Seoul International Drama Awards Unveils 2024 Entries

A total of 346 dramas are set to compete at the 2024 Seoul International Drama Awards.

In the international competition category, 336 entries are competing, including 3 Body Problem (Netflix), Blossoms (Tencent), Elsbeth (Paramount), Berlin (Vancouver Media), Eye Love You (TBS), The Zweiflers (ZDF Studios) and The Seed (Odeon Fiction).

In the K-drama competition category, titles include Disney+’s Moving, Uncle Samsik and Vigilante, along with Queen of Tears (Studio Dragon), The Killer’s Shopping List (Netflix) and My Dearest (MBC).

Actors such as Kim Soo-hyun (Queen of Tears), Kim Tae-ri (Revenant), Song Kang-ho (Uncle Samsik), Chae Jong-hyeop (Eye Love You), Anna Schudt (Push), Ansel Elgort (Tokyo Vice 2) and Zheyuan Chen (Hidden Love), have been submitted in the international competition and K-drama competition categories.

Additionally, directors and writers such as Susanna White and Jack Williams have been submitted for individual awards.

This year’s submissions have been received from all six continents, including entries from South Africa. Moreover, Iraq, Latvia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are participating for the first time in the awards. Fifty-three dramas from 14 OTT platforms—including Netflix, Disney+ and GLOBO—have been submitted.

The winners of the Seoul International Drama Awards 2024 will be presented at the Awards Ceremony, which will be broadcasted live on SBS on September 25.

The Seoul Drama Awards Organizing Committee commented, “This year, 346 dramas from 48 countries, the largest number ever, have been submitted. Many works, directors, actors and writers from all over the world who got global attention have widely participated.”