The nominees have been announced for the 2023 Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards aimed at recognizing excellence on TV, OTT, and online platforms across the world.
The Asia Contents Awards, established in 2019, has joined forces with the International OTT Festival, hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT along with Busan Metropolitan City, to return as the 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards.
Some of the nominees this year (Photos from 2023 Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards)
This year, 215 entries from 18 countries were submitted.
Among the nominees are “The Glory” and “Moving” for best creative, Filipino actor Arjo Atayde for best lead actor for “Cattleya Killer” and Song Hye-kyo for best lead actress for “The Glory.”
“The Best Creative category has chosen popular series that have received enthusiastic feedback worldwide,” according to the Busan International Film Festival website.
Here are the nominees:
2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Nominees
■ Best Creative
Title | Presented by |
The Glory | NETFLIX |
Little Women | STUDIO DRAGON |
The Long Season | Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Company |
MOVING | The Walt Disney Company |
Special Ops: Lioness | Paramount+ Korea |
■ Best OTT Original
Title | Presented by |
Get Rich | PCCW OTT |
The Knock Out | iQIYI / CCTV 8 |
SHADOW DETECTIVE | The Walt Disney Company Korea |
Wave Makers | DaMou Entertainment |
Weak Hero Class 1 | Content Wavve |
■ Best Asian TV Series
Title | Presented by |
The Black Yard | Salem Social Media |
Delete | GDH 559 Company |
Not Others | KT Studiogenie |
Scoop | NETFLIX |
Taiwan Crime Stories | Sixty Percent Productions / CalFilms / Imagine Entertainment |
■ Best Reality & Variety
Title | Presented by |
Bloody Game 2 | Content Wavve |
Food Chronicle | TVING |
LET'S FEAST VIETNAM | BHD|Vietnam Media Corp |
One at Heart, Jessica Soho: Wounds of Woes | GMA Network. |
OUR GAME : LG TWINS | LG Uplus, STUDIO X+U |
Physical: 100 | NETFLIX |
SNL Korea Season 3&4 | Coupang Play |
■ Best Director
Nominee | Title | Presented by |
HAN Jun-hee | D.P.2 | NETFLIX |
KANCHIKU Yuri | First Love | NETFLIX |
Parkpoom WONGPOOM | Delete | GDH 559 Company |
XIN Shuang | The Long Season | Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Company |
■ Best Writer
Nominee | Title | Presented by |
Bakarhythm | Rebooting | Nippon TV |
CHUNG Seo Kyung | Little Women | STUDIO DRAGON |
Kangfull | MOVING | The Walt Disney Company |
KIM Eun-sook | The Glory | NETFLIX |
Taylor SHERIDAN | Special Ops: Lioness | Paramount+ Korea |
■ Best Lead Actor
Nominee | Title | Presented by |
Arjo ATAYDE | Cattleya Killer | ABS-CBN / Prime Video |
FAN Wei | The Long Season | Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Company |
Nat KITCHARIT | Delete | GDH 559 Company |
RYU Seung Ryong | MOVING | The Walt Disney Company |
SATOH Takeru | First Love | NETFLIX |
YAGIRA Yuya | GANNIBAL | The Walt Disney Company |
■ Best Lead Actress
Nominee | Title | Presented by |
Emily CHAN | The Patient | ASTRO Malaysia |
Karishma TANNA | Scoop | NETFLIX |
Rebecca LIM | Third Rail | Ochre Pictures |
SONG Hye-kyo | The Glory | NETFLIX |
Zoe SALDANA | Special Ops: Lioness | Paramount+ Korea |
■ Best Supporting Actor
Nominee | Title | Presented by |
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 |
SOMETANI Shota | Sanctuary | NETFLIX |
■ Best Supporting Actress
Nominee | Title | Presented by |
Buffy CHEN | Wave Makers | DaMou Entertainment |
Charlette Wasita HERMENAU | Delete | GDH 559 Company |
GYEONG Sujin | SHADOW DETECTIVE | The Walt Disney Company Korea |
KUTSUNA Shioli | Sanctuary | NETFLIX |
LIM Ji-yeon | The Glory | NETFLIX |
■ Best Newcomer Actor
Nominee | Title | Presented by |
LEE Jung Ha | MOVING | The Walt Disney Company |
PARK JiHoon | Weak Hero Class 1 | Content Wavve |
Prudtichai RUAYFUPANT M | Nobody's Happy If I'm Not | BEC World Public Company |
WEN JunHui | EXCLUSIVE FAIRY TALE | iQIYI / Ningbo Three Magpies Culture Technology / Jiangsu Qijia Film and Television Culture Media |
■ Best Newcomer Actress
Nominee | Title | Presented by |
Gini CHANG | Last Madame: | Ochre Pictures |
GO Youn Jung | MOVING | The Walt Disney Company |
LI GengXi | The Long Season | Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Company |
Phantira PIPITYAKORN | Get Rich | PCCW OTT |
YAGI Rikako | First Love | NETFLIX |
■ Best Visual Effects
Title | Presented by |
BIG BET | The Walt Disney Company |
MOVING | The Walt Disney Company |
The Long Season | Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Company |
Three-Body | Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Company |