The 21st Seoul International Drama Awards () festival is held on October 6–10, 2026 at KBS Hall, Yeouido, Seoul. The host is the Seoul Drama Awards Organizing Committee (Korean Broadcasters Association), and the event is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, KBS, MBC, SBS, EBS, and CBS. The sponsor is IDOLCHAMP and MUGEN. 352 entries from 46 countries and regions countries vied for awards in this edition.
Events Event Date Location 70th Anniversary Celebration of Korean Drama October 8, 2026 COEX Magok LE WEST Hall A Major Event KBS Hall Drama Festa October 9–10, 2026
Winners and nominees The nominations for the 21st Annual Seoul International Drama Awards were announced on August 20, 2026. Winners are listed first and denoted in bold.
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Program + A Better Man My Royal Nemesis Pluribus The Dream Life of Mr. Kim A Better Man A Woman of Substance Beef Season 2 Empire Oktoberfest S2 Mozart Mozart Nepobaby Slow Horses S5 You and Everything Else We Are All Trying Here Disclosure
Dirty Business Goolagong Mikoko No One Home The Carry-On Unfiltered
Atlantis Pasila Hidden ID: Sky-High Tips My Baby Daddy is My Best Friend Now You See Him – Revenge of a Blind Wife – TBA
Individual
+ Ryu Seung-ryong — The Dream Life of Mr. Kim Anders Baasmo — A Better Man Charles Melton — Beef Season 2 Gary Oldman — Slow Horses S5 Hiroki Hasegawa — Sleepy Eyes of Death : Nemuri Kyoshiro Jung Il-woo — Our Golden Days Koo Kyo-hwan — We Are All Trying Here Kim Seon-ho — Can This Love Be Translated? Elizaveta Maximová — Mom Asuka Hamaru — My Daughter Was a Bully Carey Mulligan — Beef Season 2 Kim Go-eun — You and Everything Else Jung In-sun — Our Golden Days Karent Hinestroza — Defying Destiny Lila McGuire — Goolagong Rhea Seehorn — Pluribus Wu Yi-jung — The Carry-On Go Youn-jung — Can This Love Be Translated? / We Are All Trying Here Vince Gilligan, Gordon Smith — Pluribus Chi-cheng Chiang, Chi-feng Chien — Had I Not Seen the Sun Miranda Edmonds, Khrob Edmonds — Whale Shark Jack Rafael Martinez, Daniel Arenas — Defying Destiny Sung-jin Lee, Jake Schreier — Beef Season 2 Thomas Seeberg Torjussen, Gjyljeta Berisha — A Better Man Vardis Marinakis — The Great Chimera You Quan — Hidden ID: Sky-High Tips Thomas Seeberg Torjussen — A Better Man Lee Byeong-heon — My Baby Daddy is My Best Friend Dirk Eisfeld — Nuremberg 45 Park Hae-young — We Are All Trying Here Juana Uribe — Defying Destiny Vince Gilligan — Pluribus Will Smith — Slow Horses S5 Yilmaz Sahin — Envy
International Invitation: Outstanding Asian Stars
+ Na Jae-min Jisoo Jin Akanishi Yang Yang Paulo Avelino Rebecca Patricia Armstrong Gladys Bay
K-Drama Competition Category
+ The Dream Life of Mr. Kim We Are All Trying Here Koo Kyo-hwan Lim Ji-yeon Anton – "Close to Me"
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