Awards
In 2001, Friend was nominated for five awards, three of which it won. At the 46th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Yu Oh-sung and Jang Dong-gun won the "Best Actor" and "Best Supporting Actor" awards, respectively, for their performances in the film. At the 26th Montréal World Film Festival, Friend was nominated for the "Grand Prix of the Americas" award for best film, but lost to the Hungarian film Torzók and the Iranian film Baran. At the 16th Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, it won the "Holden Award" for best script, and was nominated, but missed out on, the "Prize of the City of Torino" award for best film.
In 2002, Friend was nominated for a sixth award, which it won. At the 9th International Festival of Film Camera "Brothers Manaki", it won the "Student Jury Award".
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