The 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards () 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). 18 categories were awarded at the 42nd edition of awards ceremony, hosted by Kim Hye-soo (28th time) and Yoo Yeon-seok (4th time). 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 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Short Film Competition: From October 6 to October 15, 2021.

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 The Book of Fish The Day I Died: Unclosed Case Space Sweepers Hostage: Missing Celebrity | valign="top" | 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 |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | valign="top" | 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 Jo In-sung – Escape from Mogadishu as Kang Dae-jin Song Joong-ki – Space Sweepers as Kim Tae-ho | valign="top" | Moon So-ri – Three Sisters as Mi-yeon Lim Yoona – 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 |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | valign="top" | 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 | valign="top" | 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 |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | valign="top" | 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 | valign="top" | 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

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | valign="top" | 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 | valign="top" | 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 |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | valign="top" | 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 | valign="top" | 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 |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | valign="top" | 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) | valign="top" | 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 |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | |- | valign="top" | 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 | valign="top" | Motorcycle and Hamburger Take Me Home, Country RoadsLim Yoona Koo Kyo-hwan Song Joong-ki Jeon Yeo-been Escape from Mogadishu

Multiple nominations and awards The following films received multiple nominations and awards:

+ Films with multiple nominations Nominations Films 13 Escape from Mogadishu 10 The Book of Fish 8 Space Sweepers 6Miracle: Letters to the President The Day I Died: Unclosed CaseThe Call5 Night in ParadiseThree SistersHostage: Missing Celebrity2 SinkholeSnowballHard Hit

+ Films with multiple awards Wins Films5Escape from MogadishuThe Book of Fish2Three Sisters

Performances

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

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

References

External links

42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards at Daum