# 32nd Buil Film Awards

The 32nd Buil Film Awards (Korean: 제32회 부일영화상) ceremony is hosted by the Busan-based daily newspaper Busan Ilbo. It was held on October 5, 2023, at the Signiel Busan Grand Ballroom in Haeundae-gu, Busan. In the 32nd edition, awards were presented in 16 categories for 222 Korean films that were released from August 11, 2022, to August 10, 2023. Film awards ceremony was preceded by walking the red carpet for the first time this year and Esom is the solo host of the award show.
The awards show attended by film industry celebrities was broadcast live on Naver TV. The film Concrete Utopia by Um Tae-hwa won 4 awards the best film award; best actor by Lee Byung-hun; star of the year (female) by Park Bo-young; and best cinematography by Cho Hyung-rae. Star of the Year Award (male) was won by Doh Kyung-soo for The Moon.

## Judging panel

The judging panel consisted of 9 members:
* Yoo Ji-na: Jury Chairman, film critic, professor at the Department of Film and Video at Dongguk University
* Nam Yu-jeong: Busan Ilbo Culture Department reporter
* Moon Gwan-gyu: professor of the Department of Arts, Culture and Film at Pusan National University
* Park In-ho: president of the Busan Film Critics Association
* Seong Il-kwon: publisher of Le Monde Diplomatique
* Lee Joo-hyun: Cine21 editor
* Lim Pil-seong: film director (the films Antarctic Diary and Madame Bbang-deok
* Jeon Chan-il: film critic, chairman of the Korean Cultural Content Critics Association
* Jeong Han-seok: Busan International Film Festival programmer

## Awards and nominations

Nominees and winners (winners denoted in bold):
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Concrete Utopia Next Sohee The Night Owl Smugglers Walk Up | Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee Ryoo Seung-wan – Smugglers Um Tae-hwa – Concrete Utopia Yim Soon-rye – The Point Men Hong Sang-soo – Walk Up |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Lee Byung-hun – Concrete Utopia Doh Kyung-soo – The Moon Ryu Jun-yeol – The Night Owl Yoo Hae-jin – The Night Owl Im Si-wan – Unlocked | Kim Seo-hyung – Green House Bae Doona – Next Sohee Yang Mal-bok – The Apartment with Two Women Yum Jung-ah — Smugglers Jeon Do-yeon – Kill Boksoon |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Kim Jong-soo – Smugglers Kang Ki-young – The Point Men Ko Kyu-pil – The Roundup: No Way Out Kim Sung-cheol – The Night Owl Park Jung-min – Smugglers | Go Min-si – Smugglers Kim Sun-young – Concrete Utopia Na Moon-hee – Hero Park Se-wan — 6/45 Lee Yeon – Kill Boksoon |
| Best New Director | Best Screenplay |
| Lee Ji-eun – The Hill of Secrets Kim Sae-in – The Apartment with Two Women Park Song-yeol – Hot in Day, Cold at Night Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl Choi Seung-yeon – Sprinter | Kim Sae-in – The Apartment with Two Women Park Gyu-tae – 6/45 Lee Shin-ji, Um Tae-hwa – Concrete Utopia Jung Ju-ri – Next Sohee Hyeon Gyu-ri, Ahn Tae-jin – The Night Owl |
| Best New Actor | Best New Actress |
| Kim Seon-ho – The Childe Byeon Woo-seok – 20th Century Girl Lee Soon-won – 6/45 Lee Shin-young – Rebound Jung Il-woo – Highway Family | Kim Si-eun – Next Sohee Go Min-si – Smugglers Kim Yong-ji – Doom Doom Ahn Eun-jin – The Night Owl Lim Ji-ho – The Apartment with Two Women |
| Best Cinematography | Art/Technical Award |
| Cho Hyung-rae – Concrete Utopia Kim Young-ho – The Moon Choi Young-hwan – Smugglers Kim Tae-seong – Ransomed Cho Sang-yoon – Hero | Jin Jong-hyun – The Moon (VFX) Lee Hu-Kyung – Smugglers (Art) Kim Bo-muk – Phantom (Art) Cho Hwa-sung – Concrete Utopia (Art) Shin Yu-jin – Killing Romance (Art) |
| Best Music | Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award |
| Dalpalan – Phantom Chang Kiha – Smugglers Hwang Sang-jun – Hero Kim Joon-seok – Life Is Beautiful Kim Hae-won – Concrete Utopia | Bae Doona – Next Sohee |
| Star of the Year Award (Male) | Star of the Year Award (Female) |
| Doh Kyung-soo – The Moon | Park Bo-young – Concrete Utopia |

## Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
| 10 | Smugglers |
| 8 | Concrete Utopia |
| 7 | The Night Owl |
| 4 | Next Sohee |
| 3 | 6/45 |
| 3 | The Moon |