61st Baeksang Arts Awards

61st Baeksang Arts Awards
61st Baeksang Arts Awards
	Official poster
Date	May 5, 2025
Site	COEX, Seoul
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Shin Dong-yup; Bae Suzy; Park Bo-gum;
Highlights
Most awards	Film: Uprising (3); Broadcasting: When Life Gives You Tangerines (4);
Most nominations	Film:; Harbin (5); Love in the Big City (5); Revolver (5); Uprising (5); Broadcasting:; When Life Gives You Tangerines (8);
Grand Prize – Film	Hong Kyung-pyo; (Harbin)
Grand Prize – Television	Culinary Class Wars
Website	www.baeksangawards.co.kr
Television/radio coverage
Network	JTBC; Naver TV; CHZZK; Prizm (international);
Viewership	798,000 People; Ratings: 2.821%;

The 61st Baeksang Arts Awards (Korean: 제61회 백상예술대상) ceremony was held at COEX, Seoul on May 5, 2025, at 20:00 (KST). It will be broadcast live simultaneously in South Korea on JTBC, JTBC2, JTBC4, Naver TV, CHZZK, and internationally on Prizm.^[2]^[3]

Quick Facts Date, Site ...

It is one of South Korea's most prestigious award shows, recognizing excellence in film, television, and theatre, through strict screening conducted by 60 professional evaluators, judges in the industry, and a group of experts. This year, the existing television category has been renamed to "Broadcasting" to reflect evolving content consumption trends. This change aligns with the shift from traditional cable or terrestrial television channels to a broader range of platforms, including websites and mobile streaming services.^[4]

The nominees were announced on April 7, 2025, via its official website. All works released from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, were eligible for nominations.^[5]

The highest honors of the night, Grand Prize (Daesang), were awarded to cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo of Harbin in the film division and entertainment program Culinary Class Wars in the broadcasting division. Uprising was the most winning films with three awards, while When Life Gives You Tangerines also had the most wins of four in the broadcasting division. Yeom Hye-ran won Best Supporting Actress for two consecutive years.

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Grand Prize
Hong Kyung-pyo (cinematographer) – Harbin
Best Film	Best Director
Harbin Love in the Big City Revolver House Of The Seasons Uprising	Oh Seung-uk – Revolver Park Ri-woong – The Land of Morning Calm Woo Min-ho – Harbin E.oni [ko] – Love in the Big City Lee Jong-pil – Escape
Best New Director	Best Actor
Oh Jung-min – House of the Seasons Kim Se-hwi – Following Nam Dong-hyeop – Handsome Guys Lee Mi-rang – Concerning My Daughter [ko] Jung Ji-hye – Jeong-sun	*Jo Jung-suk – Pilot* as Han Jung-woo** Yoon Joo-sang – The Land of Morning Calm as Yeong-guk Lee Byung-hun – The Match as Cho Hun-hyun Lee Hee-joon – Handsome Guys as Park Sang-goo Hyun Bin – Harbin as An Jung-geun
Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor
*Jeon Do-yeon – Revolver* as Ha Soo-young** Kim Go-eun – Love in the Big City as Jae-hee Kim Geum-soon [ko] – Jeong-sun as Jeong-sun Song Hye-kyo – Dark Nuns as Sister Junia / Kang Seong-ae Cho Yeo-jeong – Hidden Face as Shin Soo-yeon	*Yoo Jae-myung – Land of Happiness* as Jeon Sang-doo** Koo Kyo-hwan – Escape as Major Lee Hyun-sang Park Jeong-min – Uprising as Lee Jong-ryeo Jung Hae-in – I, the Executioner as Park Sun-woo Jo Woo-jin – Harbin as Kim Sang-hyun
Best Supporting Actress	Best New Actor
*Claudia Kim – A Normal Family* as Ji-su** Gong Seung-yeon – Handsome Guys as Kim Mi-na Lim Ji-yeon – Revolver as Jeong Yoon-sun Jeon Yeo-been – Dark Nuns as Sister Michaela / Lee Soo-young Han Sun-hwa – Pilot as Han Jung-mi	*Jung Sung-il – Uprising* as Genshin** Kang Seung-ho – House of the Seasons as Sung Jin Noh Sang-hyun – Love in the Big City as Heung-soo Moon Woo-jin – Dark Nuns as Hee-joon Jang Sung-bum – Work to Do as Joon-hee
Best New Actress	Best Screenplay
*Roh Yoon-seo – Hear Me: Our Summer* as Seo Yeo-reum** Park Ji-hyun – Hidden Face as Mi-joo Lee Myung-ha – Mimang as woman Lee Hye-ri – Victory as Chu Pil-sun Ha Seo-yoon – Streaming as Matilda	Shin Chul, Park Chan-wook – Uprising Kim Hyung-joo, Yoon Jong-bin – The Match Park Yi-woong – The Land of Morning Calm Oh Seung-uk, Joo Byul – Revolver Oh Jung-min – House of the Seasons
Best Technical Achievement	Gucci Impact Award
Jo Yeong-wook (Score) – Uprising Park Byung-joo (VFX) – Wonderland Yoo Sang-seop, Jang Han-seung (Stunt) – I, the Executioner Lee Seo-jin (Makeup) – Pilot Hong Kyung-pyo (Cinematography) – Harbin	The Land of Morning Calm Blesser [ko] Love in the Big City The Voices Of The Silenced Jeong-sun

Wins	Films
3	Uprising
2	Harbin
2	Revolver

Nominations	Films
5	Harbin
	Love in the Big City
	Revolver
	Uprising
4	House of the Seasons
4	The Land of Morning Calm
3	Dark Nuns
	Handsome Guys
	Jeong-sun
	Pilot
2	Escape
	Hidden Face
	I, the Executioner
	The Match

Grand Prize
Culinary Class Wars (entertainment program) (Netflix)
Best Drama	Best Entertainment Program
When Life Gives You Tangerines (Netflix) Lovely Runner (tvN) The Tale of Lady Ok (JTBC) Doubt (MBC) The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (Netflix)	Punghyanggo (DdeunDdeun's YouTube Channel) Iron Girls (tvN) Stage Fighter (Mnet) The Rest of Ajo's Life (Choo Sung-hoon's YouTube Channel) Culinary Class Wars (Netflix)
Best Cultural Show	Best Director
Special-Hakjeon (SBS) Docuprime : Where's My Last Home (EBS 1TV) Just Family (Wavve) Saddle the Wind with You 2 (MBC Wonju) Shaman: Whispers from the Dead (TVING)	Song Yeon-hwa [ko] – Doubt Kim Won-seok – When Life Gives You Tangerines Kim Hee-won – Light Shop Lee Do-yoon – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Jung Ji-in – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Ju Ji-hoon – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call* as Baek Kang-hyuk** Park Bo-gum – When Life Gives You Tangerines as Yang Gwan-sik Byeon Woo-seok – Lovely Runner as Ryu Sun-jae Lee Joon-hyuk – Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard as Seo Dong-jae Han Suk-kyu – Doubt as Jang Tae-su	*Kim Tae-ri – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born* as Yoon Jeong-nyeon** Go Min-si – The Frog as Yoo Seong-a Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner as Im Sol IU – When Life Gives You Tangerines as Oh Ae-sun / Yang Geum-myeong Jang Na-ra – Good Partner as Cha Eun-kyung
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Choi Dae-hoon – When Life Gives You Tangerines* as Bu Sang-gil** Kim Jun-han – Good Partner as Jung Woo-jin Roh Jae-won – Squid Game 2 as Nam-gyu (Player 124) Yoon Kyung-ho – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call as Han Yoo-rim Hyeon Bong-sik – Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard as Jo Byeong-gun	*Yeom Hye-ran – When Life Gives You Tangerines* as Jeon Gwang-rye** Kim Gook-hee – Family Matters as Oh Gil-ja Kim Jae-hwa – The Tale of Lady Ok as Mak Sim Oh Gyeong-hwa – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born as Yoon Jung-ja Jung Eun-chae – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born as Moon Ok-gyeong
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
*Choo Young-woo – The Tale of Lady Ok* as Song Seo-in / Cheon Seung-hwi / Sung Yoon-gyeom** Kim Jeong-jin [ko] – Doubt as Choi Young-min Song Geon-hee – Lovely Runner as Kim Tae-sung Cha Woo-min – Study Group as Pi Han-wool Heo Nam-jun – Your Honor as Kim Sang-hyuk	*Chae Won-bin – Doubt* as Jang Ha-bin** Kim Tae-yeon – When Life Gives You Tangerines as Child Ae-sun Roh Jeong-eui – The Witch as Park Mi-jeong Jo Yoon-su – The Tyrant as Chae Ja-kyung Ha Young – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call as Cheon Jang-mi
Best Male Variety Performer	Best Female Variety Performer
Shin Dong-yup Kim Won-hoon Dex Sung Si-kyung Yoo Jae-suk	Lee Soo-ji Jang Do-yeon Ji Ye-eun Haewon Hong Jin-kyung
Best Screenplay	Best Technical Achievement
Lim Sang-choon – When Life Gives You Tangerines Kim Jung-min – Family Matters Park Ji-sook – The Tale of Lady Ok Lee Si-eun – Lovely Runner Choi Yu-na [ko] – Good Partner	Jang Yeong-gyu (Score) – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born Lee Young-joo (Production Design) – Culinary Class Wars Lee Jin-suk, Lee Deok-hoon (Cinematography) – Doubt Jo Dong-hyuk (Stunt) – Study Group Hong Jung-ho, Lee Seung-je, Kim Dae-joon, Kim Jung-min (VFX) – Hellbound 2

Wins	Broadcasting programs
4	When Life Gives You Tangerines
2	Doubt
2	Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born

61st Baeksang Arts Awards

Winners and nominees

Film

Films with multiple awards

Films with multiple nominations

Broadcasting

Broadcasting programs with multiple awards

Broadcasting programs with multiple nominations

Theater

Special Awards

References

External links

Wikiwand - on

Theater category
Baeksang Theater	Young Theater
Tungso-sori – Seoul Metropolitan Theater Gumi-sik – Dolpagu Jews of Malta – Extreme Jeok The Eldest Daughters – Project Island Jincheon recommended play Jincheonsa recommended by Jincheon – Cornerstone	Gongnori Club (theater) – Dried Pepper and Peach Scent Lipstick Common Theatre (theater) – Romance of Extinction A.N.D Theatre (theater) – Yuwon Lee Seung-won (director) – The Segal Lee Tae-rin (director) – Choi Young-woo, a Korean born in 1923
Best Acting
Kwak Ji-sook – Jews of Malta Lee Jin-kyung – Women of the Earth Jeong Sae-byeol – The Sound of a Flute Cho Young-kyu [ko] – Jincheon recommended play Jincheonsa recommended by Jincheon Choi Hee-jin – All