# 31st Buil Film Awards

The 31st Buil Film Awards (Korean: 제31회 부일영화상) ceremony is hosted by the Busan-based daily newspaper Busan Ilbo. It was held on October 6, 2022 at the Signiel Busan Grand Ballroom in Haeundae-gu, Busan. In the 31st edition, awards were presented in 16 categories for 215 Korean films that were released from August 11, 2021 to August 10, 2022. Kim Nam-gil and Choi Soo-young hosted the award show.

## Judging panel

The judging panel consisted of 9 members:
* Nam Dong-cheol: Busan International Film Festival chief programmer
* Park Ki-yong: Film Promotion Committee Chairman
* Yoo Ji-na: film critic, professor of Film and Digital Media at Dongguk University
* Lee Moo-young: film director, professor of Film and Video at Dongseo University
* Lee Joo-hyun: Busan Ilbo Culture Department Deputy Director
* Lee Joo-hyun: Cine21 editor
* Jeon Chan-il: film critic, chairman of the Korean Cultural Content Critics Association
* Jeong Min-ah: film critic, professor of Theatre and Film at Sungkyul University
* Hong Ji-young: film director - New Year Blues

## Awards and nominations

Nominees and winners (winners denoted in bold)
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Decision to Leave Broker In Front of Your Face Emergency Declaration Hansan: Rising Dragon | Kim Han-min – Hansan: Rising Dragon Hirokazu Kore-eda – Broker Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave Lee Jung-jae – Hunt Byun Sung-hyun – Kingmaker Hong Sang-soo – In Front of Your Face |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Park Hae-il – Decision to Leave Song Kang-ho – Broker Lee Jung-jae – Hunt Sul Kyung-gu – Kingmaker Jung Woo-sung – Hunt Cho Jin-woong – The Policeman's Lineage | Tang Wei – Decision to Leave Lee Jung-eun – Hommage Lee Hye-young – In Front of Your Face Jeon Do-yeon — Emergency Declaration Chun Woo-hee – Anchor |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Im Si-wan – Emergency Declaration Kwon Hae-hyo – Hommage Park Ji-hwan – The Roundup Jo Woo-jin – Kingmaker Heo Sung-tae – Hunt | Lee Soo-kyung – Miracle: Letters to the President Kim So-jin – Emergency Declaration Yum Jung-ah – Alienoid Lee Joo-young — Broker Jeon Hye-jin – Hunt |
| Best New Director | Best Screenplay |
| Lee Jung-jae – Hunt Yoon Seo-jin – Chorokbam Lee Ran-hee – Vacation Lee Woo-jeong – Snowball Jo Eun-ji – Perhaps Love | Jung Wook – Good Person Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong – Decision to Leave Lee Jung-jae, Jo Seung-Hee – Hunt Hirokazu Kore-eda – Broker Byun Sung-hyun, Kim Min-soo – Kingmaker |
| Best New Actor | Best New Actress |
| Lee Hyo-je – Good Person Tang Jun-sang – Hommage Kim Dong-hwi – In Our Prime Lee Hong-nae – Hot Blooded Son Suk-ku – The Roundup | Choi Sung-eun – Ten Months Lee Ji-eun – Broker Kim Hye-yoon – The Girl on a Bulldozer Bang Min-ah – Snowball Go Youn-jung – Hunt |
| Best Cinematography | Art/Technical Award |
| Kim Ji-yong – Decision to Leave Lee Mo-gae – Hunt Kim Tae-seong – Hansan: Rising Dragon Jo Hyung-rae – Kingmaker Hong Kyung-pyo – Broker | Jeong Seong-jin, Jeong Cheol-min – Hansan: Rising Dragon (VFX) Park Il-hyun – Hunt (Art) Ryu Seong-hui – Decision to Leave (Art) Jegal Seung – Alien+Human Part 1 (VFX) Han Ah-reum – Kingmaker (Art) |
| Best Music | Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award |
| Jo Yeong-wook – Decision to Leave Kim Jong-yeon – Lime Crime Lee Dong-june – Perhaps Love Jang Young-gyu – Alienoid Jung Jae-il – Broker | Lee Ran-hee |
| Popular Star Award - Male | Popular Star Award - Female |
| Byun Yo-han – Hansan: Rising Dragon | Lee Ji-eun – Broker |