42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards

42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards
42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards
	Official poster
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Awarded by	Sports Chosun
Announced on	November 1, 2021
Presented on	November 26, 2021
Site	KBS Hall, Yeouido, Seoul
Hosted by	Kim Hye-soo; Yoo Yeon-seok;
Organized by	Sports Chosun (a sister brand of Chosun Ilbo)
Official website	2021
Highlights
Best Film	Escape from Mogadishu
Popular Star Award	Song Joong-ki; Jeon Yeo-been; Im Yoon-ah; Koo Kyo-hwan ;
Best Director	Ryoo Seung-wan; Escape from Mogadishu
Best Actor	Sol Kyung-gu; The Book of Fish
Best Actress	Moon So-ri; Three Sisters
Most awards	5 - Escape from Mogadishu
Most nominations	13 - Escape from Mogadishu
Television coverage
Network	KBS; Naver TV;
Viewership	836,000 People; Ratings: 5.2%;
	← 41st; Blue Dragon Film Awards; 43rd →;

The 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards (Korean: 제42회 청룡영화상) ceremony was held on November 26, 2021, at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. Organized by Sports Chosun (a sister brand of Chosun Ilbo). It was aired live on KBS2 at 20:30 (KST).^[2]^[3] 18 categories were awarded at the 42nd edition of awards ceremony, hosted by Kim Hye-soo (28th time) and Yoo Yeon-seok (4th time).^[4] The nominations for 15 categories were announced for the 172 Korean films released from October 30, 2020, to October 14, 2021, on November 1, 2021. Escape from Mogadishu got 13 nominations in 10 categories,^[5] and won 6 awards including best film, popular film and popular star awards.^[6]

Event

42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Short Film Competition: From October 6 to October 15, 2021.^[7]

Nominees and winners

The nominees for the 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards were announced on November 1, 2021.^[8]^[9]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[10]

(Winners denoted in bold)

Best Film	Best Director
Escape from Mogadishu ‡ The Book of Fish The Day I Died: Unclosed Case Space Sweepers Hostage: Missing Celebrity	*Ryoo Seung-wan – Escape from Mogadishu* ‡** Lee Jun-ik – The Book of Fish Park Hoon-jung – Night in Paradise Lee Seung-won – Three Sisters Jo Sung-hee – Space Sweepers
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Sol Kyung-gu – The Book of Fish* as Jeong Yak-jeon ‡** Byun Yo-han – The Book of Fish as Jang Chang-dae Kim Yun-seok – Escape from Mogadishu as Han Sin-seong Jo In-sung – Escape from Mogadishu as Kang Dae-jin Song Joong-ki – Space Sweepers as Kim Tae-ho	*Moon So-ri – Three Sisters* as Mi-yeon ‡** Im Yoon-ah – Miracle: Letters to the President as Song Ra-hee Jeon Yeo-been – Night in Paradise as Kim Jae-yeon Jeon Jong-seo – The Call as Oh Young-sook Kim Hye-soo - The Day I Died: Unclosed Case as Kim Hyeon-soo
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Heo Jun-ho – Escape from Mogadishu* as Rim Yong-su ‡** Lee Sung-min – Miracle: Letters to the President as Tae-yoon Koo Kyo-hwan – Escape from Mogadishu as Tae Joon-ki Lee Kwang-soo – Sinkhole as Kim Seung-hyun Jin Seon-kyu – Space Sweepers as Tiger Park / Park Kyung-soo	*Kim Sun-young – Three Sisters* as Hee-sook ‡** Jang Yoon-ju – Three Sisters as Miok Lee Jung-eun – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case as Suncheondaek Lee El – The Call as Ja-ok Lee Soo-kyung – Miracle: Letters to the President as Bo-kyeong
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
*Jung Jae-kwang – Not Out* as Shin Gwang-ho ‡** Kim Jae-beom – Hostage: Missing Celebrity as Choi Ki-wan Nam Da-reum – Sinkhole as Jung Seung-tae Ryu Kyung-soo – Hostage: Missing Celebrity as Yeom Dong-hun Ha Jun – Festival as Kim Kyeong-man	Gong Seung-yeon– Aloners as Jin-ah ‡ Roh Jeong-eui – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case as Se-jin Bang Min-ah – Snowball as Kang-yi Lee Yoo-mi – Young Adult Matters as Yoon Se-jin Jung Soo-jung – More Than Family as Kim To-il
Best New Director	Best Screenplay
*Park Ji-wan – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case* ‡** Kim Chang-ju – Hard Hit Lee Woo-jeong – Snowball Lee Chung-hyun – The Call Pil Kam-sung – Hostage: Missing Celebrity	*Kim Se-gyeom – The Book of Fish* based on Jasaneobo, Pishine Encyclopaedia by Yak-jeon ‡** Lee Jang-hoon, Son Joo-yeon – Miracle: Letters to the President Park Ji-wan – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case Ryoo Seung-wan, Lee Gi-cheol – Escape from Mogadishu Lee Seung-won – Three Sisters
Best Editing	Best Cinematography and Lighting
*Kim Jeong-hun – The Book of Fish* ‡** Lee Gang-hui – Escape from Mogadishu Kim Tae-seong – Hard Hit Nam Na-young – Space Sweepers Kim Chang-ju – Hostage: Missing Celebrity	*Lee Eui-tae – The Book of Fish* ‡** Kim Young-ho – Night in Paradise Choi Young-hwan – Escape from Mogadishu Byun Bong-sun – Space Sweepers Jo Young-jik – The Call
Technical Award	Best Art Direction
*Jeong Seong-jin, Jeong Chol-min – Space Sweepers* (VFX) ‡** TBA – Night in Paradise (martial arts) TBA – Escape from Mogadishu (stunt) TBA – Escape from Mogadishu (special effects) Shim Hyun-seob – The Book of Fish (Costume)	*Kim Bo-mook – Escape from Mogadishu* ‡** Kim Hui-jin – Miracle: Letters to the President Jang Geun-young – Space Sweepers Lee Jae-Sung – The Book of Fish Bae Jeong-yun – The Call
Best Music	Chung Jung-won Best Short Film
*Bang Jun-seok – The Book of Fish* ‡** Kim Tae-seong – Miracle: Letters to the President Mowg – Night in Paradise Bang Jun-seok – Escape from Mogadishu Dalpalan – The Call	Motorcycle and Hamburger Take Me Home, Country Roads
Chung Jung-won Popular Star Award	Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film
Im Yoon-ah ‡ Koo Kyo-hwan ‡ Song Joong-ki ‡ Jeon Yeo-been ‡	Escape from Mogadishu ‡

Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:^[11]

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Films
13	Escape from Mogadishu
10	The Book of Fish
8	Space Sweepers
6	Miracle: Letters to the President
	The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
	The Call
5	Night in Paradise
	Three Sisters
	Hostage: Missing Celebrity
2	Sinkhole
	Snowball
	Hard Hit