Seoul International Drama Awards Explained

Seoul International Drama Awards
Awarded For:	Excellence in television drama productions
Location:	Seoul
Country:	South Korea
Year2:	25 September 2024
Network:	KBS2
Most Wins:	The Saint 3 Body Problem Moving Queen of Tears Mask Girl
Award1 Type:	Grand Prize
Award1 Winner:	Justice: Misconduct
Award2 Type:	Serial Drama
Award3 Type:	Mini-Series
Award4 Type:	TV Movie
Award5 Type:	Outstanding Korean Drama
Website:	SDA
Previous:	18th
Main:	Current: 19th
Next:	20th

Seoul International Drama Awards, simply known as SDA, is an annual award ceremony based in Seoul, South Korea which honors excellence in television drama productions worldwide.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Ceremonies

Edition	Year	Date	Venue	Host
16th	2021	October 21, 2021	MBC Hall, Sangam-dong	Cha Eun-woo and Park Eun-bin	^[8]
17th	2022	September 22, 2022	KBS Hall, Yeouido	Joo Sang-wook and Jung Eun-ji	^[9]
18th	2023	September 21, 2023		Jun Hyun-moo and Lee Se-young	^[10]
19th	2024	September 25, 2024		Bae Sung-jae and Seol In-ah	^[11]

Winners

Grand prize (Daesang)

Year	Grand Prize
2008	Missing	^[12]
2009	Memoirs in China	^[13] ^[14]
2010	Shoe-shine Boy	^[15]
2011	Three Kingdoms	^[16]
2012	Deep Rooted Tree	^[17]
2013		^[18] ^[19]
2014	Kaboul Kitchen	^[20]
2015		^[21] ^[22]
2016	The Night Manager	^[23]
2017		^[24]
2018	Babylon Berlin	^[25]
2019	On the Spectrum	^[26]
2020	Orphans of a Nation	^[27]
2021	Missing Child	^[28]
2022	Help	^[29] ^[30]
2023	The Fragile Colossus	^[31]
2024	Justice: Misconduct	^[32]

Program

Winners are given the "Golden Bird Prize," and runners-up the "Silver Bird Prize."

Year	Best TV Movie	Best Mini-series	Best Series Drama	Best Juvenile Series	Best Comedy	Special Prize	Jury Special Prize	Ref.
2006								^[33]
2007							Can	^[34] ^[35]
2008
2009
2010							Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
2011
2012
2013							Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	^[36]
2014
2015	The Good Sister		Jikulumessu - Open Your Eyes
2016					Baskets
2017					Fleabag
2018					The New Black		The Memoir of Majie
2019
2020
2021
2022							The World Stands Still
2023							Cammo
2024							Eye Love You

Individual

Year	Best Actor	Best Actress	Best Director	Best Screenwriter	Best Cinematographer	Best Music Director	Best Art Director	Ref.
2006	Michael Therriault	Lu Yuan	Akihiko Ishimaru	Patrick Bucley	Kim Seung-hwan	Taro Iwashiro	Min Eon-ok
2007	Takuya Kimura	Helen Mirren	Takeuchi Hideki	Frank Deasy	Shi Luan	Takeuchi Hideki	Lee Cheol-ho
2008	Dvir Benedek	Pan Li-li	Carlos Sedes, Manuel Palacios	Gao Mantang, Sun Jianye	Piotr Wojtowicz	Braam du Toit, Ronelle Loots	Huo Wan
2009	Akira Kume	Charlotte Frogner	Duane Clark	Marc Didden				^[37] ^[38]
2010	Carl-Kristian Rundman	Margôt Ros, Maike Meijer	Nick Copus	Craig Warner
2011	Chen Jianbin	Na Moon-hee	Miguel Alexandre	Albert Espinosa
2012	Jonas Nay	Christine Neubauer	Brian Kirk	Sarah Phelps
2013	Lee Moon-sik	Lucy Liu	Philipp Kadelbach	Lars Lundström
2014	Edgar Selge	Kim Hee-ae	Cecilie Mosli	María Jaén
2015	Engin Akyürek	Simona Stašová
2016	Azat Seitmetov	Samia Sassi	Susanne Bier	Eva Spreitzhofer
2017	Kerem Bürsin	Alexandra Nikiforova	Urs Egger	Rodica Doehnert
2018	Joan Pera	Lee Bo-young	Kilian Riedhof	Uli Bree, Klaus Pieber				^[39]
2019	Kim Dong-wook	Alicia von Rittberg	Christophe Charrier	Jed Mercurio
2020	Waleed Zuaiter	Gong Hyo-jin	Adam Smith	Lim Sang-choon
2021	Park Hyuk-kwon	Elle Fanning	Cho Yong-won	Russell T Davies				^[40]
2022	Stephen Graham	Jodie Comer	Akim Isker	Han Hee-jung
2023	Wei Fan		Stéphanie Murat					^[41] ^[42]
2024	Song Kang-ho		Park In-je	David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo				^[43]

Outstanding Korean Drama

Year	Grand Prize	Top Excellence Award	Excellence Award	Best Actor	Best Actress	Best Director	Best Screenwriter	Best Original Soundtrack (OST)	Ref.
2010	The Slave Hunters					Kwak Jung-hwan	Kim Young-hyun and Park Sang-yeon		^[44]
2011		Marry Me, Mary!	Sungkyunkwan Scandal	Park Yoochun	Moon Geun-young	Shin Woo-chul	Kim Eun-sook	Baek Ji-young – "That Woman"
2012		Rooftop Prince	The King 2 Hearts	Park Yoochun	Han Ji-min			Taeyeon – "Missing You Like Crazy"	^[45] ^[46]
2013		Arang and the Magistrate	King of Ambition	Lee Joon-gi	Bae Suzy			Kim Jaejoong – "Living Like a Dream"	^[47]
2014		My Love from the Star	The Heirs	Kim Soo-hyun	Kim Hee-ae			Lyn – "My Destiny"	^[48] ^[49]
2015		Kill Me, Heal Me		Lee Joon-gi	Hwang Jung-eum			Taeyeon – "Love, That One Word"	^[50]
2016		Descendants of the Sun	The Flower in Prison	Song Joong-ki	Shin Min-a			Gummy – "You Are My Everything"
2017		Love in the Moonlight		Park Bo-gum	Park Bo-young			Ailee – "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow"
2018		While You Were Sleeping		Park Seo-joon	Son Ye-jin
2019		The Fiery Priest	Doctor Prisoner	Kim Nam-gil	Jang Na-ra			Davichi – "Falling In Love"
2020		When the Camellia Blooms		Kang Ha-neul	Son Ye-jin			Punch – "Like a Heroine in the Movie"
2021		Vincenzo		Song Joong-ki	Bae Suzy			Young Tak – "Okay"	^[51] ^[52] ^[53]
2022				Kim Seon-ho	Jisoo			Lim Young-woong – "Love Always Runs Away"
2023				Lee Seung-min				Kim Ho-joong – "Meet You Among Them"
2024				Ahn Jae-hong	Yeom Hye-ran			BSS – "The Reasons of My Smiles"

People's choice

Year	Most Popular Foreign Drama of the Year	Popular Drama	Popular Actor	Popular Actress	Ref.
2008		Time Between Dog and Wolf	Lee Joon-gi	Nam Sang-mi
2009		Boys Over Flowers	Kim Hyun-joong	Moon Geun-young	^[54] ^[55] ^[56]
2010	NCIS (season 7)		Lee Seung-gi
2011	The Walking Dead
2012	Scarlet Heart
2013	Mistresses			Ya-chi Hsu
2014	Sherlock (series 3)				^[57] ^[58] ^[59]

Special awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Notes	Ref.
2008	Star Hall of Fame	Choi Bool-am
2009		Choi Ji-woo		^[60]
2015	New Trend Award			^[61]
	Asia Star Grand Award		Awardees were selected through the Jury and committee.
	Asia Star Award		Awardees were selected through the Jury and committee.
	Mango TV Popularity Award	Lee Min-ho, Choo Ja-hyun, and The One
	10th Anniversary Hallyu Achievement Award	Lee Young-ae Lee Byung-hoon Lee Min-ho		^[62]
	Special Invitation	Midnight Diner (season 3)
2016	Most Popular Foreign Drama of the Year	Dramaworld
	Asia Star Award		Awardees were selected through the Jury and committee.
2017	Most Popular Foreign Drama of the Year	Mozart in the Jungle (season 3)
	Asia Star Award		Awardees were selected through the Jury and committee.
2018				^[63]
	Special Invitation	Special Gourmet		^[64]
2019	Most Popular Foreign Drama of the Year
	Asian Star Prize		Awardees were selected through the Jury and committee.
2020	Most Popular Foreign Drama of the Year
	Golden Bird Prize for Best Short-form Drama	18h30
	Asian Star Prize		Awardees were selected through the Jury and committee.
2021	Most Popular Foreign Drama of the Year
	Short-form Drama		Awardees were selected through the Jury and committee.	^[65]
	Asian Star Prize		Awardees were selected through the Jury and committee.
2022			Awardees for 2022 were determined through fan votes and online voting.
	Seoul Business Agency Prize	Our Beloved Summer
2023	Golden Bird Prize for Program	Big Bet	The Golden Bird Prize is a new award given by the organizing committee recognizing works and individuals that have made a mark in the drama industry by achieving success in both artistic value and popularity among popular works from around the world.	^[66] ^[67]
	Golden Bird Prize for Individual	Choi Min-sik
	Asian Star Prize		Awardees were determined through fan votes and online voting.
	Idol Champ Artist Award	Park Sung-hoon
2024	Asian Star Prize			^[68]
	Golden Bird Prize	Park Chan-wook	The Golden Bird Prize is given by the organizing committee recognizing works and individuals that have made a mark in the drama industry.	^[69]

See also

• List of Asian television awards
• Shanghai Television Festival
• International Drama Festival in Tokyo

Notes and References

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