Baeksang Arts Awards 2022: Airdate, how to watch, nominees and about K-drama event

Nominations include 'Squid Game', 'Mine', 'Twenty-Five Twenty-One', 'All Of Us Are Dead', 'The Red Sleeve' and more
'Twenty-Five Twenty-One', 'The Red Sleeve', 'Squid Game', 'D.P.' and 'Single's Inferno' are nominated (@tvn_drama, @mbcdrama_now, @netflixkr/Instagram)
'Twenty-Five Twenty-One', 'The Red Sleeve', 'Squid Game', 'D.P.' and 'Single's Inferno' are nominated (@tvn_drama, @mbcdrama_now, @netflixkr/Instagram)

From 2021 to early 2022, we had some iconic K-dramas, films and plays in South Korea. It also influenced the already global Hallyu Wave with ‘Squid Game’ becoming the most-watched Netflix show in the world. Other international OTT platforms like Amazon Prime and Disney+ have also taken it upon themselves to acquire and produce Korean content like 'Rookie Cops' and 'All Of Us Are Dead'. Well, it is time for these projects to get acknowledged by their own country with the likes of the Baeksang Arts Awards 2022.

Having launched in 1965, the Baeksang Arts Awards show honors Korean dramas, films and plays responsible for the development of South Korea’s pop culture. They have looked at Korean content produced between April 2021 to March 2022 and nominated the likes of ‘Squid Game’, ‘The Red Sleeve’, ‘Twenty-Five Twenty-One’ and ‘D.P’. Well, here’s everything about the award show.

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Airdate

The 58th Baeksang Arts Awards will take place at Kintex, Ilsan on May 6, 2022, at 7.45 pm KST (5.45 am ET).

Where to watch

The Korean drama, film and theatre award show will be broadcast live on JTBC, JTBC 2 and JTBC 4.

Nominees

The Baeksang Arts Awards 2022 has three categories - TV, Film and Theatre.

TV Division:

Best Picture (Drama)
‘D.P.’
‘Twenty-Five Twenty-One’
‘Squid Game’
‘The Red Sleeve’
‘Going To The Blue House Like This’



 

Best Picture (Entertainment)
‘Shooting Stars’
‘Single’s Inferno’
‘Street Woman Fighter’
‘You Quiz On The Block’
‘Transit Love’ ('EXchange')



 

Best Picture (Cultural)
‘Great Minds’
‘Story of the Day When You Bite Your Tail’
‘Documentary: Sports Women’
‘My Golden Kids’
‘Kiss The Universe’



 

Best Director
Yoon Seong-ho - ‘Going To The Blue House Like This’
Lee Na-jeong - ‘Mine’
Jeong Ji-in - ‘The Red Sleeve’
Han Joon-hee - ‘D.P.’
Hwang Dong-hyuk - ‘Squid Game’



 

Best Screenplay
Kim Min-seok - ‘Juvenile Justice’
Kim Hong-ki, Park Nu-ri, Choi Sung-jin, Yoon Seong-ho - ‘Going To The Blue House Like This’
Baek Mi-kyung - ‘Mine’
Lee Na-eun - ‘Our Beloved Summer’
Hwang Dong-hyuk - ‘Squid Game’



 

Technical Award
Kwon Tae-eun (music) - ‘King of Masked Singer’, ‘Sing Again 2’, ‘Captain Pungryu’, Super Band 2’
Kim Hwa-young (cinematography) - ‘The Red Sleeve’
Uhm Young-sik, Kim Da-hee (animation) - ‘Yumi’s Cells’
Jung Jae-il (music) - ‘Squid Game’
Chase Gyung-seon (art director) - ‘Squid Game’



 

Best Actor Award 
Kim Nam-gil - ‘Through The Darkness’
Lee Jung-jae - ‘Squid Game’
Lee Junho (2PM) - ‘The Red Sleeve’ 
Im Siwan - ‘Tracer’
Jung Hae-in - ‘D.P.’



 

Best Actress Award 
Kim Tae-ri - ‘Twenty-Five Twenty-One’
Kim Hye-soo - ‘Juvenile Justice’
Park Eun-bin - ‘The King’s Affection’
Lee Se-young - ‘The Red Sleeve’
Han So-hee - ‘My Name’



 

Best Supporting Actor Award
Lee Deok-hwa - ‘The Red Sleeve’
Lee Hak-joo - ‘Going To The Blue House Like This’
Lee Hyun-wook - ‘Mine’
Cho Hyun-chul - ‘D.P.’
Heo Sung-tae - ‘Squid Game’



 

Best Supporting Actress Award
Kang Mal-geum - ‘Thirty One’
Kim Shin-rok - ‘Hellbound’
Kim Joo-ryoung - ‘Squid Game’
Ok Ja-yeon - ‘Mine’
Jang Hye-jin - ‘The Red Sleeve’



 

Best New Actor Award
Koo Kyo-hwan - ‘D.P.’
Shin Seung-ho - ‘D.P.’
Yoo In-soo - ‘All Of Us Are Dead’
Choi Hyun-wook - ‘Twenty-Five Twenty-One’
Tang Jun-sang - ‘Racket Boys’



 

Best New Actress Award
Kim Hye-jun - ‘Inspector Koo’
Lee Yeon - ‘Juvenile Justice’
Lee Yoo-mi - ‘All Of Us Are Dead’
Jung HoYeon - ‘Squid Game’
Cho Yi-hyun - ‘All Of Us Are Dead’



 

Entertainment Award (Male)
Kim Gu-ra
Moon Se-yoon
Lee Yong-jin
Jo Se-ho
Key (SHINee)



 

Entertainment Award (Female)
Song Eun-i
Lee Mijoo 
Lee Eun-ji
Joo Hyun-young
Hong Jin-kyung



 

The film division includes nominations for the likes of ‘Kingmaker’, ‘Escape From Mogadishu’, ‘In Our Prime’ and ‘Nothing Serious’. For the list of nominees for the film and theater division head to Baeksang Arts Awards’ website.

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