2024 Asia Contents Awards: Complete nominations list, & all you need to know as Choi Woo-shik, Park Bo-young, & more bag spots

On Friday, August 30, the nominations list and other details of the 2024 Asia Contents Awards were made available on the internet. The 2024 Asia Contents Awards, presented by the Ministry of Science and ICT, and Busan Metropolitan City, is expected to take place on October 6, 2024. The event will be rolled out at the BIFF Theatre, Busan Cinema Centre in Busan South Korea.

The 2024 Asia Contents Awards is also organized by the Busan International Film Festival and Korean Radio Promotion Association, adding to the event as a 2024 edition of their festival. The award ceremony was created to honor and recognize the achievements of the shows, movies, and other content made across Asia on OTT and other online streaming platforms.

The event series was first kickstarted in 2019, making the 2024 Asia Contents Awards as its sixth edition. The following article will dive more into the nominees, how they were chosen, the judges behind the same, and other related details about the 2024 Asia Contents Awards.

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From Choi Woo-shik to Park Bo-young: 2024 Asia Contents Awards' complete Nominees list

The 2024 Asia Contents Awards received a total of 201 submissions from 16 countries. These submissions were evaluated by a panel of 12 judges. A total of 41 works from 10 countries have been selected to be seated on the final nominee list. These will be competing under 11 categories.

The final winners of the 2024 Asia Contents Awards will be run through another panel of seven judges. Here are the judges and their positions in the industry:

• Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor and model
• Ko Chia-yen or Alice Ko, Taiwan actress
• Baek Mi-kyoung, South Korean TV and film screenwriter
• Ahn Eun-mi, CEO of Pollux Studio
• Naohiko Matsuba, TV Man Union General Producer
• Max Michael, Business Director of United Talent Agency Asia,
• Kim Young-deok or Ellen Y.D. Kim, Asia Contents & Film Market Chairman

Here's the complete nominee list for the 2024 Asia Contents Awards:

Best Creative

• Blossoms Shanghai
• Cigarette Girl
• Daily Dose of Sunshine
• ENIGMA
• A Killer Paradox
• VIVANT

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Best OTT Original

• Boyhood
• Death’s Game
• The Double
• GG Precinct: Season 1
• Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar
• Uncle Samsik

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Best Asian Contents

• 1286
• Imperfect Us
• Imperfect Victim
• The Last Bout
• SHUT UP
• To the Wonder

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Best Reality & Variety

• 2 Faces
• The Community: Tensions Under The Roof
• Earth Arcade’s Vroom Vroom
• Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook
• Jinny’s Kitchen 2
• Wedding.con

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Best Director

• Alisher UTEV (1286)
• Kamila Andini, Ifa Isfansyah (Cigarette Girl)
• Patha Thongpan (ENIGMA)
• Lim Dae-hyung, Jeon Go-woon (LTNS)
• Park Hoon-jung (The Tyrant)

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Best Writer

• Ju Hwa-mi (The Atypical Family)
• Mag Hsu (Imperfect Us)
• Yamanishi Tatsuya (SHUT UP)
• Teng Congcong, Peng Yining (To the Wonder)
• Park Kyung-su (The Whirlwind)

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Best Lead Actor (Male)

• Hu Ge (Blossoms Shanghai)
• Yim Si-wan (Boyhood)
• Hsu Kuang-han (GG Precinct: Season 1)
• Choi Woo-shik (A Killer Paradox)
• Wu Kang-ren (Living)
• Cho Jin-woong (NO WAY OUT: THE ROULETTE)
• Masato Sakai (VIVANT)

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Best Lead Actor (Female)

• Dian Sastrowardoyo (Cigarette Girl)
• Park Bo-young (Daily Dose of Sunshine)
• Fumi Nikaido (Eye Love You)
• Ariel Lin (Imperfect Us)
• Zhou Xun (Imperfect Victim)
• Kim Hye-yoon (Lovely Runner)

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Best Supporting Actor (Male)

• Arya Saloka (Cigarette Girl)
• Kai Ko (Imperfect Us)
• Lee Hee-jun (A Killer Paradox)
• Ahn Jae Hong (Mask Girl)
• Lee Kwang-soo (NO WAY OUT: THE ROULETTE)
• Go Ayano (Yu Yu Hakusho)

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Best Supporting Actor (Female)

• Du Juan (Blossoms Shanghai)
• Yeom Hye-ran (Mask Girl)
• Kani Kusruti (Poacher)
• Moon Lee (The Victims’ Game: Season 2)
• Kim Hyoung-seo (The Worst of Evil)

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Best Newcomer Actor (Male)

• Metawin Opas-Iamkajorn (ENIGMA)
• Chae Jong-hyeop (Eye Love You)
• Kim Yo-han (A Killer Paradox)
• Byeon Woo-seok (Lovely Runner)
• Tseng Jing-hua (The Victims’ Game: Season 2)
• Anson Kong (Warriors Within 2)

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Best Newcomer Actor (Female)

• Zhang Jing Yi (Blossoms In Adversity)
• Jeon So Nee (Parasyte: The Grey)
• Sawa Nimura (SHUT UP)
• Jo Yoonsu (The Tyrant)
• Tiffany Young (Uncle Samsik)

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Best Visual Effects

• 2 Faces
• Death’s Game
• Parasyte: The Grey
• Yu Yu Hakusho

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Best Original Song

• Sakal Ban (Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar)
• Learn to Live Again (Imperfect Us)
• Sonagi (Lovely Runner)
• Let’s Try (ONLY FRIENDS)

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As fans and netizens near the roll-out of the 2024 Asia Contents Awards, they are excited to see who takes home the trophies.