Buil Film Awards 2025 Winners & Nominations List

The 34th Buil Film Awards is scheduled to be held on 18 September 2025 at Signiel Busan Grand Ballroom in Haeundae District, Busan. This year’s Buil Film Awards 2025 were presented in 16 categories, selected from 149 Korean films released over the past year, from August 11, 2024 to July 10, 2025.

The prestigious 2025 Buil Film Awards have officially announced its list of nominees on July 25, 2025, where the Spy-thriller Harbin was the most nominated in the 7 categories.

They include Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. The award ceremony will be hosted by South Korean actor Kim Nam-gil and actress Chun Woo-hee.

If you want to know the 2025 Buil Film Awards full winners list along with the nominations list, keep reading this article from the National Film Awards 2025.

Also like to read about: Korea Grand Music Awards 2025 & Jupiter Music Awards 2025

Buil Film Awards 2025 Winners List

Below is the complete Buil Film Awards 2025 winners list, so look below and see which actor took home more awards or in which category.

Full List of Winners – 34th Buil Film Awards

• Best Picture: House of the Seasons
• Best Director: Hwang Byung Kook (Yadang: The Snitch)
• Best Actor: Lee Byung Hun (The Match)
• Best Actress: Kim Go Eun (Love in the Big City)
• Best Supporting Actress: Yang Hee Kyung (The Land of Morning Calm)
• Best Supporting Actor: Park Jung Min (Uprising)
• Yoo Hyun-mok Film Arts Award: Jang Dong Gun (A Normal Family)
• Star of the Year (Female): Hyeri (Victory)
• Star of the Year (Male): Lee Jun Hyuk (The Firefighters)
• Best New Director: Jang Byung Ki (When This Summer is Over)
• Best New Actress: Hyeri (Victory)
• Best New Actor: Choi Hyun Jin (When This Summer is Over)
• Best Screenplay: Park Yi Woong (The Land of Morning Calm)
• Best Cinematography: Hong Kyung Pyo (Harbin)
• Best Music: Kim Joon Seok (Hi-Five)
• Best Art/Technical Direction: Park Jung Woo (Harbin)

While nominations for the Buil Film Awards (BFA) 2025 have been announced officially on 25 July 2025, they are mentioned below.

Buil Film Awards 2025 Nominations

Below is the complete list of the 2025 Buil Film Awards nominations.

Best Picture

• What Does Nature Say to You?
• The Seagulls of the Morning Sea
• House of the Seasons
• Uprising
• Harbin

Best Director

• Ian Hee – Love in the Big City
• Jeong Yun-cheol – Sea Tiger
• Kim Hyung-joo – The Match
• Hwang Byung-guk – Yadang: The Snitch
• Woo Min Ho – Harbin

The Buil Film Awards 2025 nominations for the movie #Harbin:
*Best Picture: "Harbin"
*Best Director: Woo Minho
*Best Actor: Hyun Bin
*Best Supporting Actor: Jo Woojin
*Best Cinematography: Hong Kyungpyo
*Best Music: Jo Yeongwook
*Best Art/Technology:
*Costume: Kwak Jeongae… pic.twitter.com/3d9Hy4zZlU

— janice (@janiceshere) July 24, 2025

Best Actor

• Lee Byung Hun – The Match
• Yoon Joo Sang – The Seagulls of the Morning Sea
• Hyun Bin – Harbin
• Ahn Jae Hong – High Five
• Jo Jung Suk – Land of Happiness

Best Actress

• Kim Go Eun – Love in the Big City
• Shim Eun Kyung – The Killers
• Oh Min Ae – Concerning My Daughter
• Han Ye Ri – Spring Night
• Lee Hye Young – Breakthrough

Best Supporting Actor

• Jung Hae In – Veteran 2
• Oh Man Seok – House of the Seasons
• Park Jeong Min – Uprising
• Jo Woo Jin – Harbin
• Yoo Jae Myung – Land of Happiness

Jeon Yeobeen is nominated for the 2025 Buil Film Awards as Best Supporting Actress category🎉 the event will be held on September 18, 2025https://t.co/VVJE4fSNZx#jeonyeobeen #darknuns pic.twitter.com/DzBEl5lNRz

— janice (@janiceshere) July 24, 2025

Best Supporting Actress

• Jeon Yeo Bin – Dark Nuns
• Ha Yoon Kyung – Concerning My Daughter
• Claudia Kim – A Normal Family
• Yang Hee Kyung – The Seagulls of the Morning Sea
• Chae Won Bin – Yadang: The Snitch

Best New Director

• Lee Mirang – Concerning My Daughter
• Kim Tae Yang – Widow
• Lee Jong Soo – Parents Are Fools
• Jang Byeong Gi – Yeoreum-i Jinagamyeon
• Oh Jeong Min – House of the Seasons

Best New Actor

• Moon Woo Jin – Dark Nuns
• Noh Sang Hyun – Love in the Big City
• Choi Hyun Jin – Yeoreum-i Jinagamyeon
• Kang Seung Ho – House of the Seasons
• Jang Seong Beom – Following

 Best New Actress

• Lee Myeong Ha – Widow
• Hong Ye Ji – A Normal Family
• Lee Hyeri – Victory
• Jo Aram – Victory
• Roh Yoon Seo – Statement

Best Screenplay

• Park Lee Woong – The Seagulls of the Morning Sea
• Oh Jeong Min – House of the Seasons
• Shin Chul, Park Chan Wook – Uprising
• Park Hong Jun – Work to Do
• Heo Jun Seok – Land of Happiness

Best Cinematography / On the Shoot

• Kim Jin Hyung – Widow
• Lee Jin Geun – House of the Seasons
• Joo Sung Rim – Uprising
• Lee Jae Woo – Breakthrough
• Hong Kyung Pyo – Harbin

Music Award

• Primary – Love in the Big City
• Cho Young Wook – Uprising
• Jo Young Wook – Harbin
• Kim Jun Seok – High Five
• Kwon Hyun Jung – Because I Hate Korea

Art / Technology Awards

• Special Effects: Hong Jang Pyo – The Firefighters
• Production Design: Eunyoung Jeong – The Match
• Costume Design:
  • Ancestors – Uprising
  • Kwak Jeong Ae – Harbin
• Lighting: Park Jeong Woo – Harbin

Where to Watch Buil Film Awards 2025?

Fans can watch a live telecast of the 34th Buil Film Awards 2025 on the Buil Film Awards 2025 YouTube Channel.

34th Buil Film Awards Jury Panel

The judging panel consisted of 9 members.

• Nam Yu-jeong, Busan Ilbo Culture Department reporter
• Kim Sun-ah, Representative of the Women Filmmakers Association
• Kim Soo-yeon, Professor of Theater and Film at Kyungsung University
• Nam Dong-cheol, film critic
• Park Gwan-soo, Kirin Production Company CEO
• Park In-ho, film critic
• Baek Eun-ha, Director of the Actors’ Research Institute
• Song Kyung-won, editor-in-chief of Cine21
• Representative of the Korean Film Producers Association

Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award Expert Judge

• Kang Nae-young, Professor of Theater and Film at Kyungsung University
• Kim Yi-seok, Professor of Film Studies at Dong-Eui University
• Yang Yun-ho, Vice Chairman of the Korean Film Council

Buil Film Awards Categories

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Leading Actor
• Best Leading Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best New Director
• Best New Actor
• Best New Actress
• Best Screenplay
• Best Cinematography
• Best Art Direction
• Best Music
• Buil Readers’ Jury Award (via internet voting)
• Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award
• Best Foreign Film

About Buil Film Awards

The Buil Film Awards is a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the Busan Ilbo newspaper. Started in 1958 as one of the earliest Film Awards in the country. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was Busan’s biggest annual Film Awards event, paused from 1994 to 2007, due to government censorship and TV’s rising popularity.