The ‘61st Baeksang Arts Awards’ will be held on May 5th.

The ‘61st Baeksang Arts Awards with Gucci’ will be held at COEX D Hall in Gangnam-gu, Seoul at 8 PM on the 5th of next month. Italian luxury brand Gucci will participate as a partner for the third consecutive year, and the award will be simultaneously broadcast live on JTBC, JTBC2, and JTBC4.

Korea‘s one and only comprehensive arts awards ceremony, the Baeksang Arts Awards, will change the name of its TV category to Broadcasting category starting this year. In the meantime, the TV category expanded the judging scope from the three terrestrial broadcasters to cable, comprehensive, and OTT. Starting with the 59th, the Best Variety Show award included web content for judging, and the Male and Female Variety Show awards expanded the judging scope to include variety content performers and creators. The Baeksang Arts Awards, which has kept pace with the changing usage patterns of viewers who enjoy content, has decided to change its name to the Broadcasting category in accordance with the expanded judging criteria.

The priority given to professionalism and fairness remains unchanged. To this end, a preliminary survey will be conducted for 60 professional judges in order to hear various voices from the industry before selecting candidates for each category. The judges for each category, appointed by the recommendation of a group of experts representing broadcasting, film, and theater, will decide the final candidates and winners (works) through a fierce judging process.

The works to be judged this year are content provided by terrestrial, general, cable, and OTT channels from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, Korean feature films released domestically during the same period, and plays performed. However, works excluded due to the overlap with the candidate judging period last year will be classified as eligible for judging this year.

The Broadcasting category includes works that have been broadcast for at least 4 episodes, and in the case of serials, only works that have been broadcast for more than 1/3 of the time until the judging period based on the judging criteria are included. In both the broadcast and film categories, the criteria for nominations for the Rookie Award are three or fewer lead and supporting roles in each category. It is not related to the year of debut.

The Rookie Director Award in the film category is given to directors who debuted with feature films during the judging period. The ‘Gucci Impact Award’ is in its third year this year, and nominees are selected from various genres of films that shed light on social issues and convey messages for a better future.

The judging period for the theater category is the same. The Young Theater Award, Acting Award, and Baeksang Theater Award are awarded.

The nominees for each category of the ‘61st Baeksang Arts Awards with Gucci’ can be found on the Baeksang Arts Awards official website and official SNS on April 7.

Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com

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