32nd Buil Film Awards
The 32nd Buil Film Awards ceremony is hosted by the Busan-based daily newspaper Busan Ilbo. It was held on October 5, 2023, at the Signiel Busan Grand Ballroom in Haeundae-gu, Busan. In the 32nd edition, awards were presented in 16 categories for 222 Korean films that were released from August 11, 2022, to August 10, 2023. Film awards ceremony was preceded by walking the red carpet for the first time this year and Esom is the solo host of the award show.
The awards show attended by film industry celebrities was broadcast live on Naver TV. The film Concrete Utopia by Um Tae-hwa won 4 awards the best film award; best actor by Lee Byung-hun; star of the year by Park Bo-young; and best cinematography by Cho Hyung-rae. Star of the Year Award was won by Doh Kyung-soo for The Moon.
Judging panel
The judging panel consisted of 9 members:- Yoo Ji-na: Jury Chairman, film critic, professor at the Department of Film and Video at Dongguk University
- Nam Yu-jeong: Busan Ilbo Culture Department reporter
- Moon Gwan-gyu: professor of the Department of Arts, Culture and Film at Pusan National University
- Park In-ho: president of the Busan Film Critics Association
- Seong Il-kwon: publisher of Le Monde Diplomatique
- Lee Joo-hyun: Cine21 editor
- Lim Pil-seong: film director (the films Antarctic Diary and Madame Bbang-deok
- Jeon Chan-il: film critic, chairman of the Korean Cultural Content Critics Association
- Jeong Han-seok: Busan International Film Festival programmer
Awards and nominations
Films with multiple nominations
The following films received multiple nominations:| Nominations | Films |
| 10 | Smugglers |
| 8 | Concrete Utopia |
| 7 | The Night Owl |
| 4 | Next Sohee |
| 3 | 6/45 |
| 3 | The Moon |