Chunsa Film Art Awards 2023

Film awards and festival in South Korea

Song Ji-woo
Lee Kyu-han
Lee Byung-jin

Official websiteChunsa Film Art AwardsHighlightsUn Certain Regard Director AwardJung Ju-riBest DirectionKim Jee-woon
CobwebBest ActorRyu Jun-yeol
The Night OwlBest ActressKim Hye-soo
SmugglersBest Supporting ActorKim Jong-soo
SmugglersBest Supporting ActressKrystal Jung
CobwebTelevision coverageNetworkNavar TV

The Chunsa Film Art Awards (Korean: 춘사국제영화제; Hanja: 春史國際映畫祭; also known as The 28th Chunsa International Film Festival) have been hosted by the Korean Film Directors Association, since the 1990s to commemorate the Korean film pioneer Chunsa Na Woon-gyu. Previously known as Chunsa Film Festival, it became an international film festival in 2021.

The 28th Chunsa International Film Festival was held on December 7 at Construction Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The ceremony was hosted by Lee Kyu-han, Song Ji-woo and comedian Lee Byung-jin.^[1]

In the ceremony streamed live on Naver TV, Kim Jee-woon won the best director award for period black comedy-drama film Cobweb, whereas Ryu Jun-yeol won best actor award for The Night Owl and Kim Hye-soo best actress award for Smugglers.^[2]

Award categories

In this year's ceremony, awards in following 14 categories will be given.^[3]

Best Director Award
Best Actor Award
Best Actress Award
Special Jury Award (Director Category)
Special Jury Award (Actor Category)
Best Supporting Actress Award
Best Supporting Actor Award
Best New Actress Award
Best New Actor Award
Best New Director Award
Best Screenplay,
Un Certain Regard,
Director, Achievement Award
Special Award

Winners and nominees

Kim Jee-woon, Best Director award winner

The nominees for the 28th Chunsa Film Art Awards were announced on December 5, 2023.^[4]

The winners were announced on December 7, at the ceremony that was held at the Vista Hall of the Construction Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.^[5]

Best Director	Best New Director
Kim Jee-woon – Cobweb Um Tae-hwa – Concrete Utopia Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl	Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ryu Jun-yeol – The Night Owl Lee Byung-hun – Concrete Utopia Song Kang-ho – Cobweb	Kim Hye-soo – Smugglers Kim Hee-sun – Honey Sweet Kim Yun-jin – Confession
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kim Jong-soo – Smugglers Kim Mu-yeol – The Devil's Deal Choi Kwang-il – Confession	Krystal Jung – Cobweb Jeon Yeo-been – Cobweb Nana – Confession
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Kim Sung-cheol – The Night Owl Seo In-guk – Project Wolf Hunting Yoon Shi-yoon – Birth	Go Min-si – Smugglers Kim Si-eun – Next Sohee
Special Jury Award
Director	Actor
Lee Han – Honey Sweet	Yoo Hae-jin – Honey Sweet
Achievement Award	Special Award
Kang Beom-gu – North Star Kim Jeong-yong – Government Affairs Shinkwon	Shin Sang-ok – Winter Story
Un Certain Regard Director Award	Best Screenplay
Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee Lim Oh-jeong – Long Live Hell	Hyun Gyu-ri, Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl

References

^ Lee Se-bin (December 5, 2023). "'제28회 춘사국제영화제' 수상 후보 공개…'올빼미'·'콘유'·'거미집' 맞붙는다" ['28th Chunsa International Film Festival' award candidates revealed... ‘Owl’, ‘Conyu’, and ‘Cobweb’ face off]. Daily Sports (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ Seong Ha-hoon (December 8, 2023). "춘사영화제 감독상 받은 '거미집' 김지운 "감독들 눈 예리해"" [Kim Ji-woon, whose film 'The Spider's Nest' won the Best Director Award at the Chunsa Film Festival, said, "Directors have sharp eyes."]. OhmyNews (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^ Cheon Ju-young (December 5, 2023). "제28회 춘사국제영화제, 최우수감독상·남녀주연상 등 각 부문별 수상 후보 공개" [The 28th Chunsa International Film Festival announces award candidates in each category, including Best Director and Best Actor]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ Kim Ji-hye (December 5, 2023). "엄태화VS김지운VS안태진, 제28회 춘사국제영화제 감독상 3파전" [Uhm Tae-hwa VS Kim Ji-woon VS Ahn Tae-jin, Best Director Award 3rd round at the 28th Chunsa International Film Festival]. SBS Entertainment News (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ Park Jae-hwan (December 7, 2023). "춘사국제영화제, 김지운 감독 최우수감독상... 김혜수-류준열 주연상 수상" [Chunsa International Film Festival, director Kim Ji-woon wins Best Director Award... Kim Hye-soo and Ryu Jun-yeol win Best Actor Award]. KBS Entertainment News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 7, 2023.