Nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay at the 96th Academy Awards.
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[The Fact|Reporter Park Ji-yoon] With 'Fast Lives' achieving enormous success worldwide, attention is focused on whether it can win another trophy.
After the film 'Fast Lives' (directed by Celine Song) had its world premiere at the 39th Sundance Film Festival, the film received much praise from foreign media and critics and rose to prominence. like a hot movie. Association of Film Critics, attracting attention from around the world.
First, 'Fast Lives' announced the start of an epic awards race by winning Best Picture and Best New Film at the Gotham Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, marking the beginning of Oscar season last November.
Then, at the Independent Spirit Awards, also known as the Oscars of the American independent film industry, the film received a total of 5 nominations, including Best Film, recording the most nominations, giving the green light to the film. Oscar. In addition, it also ranked first in the 'Best Movies of the Year' voted by Indiewire and Rolling Stone, and was recognized for its feasibility when included in the list of 'Best Movies of 2023' by media agencies. Leading information published abroad.
Thanks to that, Fast Lives was honored to be nominated in the categories of Best Film and Best Original Screenplay at the 96th Academy Awards, the most prestigious film awards ceremony, on January 23 (local time). direction).
With this, director Celine Song achieved the feat of becoming the third female director and the first Asian female director to be nominated for Best Picture for her debut film in the Academy's history.
Additionally, Tae-oh Yoo, who plays the main character Hae-seong, became the first Korean actor to be nominated for Best Actor at the 5th British Academy Awards. 77 on January 18, while director Celine Song set an outstanding record by becoming the first Korean director to win the Best New Actor award at the 2nd Directors Guild of America Awards. 76. I'm leaving.
Attention is focused on how 'Fast Lives' will fare at the Academy Awards, which has so far won 72 awards and been nominated in 212 categories worldwide.
'Fast Lives' depicts the fateful two-day story between Na-young (Greta Lee), her first love from her childhood in Seoul, and Hae-seong, who meet again in New York after 24 years. and look back at their seemingly unbreakable love. relationship. Korean-Canadian director Celine Song's directorial debut, which tells an autobiographical story, will be released in Korea on March 6.