The Chunsa Film Art Awards (; also known as the Icheon Chunsa Film Festival) have been presented in South Korea since the founding of the prize by the Korea Film Directors' Society in 1990. The awards take their name from the pen name of the early Korean actor and filmmaker from the silent film era, Na Woon-gyu. Prizes are given for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best New Director, Best New Actor, Best New Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Music/Score, Best Lighting, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, and Technical Award.
Award categories
Awards in following 14 categories will be given.
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
Ceremonies
2023 – 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.
Best Film #YearFilmDirector 1st 1990 Black Republic Park Kwang-su 2nd 1991 Death Song Kim Ho-sun 3rd 1992 Our Twisted Hero Park Jong-won 4th 1993 Sopyonje Im Kwon-taek 5th 1994 The Taebaek Mountains Im Kwon-taek 6th 1995 A Single Spark Park Kwang-su 7th 1999 Spring in My Hometown Lee Kwang-mo 8th 2000 Joint Security Area Park Chan-wook 9th 2001 Friend Kwak Kyung-taek 10th 2002 Oasis Lee Chang-dong 11th 2003 Memories of Murder Bong Joon-ho 12th 2004 When I Turned Nine Yun In-ho 13th 2005 Blood Rain Kim Dae-seung 14th 2006 Hanbando Kang Woo-suk 15th 2007 Once in a Summer Joh Keun-shik 16th 2008 Crossing Kim Tae-kyun 17th 2009 Take Off Kim Yong-hwa 18th 2010 Moss Kang Woo-suk Discontinued
Best Director #YearDirectorFilm 1st 1990 Chung Ji-young North Korean Partisan in South Korea 2nd 1991 Im Kwon-taek Fly High Run Far 3rd 1992 Chung Ji-young White Badge 4th 1993 Im Kwon-taek Sopyonje 5th 1994 Uhm Jong-sun Manmubang 6th 1995 Park Kwang-su A Single Spark 7th 1999 Park Chul-soo Kazoku Cinema 8th 2000 Park Chan-wook Joint Security Area 9th 2001 Kwak Kyung-taek Friend 10th 2002 Lee Chang-dong Oasis 11th 2003 Bong Joon-ho Memories of Murder 12th 2004 Yun In-ho When I Turned Nine 13th 2005 Kim Dae-seung Blood Rain 14th 2006 Kang Woo-suk Hanbando 15th 2007 Joh Keun-shik Once in a Summer 16th 2008 Kim Tae-kyun Crossing 17th 2009 Park Chan-wook Thirst 18th 2010 Kang Woo-suk Moss 19th 2014 20th 2015 Kim Seong-hun A Hard Day 21st 2016 Choi Dong-hoon Assassination 22nd 2017 Na Hong-jin The Wailing 23rd 2018 Hwang Dong-hyuk The Fortress 24th 2019 Bong Joon-ho Parasite 25th 2020 Won Shin-yun The Battle: Roar to Victory 26th 2021 Jo Sung-hee Space Sweepers 27th 2022 Park Chan-wook Decision to Leave 28th 2023 Kim Jee-woon Cobweb 29th 2025 Yoon Ga-eun The World of Love
Best Actor #YearActorFilm 1st 1990 Ahn Sung-ki North Korean Partisan in South Korea 2nd 1991 Lee Deok-hwa Fly High Run Far 3rd 1992 Moon Sung-keun Road to the Racetrack 4th 1993 Lee Deok-hwa I Will Survive 5th 1994 Jang Dong-hwi Manmubang 6th 1995 Hong Kyung-in A Single Spark 7th 1999 Park Shin-yang A Promise 8th 2000 Sul Kyung-gu Peppermint Candy 9th 2001 Yu Oh-seong Friend 10th 2002 Sul Kyung-gu Oasis 11th 2003 Song Kang-ho Memories of Murder 12th 2004 Choi Min-sik Oldboy 13th 2005 Lee Byung-hun A Bittersweet Life 14th 2006 Kam Woo-sung King and the Clown 15th 2007 Cha Seung-won My Son 16th 2008 Kim Yoon-seok Ha Jung-woo The Chaser 17th 2009 Song Kang-ho Thirst 18th 2010 Sul Kyung-gu No Mercy 19th 2014 Song Kang-ho The Attorney 20th 2015 Ha Jung-woo Kundo: Age of the Rampant 21st 2016 Yoo Ah-in The Throne 22nd 2017 Ha Jung-woo The Tunnel 23rd 2018 Jung Woo-sung Steel Rain 24th 2019 Ju Ji-hoon Dark Figure of Crime 25th 2020 Lee Byung-hun The Man Standing Next 26th 2021 Song Joong-ki Space Sweepers 27th 2022 Park Hae-il Decision to Leave 28th 2023 Ryu Jun-yeol The Night Owl 29th 2025 Lee Byung-hun No Other Choice
Best Actress #YearActressFilm 1st 1990 Shim Hye-jin Black Republic 2nd 1991 Chang Mi-hee Death Song 3rd 1992 Kang Soo-yeon Road to the Racetrack 4th 1993 Oh Jung-hae Sopyonje 5th 1994 Shim Hye-jin Out to the World 6th 1995 Bang Eun-jin 301, 302 7th 1999 Lee Mi-sook An Affair 8th 2000 Jeon Do-yeon Happy End 9th 2001 Bae Doona Lee Yo-won Ok Ji-young Take Care of My Cat 10th 2002Moon So-ri Oasis 11th 2003 A Good Lawyer's Wife 12th 2004 Kim Hye-soo Hypnotized Lee Na-young Someone Special 13th 2005 Jeon Do-yeon You Are My Sunshine 14th 2006 Kim Hye-soo Tazza: The High Rollers 15th 2007 Kim Ah-joong 200 Pounds Beauty 16th 2008 Lee Mi-yeon Love Exposure 17th 2009 Shin Min-ah Go Go 70s 18th 2010 Uhm Jung-hwa Bestseller 19th 2014 Shim Eun-kyung Miss Granny 20th 2015 Bae Doona A Girl at My Door 21st 2016 Kim Hye-soo Coin Locker Girl 22nd 2017 Son Ye-jin The Truth Beneath 23rd 2018 Kim Ok-vin The Villainess 24th 2019 Cho Yeo-jeong Parasite 25th 2020 Lee Young-ae Bring Me Home 26th 2021 Jeon Do-yeon Beasts Clawing at Straws 27th 2022 Tang Wei Decision to Leave 28th 2023 Kim Hye-soo Smugglers 29th 2025 Lim Yoona Pretty Crazy
Best Supporting Actor #YearActorFilm 1st 1990 2nd 1991 Lee Geung-young Silver Stallion 3rd 1992 Lee Geung-young White Badge Hong Kyung-in Go Jeong-il Our Twisted Hero 4th 1993 Lee Il-woong I Will Survive 5th 1994 Lee Geung-young Out to the World 6th 1995 Lee Hae-ryong Mugoonghwa - Korean National Flower 7th 1999 8th 2000 Shin Ha-kyun Joint Security Area 9th 2001 10th 2002 Kang Shin-il Public Enemy 11th 2003 Park No-shik Memories of Murder 12th 2004 Jung Doo-hong Fighter in the Wind 13th 2005 Park Yong-woo Blood Rain 14th 2006 Lee Beom-soo The City of Violence Jang Hang-sun King and the Clown 15th 2007 Oh Dal-su Once in a Summer Jo Han-sun Cruel Winter Blues 16th 2008 Kim Yeong-cheol My Father 17th 2009 Sung Dong-il Take Off Park Hee-soon The Scam 18th 2010 Ko Chang-seok A Barefoot Dream Yoo Jun-sang Moss 19th 2014 20th 2015 21st 2016 Cho Jin-woong Assassination 22nd 2017 Park Jung-min Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet 23rd 2018 Kim Dong-wook Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds 24th 2019 Steven Yeun Burning 25th 2020 Lee Sung-min The Man Standing Next 26th 2021 Park Jeong-min Deliver Us from Evil 27th 2022 Park Ji-hwan The Roundup 28th 2023 Kim Jong-soo Smugglers 29th 2025 Kwon Hae-hyo The Ugly
Best Supporting Actress #YearActressFilm 1st 1990 2nd 1991 Kim Bo-yeon Silver Stallion 3rd 1992 Kim Bo-yeon Road to the Racetrack 4th 1993 Moon Mi-bong When Adam Opens His Eyes 5th 1994 Jung Kyung-soon The Taebaek Mountains 6th 1995 Kim Bo-yeon A Hot Roof 7th 1999 8th 2000 Kim Sung-nyeo Chunhyang 9th 2001 10th 2002 Ye Ji-won On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate 11th 2003 Song Yun-ah Jail Breakers 12th 2004 Go Doo-shim My Mother, the Mermaid 13th 2005 Oh Mi-hee All for Love 14th 2006 Kim Soo-mi Barefoot Ki-bong 15th 2007 Uhm Ji-won Traces of Love 16th 2008 Kim Ji-young Forever the Moment 17th 2009 Kim Hae-sook Thirst Lee Hye-sook Take Off 18th 2010 Youn Yuh-jung The Housemaid 19th 2014 20th 2015 21st 2016 Uhm Ji-won The Silenced 22nd 2017 Yoo In-young Misbehavior 23rd 2018 Kim Sun-young Communication & Lies 24th 2019 Lee Jung-eun Parasite 25th 2020 Kim Mi-kyung Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 26th 2021 Bae Jong-ok Innocence 27th 2022 Oh Na-ra Perhaps Love 28th 2023 Krystal Jung Cobweb 29th 2025 Lee Jung-eun My Daughter Is a Zombie
Best New Director #YearDirectorFilm 1st 1990 Hwang Qu-duk Our Class Accepts Anyone Regardless of Grade 2nd 1991 Lee Myung-se My Love, My Bride Won Jung-soo Lost Love 3rd 1992 Kim Ui-seok Marriage Story 4th 1993 Lee Hyun-seung The Blue in You 5th 1994 Kim Hong-joon Rosy Life 6th 1995 Lee Min-yong A Hot Roof 7th 1999 Lee Jeong-hyang Art Museum by the Zoo 8th 2000 Kim Jung-kwon Ditto Kim Ki-young Truth Game 9th 2001 10th 2002 Kim Hyun-seok YMCA Baseball Team 11th 2003 Jang Joon-hwan Save the Green Planet! 12th 2004 Kim Hak-soon Rewind 13th 2005 Jeong Yoon-cheol Marathon 14th 2006 Lee Hwan-kyung Lump Sugar 15th 2007 Lee Jeong-beom Cruel Winter Blues 16th 2008 Na Hong-jin The Chaser 17th 2009 Park Geun-yong Lifting King Kong 18th 2010 Kang Dae-kyu Harmony 19th 2014 Yang Woo-suk The Attorney 20th 2015 Woo Moon-gi The King of Jokgu 21st 2016 Hong Seok-jae Socialphobia 22nd 2017 Kim Jin-hwang The Boys Who Cried Wolf 23rd 2018 Kang Yoon-sung The Outlaws 24th 2019 Kim Tae-gyun Dark Figure of Crime 25th 2020 Kim Do-young Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 28th 2023 Ahn Tae-jin The Night Owl 29th 2025 Jang Byung-ki When This Summer is Over
Best New Actor #YearActorFilm 1st 1990 Moon Sung-keun Black Republic 2nd 1991 Choi Jin-young Beyond the Mountain 3rd 1992 Kim Yong-il A Surrogate Father 4th 1993 Kim Kyu-chul Seopyeonje 5th 1994 Kim Kap-soo The Taebaek Mountains 6th 1995 Han Suk-kyu Doctor Bong Lee Byung-hun Who Drives Me Mad? 7th 1999 Lee Sung-jae Art Museum by the Zoo 8th 2000 Yoo Ji-tae Ditto 9th 2001 10th 2002 Kim Sang-kyung On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate 11th 2003 Park Hae-il Jealousy Is My Middle Name 12th 2004 Won Bin Taegukgi 13th 2005 Jin Tae-hyun All for Love 14th 2006 Uhm Tae-woong Family Ties 15th 2007 Jung Kyung-ho Herb 16th 2008 Daniel Henney My Father 17th 2009 Song Chang-eui Once Upon a Time in Seoul Cha Seung-woo Go Go 70s 18th 2010 Cho Jin-woong Bestseller Choi Jae-woong The Sword with No Name 19th 2014 20th 2015 21st 2016 Kang Ha-neul Twenty 22nd 2017 Koo Kyo-hwan Beaten Black and Blue 23rd 2018 Oh Seung-hoon Method 24th 2019 Gong Myung Extreme Job 25th 2020 Park Hae-soo By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture27th2022Kim Dong-hwiIn Our PrimeMu Jin-sung Perhaps Love 28th 2023 Kim Sung-cheol The Night Owl 29th 2025 Jung Sung-il Uprising
Best New Actress #YearActressFilm 1st 1990 Choi Jin-sil North Korean Partisan in South Korea 2nd 1991 Kim Geum-yong Beyond the Mountain Kim Sung-ryung Who Saw the Dragon's Claws? 3rd 1992 Oh Yeon-soo Women Upstairs, Men Downstairs 4th 1993 Park Sun-young The Man With Breasts Lee Yoon-sung When Adam Opens His Eyes 5th 1994 Jung Sun-kyung To You, From Me 6th 1995 Lee Ji-eun My Dear Keum-hong 7th 1999 Kim Gyu-ri Whispering Corridors Kim Yeo-jin Girls' Night Out 8th 2000 Lee Ji-hyun La Belle 9th 2001 10th 2002 Seo Won Bad Guy 11th 2003 Hwang Jung-min Save the Green Planet! 12th 2004 Moon Geun-young My Little Bride 13th 2005 Seo Young-hee All for Love 14th 2006 Lee Bo-young A Dirty Carnival 15th 2007 Lee Se-eun Once in a Summer 16th 2008 Lee Hwa-seon Sex Is Zero 2 Jo Eun-ji Forever the Moment 17th 2009 Jo An Lifting King Kong 18th 2010 Kang Ye-won Harmony 19th 2014 20th 2015 21st 2016 Park So-dam The Priests 22nd 2017 Lee Sang-hee Our Love Story 23rd 2018 Choi Hee-seo Anarchist from Colony24th2019 Jeon Yeo-been After My Death Jin Ki-joo Little Forest 25th 2020 Choi Sung-eun Start-Up 26th 2021 27th 2022 Lee Ji-eun Broker 28th 2023 Go Min-si Smugglers 29th 2025 Seo Su-bin The World of Love
Best Young Actor/Actress #YearActor/ActressFilm 4th 1993 Oh Tae-kyung Hwa-Om-Kyung 5th 1994 6th 1995 7th 1996 8th 1997 9th 1998 10th 1999 11th 2003 12th 2004 Lee Se-young, Kim Seok, Na Ah-hyun, Kim Myung-jae When I Turned Nine 13th 2005 Lee Jae-eung Bravo, My Life 14th 2006 15th 2007 16th 2008 Shin Myeong-cheol Crossing 17th 2009 Wang Seok-hyeon Scandal Makers Discontinued
Best Screenplay