A film director who suddenly had to use a wheelchair due to a sudden disability won the award at the 'Disability Media Content Competition' for depicting the daily lives of another disabled couple in his work.

On the occasion of the 'International Day of Persons with Disabilities,' the Korea Communications Commission and the Korea Creative Content Agency held the '2025 Disability Media Content Competition' awards ceremony in Seoul on the 3rd, announcing 12 winning works.

In its fourth year, this year's competition was held to expand the participation of disabled individuals in media and raise awareness, awarding a total of 12 works in four categories: ▲Disabled Production ▲Disabled Theme ▲Short Form ▲Contributions to Disabled Broadcasting.

Especially this year, in recognition of those who have dedicated themselves to improving the media access rights of disabled individuals, a new award, the 'Disabled Broadcasting Contribution Award,' was established, and the Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission presented the award.

The competition expanded its eligibility criteria to include not only existing video content but also audio content, allowing participation from visually impaired individuals. As a result, there was a continuous increase in interest in creating content related to disabilities, with approximately 147 works submitted, an 11% increase from the previous year.

The grand prize-winning work was 'Suddenly... Up and About,' created by director Jo Jaehyung, who, after suddenly having to use a wheelchair due to a disability, captured the daily life and warm solidarity of a disabled couple he met at a disability independent living center.

The work, produced by Jo Jaehyung, received praise for portraying the disabled couple relying on each other and living together with a warm perspective.

The top prize winners were ▲'Blind Intern Half Moon Survival Vlog' (Choi Sooyoung) and ▲'Angel Becomes an Actress' (Kim Eunkyung, Korea Disabled Actors Association), while the excellence awards went to 'Mom's Reaction to Marrying a Blind Person' (Alibi Welfare Foundation RTB) and the encouragement awards to 'Joke' (Dancing Waist, a disabled women's empathy troupe).

The newly established Special Award for Contributions to Disabled Broadcasting was awarded to voice actor Cho Yesin, who has been contributing to promoting the rights of visually impaired individuals by planning barrier-free sound digital drawings (Barrier-Free Voice Webtoon) and providing recitation therapy lectures to visually impaired individuals.

The award-winning works will be broadcasted through the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and will also be available on the Disability Media Content Competition YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@kcmf0515/videos).

Kim Young-il, Chairman of the Korea Federation of the Blind and Co-Representative of the Korea Disabled People's Federation, stated, "There was active participation from visually impaired individuals in this competition, with the addition of audio works," and emphasized that it was a valuable time to further promote the activation of media content that everyone can enjoy together.

The Korea Communications Commission expressed its intention to expand policies that can activate the use of media by disabled individuals, stating that this competition, where disabled and non-disabled individuals create together, is an example of inclusivity and healthiness in our society.

For more information on the award-winning works from this competition, detailed information can be found on the Korea Communications Commission website (www.kmcc.go.kr) and the Korea Creative Media Foundation website (www.kcmf.or.kr).