Korean entertainment enthusiasts are in for a ride these next few days as the 2024 Busan International Film Festival, being held from October 2 to October 11, in Busan, South Korea, is bringing back-to-back awards series to the spotlight.
Celebrating seminal contributions from the Asian film industry, the Marie Claire Eminent celebrities from the South Korean showbiz industry put their best fashionable foot forward on Thursday, October 3.
Beloved K-drama stars Park Seo Joon (Gyeongseong Creature)Park Bo Young Daily Dose of Sunshine)Im Siwan (boyhood)Joo-Hyun Young (ordinaryExtra Attorney Woo)Claudia Kim (The Atypical Family)Ahn Jae Hong (Mask Girl)Jung Gun Joo, Gong Myung (Citizen of a Kind)Roh Yoon Seo (The Frog, and others were in attendance.
Also read | Song Joong Ki, Lim Ji Yeon, Shin Hye Sun and others win big at Buil Film Awards 2024. See full list
TWICE’s Dahyun’s show-stopping presence at the event was yet another much-raved-about topic of discussion. The K-pop idol’s first-ever BIFF outing ultimately crowned her as the honorable recipient of the Rising Star award. Furthermore, the South Korean artist’s film You Are the Apple of My Eyethe Korean remake of its Taiwanese precedent, is also slated to premiere at the 29th edition of the ongoing film festival.
Check out all the recipients of this year’s Marie Claire
2024 Marie Claire
- Asia Star Award: Park Seo Joon
- Rising Star Award:
TWICE’s Daehyun
Hong Kyung
Roh Yoon Seo
Kim Min Ha
Thai actor Billkin Putthipong Assaratanakul
Im Siwan
Kim Shin Rok
Also read | Song Joong Ki breaks down in tears as Parasite actor Lee Sun Kyun is posthumously honored at 2024 BIFF
Park Bo Young
Taiwanese actress Hsieh Ying Xuan
- Marie Claire Awards: Kim Hee Ae
- Director of the Year Award: Kim Sung Soo for 12.12 The Day
- Actor of the Year Award: Sul Kyung Gu
- Visionary Director Award: Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu
One of the most buzzworthy highlights of the Busan Film Festival—the 2024 ACA & G.OTT Awards—will be held on Sunday, October 6, at 6 pm KST at the BIFF Theater at Busan Cinema Center. Actors Kang Ki Young and Tiffany Young are confirmed to host the exciting guest lineup.
