Complete List of 59th Baeksang Arts Awards 2023 Nominees for Television & Film Sections

One of the most prestigious awards in South Korea, the Baeksang Awards Awards, has revealed its nominees for this year. Find the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards 2023 nominees, date, and venue below.

Updated on April 29: Full list of the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards 2023 winners.

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59th Baeksang Arts Awards 2023 Nominees, Date, and Venue

Date and Venue

The Baeksang Arts Awards ceremony is one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies in South Korea. This annual awards ceremony honors excellence in film, television, and theater through a rigorous judging process by a panel of 60 professional evaluators, industry judges, and professionals representing television, film, and theater through a stringent screening process.

The nominees were selected from television dramas, shows, and movies that aired or were released in theaters between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023.

In this year’s Baeksang Arts Awards, actor Kang Ki Young and actress Ha Yoon Kyung are nominated in the television and film section. And in the television section, the Best Screenplay category is dominated by women.

Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus will host the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards ceremony this year. The ceremony will be held on April 28, 2023, at Incheon Paradise City, Incheon, starting at 17:30 KST. The highly anticipated prestigious awards ceremony will be broadcast live in South Korea by JTBC on JTBC, JTBC2, and JTBC4, and internationally by TikTok.

Complete List of 59th Baeksang Arts Awards 2023 Nominees

FILM

Best Film

Next Sohee
The Night Owl
Hansan: Rising Dragon
Hunt
Decision to Leave

Best Director

Kim Han-min – Hansan: Rising Dragon
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl
Lee Jung-jae – Hunt
Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee

Best New Director

Kim Se-in – The Apartment with Two Women
Park Yi-woong – The Girl on a Bulldozer
Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl
Lee Sang-yong – The Roundup
Lee Jung-jae – Hunt

Best Screenplay

Park Gyu-tae – 6/45
Lee Jung-jae, Jo Seung-hee – Hunt
Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong – Decision to Leave
Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee
Ahn Tae-jin, Hyun Kyu-ri – The Night Owl

Technical Award

Ryu Seong-hee – Decision to Leave
Lee Mo-gae – Hunt
Jeong Seong-jin, Jeong Chul-min – Hansan: Rising Dragon
Cho Young-wook – Decision to Leave
Hong Seung-cheol – The Night Owl

Best Actor

Ryu Jun-yeol – The Night Owl (role: Cheon Kyung-soo)
Ma Dong-seok – The Roundup (role: Ma Seok-do)
Park Hae-il – Decision to Leave (role: Hae-joon)
Song Kang-ho – Broker (role: Sang-hyun)
Jung Woo-sung – Hunt (role: Kim Jung-do)

Best Actress

Bae Doona – Next Sohee (role: Yoo-jin)
Yang Mal-bok – The Apartment with Two Women (role: Su-gyeong)
Yum Jung-ah – Life Is Beautiful (role: Oh Se-yeon)
Jeon Do-yeon – Kill Boksoon (role: Gil Bok-soon)
Tang Wei – Decision to Leave (role: Song Seo-rae)

Best Supporting Actor

Kang Ki-young – The Point Men (role: Qasim / Lee Bong-han)
Kim Sung-cheol – The Night Owl (as Crown Prince Sohyeon)
Park Ji-hwan – The Roundup (role: Jang I-soo)
Byun Yo-han – Hansan: Rising Dragon (role: Wakisaka)
Im Si-wan – Emergency Declaration (role: Jin-seok)

Best Supporting Actress

Park Se-wan – 6/45 (role: Yeon-hee)
Bae Doona – Next Sohee (role: Yoo-jin)
Ahn Eun-jin – The Night Owl (role: Jo So-yong)
Yum Jung-ah – Alienoid (role: Heug-seol)
Lee Yeon – Kill Boksoon (role: Kim Yeong-ji)

Best New Actor

No Jae-won – Missing Yoon (role: Jung Joon-ok)
Park Jin-young – Christmas Carol (role: Joo Wol-woo / Joo Il-woo)
Byeon Woo-seok – 20th Century Girl (role: Poong Woon-ho)
Seo In-guk – Project Wolf Hunting (role: Park Jong-doo)
Ong Seong-wu – Life Is Beautiful (role: Jeong-woo)

Best New Actress

Go Youn-jung – Hunt (role: Jo Yoo-jeong)
Kim Si-eun – Next Sohee (role: So-hee)
Kim Hye-yoon – The Girl on a Bulldozer (role: Goo Hye-young)
IU – Broker (role: Moon So-young)
Ha Yoon-kyung – Gyeong-ah’s Daughter (role: Yeon-su)

TELEVISION

Best Drama

My Liberation Notes (JTBC)
The Glory (Netflix)
Our Blues (tvN)
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (ENA)
Little Women (tvN)