K-Arts Alumni Took 3 Prizes at the 56^th Baeksang Arts Awards

Director Lee Sang-geun and director Kim Do-young (School of Film, TV & Multimedia), and actor Baek Suk-gwang (School of Drama) enjoyed the glory of becoming the award winners at the 56^th Baeksang Arts Awards.

Director Lee Sang-geun won the award with his comedy action film Exit (2019) in Best Screenplay. Released in last July, Exit (2019) marked over 9.4 million in attendance. The jury commented “Luring over 9 million audience shows how successful this film was, for it is a difficult goal to achieve for a comedy action film. We believe the film’s great success is ascribed to both Lee’s excellent shooting and outstanding scenario.”

Director Kim Do-young won the New Director award with Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019). Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Cho Nam-joo, the film attracted great attention even at the stage of film production. Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019) gathered glowing reviews for delicately touching upon seemingly mundane but undeniably strong moments in everyday life.

Director Kim said, “Such great a success was totally beyond my expectation. I studied filmmaking at the K-Arts at the age of 46. I’d like to thank myself for fighting well against all of the fears I confronted while studying film.” She did not forget to show appreciation to her audience and further added, “I’d also like to thank all of Kim Ji-young’s all around this world.”

Besides, actor Baek Suk-gwang won Best Actor award in Theatre. Having studied at the Department of Directing at School of Drama, Baek is building up his career in acting and directing. The previous year, he received attention with his passionate performance in plays “Wife” and “Incendies.”