The Director's Cut Awards () is an annual awards ceremony for excellence in film in South Korea. It is presented by the Korea Film Director's Network (KFDN), a group of approximately 300 Korean filmmakers. The KFDN selects winners in the Korean film industry in eight categories: Director, Actor (Male/Female), New Director, New Actor (Male/Female), Producer and Independent Film Director. It was launched in 1998 by film director Lee Hyun-seung with a membership of "young generation" directors in their twenties to forties.
The ceremony was temporarily discontinued after 2010 due to "internal issues" within the organization. It was resumed in 2014 and held concurrently with the Jecheon International Music and Film Festival (JIMFF).
Award ceremonies 2023 The 21st edition of award ceremony was held on February 24, 2023, at the Convention Hall on the 1st floor of the Chungmu Art Center. Maytree, a cappella group performed a special congratulatory performance during the ceremony.
2022 The 20th edition of award ceremony was held online on February 24, 2022. It was aired live on Naver TV.
Categories Film
Best Director Best Screenplay Best New Director Best Actor Best Actress Best New Actor Best New Actress Vision Award of the Year (formerly known as Best Independent Film Director) International Film Director of the Year (2022, 2023)
Series
Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best New Actor Best New Actress Best Screenplay (2022, 2023)
Film Best Director #YearDirectorFilm 1st 1998 Hur Jin-ho Christmas in August 2nd 1999 Kang Je-gyu Shiri 3rd 2000 Park Chan-wook Joint Security Area 4th 2001 Song Hae-sung Failan 5th 2002 Park Chan-wook Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 6th 2003 Bong Joon-ho Memories of Murder 7th 2004 Park Chan-wook Oldboy 8th 2005 Im Sang-soo The President's Last Bang 9th 2006 Hong Sang-soo Woman on the Beach 10th 2007 Lee Chang-dong Secret Sunshine 11th 2008 Kim Jee-woon The Good, the Bad, the Weird 12th 2009 Park Chan-wook Thirst 13th 2010 Ryoo Seung-wan The Unjust 14th 2014 Bong Joon-ho Snowpiercer 15th 2015 Oh Seung-uk The Shameless 16th 2016 Na Hong-jin The Wailing17th2017Bong Joon-hoOkja18th2018Jang Joon-hwan1987: When the Day Comes19th2019Bong Joon-hoParasite20th2022Lee Joon-ik The Book of Fish 21st 2023 Park Chan-wook Decision to Leave 22nd 2024 Kim Sung-su 12.12: The Day 23rd 2025 Jang Jae-hyun Exhuma24th2026Park Chan-wookNo Other Choice
Best Screenplay #YearRecipient Film 18th 2018 Kim Kyung-chan 1987: When the Day Comes 19th 2019 Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won Parasite 10th 2022 Kim Se-gyeom The Book of Fish 21st 2023 Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong Decision to Leave 22nd 2024 Kim Sung-su, Hong In-pyo, Hong Won-chan, Lee Young-jong 12.12: The Day 23rd 2025 Jang Jae-hyun Exhuma24th2026Yoon Ga-eunThe World of Love
Best Actor #YearActorFilm 1st 1998 Han Suk-kyu Christmas in August 2nd 1999 Choi Min-sik Shiri, Happy End 3rd 2000 Song Kang-ho Joint Security Area 4th 2001 Choi Min-sik Failan 5th 2002 Sul Kyung-gu Oasis 6th 2003 Song Kang-ho Memories of Murder 7th 2004 Choi Min-sik Oldboy 8th 2005 Jung Jae-young Welcome to Dongmakgol, Wedding Campaign 9th 2006 Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il The Host 10th 2007 Song Kang-ho Secret Sunshine 11th 2008 Ha Jung-woo The Chaser, My Dear Enemy 12th 2009 Song Kang-ho Thirst 13th 2010 Choi Min-sik I Saw the Devil 14th 2014 Song Kang-ho The Attorney 15th 2015 Hwang Jung-min Ode to My Father 16th 2016 Lee Byung-hun Inside Men 17th 2017 Sul Kyung-gu Memoir of a Murderer 18th 2018 Lee Sung Min The Spy Gone North19th2019Song Kang-hoParasite20th2022Lee Byung-hunThe Man Standing Next 21st 2023 Park Hae-il Decision to Leave 22nd 2024 Lee Byung-hun Concrete Utopia 23rd 2025 Lee Byung-hun The Match24th2026Yoo Hae-jinThe King's Warden
Best Actress #YearActressFilm 1st 1998 Shim Eun-ha Christmas in August 2nd 1999 Jeon Do-yeon The Harmonium in My Memory, Happy End 3rd 2000 Lee Mi-yeon Pisces 4th 2001 Jang Jin-young Sorum 5th 2002 Yunjin Kim Ardor 6th 2003 Moon So-ri A Good Lawyer's Wife Yum Jung-ah A Tale of Two Sisters 7th 2004 Jeon Do-yeon My Mother, the Mermaid 8th 2005 Jeon Do-yeon You Are My Sunshine Lee Young-ae Sympathy for Lady Vengeance 9th 2006 Bae Doona, Go Ah-sung The Host 10th 2007 Jeon Do-yeon Secret Sunshine 11th 2008 Gong Hyo-jin Crush and Blush 12th 2009 Kim Hye-ja Mother 13th 2010 Seo Young-hee Bedevilled 14th 2014 Shim Eun-kyung Miss Granny 15th 2015 Jeon Do-yeon The Shameless 16th 2016 Kim Min-hee The Handmaiden 17th 2017 Na Moon-hee I Can Speak 18th 2018 Kim Tae-ri Little Forest19th2019Han Ji-minMiss Baek20th2022Jeon Jong-seoThe Call 21st 2023 Tang Wei Decision to Leave 22nd 2024 Kim Sun-young Concrete Utopia 23rd 2025 Kim Go-eun Exhuma24th2026Seo Su-binThe World of Love
Best New Director #YearDirectorFilm 1st 1998 Lee Jeong-hyang Art Museum by the Zoo 2nd 1999 Jung Ji-woo Happy End 3rd 2000 Bong Joon-ho Barking Dogs Never Bite 4th 2001 Song Il-gon Flower Island Jeong Jae-eun Take Care of My Cat 5th 2002 Park Jin-pyo Too Young to Die 6th 2003 Jang Joon-hwan Save the Green Planet! 7th 2004 Choi Dong-hoon The Big Swindle 8th 2005 Jeong Yoon-cheol Marathon 9th 2006 Son Jae-gon My Scary Girl 10th 2007 Jung Beom-sik, Jung Sik Epitaph 11th 2008 Na Hong-jin The Chaser 12th 2009 Ounie Lecomte A Brand New Life 13th 2010 Jang Cheol-soo Bedevilled 14th 2014 Yang Woo-suk The Attorney 15th 2015 Kim Sung-je Minority Opinion 16th 2016 Jang Jae-hyun The Priests17th2017Cho Hyun-hoonJane18th2018Kang Yun-seongThe Outlaws19th2019Kim BoraHouse of Hummingbird20th2022Hong Eui-jeong Voice of Silence 21st 2023 Ahn Tae-jin The Night Owl 22nd 2024 Jason Yu (Yu Jae-sun) Sleep 23rd 2025 Nam Dong-hyeop Handsome Guys24th2026Jang Seong-hoThe King of Kings
Best New Actor #YearActorFilm 3rd 2000 Shin Ha-kyun Joint Security Area 4th 2001 Kim Myung-min Sorum 5th 2002 Hwang Jung-min Road Movie 6th 2003 Bong Tae-gyu A Good Lawyer's Wife Park Hae-il Jealousy Is My Middle Name 7th 2004 Gang Dong-won Too Beautiful to Lie 8th 2005 Ha Jung-woo The Unforgiven 9th 2006 Ryu Deok-hwan Like a Virgin 10th 2007 Jang Keun-suk The Happy Life 11th 2008 Yoo Ah-in Antique 12th 2009 Kim Dong-wook Take Off 13th 2010 Song Sae-byeok The Servant 14th 2014 Yeo Jin-goo Hwayi: A Monster Boy 15th 2015 Ahn Jae-hong The King of Jokgu 16th 2016 Park Jeong-min Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet 17th 2017 Choi Gwi-hwa A Taxi Driver 18th 2018 Do Kyung-soo Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days19th2019Park Myung-hoonParasite20th2022Koo Kyo-hwan Peninsula 21st 2023 Seo Hyun-woo Decision to Leave 22nd 2024 Hong Xa-bin Hopeless 23rd 2025 Lee Do-hyun Exhuma24th2026Park Ji-hoonThe King's Warden
Best New Actress #YearActressFilm 3rd 2000 Bae Doona Plum Blossom 4th 2001 Lee Yo-won Take Care of My Cat 5th 2002 Moon So-ri Oasis 6th 2003 Im Soo-jung A Tale of Two Sisters 7th 2004 Soo Ae A Family 8th 2005 Jo Yi-jin The Aggressives 9th 2006 Choo Ja-hyun Bloody Tie 10th 2007 Hwang Bo-ra Skeletons in the Closet 11th 2008 Seo Woo Crush and Blush 12th 2009 Park Bo-young Scandal Makers 13th 2010 Lee Min-jung Cyrano Agency 14th 2014 Chun Woo-hee Han Gong-ju 15th 2015 Esom Scarlet Innocence 16th 2016 Kim Tae-ri The Handmaiden17th2017Choi Hee-seoAnarchist from Colony18th2018Kim Da-miThe Witch: Part 1. The Subversion19th2019Park Ji-huHouse of Hummingbird20th2022Kang Mal-geum Lucky Chan-sil 21st 2023 Yang Mal-bok The Apartment with Two Women 22nd 2024 Kim Si-eun Next Sohee 23rd 2025 Kim Geum-soon Star of Ulsan24th2026Yeom Hye-ranNo Other Choice
Vision Award of the Year #YearDirectorFilmNote 9th 2006 Leesong Hee-il No Regret Best Independent Film Director 10th 2007 Yoon Seong-ho Milky Way Liberation Front 11th 2008 Jung Byung-gil Action Boys 12th 2009 Yang Ik-june Breathless 13th 2010 Hong Hyung-sook The Border City 2 14th 2014 Lee Su-jin Han Gong-ju 15th 2015 Woo Moon-gi The King of Jokgu 16th 2016 Ahn Gooc-jin Alice in Earnestland 17th 2017 Choi Seung-ho Criminal Conspiracy 18th 2018 Kim Ui-seok After My Death 19th 2019 Kim Bora House of Hummingbird 20th 2022 Kim Cho-hee Lucky Chan-sil Yoon Dan-bi Moving On 21st 2023 Kim Se-in The Apartment with Two Women 22nd 2024 Jung Joo-ri Next Sohee 23rd 2025 Oh Jung-min House of the Seasons24th2026Yoon Ga-eunThe World of Love
International Film Director of the Year #YearDirector Film 20th 2022 Denis Villeneuve Dune 21st 2023 Daniel Kwan,Daniel Scheinert Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Producer #YearProducerFilm 1st 1998 Lee Choon-yeon (Cine2000) Whispering Corridors, Art Museum by the Zoo 2nd 1999 Kim Mi-hee (Fun & Happiness Film) Attack the Gas Station 3rd 2000 Shim Jae-myung (Myung Films) Joint Security Area 4th 2001 Oh Ki-min (Masulpiri Pictures) Take Care of My Cat 5th 2002 Kang Woo-suk (Cinema Service) Chi-hwa-seon, Jail Breakers 6th 2003 Cha Seung-jae (Sidus) Memories of Murder Shim Jae-myung (Myung Films) A Good Lawyer's Wife 7th 2004 Kim Dong-joo (ShowEast) Oldboy 8th 2005 Oh Jeong-wan, Eugene Lee You Are My Sunshine 9th 2006 Choi Yong-bae (Cheongeoram) The Host 10th 2007 Kim Jong-won (KINO2) Beyond the Years 11th 2008 Park Chan-wook (Moho Films) Crush and Blush Kim Ki-duk (Kim Ki-duk Film) Rough Cut 12th 2009 Yoon Je-kyoon (JK Films) Haeundae 13th 2010 Lee Tae-heon (Opus Pictures) The Man from Nowhere 14th 2014 Choi Jae-won (withUs Film) The Attorney 15th 2015 Shim Jae-myung (Myung Films) Cart, Revivre 16th 2016 Shin Yeon-shick Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
Series Best Director #YearDirectorSeries 20th 2022 Hwang Dong-hyuk Squid Game 21st 2023 Yoon Jong-bin Narco-Saints 22nd 2024 Kim Yong-hoon Mask Girl 23rd 2025 Lee Chang-hee A Killer Paradox24th2026Kang Yun-seongLow Life
Best Actor #YearActorSeries 20th 2022 Koo Kyo-hwan D.P. 21st 2023 Jo Woo-jin Narco-Saints 22nd 2024 Ahn Jae-hong Mask Girl 23rd 2025 Lee Hee-joon A Killer Paradox24th2026Hyun BinMade in Korea
Best Actress #YearActress Series 20th 2022 HoYeon Jung Squid Game 21st 2023 Bae Suzy Anna 22nd 2024 Yeom Hye-ran Mask Girl 23rd 2025 Bae Doona Family Matters24th2026Im Soo-jungLow Life
Best New Actor #YearActorSeries 20th 2022 Cho Hyun-chul D.P. 21st 2023 Kim Min-gwi Narco-Saints 22nd 2024 Moon Sang-hoon D.P. 2 23rd 2025 Kim Yo-han A Killer Paradox24th2026Jung Yun-hoLow Life
Best New Actress #YearActress Series 20th 2022 Kim Shin-rok Hellbound 21st 2023 Park Ye-young Anna 22nd 2024 Lee Han-byeol Mask Girl 23rd 2025 Moon Geun-young Hellbound 224th2026Bang Hyo-rinAema
Best Screenplay #YearScreenwriter Series 20th 2022 Hwang Dong-hyuk Squid Game 21st 2023 Yoon Jong-bin Narco-Saints
Special awards #YearCategoryRecipient 2nd 1999 Film Artist of the Year Ahn Sung-ki Kang Je-gyu Yang Ki-hwan 3rd 2000 Cinematographer of the Year Kim Seong-bok, Lim Jae-young (Joint Security Area) Expert of the Year Jung Doo-hong 4th 2001 Film of the Year Failan Friend 6th 2003 Film Artist of the Year Ahn Sung-ki 7th 2004 Film Artist of the Year Kim Ki-duk Park Chan-wook 8th 2005 Special Acting Award Lee Eun-ju 9th 2006 Film Artist of the Year Lee Choon-yeon (영화인회 이사장) 10th 2007 Directors' Choice for Best Director Im Kwon-taek 12th 2009 Memorial Award Jang Jin-young 17th 2017 Genre Award Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) Special Mention of the Year Kim Hyun-seok (I Can Speak) Lee Joon-ik (Anarchist from Colony) Jang Hoon (A Taxi Driver) Kim Jee-woon (The Age of Shadows) Han Jae-rim (The King) Choi Seung-ho (Criminal Conspiracy) 18th 2018 Special Mention of the Year Lee Chang-dong (Burning) Hwang Dong-hyuk (The Fortress) Yim Soon-rye (Little Forest) Yoon Jong-bin (The Spy Gone North) Min Kyu-dong (Herstory) Jang Joon-hwan (1987: When the Day Comes) 20th 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Lee Hyun-seung Special Friend Award Ryoo Seung-wan
References
External links Director's Cut Awards at Naver Director's Cut Awards at Daum