EXO's Suho And Girls' Generation's Sooyoung Receive JIMFF Awards

Aug 10, 2019

EXO’s Suho and Girls’ Generation’s Sooyoung expressed their gratitude after receiving awards at this year’s Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF)!

On August 9, Suho and Sooyoung were recognized for their acting at the 15th JIMFF Awards, an annual award ceremony held by Naver and the Directors’ Guild of Korea. Both stars received the Discovery of the Year Award, which honors achievements by rookie actors who originally debuted as musicians.

Suho, who received the award for his performance in the film “Student A,” remarked, “I’m grateful just to have been invited to the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, so I’m sincerely thankful for being given such a great award as well.”

He went on, “Just like the film ‘Student A,’ I will try to become an actor who becomes a source of strength and comfort for many people. Please show me a lot of interest and love [in the future].”

Sooyoung, who received the award for her performance in the film “Memories of a Dead End,” remarked, “I consider this an award for the time I spent worrying about the movie. I’d like to thank the director of ‘Memories of a Dead End’ for giving me this opportunity.”

The idol-turned-actress went on to thank the late director Ryu Jang Ha, who gave Sooyoung her first film role in the 2008 movie “Hello, Schoolgirl” before passing away in February of this year. “I think ‘firsts’ are important,” said Sooyoung. “I want to thank director Ryu Jang Ha, who first made it possible for me to start acting in films.”