Seoul International Drama Awards 2025, which happens to be the 20th edition of the annual awards, has announced nominees for its International Competition Category on August 6, 2025. A global jury evaluated 276 entries that came in from 50 countries and a total of 24 productions and 32 individuals were selected. The wait is over! Here’s the detailed list of the major nominations below.
2025 Seoul International Drama Awards: International nominees
Best Series
- For Eagle Brothers
- The Nightfall
- Emerald Hill
Best Miniseries
- Pachinko Season 2
- Hyper Knife
- Adolescence
- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Asura
Best TV Movie
- To My Lonely Sister
- O’PENing: Our Beautiful Summer
- O’PENing: The Son
- O’PENing: Unbalanced Love
- Champagne – Peppino di Capri
- Smetana
Best Director
- Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan, Asura)
- Bille August (Denmark, The Count of Montecristo)
- Kim Won-seok (South Korea, When Life Gives You Tangerines)
- Lee Jin-ah (South Korea, To My Lonely Sister)
- Philip Barantini (Adolescence)
Best Screenwriter
- Dan Erickson (Severance Season 2)
- Soo Hugh (South Korea, Pachinko Season 2)
- Lim Sang-choon (South Korea, When Life Gives You Tangerines)
- Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
Best Actress
- Cate Blanchett
- Kim Da-mi (South Korea, Nine Puzzles)
- Kim Jung-young (South Korea, O’PENing: My Trouble-Maker Mom)
- Kim Min-ha (South Korea, Pachinko Season 2)
Best Actor
- Adam Scott
- Owen Cooper
2025 Seoul International Drama Awards: Outstanding Asian Star
Korean Nominees
- IU (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
- Park Bo-gum (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
- Lim Ji-yeon (The Tale of Lady Ok)
- Choo Young-woo (The Tale of Lady Ok)
- Park Eun-bin (Hyper Knife)
- Hyeri (Friendly Rivalry)
- Kim Seon-ho (The Tyrant)
International Nominees
- Kentaro Sakaguchi (Japan, Beyond Goodbye)
- Daniel Padilla (Philippines, Incognito)
- Bai Yu (China, Guardian)
- Namtan Tipnaree (Thailand, Pluto)
- Annie Wong (Malaysia)
The Seoul International Drama Awards is going to have a thrilling race for competition with nomination of globally successful titles like” Pachinko Season 2″ and “Adolescence.” Join the fun on October 2, 2025, at 5:50 p.m. KST, in a star-studded ceremony live on SBS TV and the Seoul Drama Awards YouTube channel from Seoul.
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