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Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards
Current: 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards
Awarded forThe achievements of excellent content made for TV, OTT, and online across Asia
DateOctober
CountrySouth Korea
Presented by
Formerly calledAsia Contents Awards
First awarded2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Last awarded2023
WebsiteOfficial website

Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (Korean아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈; abbreviated ACA & G. OTT) is an awards ceremony organized by Busan International Film Festival and Korea Radio Promotion Association. Formerly known as Asia Contents Awards, it is an annual event inaugurated in 2019. It joined hands with the International OTT Festival, the Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City in 2023, who co-hosts the event. Rebranding itself as "Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (ACA & G.OTT Awards)", it has expanded its horizon from Asia to the world. It now has 17 award categories including 5 newly added awards. The Awards celebrates 10 awards in competition and 7 awards by invitation such as Lifetime Achievement Award and Rising Star of the Year. Recognising the contribution of the streamers, it presents awards to the OTT service providers also.[1]

2023 edition of the awards ceremony will take place on October 8, 2023, at BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea.[2]

Ceremonies[edit]

Year Date Venue City Host Ref.
Asia Contents Awards (ACA)
2019 October 6, 2019 Sohyang Theater, Dongseo University Busan, South Korea Yoo Teo and Kim Sae-yeon [3]
2020 October 25, 2020 online Nichkhun and Kim Sae-yeon [4]
2021 October 7, 2021 Mark Tetto and Kim Sae-yeon [5]
2022 October 8, 2022 BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center Busan, South Korea Jung Hae-in and Kim Sae-yeon [6]
Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (ACA & G.OTT Awards)
2023 October 8, 2023 BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center Busan, South Korea Kim Kang-woo and Nancy [7][8]

Awards category[edit]

There are 17 award categories including 5 newly added awards in 2023. The Awards celebrates 10 awards in competition and 7 awards by invitation.[9]

Open competition[edit]

  • Best Creative: This award honours a content with notable achievement among the nominations.
  • Best OTT Original: This award is for the outstanding OTT Original content among the nominations.
  • Best Asian TV Series: An outstanding Asian TV series among the nominations gets this award.
  • Best Reality and Variety: The outstanding reality and variety show among the nominations for the year is the recipient of this award.
  • Best Director
  • Best Writer
  • Best Lead Actor & Actress
  • Best Supporting Actor & Actress
  • Best Newcomer Actor & Actress
  • Best Visual Effects

Invitation[edit]

  • Creative Beyond Border: This award is given to honor the content that has pioneered a new genre on OTT.
  • New Technology: This award honors outstanding platform that utilize emerging ICT technology.
  • Special Contribution for K-Content: To honour the platforms, networks, production houses, and artists who contribute to the proliferation of Korean content worldwide, this award is given.
  • Special Contribution for OTT Industry: This award honors the OTT service providers and partners who have contributed to the development of OTT industry worldwide.
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: This award is given to a TV station, media platform, production house, or a creative artist who has made notable contributions worldwide.
  • ACA Excellence Award: A creative artist who makes notable contributions around the world is honoured with this award.
  • Rising Star of the Year: The most notable artist among the nominations gets the rising star award.

Winners open competition[edit]

Kim Hee-ae winner of 2020 Best Lead Actress Award for The World of the Married
Park Eun-bin winner of 2022 Best Lead Actress Award for Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Winners of Best Lead Actress Award
Lee Jung-ha winner of New Actor Award for Moving
Go Youn-jung winner of Best Newcomer Actress for Moving
Winners of 2023 Best Newcomer Award

Best Creative[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2019 Mr. Sunshine Studio Dragon  South Korea [10]
2020 The World of the Married JTBC Studios  South Korea [11]
The Bad Kids iQIYI  China [12]
2021 Move to Heaven Netflix  South Korea [13]
2022 Extraordinary Attorney Woo ENA, Netflix  South Korea [14]
2023 Moving Disney+  South Korea [15]

Best OTT Original[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2021 The Long Night [zh] iQIYI  China [13]
2023 Weak Hero Class 1 Wavve  South Korea [16]

Best Asian TV Series[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2023 Scoop Matchbox Shots, Netflix  India [17]

Best Reality and Variety[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2023 Physical 100 Netflix  South Korea [18]
Let's Feast Vietnam BHD Vietnam Media Corp  Vietnam

Best Asian Drama[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2019 Faculty Mediacorp  Singapore [19]
Hormones: The Series Season 3 GTH  Thailand
2020 Last Madame Ochre Pictures  Singapore [20]
When the Camellia Blooms Pan Entertainment  South Korea
2021 Girl from Nowhere Season 2 GMM 25, Netflix  Thailand [5]
Best Asian Animation
2021 Heaven's Design Team Asahi Production  Japan [5]
2022 The Orbital Children Production +h  Japan [14]
Best Asian Documentary
2022 The Atom Araullo Specials : Young Arms ENA / GMA Network  Philippines [21]

Best Short-Form/Web Drama[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2021 Sheker Salem Social Media  Kazakhstan [22]

Best Lead Actress[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2019 Yao Chen All Is Well  China [19]
Maja Salvador Wild Flower  Philippines [23]
2020 Kim Hee-ae The World of the Married  South Korea [12]
Haru Kuroki Nagi's Long Vacation  Japan
2021 Song Jia A Love for Dilemma  China [5]
2022 Park Eun-bin Extraordinary Attorney Woo  South Korea [24]
2023 Karishma Tanna Scoop  India [17]

Best Lead Actor[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2019 Lei Jiayin The Longest Day in Chang'an  China [19]
Kim Nam-gil The Fiery Priest  South Korea
Takayuki Yamada The Naked Director  Japan
2020 Joseph Chang The Victims' Game  Taiwan [12]
Ju Ji-hoon Kingdom Season 2  South Korea
2021 Lee Je-hoon Move to Heaven  South Korea [25]
2022 Ryohei Suzuki Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room  Japan [14]
2023 Ryu Seung-ryong Moving  South Korea [15]

Best Supporting Actress[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2022 Sora Ma This Land Is Mine  Singapore [26]
2023 Lim Ji-yeon The Glory  South Korea [27]

Best Supporting Actor[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2022 Park Hae-soo Squid Game  South Korea [14]
2023 Hsueh Shih-ling Taiwan Crime Stories  Taiwan [27]

Best Director[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2023 Xin Shuang The Long Season  China [27]

Best Writer[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2019 Park Hae-young My Mister  South Korea [19]
Lu Shih-yuan The World Between Us  Taiwan
2020 Kim Eun-hee Kingdom Season 2  South Korea [28]
2021 Yoon Ji-ryeon Move to Heaven  South Korea [25]
2022 Wang Xiaoshuai, Yang Yishu The Pavilion  China [14]
2023 Kang Full Moving  South Korea [15]

Best Newcomer Actress[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref..
2019 Sananthachat Thanapatpisal Hormones: The Series  Thailand [19]
Kemisara Paladesh
Sabrina Zhuang Mountains and Ocean  China
Morita Misato The Naked Director  Japan
2020 Plearnpichaya Komalarajun One Year:The Series  Thailand [12]
Jeon Mi-do Hospital Playlist  South Korea
2021 Koe Yeet Titoudao  Singapore [29]
Go Min-si Sweet Home  South Korea [5]
2022 Bao Shang En Love Behind the Melody  China [14]
2023 Go Youn-jung Moving  South Korea [15]

Best Newcomer Actor[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref..
2019 Jin Xiong Hao Mountains and Ocean  China [19]
2020 Paris Intarakomalyasut In Family We Trust  Thailand [12]
Rong Zishan The Bad Kids  China
2021 Win Morisaki The Real Thing  Japan [5]
2022 Ryusei Yokohama The Journalist  Japan [30]
2023 Lee Jung-ha Moving  South Korea [15]

Best Visual Effects[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2020 Kingdom Season 2 AStory  South Korea [12]
2021 Sweet Home Studio Dragon, Studio N  South Korea [5]
2022 Squid Game Netflix  South Korea [14]
2023 Moving Disney+  South Korea [15]

Winners – invitation[edit]

Kim Hye-soo winner of 2020 Excellence Award
Fan Bingbing winner of 2022 Excellence Award
Winners of Excellence Award

Rising Star of the Year[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2019 Fang Rong Faculty  Singapore [31]
2020 Dilraba Dilmurat Eternal Love of Dream  China [12]
Kirti Kulhari Four More Shots Please!  India
Sayani Gupta
Maanvi Gagroo
Gurbani Judge
Ririn Dwi Ariyanti Dewi  Indonesia
2022 Kim Min-ha Pachinko  South Korea [32]
Ling Man Lung [zh] In Geek We Trust [zh]  Hong Kong [14]
2023 Wen Junhui Exclusive Fairy Tale  China [33]
Buffy Chen Wave Makers  Taiwan

Lifetime Achievement Award[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2019 Raymond Lee Wai-Man Flying Tiger  Hong Kong [19]
2020 Amuse Inc. Entertainment company  Japan [12]
ABS-CBN Commercial broadcast network  Philippines
2022 Tatsuo Kawamura Producer  Japan [14]
2023 Kim Jong-hak Director and producer  South Korea [27]

Excellence Award[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2019 Kim Jae-joong Singer, songwriter, actor and director  South Korea [19]
2020 Kim Hye-soo Hyena  South Korea [12]
Yuko Araki Actress and model  Japan
2021 Song Kang Sweet Home  South Korea [5]
2022 Fan Bingbing  China [14]
2023 Yuya Yagira Gannibal  Japan [27]

Creative Beyond Border[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2021 Bad Genius: The Series GDH 559  Thailand [13]
Alice in Borderland Netflix  Japan
2023 EXchange Season 2 TVING  South Korea [16]
One Day Off Wavve  South Korea

New Technology[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2023 TVING OTT video streaming platform  South Korea [16]

Special Contribution for OTT Industry[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2023 Watcha OTT video streaming platform  South Korea [16]

Special Contribution for K-Content[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2023 Viu OTT video streaming platform  Hong Kong [16]
Wavve Americas  USA

Best Creator[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2022 The Pinkfong Company Entertainment company  South Korea [14]

Achievement Award[edit]

Year Winner Work Country Ref.
2022 Song Byung-joon Composer  South Korea [14]

ACA Jury's Special Award[edit]

Year Winner Creator Country Ref.
2021 Naoki Hanzawa TBS  Japan [34]

See also[edit]

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