By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
A drama series from Israel won the
grand prize while Hollywood actress Lucy Liu won as best actress in the Seoul International
Drama Awards 2013 held on Sept. 6 at the National Theater of Korea.
“Prisoners of War 2,” which became the
top rated drama in Israel, bagged the top prize selected among all the nominees
for TV movie, mini-series, serial and series categories.
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| Kim Yun-jin, Lee Jun-ki, Suzy and Jaejoong at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2013. (Photos by www.newsen.com) |
In the TV movie category, the Golden
Bird Prize went to “The Jewish Cardinal” from France while the Silver Bird
Prize was awarded to “Welcome and…Our Condolences” from Israel.
Germany’s “Generation War” won the top
prize and Norway’s “The Half Brother” emerged as runner-up in the Mini-Series
category.
In the Serial category, “Grand Hotel 2″
from Spain won the Golden Bird Prize while South Korea’s “The Chaser” grabbed
the Silver Bird Prize.
Special Prizes were awarded to “Hello,
New York” from Kyrgyzstan and “The Perfect Day” from South Korea.
“Mistresses,” which starred Alyssa
Milano, Rochelle Aytes and Kim Yun-jin, won the Most Popular Foreign Drama of
the Year in South Korea.
Kim Yun-jin, who also starred in the
popular series “Lost,” accepted the award.
In the individual awards, Lucy Liu won
as best actress for crime drama series “Elementary” while Lee Moon Shik took
home the best actor award for “Sang-gwon.” Liu did not attend the ceremony.
Philipp Kadelbach of Germany won the
best director award for “Generation War” while Lars Lundstrom of Sweden won as
best screenwriter for “Real Humans.”
In the Outstanding Korean Drama Prize
category, MBC’s “Arang and the Magistrate” won the Excellent Korean Drama while
SBS’ “Yawang,” also known as “King of Ambition,” bagged the Outstanding Korean
Drama award.
Lee Jun-ki won as best actor for “Arang
and the Magistrate” while Suzy of miss A won as best actress for “Gu Family
Book.”
Kim Jaejoong of JYJ took home the
Outstanding Korean drama OST for the song “Living Like A Dream,” which was used
in the drama “Dr. Jin.”
For the People’s Choice awards, the
winners are Ren Kiriyama for Japan, Nicky Wu for China, Ya Chi Hsu for Taiwan
and Yunho for South Korea.
A total of 225 dramas from 48 countries
including 13 from the Philippines were submitted for this year’s competition.
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