Established in 2000, the Busan Film Critics Awards () is run by the Busan Film Critics Association (BCFA), a small but independent-minded group of critics based in Busan, South Korea. Each year they announce their choices shortly before the opening of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), and a ceremony is then held at the festival to present the prizes. Their choices are not swayed by popular opinion, but represent a thoughtful and serious attempt to judge the greatest achievements of each year.
Best Film # Year Film Director 1 2000 Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors Hong Sang-soo 2 2001 One Fine Spring Day Hur Jin-ho 3 2002 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Park Chan-wook 4 2003 Save the Green Planet! Jang Joon-hwan 5 2004 Oldboy Park Chan-wook 6 2005 Rules of Dating Han Jae-rim 7 2006 Family Ties Kim Tae-yong 8 2007 9 2008 Night and Day Hong Sang-soo 10 2009 Mother Bong Joon-ho 11 2010 Oki's Movie Hong Sang-soo 12 2011 Late Autumn Kim Tae-yong 13 2012 Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Yoon Jong-bin 14 2013 Jiseul O Muel 15 2014 Gyeongju Zhang Lu 16 2015 Right Now, Wrong Then Hong Sang-soo 17 2016 The Truth Beneath Lee Kyoung-mi182017On the Beach at Night Alone, The Day AfterHong Sang-soo192018The RemnantsKim Il-ran, Lee Hyuk-sang202019Hotel by the River Hong Sang-soo212020Tiny Light Cho Min-jae222021Voice of Silence Hong Eui-jeong232022In Front of Your Face Hong Sang-soo242023A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea Kim Mi-young
Best Director # Year Director Film 1 2000 Bae Chang-ho My Heart 2 2001 Hur Jin-ho One Fine Spring Day 3 2002 Park Chan-wook Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 4 2003 Bong Joon-ho Memories of Murder 5 2004 Park Chan-wook Oldboy 6 2005 Ryoo Seung-wan Crying Fist 7 2006 Kim Tae-yong Family Ties 8 2007 Im Sang-soo The Old Garden 9 2008 Lee Myung-se M 10 2009 Yang Ik-june Breathless
Best Actor # Year Actor Film 1 2000 Lee Byung-hun & Song Kang-ho Joint Security Area 2 2001 Choi Min-sik Failan 3 2002 Sul Kyung-gu Oasis 4 2003 Shin Ha-kyun Save the Green Planet! 5 2004 Jung Jae-young Someone Special 6 2005 Cho Seung-woo Marathon 7 2006 Hwang Jung-min Bloody Tie 8 2007 Song Kang-ho The Show Must Go On 9 2008 Kim Yoon-seok The Chaser 10 2009 Ha Jung-woo My Dear Enemy 11 2010 Yoon Je-moon The Man Next Door 12 2011 Yoo Jun-sang The Day He Arrives 13 2012 Lee Byung-hun Masquerade 14 2013 Ha Jung-woo The Terror Live 15 2014 Lee Geung-young The Pirates 16 2015 Yoo Hae-jin Veteran 17 2016 Jung Woo-sung Asura: The City of Madness182017Kwon Hae-hyo The Day After192018Park Jung-minSunset in My Hometown202019Gi Ju-bongHotel by the River212020Cho Jin-woongMe and Me222021Byun Yo-hanThe Book of Fish232022Park Hae-ilDecision to Leave242023Park Jong-hwanA Lonely Island in the Distant Sea252024Choi Min-sikExhuma262025Ha Seong-gukWhat Does That Nature Say to You
Best Actress # Year Actress Film 1 2000 Jeon Do-yeon Happy End 2 2001 Lee Young-ae One Fine Spring Day 3 2002 Bae Doona Take Care of My Cat 4 2003 Moon So-ri A Good Lawyer's Wife 5 2004 Kang Hye-jung Oldboy 6 2005 Kang Hye-jung Rules of Dating 7 2006 Uhm Jung-hwa Princess Aurora 8 2007 Ye Ji-won Old Miss Diary - Movie 9 2008 Kim Min-hee Hellcats 10 2009 Kim Hye-ja Mother 11 2010 Youn Yuh-jung The Housemaid, Ha Ha Ha, Actresses 12 2011 Tang Wei Late Autumn 13 2012 Hwang Jung-min Jesus Hospital 14 2013 Jung Yu-mi Our Sunhi 15 2014 16 2015 Kim Min-hee Right Now, Wrong Then 17 2016 Son Ye-jin The Truth Beneath182017Han Ye-riA Quiet Dream192018EsomMicrohabitat202019Lee Jung-eunParasite212020Kang Mal-geumLucky Chan-sil222021Kim Sun-youngThree Sisters232022Lee Hye-youngIn Front of Your Face242023Go Min-si Smugglers 25 2024 Jeon Do-yeon Revolver 26 2025 Han Ye-ri Spring Night
Best Supporting Actor # Year Actor Film 1 2000 Yoo Oh-sung Attack the Gas Station 2 2001 Jo Jae-hyun Address Unknown 3 2002 Gong Hyung-jin A Perfect Match 4 2003 Kim Kap-soo Mutt Boy 5 2004 Baek Yoon-sik The Big Swindle 6 2005 Oh Dal-su Mapado 7 2006 Kim Tae-woo Woman on the Beach 8 2007 Kim Yoon-seok Tazza: The High Rollers 9 2008 Park Hee-soon Seven Days 10 2009 Shin Jung-geun Running Turtle
Best Supporting Actress # Year Actress Film 1 2000 Kim Ho-jung Barking Dogs Never Bite 2 2001 Oh Ji-hye Waikiki Brothers 3 2002 Kim Yeo-jin Chihwaseon 4 2003 Youn Yuh-jung A Good Lawyer's Wife 5 2004 Go Doo-shim My Mother, the Mermaid 6 2005 Na Moon-hee You Are My Sunshine 7 2006 Choo Ja-hyun Bloody Tie 8 2007 Moon Hee-kyung Shim's Family 9 2008 Kim Ji-young Forever the Moment
Best New Director # Year Director Film 1 2000 Byun Hyuk Interview 2 2001 Yoon Jong-chan Sorum 3 2002 Kim In-sik Road Movie 4 2003 Jang Joon-hwan Save the Green Planet! 5 2004 Choi Dong-hoon The Big Swindle 6 2005 Han Jae-rim Rules of Dating 7 2006 Lee Hae-young, Lee Hae-jun Like a Virgin 8 2007 Jung Sik & Jung Beom-sik Epitaph 9 2008 Oh Joum-kyun Viva! Love 10 2009 Lee Yong-ju Possessed 11 2010 12 2011 Yoon Sung-hyun Bleak Night 13 2012 Shin A-ga & Lee Sang-cheol Jesus Hospital 14 2013 Kim Byung-woo The Terror Live 15 2014 Jung Young-heon Lebanon Emotion Shim Sung-bo Haemoo 16 2015 Kim Sung-je Minority Opinion Hong Won-chan Office 17 2016 Lee Yo-sup The Queen of Crime182017Lee Dong-wooNo Money, No Future192018Lim Dae-hyungMerry Christmas Mr. Mo 20 2019 Kang Sang-woo Kim-Gun Lee Sang-geun Exit 21 2020 Jung Jin-young Me and Me Yoon Dan-bi Moving On222021Kwon Min-pyo, Han-Sol SeoShort Vacation 23 2022 Lee Ran-hee A Leave Kim Ji-seok And There was Light242023 Park Song-Yeol Hot in Day, Cold at Night252024 Lee Jeong-hong A Wild Roomer262025 Lee Jong-su Heritage
Best New Actor # Year Actor Film 1 2000 Yoo Ji-tae Ditto 2 2001 Kim Myung-min Sorum 3 2002 Hwang Jung-min Road Movie 4 2003 Park Hae-il Jealousy is My Middle Name 5 2004 Kang Dong-won Temptation of Wolves 6 2005 Chun Jung-myung & Kim Kang-woo The Aggressives 7 2006 Ryu Deok-hwan Like a Virgin 8 2007 Yoo Ah-in Boys of Tomorrow 9 2008 10 2009 So Ji-sub & Kang Ji-hwan Rough Cut 11 2010 12 2011 13 2012 Kim Sung-kyun The Neighbor 14 2013 Ensemble cast Jiseul 15 2014 Park Yoochun Haemoo 16 2015 Choi Woo-shik Set Me Free 17 2016 182017Koo Kyo-hwanJane192018Sung Yu-binLast Child20 2019 21 2020 Kwak Jin-moo Tiny Light 22 2021 Kim Jun-hyung The Education 23 2022 Kim Dong-hwi In Our Prime 24 2023 Kwon Da-ham Through My Midwinter
Best New Actress # Year Actress Film 1 2000 Ha Ji-won Truth Game 2 2001 Jang Jin-young Sorum 3 2002 Kim Hye-na Flower Island 4 2003 Im Soo-jung A Tale of Two Sisters 5 2004 Kwak Ji-min Samaritan Girl 6 2005 Kim Ji-soo This Charming Girl 7 2006 Go Hyun-jung Woman on the Beach 8 2007 Hwang Bo-ra Skeletons in the Closet 9 2008 Park Eun-hye Night and Day 10 2009 Kim Do-young The Day After 11 2010 12 2011 13 2012 Kim Go-eun Eungyo 14 2013 Jung Eun-chae Nobody's Daughter Haewon 15 2014 Ryu Hye-young INGtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls 16 2015 Park So-dam The Silenced 17 2016 Kim Tae-ri The Handmaiden182017Choi Hee-seoAnarchist from Colony192018Jeon Yeo-beenAfter My Death 20 2019 Kang Jin-ah To My River Cho Min-kyeong February 21 2020 Kim So-hye Moonlit Winter Choi Jeong-woon Moving On 22 2021 Bang Min-ah Snowball 23 2022 Ha Yoon-kyung Gyeong-ah’s Daughter 24 2023 Kim Si-eun Next Sohee
Best Screenplay # Year Screenwriter Film 1 2000 Hong Sang-soo Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors 2 2001 Song Min-ho Ray Bang 3 2002 Lee Chang-dong Oasis 4 2003 Bong Joon-ho & Shim Sung-bo Memories of Murder 5 2004 Jang Jin Someone Special 6 2005 Go Yoon-hee Rules of Dating 7 2006 Son Jae-gon My Scary Girl 8 2007 Choi Dong-hoon Tazza: The High Rollers 9 2008 Na Hong-jin The Chaser 10 2009 Lee Hae-joon Castaway on the Moon 11 2010 Kim Dae-woo The Servant 12 2011 13 2012 Lee Kwang-kuk Romance Joe 14 2013 Bong Joon-ho & Kelly Masterson Snowpiercer 15 2014 Kim Seong-hun A Hard Day 16 2015 Jang Kun-jae A Midsummer's Fantasia 17 2016 Shin Yeon-shick Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet182017Kim Yang-heeThe Poet and the Boy192018Shin Dong-seokLast Child 20 2019 21 2020 Ha Yoon-jae Nailed 22 2021 Hong Eui-jeong Voice of Silence 24 2023 Lee Ji-eun The Hill of Secrets
Best Cinematography # Year Cinematographer Film 1 2000 2 2001 Kim Hyung-gu Musa 3 2002 Jung Il-sung Chihwaseon 4 2003 Lee Mo-gae A Tale of Two Sisters 5 2004 Chung Chung-hoon Oldboy 6 2005 Kim Ji-yong A Bittersweet Life 7 2006 Kim Young-chul The City of Violence 8 2007 Kim Woo-hyung The Old Garden 9 2008 Hong Kyung-pyo M 10 2009 Hong Kyung-pyo Mother 11 2010 Kim Woo-hyung Paju
Technical Award # Year Recipient Film 12 2011 Ryu Seong-hee The Front Line 13 2012 14 2013 Jung Doo-hong The Berlin File 15 2014 Cho Young-jik Gyeongju 16 2015 Kelvin Kyung Kun Park A Dream of Iron 17 2016 Lee Mo-gae Asura: The City of Madness182017Kwon Kwi-deok, Park Jung-hoonThe Villainess192018Hong Kyung-pyoBurning202019Kang Gook-hyeonHouse of Hummingbird212020 222021Lee Jae-seongThe Book of Fish232022Park Il-hyunHunt242023Park Jae-beomMother Land
Special Jury Prize # Year Recipient Film 1 2000 Ryoo Seung-wan Die Bad 2 2001 3 2002 Lee Jeong-hyang The Way Home 4 2003 Kim Jee-woon A Tale of Two Sisters 5 2004 Kim Dong-won Repatriation 6 2005 Noh Dong-seok My Generation 7 2006 Bong Joon-ho The Host 8 2007 Im Yoo-cheol Bi-sang 9 2008 Yim Soon-rye Forever the Moment 10 2009 Jung Ji-woo Modern Boy 11 2010 Hong Hyung-sook The Border City 2 12 2011 Jeon Kyu-hwan Animal Town 13 2012 Jeong Jae-eun Talking Architect 14 2013 Hong Sang-soo Our Sunhi 15 2014 Cho Se-rae The Stone 16 2015Oh Seung-uk The Shameless 17 2016 Jung Ji-woo Fourth Place Kim Jeonggeun The Island of Shadows182017Zhang LuA Quiet DreamKim Soo-hyunBeaten Black and Blue192018Hwang Dong-hyukThe Fortress202019Lee Kang-hyunPossible Faces212020Kim Mi-reEast Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front232022Lee Il-haI Am More242023Hong Sang-sooWalk Up
Award for Artistic Contribution # Year Recipient Career 1st 2000 2nd 2001 3rd 2002 4th 2003 Yu Hyun-mok 5th 2004 6th 2005 7th 2006 8th 2007 Byun In-sik 9th 2008 10th 2009 Joo Yoon-tak 11th 2010 12th 2011 13th 2012 14th 2013 15th 2014
Lee Pil-woo Award # Year Recipient Career 1st 2000 Jung Il-sung Cinematographer: Insect Woman (1972), Mandala (1981), Seopyeonje (1993) 2nd 2001 Kim Dong-ho Lighting director: The Lovers of Woomook-baemi (1990), Christmas in August (1998), Chihwaseon (2002) 3rd 2002 Kim Hyun Editor: Whale Hunting (1984), Chilsu and Mansu (1988), Road to the Racetrack (1991), Oasis (2002) 4th 2003 Lee Sung-choon Cinematographer: Five Marines (1961), Rain Shower (1978), Mulleya Mulleya (1983) 5th 2004 Lee Kyung-soon Sound designer: Chunhyang-jeon (1955), Obaltan (1961), The Houseguest and My Mother (1961) 6th 2005 Lee Hye-yun Costume designer: Ae-ran (1987) 7th 2006 Cho Young-sam 8th 2007 Baek Young-ho Stills photographer 9th 2008 Ra Sang-won 10th 2009 Kim Tae-woo 11th 2010 Ahn Chang-bok 12th 2011 13th 2012 Oh Sang-man 14th 2013 Son Hyo-chan 15th 2014 Hong Dong-eun 16th 2015 Lee Seok-ki
References
See also Cinema of Korea List of movie awards