Squid Sport was introduced the winner of the breakthrough sequence’ lengthy format class on the 2021 Gotham Awards on Tuesday (Nov 30).
5 different TV sequence, together with Amazon Studios’ Small Axe and HBO Max’s It’s A Sin, vied for the prize within the over 40-minute class on the annual US awards ceremony for lower-budget indie films and TV sequence.
The award ceremony came about on Tuesday in New York and Squid Sport director Hwang Dong-hyuk, Siren Footage CEO Kim Ji-yeon and two forged members – Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon – had been on stage when the award was given out.
“We’ve skilled so many miracles since we launched this present on Sept 17 and the largest of them is how a lot love and help you all have proven to a international language sequence with a really unusual title,” Kim stated throughout her acceptance speech.
Hwang, who wrote the script in 2009, stated he had tried his finest on the time however nobody appreciated it.
“Individuals stated it’s unrealistic, it’s too violent, it’s absurd, it’s bizarre. It took 12 years to make this present and present it to the individuals. And it took lower than 12 days to develop into the primary present on the planet,” Hwang stated. “What can I say? It’s a miracle. If there are miracles, this can be a miracle. it occurred to me. And all I can say is thanks. Thanks for watching it.”
The sequence revolves round a contest the place 456 gamers, who’re in deep monetary debt, threat their lives to play a sequence of Korean kids’s video games to win money prize. It turned probably the most profitable TV present in Netflix historical past with greater than 142 million viewers within the first 4 weeks after its launch on Sept 17.
Its lead actor Lee Jung-jae was additionally considered one of 10 nominees for the excellent efficiency in a brand new sequence prize on the 2021 Gotham Awards, however did not win. The class had two winners – Ethan Hawke in The Good Lord Chicken and Thuso Mbedu in The Underground Railroad.
Organised by the Unbiased Filmmaker Mission, the Gotham Awards is likely one of the main movie awards within the US within the runup to the Oscars slated for March subsequent yr. Movies budgeted below US$35mil (RM147mil) are eligible for nomination.
Final yr, South Korean actor Youn Yuh-jung was nominated for finest actress for her efficiency in Minari, however did not win. – The Korea Herald/Asia Information Community
