‘Buttercup’, awarded in two categories by the Washington DC Critics Association… 61 crowns in total (Total)

Actor Yun Yeo-jung 21 crowns… Nominated for 10 categories for Critics Choice

A scene from the movie'Buttercup'
A scene from the movie’Buttercup’

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(Los Angeles·Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Ae-ran, correspondent Jung Yoon-seop = The movie’Minari’, which describes the story of a family of Korean immigrants, won two categories from the Washington DC Critics Association in the United States in 2020, and recorded 61 world movie awards. Among them, only 21 awards received by actor Yoon Yeo-jung were reached.

In addition,’Minari’ is speeding up the race for the Academy Award (Oscar), winning 10 nominations in the’Critics Choice’ film awards selected by the American Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA).

According to the distribution company Pancinema on the 9th,’Minari’ won the Best Supporting Actress and Child Actor Awards at the 2020 Washington DC Critics Association on the 8th (local time). This resulted in a total of 61 crowns for the World Film Association and awards ceremony.

The Best Supporting Actor Award was received by Yoon Yeo-jung, who played the role of’Soonja’, a grandmother who nurtures hope in the movie.

Including this award, Yoon Yeo-jeong recorded 21 crowns in the American Women’s Film Journalists Association, the Gold List Awards, and the Sunset Film Circle Awards. Yoon Yeo-jung is also the first Korean actor to be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in the American Actors Guild.

The Child Actor Award was awarded by Alan Kim, who played the role of’David’, the youngest naughty boy who is unhappy with living with his grandmother Sunja.

‘Minari’ is a work of Korean-American director Lee Isaac Jeong (Jeong Isaac) based on his autobiographical experience, about a Korean family who moved to Arkansas in the 1980s and settled while working on a farm.

According to the US film media Deadline,’Minari’ was also nominated in 10 categories including the Critics Choice Awards, director, screenplay, filming, and foreign language film awards.

Yun Yeo-jung was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Stephen Yeon was nominated for Best Actor.

Deadline said, “Director David Fincher’s’Mank’ was nominated for 12 categories and took the lead, and’Minari’ was nominated for 10 categories and followed.”

In particular, on the 2nd, the analysis that Golden Globe nominated’Buttercup’ for only one foreign language film category, but Critics Choice chose’Buttercup’ as a nomination for 10 categories, which will have a positive effect on the future Academy Award race. Comes out.

Yoon Yeo-jung of the movie'Buttercup'
Yoon Yeo-jung of the movie’Buttercup’

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Deadline said’Minari’ was nominated in three categories at the American Actors Guild on the 4th, and Critix’s Choice also said, “It showed strength.” said.

The media said, “Minari” is “a story about an underdog that Oscar likes.”

Gold Derby, a Hollywood awards prediction specialist, said, “It’s impressive that’Buttercup’ won a double-digit nomination at Critix Choice.”

Currently, Gold Derby has placed’Buttercup’ in the 4th place among films with a high possibility of winning an Oscar.

In addition, Yun Yeo-jeong is ranked 3rd in the Oscars Best Supporting Actor nomination predicted by Gold Derby, and Steven Yeon is 6th in the Best Actor nomination.

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