It is predicted that the movie'Buttercup' will be nominated for six Academy Awards this year.
Gold Derby, a site specializing in predictions for the awards ceremony in Hollywood, USA, released the prediction results on the 12th local time, saying that'Minari' is expected to be nominated in six categories as a result of synthesizing the prediction results of 8,000 people including film reporters, editors, and members.
The six categories are Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Music.
Nominations for the Academy Awards will be announced on the 15th local time.
'Buttercup' is a film about the Korean family's settling in the United States, filmed by Korean director Lee Isaac Jeong (Jeong Isaac), and also Korean-born Steve Yeon.
Actor Yoon Yeo-jung has already won over 20 movie awards for her role as Korean grandmother'Soonja'.
The US media also predicted that'Buttercup' would be nominated for a major Oscar category.
Indiewire, a film media outlet, selected'Minari' as a nomination in seven categories, including work, director, actor, and supporting actress, and the Los Angeles Times expected to be nominated in six categories, including the Best Picture.
USA Today also said that'Minari' will be nominated for major categories such as Best Works, and Yoon Yeo-jung, who is mentioned as a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Award, is in the spotlight as a'scene stealer'.
(Photo = Parsley provided by North American distributor'A24', Yonhap News)