2024 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

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;
First awarded	2019
Most nominations	5 – Imperfect Us
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, will take place on October 6, 2024, at BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea. The awards ceremony will be organized by Busan International Film Festival and Korea Radio Promotion Association, as an event of the 2024 edition of the festival.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

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):^[4]^[5]

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 The Community: Tensions Under The Roof – Content Wavve Earth Arcade's Vroom Vroom – Egg is Coming Jinny's Kitchen 2 – Egg is Coming Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook – TELECOM STAFF Wedding.con – BBC Studios India
Best Director	Best Writer
Alisher Utev – 1286, Salem Social Media Kamila Andini, Ifa Isfansyah – Cigarette Girl, Netflix 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	Dian Sastrowardoyo – Cigarette Girl – Netflix Park Bo-young – Daily Dose of Sunshine – Netflix Fumi Nikaido – Eye Love You – TBS Television Ariel Lin – Imperfect Us – Public Television Service Zhou Xun – Imperfect Victim – iQIYI Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner – CJ ENM Studios, Bon Factory
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Arya Saloka – Cigarette Girl – Netflix Kai Ko – Imperfect Us – Public Television Service Lee Hee-joon – A Killer Paradox – Netflix Ahn Jae-hong – Mask Girl – Netflix Lee Kwang-soo – No Way Out: The Roulette – Studio X+U (LG Uplus) Go Ayano – YuYu Hakusho – Netflix	Du Juan – Blossoms Shanghai – Tencent Video Yeom Hye-ran – Mask Girl – Netflix 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
Metawin Opas-iamkajorn – Enigma, GMMTV Chae Jong-hyeop – Eye Love You – TBS Television Kim Yo-han – A Killer Paradox – Netflix 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	Zhang Jingyi – Blossoms in Adversity, Youku Jeon So-nee – Parasyte: The Grey – Netflix Nimura Sawa – Shut Up, telepack Jo Yoon-su – The Tyrant, Disney+ Tiffany Young – Uncle Samsik – Disney+
Best Visual Effects	Best Original Song
2 Faces – Workpoint Group Death's Game – TVING Parasyte: The Grey – Netflix YuYu Hakusho – Netflix	"Sakal Ban" - Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Raja Hasan – Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar – Netflix "Learn to Live Again" – Tanya Chua – Imperfect Us – Public Television Service "Sudden Shower" – Eclipse – Lovely Runner – CJ ENM Studios, Bon Factory "Let’s Try" – Thanawat Rattanakitpaisan – Only Friends – GMMTV