It's that time of year again—the prestigious Seoul International Drama Awards 2023, more commonly known as the SDA, is an annual award ceremony recognizes excellence in television drama productions worldwide. Although it began in 2006, it was only in 2008 that they began awarding a daesang (grand prize)—and the first-ever awardee was Spain's drama Desaparecida ("Missing").
The red carpet started at 3:30PM Philippine time on Thursday, September 21, while the main event began at 5PM. Taking place at the KBS Hall in Seoul, it aired live on the awards' official YouTube channel, as well as on KBS 2TV.
The ceremony was hosted by Jun Hyun Moo and Lee Se Young. Curious to see who took home the prize(s) at this year's event? We gotchu!
Here's the full list of winners at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2023:
Best TV Movie: Mayflies (UK) and Belascoaran (Mexico)
Best Miniseries: Reborn Rich (South Korea), The Long Season (China)
Best TV Series: Meet Yourself (China), Act Like You're Asleep (Greece)
Best Director: Stephanie Murat for The Fragile Colossus (France)
Best Screenwriter: Aude Marcle for The Fragile Colossus (France), Nima Javidi for The Actor (Iran)
Best Actor: Wei Fan for The Long Season (China)
Best Actress: Nina Ellen Odegard for Afterglow (Norway), Bae Suzy for Anna (South Korea)
Outstanding Asian Star Awardees: Atthaphan "Gun" Phunsawat (Thailand), Kathryn Bernardo (Philippines), Park Eun Bin (South Korea)
Outstanding Korean Actor: Lee Sungmin for Reborn Rich
Outstanding Korean Drama OST by: Kim Ho Joong for Three Bold Siblings
Outstanding Korean Dramas: Extraordinary Attorney Woo, The Glory
Special Prize for Best Program of 2023: Cammo (Norway)
Grand Prize in International Competition: The Fragile Colossus (France)
Golden Bird Prize in International Invitation: Choi Minsik for Big Bet (South Korea)
Congratulations to all the winners!
