19 Korean films submitted for Oscars: Hyun Bin's Harbin, Lee Byung Hun-Son Ye Jin's No Other Choice and more
These include the currently playing Lee Min Ho and Ahn Hyo Seop starrer Omniscient Reader: The Prophet at the top. Here are the other films that are up for consideration.
Omniscient Reader: The Prophet
The Old Woman With The Knife
Spring Night
About Family
The Killers
The Ugly
Yadang: The Snitch
Love in the Big City
Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning
Mimang
Secret: Untold Melody
Harbin
When This Summer is Over
A Normal Family
Somebody
My Daughter Is a Zombie
No Other Choice
Hi-Five
Dark Nuns
Korean films at the Oscars
In 2019, Parasite made history at the Oscars by becoming the first South Korean film to win the prestigious Best Picture award. It also won Best International Feature Film, Best Director for Bong Joon Ho, and Best Original Screenplay. This was followed by Minari, which also received praise from critics, being up for the Best Picture prize, losing it to Nomadland. However, it did earn first Youn Yuh Jung her first Best Supporting Actress win for the portrayal of Soon Ja.
Other film nominations include for Best Original Song prize for the films Her and Past Lives. Animation nominations were given to Opera, Adam and Dog, Birthday Boy, Elemental, and Kung Fu Panda 2. Documentary nods include In the Absence, Who Killed Vincent Chin?, and Hale County This Morning, This Evening.
There are a lot of expectations from the Korean film industry, which has been receiving a lot of attention thanks to the growth of K-culture across the globe.
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