According to JTBC News, this year's Baeksang Arts Awards of Korea has expanded the scope of evaluation from 3 ground-based broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC) to cable TV, over-the-air (OTT) services and web films.
To comply with the expanded criteria, the television category was also renamed the broadcast category.
The nominations are films released from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 and have aired at least 1/3 of their time.
Netflix's "When Life Gives You Tangerines" leads the number of nominations for broadcast categories with a total of 8 nominations. Including the Best Film, Best Director (Kim Won Seok), Best Screenwriter (Lim Sang Choon).
Park Bo Gum and IU were nominated for Best Actor/Actress. Choi Dae Hoon and Yeom Hye Ran were nominated for Best Supporting Actor/Actress. Kim Tae Yeon is on the list of nominees for Best New Actress.
In addition, this year's Baeksang marks the rise of online platforms with many nominated works.
In addition to "When Life Gives You Tangerines", Netflix has 4 other nominated films including "The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call", "Squid Game 2", "The Frog", "Hellbound 2" and 1 TV show "Culinary Class Wars" also nominated for technical awards.
Disney+ has the films "Light Shop" and "The Tyrant". Coupang Play has "Family Matters", Tving has "Study Group".
The 61st Baeksang Awards Ceremony is scheduled to take place on the evening of May 5, broadcast live via JTBC.
Nomination for the 2025 Baeksang Arts Award - broadcast category (Forum):
Best Television Series:
When Life Gives You Tangerines (Net Netflix)
Lovely Runner (tvN)
The Tale of Lady Ok (JTBC)
Doubt (MBC)
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (Net Netflix)
Best Director:
Kim Won Seok (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Kim Hee Won (Light Shop)
Song Yeon Hwa (Doubt)
Lee Do Yoon (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call)
Jeong Ji In (Jeong Nyeon)
Best Screenwriter:
Kim Jeong Min (Family Matters)
Park Ji Sook (The Tale of Lady Ok)
Lee Si Eun (Lovely Runner)
Lim Sang Choon (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Choi Yoo Na (Good Partner)
Best Actor:
Park Bo Gum (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Byeon Woo Seok (Lovely Runner)
Lee Joon Huyk (Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard)
Joo Ji Hoon (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call)
Han Suk Kyu (Doubt).
Best Actress:
IU (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Go Min Si (The Frog)
Kim Tae Ri (Jeong Nyeon)
Kim Hye Yoon (Lovely Runner)
Jang Na Ra (Good Partner).
Best Supporting Actor:
Kim Joon Han (Good Partner)
No Jae Won (Squid Game 2)
Yoon Kyung Ho (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call)
Choi Dae Hoon (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Hyun Bong Sik (Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard).
Best Supporting Actress:
Kim Kook Hee (Family Matters)
Kim Jae Hwa (The Tale of Lady Ok)
Yeom Hye Ran (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Oh Kyung Hwa (Jeong Nyeon)
Jung Eun Chae (Jeong Nyeon)
Best New Actor:
Kim Jeong Jin (Doubt)
Song Kun Hee (Lovely Runner)
Cha Woo Min (Study Group)
Joo Young Woo (The Tale of Lady Ok)
Heo Nam Joon (Your Honor)
Best New Actress:
Kim Tae Yeon (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Noh Jeong Eui (The Witch)
Jo Yoon Joo (The Tyrant)
Chae Won Bin (Doubt)
Ha Young (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call)
Best Technical Achievement:
Lee Young Joo - art director (Culinary Class Wars)
Lee Jin Seok, Lee Deok Hoon - filming (Doubt)
Jang Young Kyu - music (Jeong Nyeon)
Jo Dong Hyuk - martial arts director (Study Group)
Hong Jeong Ho, Lee Seung Je, Kim Dae Joon, Kim Jeong Min - VFX (Hellbound 2)
