[Dispatch=Reporter Jung Tae-yoon] Actors Kim Nam-gil and Cheon Woo-hee will be the faces of the Buil Film Awards for two consecutive years.
The two have been confirmed as co-hosts for the 35th Buil Film Awards ceremony to be held on the 7th of next month. They will lead the ceremony once again following last year.
They first worked together in the film "Someday" in 2017. They reunited as co-hosts at the 34th Buil Film Awards last year and showed stable hosting.
They have been active in films and dramas. Kim Nam-gil takes on the role of Prince Suyang in the highly anticipated film "Mongyudomondo" in the second half of the year, showcasing a new acting transformation.
Cheon Woo-hee showed lovely melodrama acting in the JTBC drama "My Youth." The two are expected to deliver deeper chemistry at this year's awards ceremony.
The Buil Film Awards is the first domestic film awards established in 1958. Acclaimed works and filmmakers have been nominated in major categories.
Director Park Chan-wook's "No Way Out" has been nominated in a total of 9 categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Director Na Hong-jin's "Hope" has been nominated in 8 categories, and director Yoon Ga-eun's "Master of the World" and director Jang Hang-jun's "The Man Living with the King" have each been nominated in 6 categories.
Park Jihoon from this year's biggest box office hit "The Man Living with the King" is competing for a triple crown with nominations in Best Actor, Best New Actor, and Star of the Year.
Lee Byung-hun, who won Best Actor last year for the film "Victory," is competing for back-to-back wins this year with "No Way Out."
Director of Photography Hong Kyung-pyo, who won the cinematography award last year for "Assassination," has also been nominated in the same category this year for "Hope."
Yim Hye-ran has been nominated for Best Actress for "My Name Is" and Best Supporting Actress for "No Way Out."
Meanwhile, the 35th Buil Film Awards will be held at the largest scale yet on the 7th of next month at 4:30 p.m. at the Signiel Busan Grand Ballroom in Haeundae-gu, Busan.
<Photo provided by Buil Film Awards>