of the filming day, making changes throughout the day. Hong starts the filming day at 4 a.m. when he begins to write the dialogue for that day's shoot. Hong also develops close relationships with the actors over alcohol and cigarettes and sometimes shoots certain scenes while the actors are under the influence. Hong's style has been compared to Eric Rohmer's, and it has even been argued that allusions to Rohmer's films appear in some films directed by Hong. Personal life In 2016, Hong was reported to be having an extramarital affair with actress Kim Min-hee, who appeared in his 2015 film, Right Now, Wrong Then. Hong admitted to the affair in March 2017, at the Seoul premiere of On the Beach at Night Alone. He filed a divorce suit from his wife in December 2016, but the court rejected his request in June 2019, insisting that only the injured party, Hong's wife, could initiate a legal separation. Filmography Feature films Short films Awards National awards 1996 17th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best New Director (The Day a Pig Fell into the Well) 1996 16th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards: Best New Director (The Day a Pig Fell into the Well) 1998 19th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Director; Best Screenplay (The Power of Kangwon Province) 2000 1st Busan Film Critics Awards: Best Screenplay (Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors) 2006 9th Director's Cut Awards: Best Director (Woman on the Beach) 2008 28th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards: Best Screenplay (Night and Day) 2010 19th Buil Film Awards: Best Director (Hahaha) 2013 14th Busan Film Critics Awards: Special Jury Prize (Our Sunhi) 2014 23rd Buil Film Awards: Best Director (Our Sunhi) 2015 2nd Wildflower Film Awards: Best Director, Narrative Films (Hill of Freedom) 2017 Busan Film Critics Awards: Grand Prize (On the Beach at Night Alone) 2017 Busan Film Critics Awards: Grand Prize (The Day After) 2018 5th Wildflower Film Awards: Best Director, Narrative Films (The Day After) 2022 Busan Film Critics Awards : Grand Prize (In Front of Your Face) International awards 1996 15th Vancouver International Film Festival: Dragons and Tigers Award (The Day a Pig Fell into the Well) 1997 42nd Asia Pacific Film Festival: Best New Director (The Day a Pig Fell into the Well) 1997 International Film Festival Rotterdam: Tiger Award (The Day a Pig Fell into the Well) 1999 Singapore International Film Festival: NETPAC-FIPRESCI