The highly awaited Baeksang Arts Awards 2024 took place on May 7, 2024, at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul. It is a prestigious South Korean award ceremony that honors excellence in Korean movies, television dramas, variety shows, and Korean theatre.
The 60th Baeksang Arts Awards had an outstanding nomination line-up of television dramas and films in different categories. This year, director Jang Jae Hyun’s 2024 supernatural horror movie Exhuma scored big. Kim Go Eun won the Best Actress in Movie Award for portraying Lee Hwa Rim in Exhuma. Meanwhile, Lee Do Hyun won the Best New Actor in Movie Award for his role as Yoon Bong Gil in Exhuma.
In television, the 2023 Disney Plus Korean drama series Moving bagged the Grand Prize. Lee Jung Ha received the Best New Actor in Television Award for playing the role of Kim Bong Seok in Moving. Apart from Exhuma and Moving, other television series and movies that took home awards at the Baeksang Arts Awards 2024 include 12.12: The Day, My Name Is Loh Kiwan, My Dearest, Mask Girl, and more.
At the award show, Kim Soo Hyun won the Prizm Popularity Award Male, while An Yu Jin received the Prizm Popularity Award Female.
A complete list of the winners of the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards is given below.
Movie
- Grand Prize – Director Kim Sung Su for 12.12: The Day
- Best Director – Jang Jae Hyun for Exhuma
- Best Film – 12.12: The Day
- Best Actor – Hwang Jung Min for 12.12: The Day
- Best Actress – Kim Go Eun for Exhuma
- Best Supporting Actress – Lee Sang Hee for My Name Is Loh Kiwan
- Best Supporting Actor – Kim Jong Soo for Smugglers
- Best New Actress – Bibi for Hopeless
- Best New Actor – Lee Do Hyun for Exhuma
- Best New Director – Lee Jung Hong for A Wild Roomer
- Best Technical Achievement – Kim Byung In (Sound) for Exhuma
- Best Screenplay – Jason Yu for Sleep
- Gucci Impact Award – The Dream Songs
Television
- Grand Prize – Moving (Disney Plus)
- Best Director – Han Dong Wook for The Worst of Evil
- Best Drama – My Dearest (MBC)
- Best Actor – Namkoong Min for My Dearest
- Best Actress – Lee Hanee for Knight Flower
- Best Supporting Actress – Yeom Hye Ran for Mask Girl
- Best Supporting Actor – Ahn Jae Hong for Mask Girl
- Best New Actress – Jeon Yu Na for The Kidnapping Day
- Best New Actor – Lee Jung Ha for Moving
- Best Screenplay – Kang Full for Moving
- Best Technical Achievement – Kim Dong Shik, Im Wan Ho (Cinematography) for Whales and I
- Best Male Variety Performer – Na Yeong Seok, aka Na PD
- Best Female Variety Performer – Hong Jin Kyung
- Best Entertainment Program – Adventure By Accident 2 (MBC)
- Best Educational Show – Japanese Person Ozawa
Special Awards
- Prizm Popularity Award Male – Kim Soo Hyun
- Prizm Popularity Award Female – An Yu Jin
In addition to movies and television, the Baeksang Arts Awards 2024 also honored exceptional talents in Korean theatre. Miin (Theater) received the Baeksang Theater Award for To My Son. Meanwhile, director Lee Cheol Hee won the Best Newcomer Award for A New Movement in an Old Tradition—Blind. Last but not least, Kang Hae Jin received the Best Acting Award for To My Son.
The 60th Baeksang Arts Awards was broadcast live on JTBC networks in South Korea and on Prizm internationally.
