The 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards () is an annual South Korean award ceremony organized by Sports Chosun (a sister brand of The Chosun Ilbo). Hosted by Kim Hye-soo for the 30th and the last time and Yoo Yeon-seok, it was held on November 24, 2023, at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. It was broadcast live on KBS2 and KBS YouTube channels. Nominations for 15 categories were announced on November 6, Smugglers received 12 nominations.
Smugglers, a crime film by Ryoo Seung-wan won four awards including Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best New Actress, and Best Music awards.
Selection of awards The winners of the awards are selected through netizen voting on the Celeb Champ app starting from November 7. Voting lines for Best Picture, Best Director, Best New Director, Best Male/Female Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best New Male/Female Actress, and Popular Star Award closed on 12 noon on November 24, whereas for the Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, and Best Music, Art Award, Editing Award, and Technology Award, the lines closed on November 15.
Nominees and winners
The nominees for the awards were announced in 15 categories on November 6, 2023.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
Smugglers Concrete Utopia Next Sohee The Night Owl Cobweb Um Tae-hwa – Concrete Utopia Kim Jee-woon – Cobweb Ryu Seung-wan – Smugglers Lee Han – Honey Sweet Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee Lee Byung-hun – Concrete Utopia Doh Kyung-soo – The Moon Ryu Jun-yeol – The Night Owl Yoo Hae-jin – Honey Sweet Song Kang-ho – Cobweb Jung Yu-mi – Sleep Kim Seo-hyung – Green House Kim Hye-soo — Smugglers Park Bo-young – Concrete Utopia Yum Jung-ah — Smugglers Zo In-sung – Smugglers Park Jeong-min – Smugglers Song Joong-ki – Hopeless Lee Joon-hyuk – The Roundup: No Way Out Oh Jung-se – Cobweb Jeon Yeo-been – Cobweb Krystal Jung – Cobweb Kim Sun-young – Concrete Utopia Han Sun-hwa — Honey Sweet Lee Yoon-ji – Dream Palace Hong Xa-bin – Hopeless Lee Shin-young – Rebound Kim Seon-ho – The Childe Kang Tae-joo – The Childe Choi Min-young – Dream Palace Go Min-si – Smugglers Kim Si-eun – Next Sohee Kim Hyeong-seo – Hopeless Ahn Eun-jin – The Night Owl An So-yo – Green House Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl Ka Sung-moon – Dream Palace Kim Chang-hoon – Hopeless Jason Yu – Sleep Lee Sol-hui – Green HouseJung Ju-ri – Next Sohee Lee Shin-ji, Um Tae-hwa – Concrete Utopia Hyun Eun-mi, Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl Ryoo Seung-wan, Kim Jeong-yeon, Choi Cha-won – Smugglers Shin Yeon-shick – Cobweb Kim Sun-min – The Night Owl Han Mi-yeon – Sleep Han Mi-yeon – Concrete Utopia Yang Jin-mo – Cobweb Lee Gang-hee – Smugglers Kim Tae-kyeong, Hong Seung-chul — The Night Owl Kim Jee-yong, Park Jun-woo – Cobweb Kim Young-ho, Hwang Soon-wook – The Moon Choi Yeong-hwan, Lee Jae-hyuk– Smugglers Cho Hyoung-rae, Lee Kil-kyu– Concrete Utopia Jung Yi-jin – Cobweb Lee Hoo-kyoung – Smugglers Kim Min-hye – Ballerina Cho Hwa-sung, Choi Hyun-seouk – Concrete Utopia Lee Ha-jun – The Night Owl Chang Kiha – Smugglers Mowg – Cobweb Kim Hae-won – Concrete Utopia Gray — Ballerina Hwang Sang-jun – Hero Jin Jong-hyun (VFX) – The Moon Eun Jae-hyun (VFX) – Concrete Utopia Yoon Jung-hee (Costume Design) – Smugglers Heo Myeong-hoeng, Yoon Sung-min (Stunt) — The Roundup: No Way Out Park Yong-ki (Sound) – The Night Owl Ghwa the Last Name A Room of Two Women's Own World of Hello Yangnimdong girl Good Boy Candy Song Joong-ki Zo In-sung Kim Seon-ho Park Bo-young The Roundup: No Way Out Smugglers (2nd) Concrete Utopia (3rd) The Night Owl (4th) Hero (5th) Kim Hye-soo
Films with multiple nominations and awards
+ Films with multiple nominations Nominations Films 12 Smugglers 11 Cobweb Concrete Utopia 9 The Night Owl 4 Next Sohee Hopeless 3 Honey Sweet The Moon Dream Palace Green House Sleep 2 Ballerina The Roundup: No Way Out The Childe
+ Films with multiple awards Wins Films4Smugglers3The Night Owl2 CobwebConcrete Utopia
Performances
Order Artist Act performed 1 NewJeans "ETA" + "Super Shy" 2 Kim Wan-sun "Dance in the Rhythm" 3 Park Jin-young "Sweet Dreams" + "When We Disco" + "Take On Me" + "Changed Man"
See also 59th Baeksang Arts Awards 59th Grand Bell Awards 32nd Buil Film Awards Chunsa Film Art Awards 2023
References
External links
44th Blue Dragon Film Awards at Daum