Chan-kyong Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits

Best Actor

# Year Actor Film
1 2014 Nam Yeon-woo Fatal
2 2015 Ahn Jae-hong The King of Jokgu

Best Actress

# Year Actress Film
1 2014 Jung Eun-chae Nobody's Daughter Haewon
2 2015 Chun Woo-hee Han Gong-ju

Best Screenplay

# Year Screenwriter Film
2 2015 July Jung A Girl at My Door

Best Cinematography

# Year Cinematographer Film
1 2014 Yang Jeong-hoon Jiseul
2 2015 Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Stone Kim A Dream of Iron

Best New Director

# Year Director Film
1 2014 Lee Don-ku Fatal
2 2015 Lee Yong-seung 10 Minutes

Best New Actor

# Year Actor Film
1 2014 Lee Joon Rough Play
2 2015 Choi Woo-shik Set Me Free

Best New Actress

# Year Actress Film
2 2015 Kim Soo-an Mad Sad Bad "Picnic"

Special Commendations

# Year Category Recipient Film
1 2014 Documentary Jury Prize Jeong Jae-eun City: Hall
2 2015 Achievement Award Jung Sang-jin, CEO of Atninefilm
Special Jury Prize Shin Min-a Gyeongju

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Su-yeon (31 March 2015). "Darcy PAQUET, Director of the Wildflower Film Awards Korea: "I want Korean independent films to be watched by more"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  2. ↑ Limb, Jae-un (26 March 2014). "American critic creates award for Korean indie films". Korea.net. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  3. ↑ Conran, Pierce (7 February 2014). "New Wildflower Awards Recognize Independent Korean Cinema". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  4. ↑ Cremin, Stephen (18 March 2014). "Wildflower Awards celebrates Korean indies". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  5. ↑ Lee, Claire (31 March 2014). "Wildflower Film Awards Korea to dole out first gongs". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  6. ↑ Frater, Patrick (9 April 2015). "Han Gong-ju Wins Korea's Wildflower Film Award". Variety. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  7. ↑ Bechervaise, Jason (1 April 2015). "A Girl at My Door gets 7 Wildflower Awards nominations". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  8. ↑ Frater, Patrick (1 April 2014). "Jiseul Plucks First Wildflower Korea Award". Variety. Retrieved 2015-01-21.

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