57th Baeksang Arts Awards

57th Baeksang Arts Awards
57th Baeksang Arts Awards
	Title card
Date	May 13, 2021
Site	KINTEX, Ilsanseo-gu, Gyeonggi Province
Hosted by	Shin Dong-yup; Bae Suzy
Organised by	Ilgan Sports; JTBC Plus
Highlights
Most awards	Film:; Moving On (2); Voice of Silence (2); Television:; Beyond Evil (3)
Most nominations	Film:; Deliver Us from Evil (6); Moving On (6); The Book of Fish (6); Voice of Silence (6); Television:; Beyond Evil (8); It's Okay to Not Be Okay (8)
Grand Prize – Film	Lee Joon-ik (director) – The Book of Fish
Grand Prize – TV	Yoo Jae-suk (variety performer)
Website	baeksangartsawards
Television/radio coverage
Network	JTBC ; TikTok (international)
Viewership	2.2% (Nielsen Korea)

The 57th Baeksang Arts Awards (Korean: 제57회 백상예술대상) ceremony, organised by Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus, was held on May 13, 2021, at KINTEX, Ilsanseo-gu, Gyeonggi Province, beginning at 9:00 p.m. KST. It was hosted by Shin Dong-yup and Bae Suzy, and was broadcast live in South Korea by JTBC and internationally by TikTok.^[2]^[3] The event was held with no on-site audience, due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. The annual awards ceremony is one of South Korea's most prestigious award shows, recognizing excellence in film, television, and theatre.^[4]

The nominees for the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards were announced on April 12, 2021, through its official website.^[5] All works released between May 1, 2020, and April 11, 2021, were eligible for nominations.^{[note 1]} The final candidates for Grand Prize – Television were variety performer Yoo Jae-suk and drama series Beyond Evil.^[7]

The highest honors of the night, Grand Prize (Daesang), were awarded to director Lee Joon-ik of The Book of Fish in the film division and variety performer Yoo Jae-suk in the television division. With three wins, Beyond Evil won the most awards at the ceremony, including the Best Drama, while, It's Okay to Not Be Okay won two awards. In the film division, Voice of Silence and Moving On won two awards each, while with one win, Samjin Company English Class was awarded as the Best Film.

Winners and nominees[edit]

Lee Seung-gi, Best Male Variety Performer winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[8]
- Nominees^[9]^[10]

Film[edit]

Grand Prize	Best Film
*Lee Joon-ik (director) – The Book of Fish* ‡**	Samjin Company English Class ‡ Moving On Deliver Us from Evil Voice of Silence The Book of Fish
Best Director	Best New Director
*Hong Eui-jeong – Voice of Silence* ‡** Hong Won-chan – Deliver Us from Evil Lee Jong-pil – Samjin Company English Class Lee Joon-ik – The Book of Fish Yoon Dan-bi – Moving On	*Yoon Dan-bi – Moving On* ‡** Park Ji-wan – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case Lee Chung-hyun – The Call Lim Sun-ae – An Old Lady Hong Eui-jeong – Voice of Silence
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Yoo Ah-in – Voice of Silence* as Tae-in ‡** Byun Yo-han – The Book of Fish as Chang Dae Sol Kyung-gu – The Book of Fish as Jeong Yak Jeon Lee Jung-jae – Deliver Us from Evil as Ray Cho Jin-woong – Me and Me as Park Hyung-goo	*Jeon Jong-seo – The Call* as Oh Young-sook ‡** Go Ah-sung – Samjin Company English Class as Lee Ja-yeong Kim Hye-soo – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case as Hyeon-soo Moon So-ri – Three Sisters as Mi-yeon Ye Soo-jung – An Old Lady as Shim Hyo‑jeong
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Park Jeong-min – Deliver Us from Evil* as Yui ‡** Koo Kyo-hwan – Peninsula as Captain Seo Shin Jung-geun – Steel Rain 2: Summit as Jang Ki-sok Yoo Jae-myung – Voice of Silence as Chang-bok Heo Joon-ho – Innocence as Mayor Choo	*Kim Sun-young – Three Sisters* as Hee-sook ‡** Bae Jong-ok – Innocence as Chae Hwa-ja Lee Re – Peninsula as Jooni Esom – Samjin Company English Class as Jung Yoo-na Lee Jung-eun – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case as Suncheondaek
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
*Hong Kyung – Innocence* as Jung-soo ‡** Kim Do-yoon – Peninsula as Chul-min Ryu Soo-young – Steel Rain 2: Summit as Captain Baek Doo-ho Park Seung-joon – Moving On as Dong-joo Lee Bong‑geun – The Singer as Hak Gyoo	*Choi Jung-woon – Moving On* as Ok-joo ‡** Park So-yi – Deliver Us from Evil as Yoo-min Shin Hye-sun – Innocence as Ahn Jung-in Jang Yoon-ju – Three Sisters as Mi-ok Krystal Jung – More Than Family as To-il
Best Screenplay	Technical Award
*Park Ji-wan – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case* ‡** Kim Se-kyum – The Book of Fish Yoon Dan-bi – Moving On Lee Jong-pil – Samjin Company English Class Hong Eui-jeong – Voice of Silence	*Jeong Seong-jin, Jong Chol-min (VFX) – Space Sweepers* ‡** Lee Eui-tae (Cinematography) – The Book of Fish Lee Jeon-hyeong, Choi Jae-cheon, Jung Hwang-su (VFX) – Peninsula Jang Geun-young (Art) – Space Sweepers Hong Kyung-pyo (Cinematography) – Deliver Us from Evil

Films with multiple wins[edit]

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Films
2	Moving On
2	Voice of Silence

Films with multiple nominations[edit]

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Films
6	Deliver Us from Evil
	Moving On
	The Book of Fish
	Voice of Silence
5	Samjin Company English Class
4	Innocence
	The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
	Peninsula
3	Three Sisters
2	An Old Lady
	The Call
	Steel Rain 2: Summit
	Space Sweepers

Television[edit]

Grand Prize
Yoo Jae-suk (variety performer) ‡ Beyond Evil (drama) (JTBC)
Best Drama	Best Director
Beyond Evil (JTBC) ‡ It's Okay to Not Be Okay (tvN) Flower of Evil (tvN) My Unfamiliar Family (tvN) Extracurricular (Netflix)	*Kim Cheol-kyu – Flower of Evil* ‡** Kwon Young-il – My Unfamiliar Family Kim Hee-won – Vincenzo Park Shin-woo – It's Okay to Not Be Okay Shim Na-yeon – Beyond Evil
Best Entertainment Program	Best Educational Show
Hangout with Yoo (MBC) ‡ The Three Ants (KakaoTV) Sing Again (JTBC) You Quiz on the Block (tvN) The Stage of Legends - Archive K (SBS)	Archive Project - Modern Korea season 2 (KBS) ‡ Architectural Exporation - House 3 (EBS) A Tied Tail's Story (SBS) Curious Class (JTBC) Battle of the Century: AI vs. Human (SBS)
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Shin Ha-kyun – Beyond Evil* as Lee Dong-sik ‡** Kim Soo-hyun – It's Okay to Not Be Okay as Moon Gang-tae Song Joong-ki – Vincenzo as Vincenzo Cassano Um Ki-joon – The Penthouse: War in Life as Joo Dan-tae / Mr Baek Lee Joon-gi – Flower of Evil as Baek Hee-sung / Do Hyun-soo	*Kim So-yeon – The Penthouse: War in Life* as Cheon Seo-jin ‡** Kim So-hyun – River Where the Moon Rises as Princess Pyeonggang / Yeom Ga-jin / Queen Yeon Seo Yea-ji – It's Okay to Not Be Okay as Ko Moon-young Shin Hye-sun – Mr. Queen as Kim So-yong, Queen Cheorin Uhm Ji-won – Birthcare Center as Oh Hyun-jin
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Oh Jung-se – It's Okay to Not Be Okay* as Moon Sang-tae ‡** Kim Seon-ho – Start-Up as Han Ji-pyeong Kim Ji-hoon – Flower of Evil as Baek Hee-sung Lee Hee-joon – Mouse as Go Moo-chi Choi Dae-hoon [ko] – Beyond Evil as Park Jung-je	*Yeom Hye-ran – The Uncanny Counter* as Choo Mae-ok ‡** Park Ha-sun – Birthcare Center as Cho Eun-jeong Shin Eun-kyung – The Penthouse: War in Life as Kang Ma-ri Jang Young-nam – It's Okay to Not Be Okay as Park Haeng-ja Cha Chung-hwa – Mr. Queen as Court Lady Choi
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
*Lee Do-hyun – 18 Again* as Hong Dae-young (young) / Go Woo-young ‡** Kim Young-dae – The Penthouse: War in Life as Joo Seok-hoon Na In-woo – River Where the Moon Rises as On Dal Nam Yoon-su – Extracurricular as Kwak Ki-tae Song Kang – Sweet Home as Cha Hyun-soo	*Park Ju-hyun – Extracurricular* as Bae Gyu-ri ‡** Kim Hyun-soo – The Penthouse: War in Life as Bae Ro-na Park Gyu-young – Sweet Home as Yoon Ji-soo Lee Joo-young – Times as Seo Jung-in Choi Sung-eun – Beyond Evil as Yoo Jae-yi
Best Male Variety Performer	Best Female Variety Performer
*Lee Seung-gi – Master in the House, Busted!, Sing Again, Twogether,‡* Moon Se-yoon – 2 Days & 1 Night, Delicious guys Shin Dong-yup – Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend, My Little Old Boy Yoo Jae-suk – How Do You Play?, Sixth Sense Jo Se-ho – You Quiz on the Block	*Jang Do-yeon – I Live Alone, Don't be the First One!* ‡** Kim Sook – Where Is My Home, Love Naggers Song Eun-i – Long Live Independence, Problem Child in House Jaejae – Long Live Independence, Girls’ High School Mystery Class Hong Hyun-hee [ko] – Omniscient Interfering View, My Golden Kids
Best Screenplay	Technical Award
*Kim Su-jin – Beyond Evil* ‡** Kim Eun-jung – My Unfamiliar Family Yoo Jung-hee – Flower of Evil Jo Yong – It's Okay to Not Be Okay Ha Myung-hee – Record of Youth	*Cho Sang-kyung (Costume design) – It's Okay to Not Be Okay* ‡** Lee Byung-joo (Visual effects) – Sweet Home Jang Jong-kyung (Cinematography) – Beyond Evil Choi Jung-yoon (Music) – The Stage of Legends: Archive K MBC Design Center VFX Team (Virtual reality) – VR Documentary Meeting People season 2

Television programs with multiple wins[edit]

The following television programs received multiple wins:

Wins	Television programs
3	Beyond Evil
2	It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Television programs with multiple nominations[edit]

The following television programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Television programs
8	Beyond Evil
8	It's Okay to Not Be Okay
5	Flower of Evil
5	The Penthouse: War in Life
3	Extracurricular
	My Unfamiliar Family
	Sweet Home
2	Birthcare Center
	Hangout with Yoo
	Mr. Queen
	River Where the Moon Rises
	The Stage of Legends: Archive K
	You Quiz on the Block
	Vincenzo

Theatre[edit]

Baeksang Play	Best Short Play
We are (No) Jokes – Theatre Company Geugdan ‡ Heads With Hieroglyphic Hats – Theatre Company Dong The Story of Wang Seogae – Theatre Company Baeda Yoon Hye-suk (director) – Dry Land Lee Yang-gu (writer) – Unavoidable Curtain, On Another Road	*Jeong Jin-sae (director and writer) – 2021 University Academic Proficiency Test Integrated Social Exploration Area* ‡** Ko Joo-young (planning) – Drama Practice 3 Playwriting Practice: Dying with a Fish Kim Pung-nyeon (director and writer) – I Scratched My Knee and My Armpit was Sore I'm Not Sorry If It Hurts – Theatre Company Dareunmomdeul 2020 Daughters of Megalia – Theater Company Medusa
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Choi Soon-jin – We are (No) Jokes* ‡** Park Wan-kyu – Faust Ending Ahn Byung-sik – XXL Leotard Anna Sui Hand Mirror Lee Sang-hong – Tragedy of X	*Lee Bong-ryun – Hamlet* ‡** Kim Moon-hee – Heads With Hieroglyphic Hats Kim Jong-eun – Painter Jo Kyung-ran – We are (No) Jokes Choi Hee-jin – Love Letter to Stalin

Special awards[edit]

Awards	Recipient
Tiktok Popularity Award (Male)	Kim Seon-ho
Tiktok Popularity Award (Female)	Seo Yea-ji

Presenters and performers[edit]

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters[edit]

Name(s)	Role
Ahn Hyo-seop and Kim Da-mi	Presented awards for the Best New Actor – Television and Best New Actress – Television
Park Myung-hoon and Kang Mal-geum	Presented awards for the Best New Actor – Film, Best New Actress – Film and Best New Director – Film
Kim Ji-seok and Jung So-min	Presented awards for the Technical Award – Television and Technical Award – Film
Jung-woo and Oh Yeon-seo	Presented awards for the Best Screenplay – Television and Best Screenplay – Film
Kim Je-Hyung	Presented award for the Best Short Play
Oh Jung-se and Kim Sun-young	Presented awards for the Best Supporting Actor – Television and Best Supporting Actress – Television
Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Sae-byuk	Presented awards for the Best Supporting Actor – Film and Best Supporting Actress – Film
Lee Jun-ho and Lee Se-young	Presented awards for the Best Entertainment Program and Best Educational Show
Seo In-guk and Park Bo-young	Presented awards for the Best Director – Television and Best Director – Film
Jung Il-woo and Kwon Yu-ri	Presented Tiktok Popularity Awards for Most Popular Actor and Most Popular Actress
Yoo Jae-suk and Park Na-rae	Presented awards for the Best Male Variety Performer and Best Female Variety Performer
Baek Suk-gwang and Kim Jung	Presented awards for the Best Actor – Theatre and Best Actress – Theatre
Kang Ha-neul and Kim Hee-ae	Presented awards for the Best Actor – Television and Best Actress – Television
Lee Byung-hun and Jeon Do-yeon	Presented awards for the Best Actor – Film and Best Actress – Film
Shin Yoo-chung	Presented the Baeksang Play Award
Yoo Jae-myung and Han Ye-ri	Presented awards for the Best Drama and Best Film
Go Hyun-jung	Presented Grand Prize – Television
Jeongdo Hong and Bong Joon-ho	Presented Grand Prize – Film

Performers[edit]

Name(s)	Role	Performed
Choi Baek-ho and Lee Do-hyun	Performers	"Two Hands, to You (feat. Choi Baek-ho)" (두 손, 너에게 (Feat. 최백호))

Notes[edit]

^ At least four episodes of a series online or offline needed to have been available by April 11, or else one-third of the entire series. Candidates that competed for previous year's awards were not applicable to be nominated this year.^[6]

References[edit]

^ "백상예술대상, 시청률 2.2%…순간 최고 영화대상 이준익". Newsis (in Korean). May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021 – via Naver.
^ Lee, Seung-mi (April 16, 2021). [공식]신동엽X수지, 제57회 백상예술대상 MC 확정…무관중 진행 [Shin Dong-youp x Suzy, the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards MC confirmed... No spectator progress]. The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
^ 제57회 백상예술대상, 인기상 투표…3~10일. Newsie. May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021 – via Naver.
^ Lee, Gyu-lee (April 5, 2021). "Baeksang Arts Awards for film, television and theater to be held May 13". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
^ Kim, Jung-jin; Park, So-yeon (April 5, 2021). "백상예술대상 내달 13일 개최". Yonhap (in Korean). Retrieved April 5, 2021.
^ Lee, Sun-min (April 5, 2021). "Baeksang Arts Awards to be held next month, nominees to be announced soon". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ Kim, Jin-seok. [57회 백상]치열했던 TV 부문 수상 결과 어떻게 결정됐나 [[57th Baeksang] How was the fierce TV category determined?]. Ilgan Sports (in Korean). Retrieved May 18, 2021 – via Naver.
^ Hicap, Jonathan (May 14, 2021). "Winners at 57th Baeksang Arts Awards". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
^ Joan, MacDonald (April 12, 2021). "Baeksang Arts Awards Announce Nominations For Best Films And Dramas". Forbes. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ Kang, Seon-ae (April 12, 2021). 김수현·송중기→김소연까지…57회 백상예술대상, 최종 후보 발표 [Kim Soo-hyun·Song Joong-ki → Kim So-yeon… 57th Baeksang Arts Awards, finalists announced]. SBS Entertainment News (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Korean)

[7] At least four episodes of a series online or offline needed to have been available by April 11, or else one-third of the entire series. Candidates that competed for previous year's awards were not applicable to be nominated this year.^[6]

[1] "백상예술대상, 시청률 2.2%…순간 최고 영화대상 이준익". Newsis (in Korean). May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021 – via Naver.

[2] Lee, Seung-mi (April 16, 2021). [공식]신동엽X수지, 제57회 백상예술대상 MC 확정…무관중 진행 [Shin Dong-youp x Suzy, the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards MC confirmed... No spectator progress]. The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved April 25, 2021.

[3] 제57회 백상예술대상, 인기상 투표…3~10일. Newsie. May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021 – via Naver.

[4] Lee, Gyu-lee (April 5, 2021). "Baeksang Arts Awards for film, television and theater to be held May 13". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 10, 2021.

[5] Kim, Jung-jin; Park, So-yeon (April 5, 2021). "백상예술대상 내달 13일 개최". Yonhap (in Korean). Retrieved April 5, 2021.

[6] Lee, Sun-min (April 5, 2021). "Baeksang Arts Awards to be held next month, nominees to be announced soon". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved April 12, 2021.

[8] Kim, Jin-seok. [57회 백상]치열했던 TV 부문 수상 결과 어떻게 결정됐나 [[57th Baeksang] How was the fierce TV category determined?]. Ilgan Sports (in Korean). Retrieved May 18, 2021 – via Naver.

[9] Hicap, Jonathan (May 14, 2021). "Winners at 57th Baeksang Arts Awards". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved May 14, 2021.

[10] Joan, MacDonald (April 12, 2021). "Baeksang Arts Awards Announce Nominations For Best Films And Dramas". Forbes. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

[11] Kang, Seon-ae (April 12, 2021). 김수현·송중기→김소연까지…57회 백상예술대상, 최종 후보 발표 [Kim Soo-hyun·Song Joong-ki → Kim So-yeon… 57th Baeksang Arts Awards, finalists announced]. SBS Entertainment News (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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Awards (Film)	Grand Prize Best Film Best Director Best New Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best New Actor Best New Actress
Awards (Television)	Grand Prize Best Drama Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best New Actor Best New Actress Best Entertainment Program Best Educational Show Best Male Variety Performer Best Female Variety Performer
Other awards	Most Popular Actor Most Popular Actress
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