42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards


The 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was held on November 26, 2021, at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. Organized by Sports Chosun. It was aired live on KBS2 at 20:30. 18 categories were awarded at the 42nd edition of awards ceremony, hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Yeon-seok. 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, and won 6 awards including best film, popular film and popular star awards.

Event

Nominees and winners

The nominees for the 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards were announced on November 1, 2021.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.
Escape from Mogadishu
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
    • Sul 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
  • * Zo 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
    • Huh Joon-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
    • 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
    • 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
  • * 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
    • 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
    • Jeong Seong-jin, Jeong Chol-min – Space Sweepers
  • * TBA – Night in Paradise
  • * TBA – Escape from Mogadishu
  • * TBA – Escape from Mogadishu
  • * Shim Hyun-seob – The Book of Fish
    		• 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
    • 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
  • 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 and awards:
    NominationsFilms
    13Escape from Mogadishu
    10
    The Book of Fish
    8Space Sweepers
    6Miracle: Letters to the President
    6The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
    6The Call
    5Night in Paradise
    5Three Sisters
    5Hostage: Missing Celebrity
    2Sinkhole
    2Snowball
    2Hard Hit

    WinsFilms
    5Escape from Mogadishu
    5The Book of Fish
    2Three Sisters