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The 54th 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]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Nominations and winners

Nominations were announced September 29, 2017.^[7]

Best Film	Best Director
A Taxi Driver Anarchist from Colony The King The Merciless Pandora	Lee Joon-ik - Anarchist from Colony Han Jae-rim - The King Byun Sung-hyun - The Merciless Park Jung-woo - Pandora Jang Hoon - A Taxi Driver
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sol Kyung-gu - The Merciless Lee Je-hoon - Anarchist from Colony Jo In-sung - The King Han Suk-kyu - The Prison Song Kang-ho - A Taxi Driver	Choi Hee-seo - Anarchist from Colony Yum Jung-ah - The Mimic Gong Hyo-jin - Missing Chun Woo-hee - One Day Kim Ok-bin - The Villainess
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Bae Seong-woo - The King Kim In-woo - Anarchist from Colony Kwak Do-won - The Mayor Kim Hee-won - The Merciless Jung Jin-young - Pandora	Kim So-jin - The King Moon So-ri - The Mayor Jeon Hye-jin - The Merciless Kim Hae-sook - New Trial Kim Young-ae - Pandora
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Park Seo-joon - Midnight Runners Kim Jun-han - Anarchist from Colony Choi Min-ho - Derailed Min Jin-woong - New Trial Byun Yo-han - Will You Be There?	Choi Hee-seo - Anarchist from Colony Im Yoon-ah - Confidential Assignment Oh Ye-seol - My Little Baby, Jaya Shin Eun-soo - Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned Lee Soo-kyung - Yongsoon
Best New Director	Best Screenplay
Um Tae-hwa - Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned Jason Kim - Midnight Runners Yang Kyung-mo- One Line Na Hyun - The Prison Shin Joon - Yongsoon	Han Jae-rim - The King Hwang Seong-gu - Anarchist from Colony Lee Eon-hee - Missing Eom Yoon-na - A Taxi Driver Um Tae-hwa and Jo Seul-yeah - Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Park Jung-hun - The Villainess Kim Woo-hyeong - The King Jo Hyeong-rae - The Merciless Choi Young-Hwan - Pandora Go Nak-seon -A Taxi Driver	Sin Min-kyeong - The King Kim Sang-bum and Kim Jae-bum - The Merciless Jeong Soo-jeong - Pandora Kim Jae-geun - The Prison Lee Hae-won - The Villainess
Best Art Direction	Best Lighting
Lee Jae-seong - Anarchist from Colony Lee Na-gyeom - The King Kang Seung-yong - Pandora Kim Min-hye - A Taxi Driver Kim Byeong-han - Warriors of the Dawn	Kim Jae-geun - The Prison Kim Seung-gyoo - The King Park Jeong-woo - The Merciless Kim Ho-seong - Pandora Lee Hae-won - The Villainess
Best Costume Design	Best Music
Sim Hyeon-seob - Anarchist from Colony Cho Sang-kyung - The King Sim Hyeon-seob - The King's Case Note Cho Sang-kyung - A Taxi Driver Kwon Yoo-jin - Warriors of the Dawn	Dalpalan - Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned Bang Jun-seok - Anarchist from Colony Mowg - The King Jo Yeong-wook - Single Rider Jo Yeong-wook - A Taxi Driver
Technical Award	Best Planning
The Villainess A Taxi Driver The King Pandora The Prison	A Taxi Driver Anarchist from Colony The King New Trial Pandora
Special Award
Kim Young-ae

References

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^ "54th Daejong Film Awards (Grand Bell Awards) 2017". HanCinema. Retrieved 12 October 2017.