It made its world premiere in the Venice Days sidebar of the 69th Venice International Film Festival , where it won the 2012 Queer Lion , an award for the " best film with a homosexual and queer culture theme . " It is the first Korean film to have won the prize . It also won a Special Award at the 2013 Fantasporto Orient Express Awards . Jeon Kyu-hwan was awarded Best Director at the 16th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival , and the Silver Peacock award for best director at the International Film Festival of India . Cho Jae-hyun won Best Actor at the 2013 Fantasia Festival
69th Venice International Film Festival
69th Venice International Film Festival
The Weight (film)