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Actor Kim Min-hee won the Best Acting Award at the 79th Locarno Film Festival for director Hong Sang-soo's new film 'Nowhere to Lay My Eyes' and mentioned her son in her acceptance speech.

At the awards ceremony held in Locarno, Switzerland, on the 15th local time, Kim shared the Best Acting Award with Italian actor Monica Bellucci. Hong won the Best Director Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, bringing 'Nowhere to Lay My Eyes' a total of three awards.

Kim said, "I am grateful to the director for making such a beautiful film, like a poem. I am also very thankful to my colleagues, and I want to share this award with them."

She then said, "My other colleague, Sumi. Thank you so much. I am with the baby right now," and appeared to choke up while mentioning her son. She added, "To my friends in Jeju, I am so happy to share this joyful news with you. From now on, I will act with nothing but a loving heart."

Kim ended by bowing to Hong and saying, "When my heart feels heavy and suffocating, I will definitely watch this film again and again. Director, thank you."

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When Kim Min-hee was announced as a winner, the two were also seen smiling at each other.

Hong, who was later named the winner of the Best Director Award, gave a brief acceptance speech in English. "I would like to thank the selection committee for inviting my film, and I sincerely thank the jury for their warm attention. I was truly moved. Thank you," he said.

'Nowhere to Lay My Eyes,' Hong's 35th feature film, tells the story of Sang-hee, who grew up with her grandparents after her parents divorced in childhood, as she visits her mother, who has settled on Jeju Island with her younger brother. The film stars Kim Min-hee, Kwon Hae-hyo, Shin Seok-ho, Park Mi-so, and Choi Myung-gil.

This was Hong's fifth invitation to the Locarno Film Festival's international competition section. He won the Best Director Award in 2013 for 'Our Sunhi' and the festival's top prize, the Golden Leopard, in 2015 for 'Right Now, Wrong Then.' With this year's Best Director Award and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, he further extended his ties with Locarno.

Kim also received the Best Acting Award at the festival once again, following her win in 2024 for Hong's 'By the Stream.'

Hong and Kim drew attention as they attended an official event together for the first time since welcoming a son in April last year.

Meanwhile, this year's Golden Leopard went to Romanian director Florin Șerban's 'You Don't Belong Here,' which depicts the relationship between a teenage boy and his father, who is raising him alone.

This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.