Seoul International Drama Awards 2025 Nominations: When Life Gives You Tangerines, Pachinko 2 and more land nods
International Competition nominees at the 2025 Seoul International Drama Awards
Best Director
Hirokazu Koreeda (Asura)
Bille August (The Count of Montecristo)
Kim Won Seok (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Philip Barantini (Adolescence)
Lee Jin Ah (To My Lonely Sister)
Best Screenwriter
Dan Erickson from (Severance S2)
Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
Soo Hugh (Pachinko 2)
Lim Sang Choon (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Squid Game 3)
Kim Da Mi (Nine Puzzles)
Kim Jung Young (O'PENing: My Trouble-Maker Mom)
Kim Min Ha (Pachinko 2)
Best Actor
Adam Scott (Severance S2)
Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
Best Miniseries
Adolescence
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Asura
Pachinko 2
Hyper Knife
Best TV Movie
To My Lonely Sister
O'PENing: Our Beautiful Summer
O'PENing: The Son
O'PENing: Unbalanced Love
Smetana
Champagne – Peppino di Capri
Best Series
For Eagle Brothers
The Nightfall
Emerald Hill – The Little Nyonya Story
Seoul International Drama Awards 2025 will announce winners in September; meanwhile, fans can check out the ceremony broadcast on October 2 at 5:50 PM KST on SBS and Seoul International Drama Awards' official YouTube channel.
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