The Wildflower Film Awards () is an awards ceremony recognizing the achievements of Korean independent and low-budget films. The awards, presented by the Wildflower Film Awards Korea - a grassroots effort by a group of film critics led by founder and organizer Darcy Paquet (with the participation of Oh Dong-jin), aims to create more publicity in Korea and abroad for filmmakers working outside of the mainstream commercial film industry. Awards are handed out annually to films released in the previous year.
In 2016, Best New Actor and Actress categories were merged and a new Best Supporting Performer section was added.
In 2018, a new category for Best Music and Best Producer were added.
In 2020, the Best New Director (Narrative Films) and Best New Director (Documentaries) categories were merged.
Categories Grand Prize Best Film Best Director (Narrative Films) Best Director (Documentaries) Best Actor Best Actress Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best New Director Best New Actor Best New Actress Special Commendations
Grand Prize # Year Film Director 1 2014 2 2015 Han Gong-ju Lee Su-jin 3 2016 Alive Park Jung-bum 4 2017 The World of Us Yoon Ga-eun 5 2018 Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno Jung Yoon-suk 6 2019 The Remnants Kim Il-ran, Lee Hyuk-sang 7 2020 KIM-GUN Kang Sang-woo 8 2021 Lucky Chan-sil Kim Cho-hee 9 2022 Sewing Sisters () Kim Jeong-young and Lee Hyuk-rae 10 2023 Soup and Ideology () Yang Yong-hi
Best Film # Year Film Director1 2014 (Narrative Films) Jiseul O Muel (Documentaries) Scenery Zhang Lu
Best Director (Narrative Films) # Year Director Film 1 2014 Yeon Sang-ho The Fake 2 2015 Hong Sang-soo Hill of Freedom 3 2016 Shin Su-won Madonna 4 2017 Kim Soo-hyun Beaten Black and Blue 5 2018 Hong Sang-soo The Day After 6 2019 Jeon Go-woon Microhabitat 7 2020 Lee Ok-seop Maggie 8 2021 Yoon Dan-bi Moving On 9 2022 Lee Ran-hee A Leave 10 2023 Choi Equan Kill Me Now
Best Director (Documentaries) # Year Director Film 2 2015 Park Chan-kyong Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits 3 2016 E Il-ha A Crybaby Boxing Club 4 2017 Kim Jung-keun The Island of Shadows 5 2018 Moon Chang-yong, Jeon Jin Becoming Who I Was 6 2019 Jung Sung-il Night and Fog in Zona 7 2020 Kangyu Ga-ram Itaewon 8 2021 Mire Kim East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front 9 2022 Lee Seung-jun Shadow Flowers 10 2023 Oan Kim, Brigitte Bouillot The Man Who Paints Water Drops
Best Actor # Year Actor Film 1 2014 Nam Yeon-woo Fatal 2 2015 Ahn Jae-hong The King of Jokgu 3 2016 Jung Jae-young Right Now, Wrong Then 4 2017 Park Jong-hwan The Boys Who Cried Wolf 5 2018 Gi Ju-bong Merry Christmas Mr. Mo 6 2019 Sung Yu-bin Last Child 7 2020 Uhm Tae-goo My Punch-Drunk Boxer 8 2021 Kwak Min-gyoo The Boy From Nowhere 9 2022 Kim Tae-hoon Good Person 10 2023 Lee Joong-ok Paroho
Best Actress # Year Actress Film 1 2014 Jung Eun-chae Nobody's Daughter Haewon 2 2015 Chun Woo-hee Han Gong-ju 3 2016 Lee Jung-hyun Alice in Earnestland 4 2017 Jeong Ha-dam Steel Flower 5 2018 Lee Min-ji Jane 6 2019 Esom Microhabitat 7 2020 Park Ji-hu House of Hummingbird 8 2021 Kim Ho-jung A French Woman 9 2022 Jeong Ae-hwa Gull 10 2023 Yang Mal-bok The Apartment with Two Women
Best Screenplay # Year Screenwriter Film 2 2015 July Jung A Girl at My Door 3 2016 Shin Yeon-shick The Avian Kind 4 2017 Kim Jin-hwang The Boys Who Cried Wolf 5 2018 Cho Hyun-hoon, Kim So-mi Jane 6 2019 Shin Dong-seok Last Child 7 2020 Kim Joong-hyun February 8 2021 Lee Taegyeom, Kim Ja-en Dispatch; I don't fire myself 9 2022 Jung Wook Good Person 10 2023 July Jung Next Sohee
Best Cinematography # Year Cinematographer Film 1 2014 Yang Jeong-hoon Jiseul 2 2015 Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Stone Kim A Dream of Iron 3 2016 Fujii Masayuki A Midsummer's Fantasia 4 2017 Kim Byung-jung Alone 5 2018 Cho Young-jik Jane 6 2019 Kim Jong-sun Beautiful Days 7 2020 Kang Kook-hyun House of Hummingbird82021Park Jung-hoon102023Choo Kyung-yeopChorokbam
Best Music # Year Music Film 5 2018 Flash Flood Darlings Jane 6 2019 Chung Chae-woong Eyelids 7 2020 Jang Young-gyu My Punch-Drunk Boxer
Best Producer # Year Producer Film 5 2018 An Bo-young Ash Flower 7 2020 Park Doo-hee Moonlit Winter
Best New Director (Narrative Films) # Year Director Film 1 2014 Lee Don-ku Fatal 2 2015 Lee Yong-seung 10 Minutes 3 2016 Hong Seok-jae Socialphobia 4 2017 Kim Dae-hwan End of Winter 5 2018 Lim Dae-hyung Merry Christmas Mr. Mo 6 2019 Kim Ui-seok After My Death
Best New Director (Documentaries) # Year Director Film 3 2016 Gu Ja-hywan Red Tomb 4 2017 Lee Dong-ha Weekends 5 2018 Kim Young-jo Still and All 6 2019 Kim Bo-ram For Vagina's Sake
Best New Director (Combined) # Year Director Film 7 2020 Cho Min-jae Tiny Light 8 2021 Jung Jin-young Me and Me 9 2022 Kim Mi-jo Gull 10 2023 Park Jae-beom Mother Land
Best New Actor # Year Actor Film 1 2014 Lee Joon Rough Play 2 2015 Choi Woo-shik Set Me Free
Best New Actress # Year Actress Film 2 2015 Kim Soo-an Mad Sad Bad "Picnic"
Best New Actor/Actress # Year Actor/Actress Film 3 2016 Kwon So-hyun Madonna 4 2017 Lee Sang-hee Our Love Story 5 2018 O Seung-hun Method 6 2019 Lee Jae-in Adulthood 7 2020 Cho Min-kyung February 8 2021 Kang Mal-geum Lucky Chan-sil 9 2022 Ki Do-young A Distant Place 10 2023 Kim Hye-yoon The Girl on a Bulldozer
Best Supporting Actor/Actress # Year Actor/Actress Film 3 2016 Gil Hae-yeon In Her Place 4 2017 Choi Moo-sung Snow Paths 5 2018 Kim Sun-young Communication & Lies, Happy Bus Day 6 2019 Kim Sae-byuk Grass 7 2020 Lee Ju-won February 8 2021 Lee Han-wi Kukdo Theatre 9 2022 Kim Jae-hwa Action Hero 10 2023 Lee Joo-shil Hommage
Special Commendations # Year Category Recipient Film 1 2014 Documentary Jury Prize Jeong Jae-eun City: Hall2 2015 Achievement Award Jung Sang-jin, CEO of Atninefilm Special Jury Prize Shin Min-a Gyeongju3 2016 Jury Honorable Mention Jang Hee-sun My Fair Wedding Special Achievement Award Gu Yun-hee Scary House Appreciation Award Lee Seong-gyou 4 2017 Special Achievement Award KwangHwaMoon Cinema Appreciation Award Jeon Moo-song Curtain Call10 2023 MPA Producer Award Kim Ji-hyeong Cassiopeia Special Achievement Award Ahn Sung-ki Low-Budget Film Award Park Kang Seire Staff Award: Costume Category Kim Kyung-mi Missing Yoon Grand Prize for Production Support Contest Kim Jin-gon Family in the Sand () Excellence Award, Production Support Contest Yoon Dan-bi My Birthday Is Not Far () Choi Jong-ryong Water Drop ()
References
External links
Wildflower Film Awards at Koreanfilm.org