{
  "id": 1182260,
  "title": "Director Hong Sang-soo, actor Kim Min-hee win awards at Locarno film fest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/director-hong-sang-soo-actor-kim-min-hee-win-awards-at-locarno-film",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-16T03:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/films/20260816/director-hong-sang-soo-actor-kim-min-hee-win-awards-at-locarno-film-fest"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Director Hong Sang-soo and actor Kim Min-hee have been awarded at the 79th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. Hong was honored with the best direction award for his latest film, \"Nowhere to Lay My Eyes,\" while Kim, his long-time partner, won the best performance prize in the Italian drama \"Kettice,\" alongside actress Monica Bellucci. \"Nowhere to Lay My Eyes,\" Hong's 35th feature film, follows the story of Sang-hee (played by Kim Min-hee), who travels to the southern Korean island of Jeju to locate her divorced mother, whom she last saw ten years prior. This marked Hong's fifth attempt to screen his work at the Locarno film festival, where he previously won the best director award for \"Our Sunhi\" (2013) and the top Golden Leopard prize for \"Right Now, Wrong Then\" (2015). Kim had previously secured the best performance award at the festival for her role in Hong's 2024 film \"By the Stream.\"",
  "summary": "Director Hong Sang-soo and actor Kim Min-hee have clinched awards at this year's Locarno Film Festival for their latest film, \"Nowhere to Lay My Eyes.\" Hong received the award for best direction at the 79th edition of the film festival in Switzerland on Saturday, while Kim, the director's long-time partner, won best performance along with Italian actress Monica Bellucci for her role in Italian…",
  "key_points": [
    "Director Hong Sang-soo wins best direction award for \"Nowhere to Lay My Eyes\"",
    "Actor Kim Min-hee receives best performance prize for \"Kettice\"",
    "Both actors previously won awards at Locarno Film Festival"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This win cements Director Hong Sang-soo's and actor Kim Min-hee's status as highly regarded collaborators, with both now multiple-time award winners at the Locarno film festival.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Director Hong Sang-soo, actor Kim Min-hee win awards at Locarno film fest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/director-hong-sang-soo-actor-kim-min-hee-win-awards-at-locarno-film-1184673",
        "published": "2026-08-16T02:50:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Director Hong Sang-soo, actor Kim Min-hee win awards at Locarno film fest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/director-hong-sang-soo-actor-kim-min-hee-win-awards-at-locarno-film-1184013",
        "published": "2026-08-16T03:27:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Hong Sang-soo Wins Best Director, Kim Min-hee Takes Acting Award at Locarno",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/hong-sang-soo-wins-best-director-kim-min-hee-takes-acting-award-at",
        "published": "2026-08-16T04:10:36.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}