Korean Film Awards | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in film making |
Country | South Korea |
Presented by | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
First awarded | 2002 |
Official website | http://koreafilm.imbc.com/ |
Korean Film Awards | |
Hangul | 대한민국 영화대상 |
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Hanja | 大韓民國映畵大賞 |
Revised Romanization | Daehanminguk Yeonghwadaesang |
The Korean Film Awards was a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the broadcasting network MBC from 2002 to 2010.
Originally named the MBC Film Awards, the ceremony was first established in 2002. It was renamed the Korean Film Awards in 2003. Votes were determined from a jury of 500 film professionals and 500 viewers selected through the internet, using a 7:3 ratio.
In 2009, failure to secure sponsors during the global economic recession resulted in the cancellation of that year's ceremony. It resumed in 2010, with Hyundai Motor Company as the main sponsor. But persistent financial difficulties regarding the production costs led MBC to abolish the awards in 2011.