The 47th Blue Dragon Film Awards announced its nominees on October 28th, with Park Ji Hoon earning a Best New Actor nomination for The King’s Warden, which drew more than 16 million moviegoers and became South Korea’s second most-watched film of all time.
The nominees were selected through industry expert voting and an initial round of online voting held from October 13th to 25th, covering 15 categories.
Five films are competing for Best Picture: Colony, The World of Love, The Assassin(s), The King’s Warden and HOPE. All five filmmakers are also nominated for Best Director.
Na Hong Jin’s HOPE leads with 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and acting nods for Zo In Sung, Um Moon Suk and Jung Ho Yeon. Possible Love follows with eight nominations, including all four lead and supporting acting categories, while The King’s Warden earned seven and Colony received six.
Public voting begins November 2nd through the Celeb Champ app across 16 categories, with the combined public vote in each category carrying the same weight as one professional jury vote.
The 47th Blue Dragon Film Awards will take place November 25th at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, and air on KBS2.
Below is the full list of nominees.
Best Picture
- Colony
- The World of Love
- The Assassin(s)
- The King’s Warden
- HOPE
Best Director
- Na Hong Jin — HOPE
- Yeon Sang Ho — Colony
- Yoon Ga Eun — The World of Love
- Jang Hang Jun — The King’s Warden
- Hur Jin Ho — The Assassin(s)
Best New Director
- Kwon Yong Jae — The Price of Goodbye
- Kim Mi Jo — The Journey to Gyeongju
- Divine Sung — Summer’s Camera
- Lee Sang Min — Salmokji: Whispering Water
- Han Chang Rok — Funky Freaky Freaks
Best Actor
- Koo Kyo Hwan — Once We Were Us
- Park Hae Il — The Assassin(s)
- Sul Kyung Gu — Possible Love
- Yoo Hae Jin — The King’s Warden
- Zo In Sung — HOPE
Best Actress
- Ko A Sung — Pavane
- Mun Ka Young — Once We Were Us
- Shin Min Ah — Eyes
- Lee Jung Eun — The Journey to Gyeongju
- Jeon Do Yeon — Possible Love
Best Supporting Actor
- Koo Kyo Hwan — Colony
- Oh Jung Se — Wild Sing
- Eum Moon Suk — HOPE
- Lee Min Ho — The Assassin(s)
- Zo In Sung — Possible Love
Best Supporting Actress
- Kim Shin Rok — Colony
- Park Ji Hyun — Wild Sing
- Jang Hye Jin — The World of Love
- Jeon Mi Do — The King’s Warden
- Cho Yeo Jeong — Possible Love
Best New Actor
- Moon Sang Min — Pavane
- Moon Ji Hoon — Tazza: Song of Beelzebub
- Park Ji Hoon — The King’s Warden
- Lee Jong Won — Salmokji: Whispering Water
- Joo Min Hyeong — Funky Freaky Freaks
Best New Actress
- Kim Sia — Summer’s Camera
- Seo Su Bin — The World of Love
- Lee Yeon — The Journey to Gyeongju
- Jang Da A — Salmokji: Whispering Water
- Jung Ho Yeon — HOPE
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