By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
"
Forever the Moment", directed by
Lim Soon-rye, won the Best Film Award at the 2008 Blue Dragon Awards on Thursday evening.
The film is a sports drama about the silver medal-winning Korean Olympic handball team and based on the true story of the women's Olympic team, which lost to Denmark in the finals of the 2004 Athens Olympics on penalty shots.
The 29th film awards ceremony, hosted by actor
Jeong Joon-ho and actress
Kim Hye-soo, was held at KBS Hall in Yeoido, Seoul.
The Best Actor Award went to
Kim Yoon-seok for his role as a detective in
"The Chaser", while actress Sohn Ye-
Jin Won the Best Actress Award for her role in "
My Wife Got Married".
Director
Kim Ji-woon grabbed the Best Director Award for "
The Good, the Bad, the Weird", which won three other awards ― cinematography and art direction, and for the movie that drew the biggest audience, with 6.68 million viewers.
The Honorary Popular Star Award went to the late
Choi Jin-sil, who won eight awards during her acting career. Actor
Ahn Seong-gi paid tribute to her during the ceremony.
