2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

2023 Asia Contents Awards

Ministry of Science and ICT
Busan Metropolitan City

Hosted by

Kim Kang-woo
Nancy

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Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

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The 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (Korean: 2023 아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈), presented by Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City, took place on October 8, 2023, at BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea. The awards ceremony was organized by Busan International Film Festival and Korea Radio Promotion Association, as an event of the 2023 edition of the festival.^[1] The Awards ceremony hosted by Kim Kang-woo and Nancy was broadcast live on official YouTube channel and LG U+ u+ Mobile TV channel.^[2]

Background

Asia Contents Awards was an annual event. From 2023, it joined hands with the International OTT Festival, and co-host, the Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City. Rebranding itself as "Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (ACA & G.OTT Awards)", it has expanded its horizon from Asia to the world. It now has 17 award categories including 5 newly added awards. The Awards celebrates 10 awards in competition and 7 awards by invitation such as Lifetime Achievement Award and Rising Star of the Year and also recognising contribution of the streamers, presents awards to the OTT service providers.^[3]

Awards ceremony

Kim Kang-woo, South Korean actor

Momoland's Nancy

MCs of the ceremony

The Awards ceremony was hosted by actor Kim Kang-woo and Momoland's Nancy. It included a celebratory performance by idol girl group ALICE and South Korean singer Lee Seung-yoon. Chinese actor Jin Dong and actress Bao Shang En were presenters of the awards in ceremony along with the South Korean stars. The ceremony was streamed live on the Busan International Film Festival's official YouTube channel and LG U+ u+ Mobile TV channel.^[2]^[4]

The award show was attended by stars from Asia. Moving, a South Korean series by Park In-je won six awards at the ceremony viz.: Best Creative, Best Lead Actor, Best Writer, Best Newcomer Actor and Actress, and Best Visual Effects awards. Scoop, an Indian series by Hansal Mehta won Best Asian TV Series and Best Lead Actress awards.^[5]

Awards and nominations

Nominees and winners (winners denoted in bold):^[6]^[7]

Open competition

Best Creative	Best OTT Original
Moving – The Walt Disney Company The Glory – Netflix Little Women – Studio Dragon The Long Season [zh] – Tencent Video Special Ops: Lioness – Paramount+ Korea	Weak Hero Class 1 – Content Wavve Get Rich – PCCW OTT The Knockout – iQiyi & CCTV 8 Shadow Detective – The Walt Disney Company Wave Makers – DaMou Entertainment
Best Asian TV Series	Best Reality & Variety
Scoop – Netflix The Black Yard – Salem Social Media Delete – GDH 559 Not Others – KT Studio genie Taiwan Crime Stories – Sixty Percent Productions, CalFilms & Imagine Entertainment	Physical: 100 – Netflix Let’s Feast Vietnam – BHD Vietnam Media Corp Bloody Game 2 – Content Wavve Food Chronicle – TVing One At Heart Jessica Soho: Wounds Of Woes – GMA Network Our Game : LG Twins – LG Uplus & Studio X+U Saturday Night Live Korea Season 3 & 4 – Coupang Play
Best Director	Best Writer
*Xin Shuang – The Long Season, Tencent Video* Han Jun-hee – D.P. 2, Netflix Yuri Kanchiku – First Love, Netflix Parkpoom Wongpoom – Delete, GDH 559 Company	*Kang Full – Moving, The Walt Disney Company* Bakarhythm – Rebooting, Nippon TV Jeong Seo-kyung – Little Women, Studio Dragon Kim Eun-sook – The Glory, Netflix Taylor Sheridan – Special Ops: Lioness, Paramount+ Korea
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
*Ryu Seung-ryong – Moving, The Walt Disney Company* Arjo Atayde – Cattleya Killer, ABS-CBN Fan Wei – The Long Season, Tencent Video Nat Kitcharit – Delete, GDH 559 Company Takeru Satoh – First Love, Netflix Yuya Yagira – Gannibal, The Walt Disney Company	*Karishma Tanna – Scoop, Netflix* Emily Chan [zh] – The Patient, Astro Malaysia Rebecca Lim – Third Rail, Ochre Pictures Song Hye-kyo – The Glory, Netflix Zoe Saldaña – Special Ops: Lioness, Paramount+ Korea
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Hsueh Shih-ling – Taiwan Crime Stories, Sixty Percent Productions, Calfilms & Imagine Entertainment* Jo Woo-jin – Narco-Saints, Netflix Nichkhun Horvejkul – Finding The Rainbow, PCCW OTT Shota Sometani – Sanctuary, Netflix	*Lim Ji-yeon – The Glory, Netflix* Buffy Chen – Wave Makers, Damou Entertainment Charlette Wasita Hermenau – Delete, GDH 559 Company Kyung Soo-jin – Shadow Detective, The Walt Disney Company Shioli Kutsuna – Sanctuary, Netflix
Best Newcomer Actor	Best Newcomer Actress
*Lee Jung-ha – Moving, The Walt Disney Company* Park Ji-hoon – Weak Hero Class 1, Content Wavve Prudtichai Ruayfupant M – Nobody’s Happy If I’m Not, BEC World Public Co Wen Junhui – Exclusive Fairy Tale, iQiyi, Ningbo Three Magpies Culture Technology & Jiangsu Qijia Film & TV Culture Media	*Go Youn-jung – Moving, The Walt Disney Company* Gini Chang – Last Madame: Sisters of the Night, Ochre Pictures Li Gengxi [zh] – The Long Season, Tencent Phantira Pipityakorn – Get Rich, PCCW OTT Yagi Rikako – First Love, Netflix
Best Visual Effects
Moving, The Walt Disney Company Big Bet, The Walt Disney Company The Long Season, Tencent Three-Body, Tencent Video

Invitation

Rising Star of the Year	Excellence Award
*Wen Junhui (Exclusive Fairy Tale)* *Buffy Chen (Wave Makers)*	*Yuya Yagira (Gannibal)*
Special Contribution for OTT Industry	Special Contribution for K-Content
Watcha	Viu Wavve Americas
Creative Beyond Border	New Technology
EXchange Season 2 One Day Off	TVING
Lifetime Achievement Award
Kim Jong-hak

References

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^ ^a ^b Jo Ah-seo (September 18, 2023). "2023 아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈, 20일 티켓 오픈" [2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards, tickets open on the 20th]. News 1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
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^ Park, Soo-jung (October 8, 2023). "'무빙', '2023 아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈' 베스트 크리에이티브상 수상" ['Moving' won the Best Creative Award at the '2023 Asia Content Awards & Global OTT Awards']. Celeb Media (in Korean). Retrieved October 8, 2023.
^ Shackleton, Liz (September 12, 2023). "'Moving', 'The Long Season' Head Nominations For Busan Film Festival's Asia Content Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
^ Shackleton, Liz (October 8, 2023). "Disney's 'Moving' Sweeps Asia Contents Awards With Six Prizes Including Best Creative, Writer & Actor – Busan". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 9, 2023.