2025 International Streaming Festival

2025 International Streaming Festival
2025 International Streaming Festival
Global OTT Awards
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Awarded for	The achievements of excellent content made for TV, OTT, and online across Asia
Date	Opening: August 22, 2025; Global OTT Awards: August 24, 2025; Closing: August 25, 2025;
Venue	BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Ministry of Science and ICT; Busan Metropolitan City; Korea International Streaming Festival; National IT Industry Promotion Agency;
Hosted by	Joo Jong-hyuk; Lee Hye-sung;
Highlights
Most wins	When Life Gives You Tangerines (3)
Most nominations	When Life Gives You Tangerines (6)
Best Creative	When Life Gives You Tangerines
Best OTT Original	Nine Puzzles
People's Choice Award (Male)	Bai Jingting
People's Choice Award (Female)	Bai Lu
Website	www.kisf.kr/kor/
Television/radio coverage
Network	YouTube; U+ Mobile TV;
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The 2025 International Streaming Festival (Korean: 2025 국제스트리밍페스티벌), presented by Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City, took place from August 22 to August 25, 2025, at BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea.^[1]

Awarded forThe achievements of excellent content made for TV, OTT, and online across Asia

Date

Opening: August 22, 2025 (2025-08-22)
Global OTT Awards: August 24, 2025 (2025-08-24)
Closing: August 25, 2025 (2025-08-25)

VenueBIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan

CountrySouth Korea

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The main event of the International Streaming Festival the Global OTT Awards is an enhanced and restructured version of Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards, previously held in conjunction with the 2023 and 2024 Busan International Film Festival. It debuted as an official event of the 2025 International Streaming Festival and waw jointly hosted by the Korea International Streaming Festival and the Information and Communication Industry Promotion Agency. It was held on August 24, 2025 at Film Archive Outdoor Theater at 19:00 (KST).^[2]^[3]

The awards ceremony hosted by actor Joo Jong-hyuk and announcer Lee Hye-sung was held on August 24, 2025. Best Creative award was won by When Life Gives You Tangerines.^[4]

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Best Creative	Best OTT Original
When Life Gives You Tangerines – Netflix Black Warrant – Netflix Mad Unicorn – Netflix Northward (TV series) – iQIYI Our Unwritten Seoul – tvN	Nine Puzzles – Disney+ Born for the Spotlight – Netflix Family Matters – Coupang Play The First Frost – Youku Study Group – TVING Yesterday's You – Viu
Best Asian TV Series	Best Reality & Variety
The Outlaw Doctor – PTS 4°C – TV+ Saving Grace – Prime Video Timeless Love Letters for My Classmates – Yomiuri Telecasting What If – Viu	World of Street Woman Fighter – CJ ENM Kian's Bizarre B&B – Netflix Old Taste Detective 5 – meWATCH SNL Korea Season 7 – Coupang Play
Best Director	Best Writer
*Yao Xiaofeng – Northward* – iQIYI** Shim Na-yeon – Good Boy – JTBC Nottapon Boonprakob – Mad Unicorn – Netflix Volodymyr Yanoschuk – The Train – Channel DIM Kim Won-seok – When Life Gives You Tangerines – Netflix	*Lim Sang-choon – When Life Gives You Tangerines* – Netflix** Tokuo Koji & Ichinoe Yoshino – Light of My Lion – TBS Television Kang Pool – Light Shop – Disney+ Chang Shi-hsien & Wen Yu-fang – The Outlaw Doctor – PTS Lee Kang – Our Unwritten Seoul – tvN Ho Ching-yi – What If – Viu
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
*Kentaro Sakaguchi – What Comes After Love* – Coupang Play** Berik Aichanov – 4°C – TV+ Bai Jingting – The First Frost – Youku Park Bo-gum – Good Boy – JTBC Nattarut Noparattayaporn – Mad Unicorn – Netflix Joo Ji-hoon – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call – Netflix	*Park Eun-bin – Hyper Knife* – Disney+** Bai Lu – Northward – iQIYI Park Bo-young – Our Unwritten Seoul – tvN IU – When Life Gives You Tangerines – Netflix Hirose Suzu – Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? – TBS Television
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Oh Jung-se – Good Boy* – SLL** Wang Qianyuan – Drifting Away – iQIYI Francis Ng – Escape From the Trilateral Slopes – Youku Ryota Bando – Light of My Lion – TBS Television Choi Dae-hoon – When Life Gives You Tangerines – Netflix	*Yeom Hye-ran – When Life Gives You Tangerines* – Netflix** Chung Hsin-ling – Born for the Spotlight – Third Man Entertainment, Netflix Wen Qi – I Am Nobody: The Showdown Between Yin & Yang – Youku Ono Machiko – Light of My Lion – TBS Television Jang Young-nam – Our Unwritten Seoul – Studio Dragon, tvN, TVING
Best Newcomer Actor	Best Newcomer Actress
*Kang You-seok – Resident Playbook* – tvN, TVING** Zahan Kapoor – Black Warrant – Applause Entertainment, Netflix Hirunkit Changkham & Wongravee Nateetorn – High School Frenemy – GMMTV Shi Pengyuan – A Life For A Life – iQIYI Choo Young-woo – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call – Netflix	*Chung Su-bin – Friendly Rivalry* – STUDIO X+U (LG U+) Suri Lin – Born for the Spotlight – Third Man Entertainment, Netflix** Xu Ruohan – The Best Thing – iQIYI Lee Su-hyun – Family Matters – Coupang Play
Best Visual Effects	Best Original Song
I Am Nobody: The Showdown Between Yin & Yang – Youku Heavenly Ever After – SLL Light Shop – Disney+ What a Wonderful World – iQIYI	*ADO – Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?* – TBS Television** 'Heavenly Ever After' – Lim Young-woong – Heavenly Ever After – SLL 'The First Frost' – Mayday – Nan Hong – Youku 'Sunset' – 10cm – Our Unwritten Seoul – Studio Dragon, tvN, TVING 'That Day' – Tomorrow X Together – Resident Playbook – eggiscoming, tvN, TVING

Rising Star of the Year
*Shi Pengyuan – A Life For A Life* – iQIYI Lee Su-hyun – Family Matters – Coupang Play**
Creative Beyond Border	New Technology
Life Line – Independent	BINGE Korea
People's Choice Award
Male	Female
Bai Jingting for The First Frost	Bai Lu for Northward

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