The 56th

Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ...

(), also known as Daejong Film Awards, is determined and presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in

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. The Grand Bell Awards were first presented in 1962 and have gained prestige as the Korean equivalent of the American

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. The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held on February 25, 2020, but was postponed due to the

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. The ceremony was held on June 3, 2020.

Juries

Lee Jang-ho Lee Jang-ho (born May 15, 1945) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Filmography *''Heavenly Homecoming to Stars'' (1974) - director *''It Rained Yesterday'' (1974) - director *''You Become a Star, Too'' (1975) - director *''Y ...

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(Jury President) * Kwak Young-jin,

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* Kim Min-oh,

Art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

* Kim Byung-in, Korea Scenario Writers Association * Kim Chung-kang, Professor of Theater and Film (

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) * Kim Hyo-jeong,

* Mo Eun-young,

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) * Seong Seung-Taek,

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* Lee Chang-se, Department of Media and Image Production ( Far East University)

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 56th Grand Bell Awards were announced on 17 January 2020.

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Films that received multiple awards and nominations

The following films received multiple wins:

References

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Juries

Winners and nominees

Awards

Films that received multiple awards and nominations

See also

References