44th Blue Dragon Film Awards

Awarded forExcellence in cinematic achievements

Announced onNovember 6, 2023

Presented onNovember 24, 2023

44th Blue Dragon Film Awards
Official poster
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Awarded by	Sports Chosun
Announced on	November 6, 2023 (2023-11-6)
Presented on	November 24, 2023 (2023-11-24)
Site	KBS Hall, Yeouido, Seoul
Hosted by	Kim Hye-soo Yoo Yeon-seok
Organized by	Sports Chosun (a sister brand of The Chosun Ilbo)
Official website	www.blueaward.co.kr
Highlights
Best Film	Smugglers
Popular Star Award	Song Joong-ki Zo In-sung Kim Seon-ho Park Bo-young
Best Director	Um Tae-hwa Concrete Utopia
Best Actor	Lee Byung-hun Concrete Utopia
Best Actress	Jung Yu-mi Sleep
Most awards	Smugglers (4)
Most nominations	Smugglers (12)
Television coverage
Network	KBS YouTube Naver Now
Viewership	999,000 People Ratings: 5.9%^[1]
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The 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards (Korean: 제44회 청룡영화상) is an annual South Korean award ceremony organized by Sports Chosun (a sister brand of The Chosun Ilbo). Hosted by Kim Hye-soo for the 30th and the last time and Yoo Yeon-seok, it was held on November 24, 2023, at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. It was broadcast live on KBS2 and KBS YouTube channels.^[2] Nominations for 15 categories were announced on November 6, Smugglers received 12 nominations.^[3]^[4]

Smugglers, a crime film by Ryoo Seung-wan won four awards including Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best New Actress, and Best Music awards.^[5]

The winners of the awards are selected through netizen voting on the Celeb Champ app starting from November 7. Voting lines for Best Picture, Best Director, Best New Director, Best Male/Female Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best New Male/Female Actress, and Popular Star Award closed on 12 noon on November 24, whereas for the Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, and Best Music, Art Award, Editing Award, and Technology Award, the lines closed on November 15.^[6]

Nominees and winners

The nominees for the awards were announced in 15 categories on November 6, 2023.^[7]^[8]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[9]^[10]

Best Film	Best Director
Smugglers ‡ Concrete Utopia Next Sohee The Night Owl Cobweb	Um Tae-hwa – Concrete Utopia ‡ Kim Jee-woon – Cobweb Ryu Seung-wan – Smugglers Lee Han – Honey Sweet Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee
Best Actor	Best Actress
Lee Byung-hun – Concrete Utopia ‡ Doh Kyung-soo – The Moon Ryu Jun-yeol – The Night Owl Yoo Hae-jin – Honey Sweet Song Kang-ho – Cobweb	Jung Yu-mi – Sleep ‡ Kim Seo-hyung – Green House Kim Hye-soo — Smugglers Park Bo-young – Concrete Utopia Yum Jung-ah — Smugglers
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Zo In-sung – Smugglers ‡ Park Jeong-min – Smugglers Song Joong-ki – Hopeless Lee Joon-hyuk – The Roundup: No Way Out Oh Jung-se – Cobweb	Jeon Yeo-been – Cobweb ‡ Krystal Jung – Cobweb Kim Sun-young – Concrete Utopia Han Sun-hwa — Honey Sweet Lee Yoon-ji – Dream Palace
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Hong Xa-bin – Hopeless ‡ Lee Shin-young – Rebound Kim Seon-ho – The Childe Kang Tae-joo – The Childe Choi Min-young – Dream Palace	Go Min-si – Smugglers ‡ Kim Si-eun – Next Sohee Kim Hyeong-seo – Hopeless Ahn Eun-jin – The Night Owl An So-yo – Green House
Best New Director	Best Screenplay
Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl ‡ Ka Sung-moon – Dream Palace Kim Chang-hoon – Hopeless Jason Yu – Sleep Lee Sol-hui – Green House	Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee ‡ Lee Shin-ji, Um Tae-hwa – Concrete Utopia Hyun Eun-mi, Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl Ryoo Seung-wan, Kim Jeong-yeon, Choi Cha-won – Smugglers Shin Yeon-shick – Cobweb
Best Editing	Best Cinematography and Lighting
Kim Sun-min – The Night Owl ‡ Han Mi-yeon – Sleep Han Mi-yeon – Concrete Utopia Yang Jin-mo – Cobweb Lee Gang-hee – Smugglers	Kim Tae-kyeong, Hong Seung-chul — The Night Owl ‡ Kim Jee-yong, Park Jun-woo – Cobweb Kim Young-ho, Hwang Soon-wook – The Moon Choi Yeong-hwan, Lee Jae-hyuk– Smugglers Cho Hyoung-rae, Lee Kil-kyu– Concrete Utopia
Best Art Direction	Best Music
Jung Yi-jin – Cobweb ‡ Lee Hoo-kyoung – Smugglers Kim Min-hye – Ballerina Cho Hwa-sung, Choi Hyun-seouk – Concrete Utopia Lee Ha-jun – The Night Owl	Chang Kiha – Smugglers ‡ Mowg – Cobweb Kim Hae-won – Concrete Utopia Gray — Ballerina Hwang Sang-jun – Hero
Technical Award	Chung Jung-won Best Short Film
Jin Jong-hyun (VFX) – The Moon ‡ Eun Jae-hyun (VFX) – Concrete Utopia Yoon Jung-hee (Costume Design) – Smugglers Heo Myeong-hoeng, Yoon Sung-min (Stunt) — The Roundup: No Way Out Park Yong-ki (Sound) – The Night Owl	Ghwa the Last Name A Room of Two Women's Own World of Hello Yangnimdong girl Good Boy Candy
Chung Jung-won Popular Star Award	Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film
Song Joong-ki ‡ Zo In-sung ‡ Kim Seon-ho ‡ Park Bo-young ‡	The Roundup: No Way Out ‡ Smugglers (2nd) Concrete Utopia (3rd) The Night Owl (4th) Hero (5th)
Special Achievement Award
Kim Hye-soo ‡

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Films
12	Smugglers
11	Cobweb
11	Concrete Utopia
9	The Night Owl
4	Next Sohee
4	Hopeless
3	Honey Sweet
	The Moon
	Dream Palace
	Green House
	Sleep
2	Ballerina
	The Roundup: No Way Out
	The Childe

Films with multiple awards
Wins	Films
4	Smugglers
3	The Night Owl
2	Cobweb
2	Concrete Utopia

Performances

Source:^[11]^[12]

Order	Artist	Act performed
1	NewJeans	"ETA" + "Super Shy"
2	Kim Wan-sun	"Dance in the Rhythm"
3	Park Jin-young	"Sweet Dreams" + "When We Disco" + "Take On Me" + "Changed Man"

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44th Blue Dragon Film Awards

Nominees and winners

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Performances

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