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The 48th Grand Bell Awards (Korean: 대종상 영화제; RR: Daejongsang Yeonghwajae), 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.^[1]^[2] The Grand Bell Awards were first presented in 1962 and have gained prestige as the Korean equivalent of the American Academy Awards.^[3]

48th ceremony

The 48th Grand Bell Awards ceremony was held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul on October 17, 2011 and hosted by Shin Hyun-joon and Jang Seo-hee.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Nominations and winners

(Winners denoted in bold)

Best Film	Best Director
The Front Line Sunny The Unjust War of the Arrows The Yellow Sea	Kang Hyeong-cheol - Sunny Jang Hoon - The Front Line Kim Tae-yong - Late Autumn Na Hong-jin - The Yellow Sea Ryoo Seung-wan - The Unjust
Best Actor	Best Actress
Park Hae-il - War of the Arrows Cha Tae-hyun - Hello Ghost Kim Yoon-seok - The Yellow Sea Lee Soon-jae - Late Blossom Yoon Kye-sang - Poongsan	Kim Ha-neul - Blind Bae Jong-ok - The Last Blossom Choi Kang-hee - Petty Romance Kim Hye-soo - Villain and Widow Yoon So-jung - Late Blossom
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jo Sung-ha - The Yellow Sea Jo Hee-bong - Blind Kim Sang-ho - Moby Dick Ko Chang-seok - The Showdown Yoo Hae-jin - The Unjust	Shim Eun-kyung - Romantic Heaven Chun Woo-hee - Sunny Jang Young-nam - Hello Ghost Kim Ji-young - The Last Blossom Kim Soo-mi - Late Blossom
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Lee Je-hoon - Bleak Night Jang Ki-bum - Glove Kim Hwan-young - Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North! Lee Je-hoon - The Front Line Yoo Yeon-seok - Re-encounter	Moon Chae-won - War of the Arrows Baek Jin-hee - Foxy Festival Kang So-ra - Sunny Shin Se-kyung - Hindsight Yoo Da-in - Re-encounter
Best New Director	Best Screenplay
Yoon Sung-hyun - Bleak Night Kim Sung-hoon - Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North! Kim Young-tak - Hello Ghost Min Yong-keun - Re-encounter Park In-jae - Moby Dick	Choi Min-seok - Blind Kang Hyeong-cheol - Sunny Kim Young-tak - Hello Ghost Park Hoon-jung - The Unjust Park Sang-yeon - The Front Line
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Kim Woo-hyung - The Front Line Kim Byeong-seo - Hindsight Kim Tae-seong, Park Jong-chul - War of the Arrows Kim Woo-hyung - Late Autumn Lee Sung-jae - The Yellow Sea	Nam Na-yeong - Sunny Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum - The Front Line Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum - The Unjust Kim Sun-min - The Yellow Sea Shin Min-kyung - Blind
Best Art Direction	Best Lighting
Chae Kyung-sun - Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow Jang Chun-seop - War of the Arrows Lee Ha-jun - Hindsight Lee Hoo-gyoun - The Yellow Sea Trae King, Ryu Seong-hui - Late Autumn	Kim Min-jae - The Front Line Hwang Soon-wook - The Yellow Sea Lee Byeong-seong - Poongsan Shin Kyung-man - Hindsight Shin Sang-yeol - Blind
Best Costume Design	Best Music
Chae Kyung-hwa - The Yellow Sea Chae Kyung-hwa - Sunny Jo Sang-gyeong - The Front Line Kwon Yu-jin - Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow Kwon Yu-jin - War of the Arrows	Jo Seong-woo, Choi Yong-rak - Late Autumn 3rd Coast - Hindsight Kang Min-guk - Late Blossom Kim Jun-seok - Sunny Lee Byung-woo - Romantic Heaven
Best Visual Effects	Best Sound Effects
Han Young-woo - War of the Arrows Jeong Seong-jin - The Front Line Kim Tae-hun, Jeong Jae-hun - The Yellow Sea Park Jang-jin - Blind Park Ui-dong - Romantic Heaven	Choi Tae-young - War of the Arrows Choi Tae-young - The Yellow Sea Jung Hee-gu, Kim Ji-eun - Blind Kim Suk-won, Kim Chang-seop - The Front Line Lee Seung-chul, Lee Seong-jin - Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow
Best Planning	Popularity Award
Lee Woo-jeong - The Front Line Ahn Byeong-ki, Lee Anna - Sunny Kim Hyeong-cheol - Poongsan Koo Bon-han - The Unjust Yu Jeong-hun - Moby Dick	Won Bin
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lee Dae-geun (Actor)

References

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