Grand Bell Awards
| The Grand Bell Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic achievements |
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | The Motion Pictures Association of Korea |
| First awarded | 1962 |
| Official website | http://www.daejongfilmaward.kr/ |
| Grand Bell Awards | |
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| Revised Romanization | Daejongsang Yeonghwajae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taejongsang Yŏnghwaje |
The Grand Bell Awards (Hangul: 대종상 영화제; RR: Daejongsang Yeonghwajae), also known as 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 continuous film awards held in South Korea, and has been called the Korean equivalent of the American Academy Awards.
The ceremony has been hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Information since 1962. The awards ceased for a couple years beginning in 1969, but were revived in 1972 after the establishment of the Korea Motion Picture Promotion Association, in an effort to stimulate the then stagnant film industry.
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