8-Year-Old 'Minari' Star Alan Kim Sobs In Adorable Speech After Critics Choice Win

Alan Kim, who won a Critics Choice award Sunday night for his performance in “Minari,” might need to be nominated for Cutest Acceptance Speech of All Time after his reaction to the news.

The eight-year-old was awarded the 2021 award for best young actor/actress. As he began thanking Critics Choice voters and listing family, cast and crew members, he broke down in tears, telling viewers, “Oh my goodness, I’m crying.”

“I hope I will be in another movie soon,” he sobbed, adding, “Is this a dream? Hope it’s not a dream.”

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Kim starred as David in “Minari,” a movie about a family of Korean American immigrants in rural Arkansas grappling with its pursuit of the American dream. The movie won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film last weekend ― a moment which also sparked a particularly sweet reaction from the young star.

He won a few more hearts on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Monday night, which he attended proudly wearing his latest achievement: his Taekwondo purple belt.

Controversially, and despite telling a distinctly American story, “Minari” was not a contender for best picture at the Globes. Hollywood Foreign Press Association deemed it a foreign language movie because the majority of its dialogue is in Korean.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the majority of the film’s dialogue was in Chinese. It was primarily in Korean.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.