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The 5th Wildflower Film Awards (Korean: 들꽃영화상) is an awards ceremony recognizing the achievements of Korean independent and low-budget films. It was held at the Literature House in Seoul on April 12, 2018.

This year awards includes a new category for Best Music and Best Producer. A total of 13 prizes were handed out to films nominated across 10 categories for both documentary and narrative works, each with a budget under ₩1 billion (US$890,000) and released theatrically between January 1 and December 31, 2017.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Nominations and winners

(Winners denoted in bold)

Grand Prize	Lifetime Achievement Award
Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno	Busan Independent Film Society
Best Director (Narrative Films)	Best Director (Documentaries)
Hong Sang-soo - The Day After Cho Hyun-hoon - Jane Hong Sang-soo - On the Beach at Night Alone Kim Dae-hwan - The First Lap Lim Dae-hyung - Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Moon So-ri - The Running Actress Park Suk-young - Ash Flower Shin Dong-il - Come, Together	Moon Chang-yong, Jeon Jin - Becoming Who I Was [ko] Choi Seung-ho [ko] - Criminal Conspiracy [ko] Jung Yoon-suk - Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno Kim Tae-il, Ju Romy - All Live, Olive Lee Chang-jae - Our President [ko]
Best Actor	Best Actress
Gi Ju-bong - Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Cho Hyun-chul - The First Lap Koo Kyo-hwan - Jane Kwon Hae-hyo - The Day After Lee Yi-kyung - Baby Beside Me [ko] Nam Yeon-woo - Lost to Shame [ko]	Lee Min-ji - Jane Jeong Ha-dam - Ash Flower Kim Min-hee - On the Beach at Night Alone Kim Sae-byuk - The First Lap Lee Hye-eun [ko] - Come, Together Lee Soo-kyung - Yongsoon
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
Cho Hyun-hoon, Kim So-mi - Jane Han Ji-soo - Come, Together Kim Yang-hee - The Poet and the Boy Lim Dae-hyung - Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Shin Yeon-shick - Romans 8:37 [ko]	Cho Young-jik - Jane Moon Myung-hwan - Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Park Hong-yeol, Kim Hyung-ku - On the Beach at Night Alone
Best Music	Best Producer
Flash Flood Darlings - Jane Bang Jun-seok - Becoming Who I Was [ko] Jang Young-gyu, Lee Tae-won - Our President [ko]	An Bo-young - Ash Flower
Best New Director (Narrative Films)	Best New Director (Documentaries)
Lim Dae-hyung - Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Cho Hyun-hoon - Jane Kim Yang-hee - The Poet and the Boy Ko Bong-soo - Delta Boys Shin Joon - Yongsoon	Kim Young-jo - Still and All Lee Seung-moon - Dance Sports Girls [ko] Woo Kwang-hoon, David Redman - Dancing with Jikji [ko] Yoon Se-young - Marianne and Margaret
Best New Actor/Actress	Best Supporting Actor/Actress
Oh Seung-hoon - Method Baek Seung-hwan, Kim Choong-gil, Yoon Ji-hye, Shin Min-jae, Lee Woong-bin - Delta Boys Jang Seon - Communication & Lies [ko] Jung Ga-ram - The Poet and the Boy Lee Soo-kyung - Yongsoon	Kim Sun-young - Happy Bus Day [ko] Jeon Hye-jin - The Poet and the Boy Kim Sun-young - Communication & Lies [ko] Park Myung-hoon - Ash Flower

References

^ Kil, Sonia (13 April 2018). "Documentary Bamseom Pirates Wins Korea's Wildflower Awards". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^ "Wildflower Film Awards Korea - 2018 Award Winners". Korean Film Council. April 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^ Conran, Pierce (9 April 2018). "Wildflower Film Awards Announces Nominations for 5th Anniversary". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 22 July 2018.