Baeksang Arts Awards Announces The 2025 Drama And Film Nominations
Kim Hye-yoon and Byeong Woo-seok star in 'Lovely Runner.'
The Baeksang Arts Awards has announced its 2025 nominations for drama and films. Candidates were chosen from dramas and films that aired or were released between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. To qualify at least one third of a program had to have aired by March 31.
Best drama nominations include Lovely Runner, The Tale of Lady Ok, Doubt, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and When Life Gives You Tangerines.
Best Director nominations went to Kim Won-seok for When Life Gives You Tangerines, Kim Hee-won for Light Shop, Song Yeon-hwa for Doubt, Lee Do-yeon for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and Jung Ji-in for Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born.
Best screenplay nominations went to Kim Jung-min for Family Matters, Park Ji-sook for The Tale of Lady Ok, Lee Si-eun for Lovely Runner, Im Sang-choon for When Life Gives You Tangerines and Choi Yu-na for Good Partner.
Best technical direction went to Lee Young-joo for the art in Culinary Class Wars, Lee Jin-suk and Lee Deok-hoon for the camera work in Doubt, Jang Yeong-gyu for the music in Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born and Hong Jung-ho, Lee Seung-je, Kim Dae-hoon and Kim Jung-min for the VFX in Hellbound 2.
Park Bo-gum and IU star in 'When Life Gives You Tangerines,'
Best Actor nominations went to Park Bo-gum for When Life Gives You Tangerines, Byeon Woo-seok for Lovely Runner, Lee Jun-hyuk for Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard, and Han Suk-kyu for Doubt.
Best actress nominations went to Go Min-si for The Frog, Kim Tae-ri for Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, Kim Hye-yoon for Lovely Runner, IU for When Life Gives You Tangerines and Jang Nara for Good Partner.
Best supporting actor nominations were given to Kim Jun-han for Good Partner, Roh Jae-won for Squid Game 2, Yoon Kyung-ho for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Choi Dae-hoon for When Life Gives You Tangerines and Hyeon Bong-sik for Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard.
Best Supporting Actress nominations were given to Kim Guk-hee for Family Matters, Kim Jae-wa for The Tale of Lady Ok, Yeom Hye-ran for When Life Gives You Tangerines, Ok Kyung-hwa for Jeongyeon: The Star is Born and Jung Eun-chae for Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born.
Kim Tae-ri stars in 'Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born'
Best new actor nominations went to Kim Jung-in for Doubt, Song Geon-hee for Lovely Runner, Cha Woo-min for Study Group, Choo Young-woo for The Tale of Lady Ok and Heo Nam-jun for Your Honor.
Best new actress nominations went to Kim Tae-yeon for When Life Gives You Tangerines, Roh Jeong-eui for The Witch, Jo Yoon-soo for The Tyrant, Chae Won-bin for Doubt and Ha Young for The Trauma Code.
Best film nominations went to Love In The Big City, Revolver, House of the Seasons, Uprising and Harbin, with best director nominations going to Park Yi-woong for The Land of the Morning Calm, Oh Seung-wook for Revolver, Woo Min-ho for Harbin, Lee Eon-hee for Love in The Big City and Lee Jong-pil for Escape.
Best actor (film) nominations went to Yoon Joo-sang for The Land of the Morning Calm, Lee Byung-hun for The Match, Lee Hee-joon for Handsome Guys, Jo Jung-suk for Pilot and Hyun Bin for Harbin. Best actress (film) nominations went to Kim Go-eun for Love in the Big City, Kim Geun-soon for Jeong-Sun, Song Hye-kyo for Dark Nuns, Jeon Do-eyon for Revolver and Cho Yeo-jeong for Hidden Face.
Best supporting actor (film) nominations went to Koo Kyo-hwan for Escape, Park Jung-min for Uprising, Yoo Jae-myung for Land of Happiness, Jung Hae-in for I, the Executioner and Jo Woo-jin for Harbin. Best supporting actress (film) nominations went to Gong Seung-yeon for Handsome Guys, Claudia Kim for A Normal Family, Lim Ji-yeon for Revolver, Jeon Yeo-been for Dark Nuns, and Han Sun-hwa for Pilot.
Lim Ji-yeon stars in 'The Tale of Lady Ok.'
Earning best new actor nominations were Kang Seung-ho for House of the Seasons, Noh Sang-hyun for Love in the Big City, MoonWoo-jin for Dark Nuns, Jang Sung-bum for Work To Do and Jung Sung-il for Uprising.
Best new actress (film) nominations went to Roh Yeon-soo for Hear Me: Our Summer, Park Ji-hyun for Hidden Face, Lee Myung-ha for Mimang, Hyeri for Victory and Ha Seo-yoon for Streaming.
Best screenplay nominations went to Kim Hyung-joo and Yoon jong-bin for The Match, Park Yi-woong for The Land of Morning Calm, Shin Chul and Park Chan-woo for Uprising, Oh Seung-wook and Jo Byul for Revolver and Oh Jung -min for House of Seasons.
Best technical (film) nominations went to Park Byung-joo for the VFX in Wonderland, Yoo Sang-seop and Jang Han-seung for the action scenes in I the Executioner, Lee Seo-jin for the makeup in Pilot, Jo Young-wook for the music in Uprising and Hong Kyung-pyo for the camerawork in Harbin.
The Baeksang Arts Awards are considered one of the most prestigious entertainment awards in South Korea. The ceremony takes place on May 5 at 8 p.m. KST.
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