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2024 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards
2024 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards
	Official poster
Awarded for	The achievements of excellent content made for TV, OTT, and online across Asia
Date	October 6, 2024
Venue	BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Ministry of Science and ICT; Busan Metropolitan City;
Hosted by	Kang Ki-young; Tiffany Young;
First awarded	2019
Highlights
Most nominations	5 – Imperfect Us
Best Creative	Blossoms Shanghai
Best OTT Original	Boyhood
People's Choice Award (Male)	Byeon Woo-seok
People's Choice Award (Female)	Kim Hye-yoon
Website	ACA & Global OTT Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	YouTube channel of BIFF; LG U+ u+ Mobile TV;

The 2024 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (Korean: 2024 아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈), presented by Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City, took place on October 6, 2024, 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 2024 edition of the festival.^[1]^[2] The Awards ceremony was hosted by Kang Ki-young and Tiffany Young.^[3]

On the award night attended by the Asian film and TV industry stars, Chinese TV series Blossoms Shanghai won two awards viz: Best Creative and Best Lead Actor awards. People's Choice Award male and female were awarded to Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon respectively. Coupang Play's Boyhood, a South Korean series by Lee Myung-woo won Best OTT Original award.^[4]

Overview

The ACA & G.OTT Awards 2024 in its 6th year features 11 competitive categories for which the 12 international preliminary judges reviewed 201 pieces of content from 16 countries and selected 41 nominees from 10 countries. Seven international judges will decide the final winners. This year the two new awards: the 'Best Original Song' in the competition category has been added. This award will honor the most captivating Original Sound Track; and the People's Choice Award in the invitation category. which the People's will allow fans to vote for their favorite actors.^[5]

Awards ceremony

Kang Ki-young, South Korean actor

Tiffany Young, singer-songwriter

MCs of the ceremony

The Awards ceremony was hosted by actor Kang Ki-young and Tiffany Young. It included a celebratory performances by the band Nerd Connection, indie rock band from South Korea and Tri.be, a South Korean girl group.^[6]

The award show was attended by film and TV stars from Asia. Blossoms Shanghai, a Chinese series by Wong Kar-wai won two awards at the ceremony viz.: Best Creative, Best Lead Actor awards. Boyhood, a South Korean series by Lee Myung-woo of Coupang Play won Best OTT Original award.^[7]

Jury

The 7 judges will judge the 11 competitive categories.

Hidetoshi Nishijima, a Japanese actor and model.
Jia Jian, actress Taiwan.
Baek Mi-kyung, South Korean television and film screenwriter.
Ahn Eun-mi, CEO of Pollux Studio Co., Ltd.
Naohiko Matsuba, TV Man Union General Producer.
Max Michael, United Talent Agency Asia, Business Director.
Kim Young-deok, Asia Contents & Film Market Chairman.

Awards and nominations

Nominees and winners (winners denoted in bold):^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Open competition

Best Creative	Best OTT Original
Blossoms Shanghai – Tencent Video Cigarette Girl – Netflix Daily Dose of Sunshine – Netflix Enigma – GMMTV A Killer Paradox – Netflix Vivant – TBS Television	Boyhood – Coupang Play Death's Game – TVING The Double – Youku GG Precinct: Season 1 – Netflix Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar – Netflix Uncle Samsik – Disney+
Best Asian TV Series	Best Reality & Variety
1286 – Salem Social Media Imperfect Us – Public Television Service Imperfect Victim – iQIYI The Last Bout – Mediacorp / Verite Productions To the Wonder – iQIYI Shut Up – telepack	2 Faces – Workpoint Group Jinny's Kitchen 2 – Egg is Coming The Community: Tensions Under The Roof – Content Wavve Earth Arcade's Vroom Vroom – Egg is Coming Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook – TELECOM STAFF Wedding.con – BBC Studios India
Best Director	Best Writer
Kamila Andini, Ifa Isfansyah – Cigarette Girl, Netflix Alisher Utev – 1286, Salem Social Media Patha Thongpan – Enigma, GMMTV Lim Dae-hyung, Jeon Go-woon – LTNS, TVING Park Hoon-jung – The Tyrant, Disney+	Joo Hwa-mi – The Atypical Family, SLL Mag Hsu – Imperfect Us, Public Television Service Yamanishi Tatsuya – Shut Up, telepack Teng Congcong, Peng Yining – To the Wonder, iQIYI Park Kyung-soo – The Whirlwind, Netflix
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
*Hu Ge – Blossoms Shanghai, Tencent Video* Im Si-wan – Boyhood, Coupang Play Hsu Kuang-han – GG Precinct: Season 1 – Netflix Choi Woo-shik – A Killer Paradox – Netflix Wu Kang-ren – Living – TVBS Media Cho Jin-woong – No Way Out: The Roulette – Studio X+U (LG Uplus) Masato Sakai – Vivant – TBS Television	*Ariel Lin – Imperfect Us* – Public Television Service** Dian Sastrowardoyo – Cigarette Girl – Netflix Park Bo-young – Daily Dose of Sunshine – Netflix Fumi Nikaido – Eye Love You – TBS Television Zhou Xun – Imperfect Victim – iQIYI Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner – CJ ENM Studios, Bon Factory
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Ahn Jae-hong – Mask Girl* – Netflix** Arya Saloka – Cigarette Girl – Netflix Kai Ko – Imperfect Us – Public Television Service Lee Hee-joon – A Killer Paradox – Netflix Lee Kwang-soo – No Way Out: The Roulette – Studio X+U (LG Uplus) Go Ayano – YuYu Hakusho – Netflix	*Yeom Hye-ran – Mask Girl* – Netflix** Du Juan – Blossoms Shanghai – Tencent Video Kani Kusruti – Poacher – Poor Man's Productions Moon Lee – The Victims' Game Season 2 – Netflix Kim Hyeong-seo – The Worst of Evil – Disney+
Best Newcomer Actor	Best Newcomer Actress
Chae Jong-hyeop – Eye Love You – TBS Television Kim Yo-han – A Killer Paradox – Netflix Metawin Opas-iamkajorn – Enigma, GMMTV Byeon Woo-seok – Lovely Runner – CJ ENM Studios, Bon Factory Tseng Jing-hua – The Victims' Game Season 2 – Netflix Anson Kong – Warriors Within Season 2 – MakerVille	Nimura Sawa – Shut Up, telepack Zhang Jingyi – Blossoms in Adversity, Youku Jeon So-nee – Parasyte: The Grey – Netflix Jo Yoon-su – The Tyrant, Disney+ Tiffany Young – Uncle Samsik – Disney+
Best Visual Effects	Best Original Song
Parasyte: The Grey – Netflix 2 Faces – Workpoint Group Death's Game – TVING YuYu Hakusho – Netflix	*"Learn to Live Again" – Tanya Chua – Imperfect Us* – Public Television Service** "Sakal Ban" - Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Raja Hasan – Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar – Netflix "Sudden Shower" – Eclipse – Lovely Runner – CJ ENM Studios, Bon Factory "Let's Try" – Thanawat Rattanakitpaisan – Only Friends – GMMTV

Invitation

Source:^[13]

Kim Hye-yoon winner of 2024 People's Choice Award (Female)

Byeon Woo-seok winner of People's Choice Award (Male)

Winners of People's Choice Award

Rising Star of the Year
Anson Kong – Warriors Within 2 Ayaka Miyoshi – Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook Jo Yoon-su – The Tyrant
Creative Beyond Border	New Technology
Shaman: Whispers From The Dead	Kocowa
People's Choice Award
Male	Female
Byeon Woo-seok Chae Jong-hyeop	Kim Hye-yoon Tiffany Young