42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards

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]

42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards
Official poster
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Awarded by	Sports Chosun
Announced on	November 1, 2021 (2021-11-01)
Presented on	November 26, 2021 (2021-11-26)
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%^[1]
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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
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

Films with multiple awards

Wins	Films
5	Escape from Mogadishu
	The Book of Fish
2	Three Sisters

Performances

Source:^[12][13]

Order	Artist	Act performed
1	Forestella	Champions
2	Oh My Girl	Dolphin + Dun Dun Dance
3	Holy Bang	Venom by Little Simz + Energy by Sampa the Great ft Nadeem Din-Gabisi

Gallery

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  Song Joong-ki

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  Im Yoon-ah

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  Lee Kwang-soo

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  Kim Seol-hyun

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  Lee Yoo-mi

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  Krystal Jung

See also

• 57th Baeksang Arts Awards
• 56th Grand Bell Awards
• 30th Buil Film Awards
• 15th Asian Film Awards
• 26th Chunsa Film Art Awards

References

1. "Nielsen Korea (Nationwide) TOP 20 LIST FOR TV PROGRAMS". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Retrieved November 27, 2021.
2. Lee Min-ji (October 6, 2021). "'제42회 청룡영화상' 11월 26일 개최 확정, 단편영화상 공모 시작(공식)" ['42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards' to be held on November 26th, Short Film Award Competition Begins (official)]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
3. Bae Hyo-joo (November 26, 2021). "'청룡영화상' 오늘(26일) KBS 생중계‥'편스토랑' 결방" ['Blue Dragon Film Awards' broadcast live on KBS today (26th)… 'Pyeonstorang' canceled]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
4. Son Jeong-bin (November 11, 2021). "김혜수, 청룡영화상 28번째 진행 맡는다…유연석과 호흡" [Kim Hye-soo to host the 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards... Yoo Yeon-seok and breathing]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
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8. Kim Nara (November 1, 2021). [제42회 청룡영화상, 후보 발표…류승완 '모가디슈' 최다 부문 노미네이트 [공식] [42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards, nominations announced... Ryoo Seung-wan 'Mogadishu' Nominated for Most Category [Official]]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
9. Park Jae-hwan (November 1, 2021). "제42회 청룡영화상 후보작 발표 '모가디슈', '자산어보', '승리호' 경합" [42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Nominations Announced Competition for 'Mogadishu', 'Jasaneobo' and 'Seungriho']. KBS (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
10. Han Hyun-jung (November 26, 2021). "'모가디슈', '청룡' 작품상 등 5관왕…설경구·문소리 주연상[종합]" [5 crowns including Best Picture for 'Mogadishu' and 'Blue Dragon'... Seol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri Best Leading Actor [Comprehensive]]. Star Today (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
11. Ryu Ji-yoon (November 1, 2021). "제42회 청룡영화상 최종 후보작 발표…'모가디슈' 최다 후보" [The 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards finalists announced... Most Nominees for 'Mogadishu']. Dailyan (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
12. Kim No-eul (November 25, 2021). "청룡영화상 측 "홀리뱅·오마이걸·포레스텔라, 축하 공연 선다" [공식입장]" [Blue Dragon Film Awards side "Holy Bang, Oh My Girl, Forestella will hold a celebratory performance" [Official position]]. Export News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
13. Song Jeong-heon (November 26, 2021). "[포토] 홀리뱅, 스우파의 열기를 청룡영화상까지!" [[Photo] Holy Bang, Supa fever to the Blue Dragon Film Awards!]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 26, 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards at Daum (in Korean)