The 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards () ceremony was held on November 25, 2017 at

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's Peace Palace Hall in

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. It was live broadcast on SBS and hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Lee Sun-kyun. Organized by Sports Chosun (a sister brand of

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), the annual award show honored the best in

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films released from October 7, 2016 to October 3, 2017.

Nominations and winners

Complete list of nominees and winners Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Main awards

Other awards

* Best Short Film: **''A Hand-written Poster'' (Director Kwak Eun-mi) * Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film: **1st – '' A Taxi Driver'' ***2nd – '' Confidential Assignment'' ***3rd – '' Master'' ***4th – '' Luck Key'' ***5th – '' The Outlaws'' * Popular Star Award: ** Jo In-sung - '' The King'' ** Kim Su-an - '' The Battleship Island'' ** Na Moon-hee - '' I Can Speak'' ** Sul Kyung-gu - '' The Merciless''

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple wins:

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Presenters

Actor

Cha Tae-hyun Cha Tae-hyun (; born March 25, 1976) is a South Korean actor, singer, television personality, radio DJ and Television director, director. He is best known for his lead roles in the box-office hit comedies ''My Sassy Girl'' (2001), ''Scandal Make ...

appeared and gave a memorial speech for Late Kim Ji-young (1938–2017), Late (1944–2017), Late Kim Young-ae (1951–2017) and Late Kim Joo-hyuk (1972–2017).

Special performances

References

{{Blue Dragon Film Awards 2017 film awards Blue Dragon Film Awards 2017 in South Korean cinema