The 53rd Grand Bell Awards (), also known as Daejong Film Awards, are determined and presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

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

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Nominations and winners

Nominations were announced December 16, 2016."53rd Dae Jong Film Awards 2016"
. (in Korean) ''daejongfilmaward.kr'' (Winners denoted in bold)

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* {{Grand Bell Awards

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 ...

Grand Bell Awards