In 2001 , '' Friend '' was nominated for five awards , three of which it won . At the 46th Asia-Pacific Film Festival , Yu Oh-seong 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
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
Torino Film Festival
Friend (2001 film)