The Chunsa Film Art Awards (also known as the Icheon Chunsa Film Festival) have been presented in South Korea since the founding of the prize by the Korea Film Directors' Society in 1990.^[1] The awards take their name from the pen name of the early Korean actor and filmmaker from the silent film era, Na Woon-gyu.^[2][3] Prizes are given for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best New Director, Best New Actor, Best New Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Music/Score, Best Lighting, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, and Technical Award.^[4]

Award categories

Awards in following 14 categories will be given.^[5]

• Best Director Award
• Best Actor Award
• Best Actress Award
• Special Jury Award (Director Category)
• Special Jury Award (Actor Category)
• Best Supporting Actress Award
• Best Supporting Actor Award
• Best New Actress Award
• Best New Actor Award
• Best New Director Award
• Best Screenplay,
• Un Certain Regard,
• Director, Achievement Award
• Special Award

Ceremonies

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• 2023 – The 28th Chunsa International Film Festival was held on December 7 at Construction Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The ceremony was hosted by Lee Kyu-han, Song Ji-woo and comedian Lee Byung-jin.^[8]

Best Film

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best New Director

Best New Actor

Best New Actress

Best Young Actor/Actress

Best Screenplay

Best Cinematography

Best Lighting

Best Editing

Best Art Direction

Best Music

Best Planning/Producer

Technical Award

Special Jury Prize

Various

#	Year	Category	Recipient	Film
1st	1990	Achievement Award	Yoon Bong-choon, Lee Kyu-hwan	—
2nd	1991	Best Costume Design	Kim Young-joo, Ha Young-soo, Lee Hae-yoon	Death Song
3rd	1992	Best Costume Design	Lee Kyung-hee, Shim Yoon-joo	Marriage Story
4th	1993	Best Visual Effects	Lee Moon-geol	Mother's Field
5th	1994	신인장려상	Lee Jae-rak	자정 이후
6th	1995	장려상	Arirang Film	Light in My Heart
8th	2000	Best New Cinematographer	Hong Kyung-pyo	Il Mare
		Achievement Award	Kim Han-seob	—
		Special Acting Award	Lee Mu-jeong	Truth Game
10th	2002	100th Anniversary of the Chunsa Film Art Awards Commemoration Achievement Award	Im Kwon-taek (director) Jung Il-sung (cinematographer) Lee Tae-won (president of Taeheung Film Studios)	—
11th	2003	Achievement Award for the Development of Korean Cinema	Kim Dae-jung	—
12th	2004	Achievement Award	Yang Ki-hwan (film stills) Ahn Sung-ki (screen quota cultural solidarity)	—
14th	2006	Best Costume Design	Kwon Yoo-jin	Blue Swallow
17th	2009	Ensemble Acting Award	Lee Jae-eung, Choi Jae-hwan, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Ji-seok, Kim Dong-wook	Take Off
18th	2010	Special Acting Award	Park Joong-hoon	My Dear Desperado
19th	2014	Special Achievement Award	Kang Dae-jin (president of the National Association of Theatre Owners)	—
20th	2015	Special Audience Award for Best Film	—	Ode to My Father
		Special Award for Contribution to Film Development	Myung Films	—
21st	2016	Special Achievement Award	Im Kwon-taek	—
		Special Audience Award for Best Film	—	Spirits' Homecoming
22nd	2017	Special Achievement Award	Kim Soo-yong	—
		Special Audience Award for Best Film	—	Train to Busan
23rd	2018	Special Achievement Award	Ju Heo-seong, Jang Na-ra	—
		Special Audience Award for Best Film	—	Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
24th	2019	Special Achievement Award	Jung Jin-woo	—
		Special Popularity Award	Lee Sung-kyung	Miss & Mrs. Cops
			Uhm Tae-goo	The Great Battle
		Special Audience Award for Best Film	—	Extreme Job
		Special Screenplay Award	Moon Shin-goo	Original Sin
		Asian Award for Actor/Actress	Li Yixiao	Dato'f Sri Eizlan bin Md Yusof
		Asian Award for Director	Vonin	—
		Asian Award for Documentary Category	Lee Seung-hyun	A Long Way Around

Beautiful Artist in Film Award

Korean Cultural Award

Chunsa 예술인 Award

Chunsa Daesang (Grand Prize)