Chunsa Film Art Awards 2021

Chunsa Film Art Awards 2021
Chunsa Film Art Awards 2021
The 26th Chunsa International Film Festival
	Official poster
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Date	November 19, 2021
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Korean Film Directors Association
Hosted by	Kim Tae-hoon
Formerly called	Chunsa Film Festival
Motto	New Birth of Cinema
Highlights
Most nominations	Peninsula - 5; Moving On - 5;
Best Director	Jo Sung-hee – Space Sweepers
Best Actor	Song Joong-ki – Space Sweepers
Best Actress	Jeon Do-yeon – Beasts Clawing at Straws
Best Supporting Actress	Bae Jong-ok – Innocence
Best Supporting Actor	Park Jung-min – Deliver Us from Evil
Website	http://www.chunsa.or.kr

The Chunsa Film Art Awards (Korean: 춘사국제영화제; also known as The 26th Chunsa International Film Festival) have been hosted by the Korean Film Directors Association, since the 1990s to commemorate the Korean film pioneer Chunsa Na Woon-gyu. Previously known as Chunsa Film Festival, it was announced that it will become an international film festival this year.^[1]

Themed as 'A New Birth of Cinema', The 26th Chunsa International Film Festival was to be held on August 27, but due to surge in COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed for November 19, 2021.^[2]^[3] In this edition, 23 films were nominated for the main awards in 10 categories. Over-the-top (OTT) original films were also included in the nominations, such as the Netflix films Space Sweepers, The Call and Night in Paradise.^[4]

The awards ceremony on 19 November was hosted by pop columnist Kim Tae-hoon. The Grand Prix best director award was won by Jo Sung-hee for Space Sweepers. The film also won the best actor award for Song Joong-ki.^[5]

Selection committee

Kim Jong-won (film critic)
Kim Hyung-seok (film journalist and Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival programmer)
Nam Dong-cheol (Busan International Film Festival program director and former editor of Cine21)
Seo Gok-suk (Seoul Film Council chairwoman)
Yang Kyung-mi (film critic and director of Korea Institute for Film & Media Contents Industry)
Baek Jae-wook (YouTube creator)

The nominations go through a judging committee consisting of directors to decide the final list of nominations.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 26th Chunsa Film Art Awards were announced on July 5, 2021.^[6] ^[7]^[8]

Winners are in bold^[9]^[10]^[11]

Best Director	Best Screenplay
Jo Sung-hee – Space Sweepers Lee Jun-ik – The Book of Fish Hong Won-chan – Deliver Us from Evil Lee Jong-pil – Samjin Company English Class Yang Woo-suk – Steel Rain 2: Summit Yeon Sang-ho – Peninsula	Hong Soo-young – Samjin Company English Class Kim Se-gyeom – The Book of Fish Park Ji-wan – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case Yoon Dan-bi – Moving On Hong Eui-jeong – Voice of Silence Kim Cho-hee – Lucky Chan-sil
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Song Joong-ki – Space Sweepers* as Kim Tae-ho** Sol Kyung-gu – The Book of Fish as Jeong Yak-jeon Yoo Ah-in – Voice of Silence as Tae-in Lee Jung-jae – Deliver Us from Evil as Ray Cho Jin-woong – Me and Me as Park Hyung-goo	*Jeon Do-yeon – Beasts Clawing at Straws* as Choi Yeon-hee** Ra Mi-ran – Honest Candidate as Joo Sang-sook Moon So-ri – Three Sisters as Mi-yeon Go Ah-seong – Samjin Company English Class as Lee Ja-young Jeon Jong-seo – The Call as Oh Young-sook Ye Soo-jung - An Old Lady as Shim Hyo-jeong
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Park Jung-min – Deliver Us from Evil* as Yui** Shin Jung-geun – Steel Rain 2: Summit as Jang Ki-seok Koo Kyo-hwan – Peninsula as Captain Seo Cha Seung-won – Night in Paradise as Ma Sang-gil Yang Heung-Ju – Moving On as Lee Byeong-ki Ryu Soo-young – Steel Rain 2: Summit as Park Cheol-woo	*Bae Jong-ok – Innocence* as Chae Hwa-ja** Kim Sun-young – Three Sisters as Hee-sook Lee Jung-eun – The Day I Died: Unclosed Case as Suncheondaek Esom – Samjin Company English Class as Jung Yoo-na Youn Yuh-jung – Lucky Chan-sil as Grandmother Lee Re – Peninsula as Jooni
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
*Lee Bong-geun – The Singer* as Hak-gyoo** Kim Do-yoon – Peninsula as Koo Chul-min Hong Kyung – Innocence as Ahn Jung-soo Park Seung-joon – Moving On as Lee Dong-Joo Kwak Min-kyu – Move the Grave as Baek Seung-rak	*Choi Jung-woon – Moving On* as Lee Ok-Joo** Park So-yi – Pawn as young Seung-yi Jang Yoon-ju – Three Sisters as Mi-ok Lim Seong-mi – Fighter as Jin-ah Krystal Jung – More Than Family as Kim To-il Kang Mal-geum – Lucky Chan-sil as Lee Chan-sil
Best New Director	Technical Award
Yoon Dan-bi – Moving On Kim Cho-hee – Lucky Chan-sil Hong Eui-jeong – Voice of Silence Lim Seon-ae – An Old Lady Jung Jin-young – Me and Me Lee Chung-hyun – The Call	Lee Mok-won, Yoo Chung, Park Joon-young (Production design) – Peninsula Park Dae-hoon, Jeong Seong-jin (Visual effects) – Space Sweepers Hong Kyung-pyo (Cinematography) – Deliver Us from Evil Han Mi-yeon (Editing) – Beasts Clawing at Straws Choi Yong-jin (Cinematography) – The Singer
Audience's Most Popular Movie Award	Achievement Award
* Hong Won-chan – Deliver Us from Evil	* Lee Won-se, Park Jong-won
Special Award for Feature Film	Special Award
* Jo Jung-rae - The Singer	* Lee Isaac Chung - Minari

Films with multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Films
5	Peninsula
5	Moving On
4	Deliver Us from Evil
	Lucky Chan-sil
	Samjin Company English Class
3	Steel Rain 2: Summit
	Space Sweepers
	The Book of Fish
	Voice of Silence
	Three Sisters
2	An Old Lady
	The Call
	Me and Me
	The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
	Innocence
	The Singer
	Beasts Clawing at Straws

References

^ Ryu Ji-yoon (July 4, 2021). "'춘사영화제, 올해부터 국제영화제로…'승리호'·콜' 넷플릭스 영화 노미네이트" [Chunsa Film Festival, as an international film festival starting this year... 'Space Sweepers' and 'The Call' Netflix movie nominations]. Dalian. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
^ Jeong Hyung-hwa (August 9, 2021). "춘사영화제, 코로나 확산 여파 11월로 연기 [공식]" [Chunsa Film Festival postponed to November due to the spread of Corona [Official]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
^ Kim Seung-jin (November 19, 2021). "홍지윤, '제26회 춘사국제영화제' 신인상 시상자로 참여" [Jiyoon Hong participated as a presenter for the Rookie of the Year award at the 26th Chunsa International Film Festival]. Maeil Broadcasting Network (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
^ Kim Hyun-rok (July 5, 2021). "춘사영화제, 국제영화제로…8월27일 개최, 후보 발표[공식]" [Chunsa Film Festival, International Film Festival... Held on August 27th, candidates announced [Official]]. Sports TV (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
^ Yang So-young (November 19, 2021). "[춘사영화제] '승리호' 최우수 감독상 영예…전도연 송중기 주연상[종합]" [[Chunsa Film Festival] 'Seungriho' Best Director Award... Jeon Do-yeon, Song Joong-ki, Best Leading Actor [Comprehensive]]. Maeil Business (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
^ Kim Ji-eun (July 5, 2021). "춘사국제영화제, 본상 후보작 발표…자산어보·승리호 등 23편" [Chunsa International Film Festival Announces Main Award Nominations... 23 films including The Book of Fish and Space Sweepers]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
^ Seong Ha- Hoon (July 5, 2021). "춘사영화제, 이번엔 온라인 개봉영화까지 품었다, 26회 춘사국제영화제 후보작 발표, <승리호> 조성희 감독도 후보에" [Chunsa Film Festival, this time also has online release, Nominations announced at the 26th Chunsa International Film Festival]. OhmyNews. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
^ Park Kyung-hee (July 5, 2021). "유아인 vs 송중기 남주상 주인공은?...제26회 춘사국제영화제 후보 발표" [Yoo Ah-in vs Song Joong-ki, who will be the winner of the Best Actor?...Announced nominees for the 26th Chunsa International Film Festival]. Single list (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
^ Noh Gyu-min (November 19, 2021). "[종합] 송중기·전도연, 남녀주연상…넷플릭스 '승리호' 최우수 감독상까지 2관왕 ('제26회 춘사영화제')" [[Comprehensive] Song Joong-ki and Jeon Do-yeon, Best Supporting Actor... Netflix's 'Seungriho' won two awards for Best Director ('26th Chunsa Film Festival')]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
^ Yang So-young (November 19, 2021). "[춘사영화제] '미나리' 정이삭 감독 특별상 수상 "영광"" [[Chunsa Film Festival] 'Minari' Director Isak Jeong's Special Award "Glory"]. Maeil Business (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
^ Yang Yu-jin (November 19, 2021). "다만악' 박정민, 남우조연상 영예 "열심히 하는 배우 되겠다" [춘사영화제]" ['Damn Aak' Park Jung-min, Best Supporting Actor "I will become an actor who works hard" [Chunsa Film Festival]]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

External links

Official website (in Korean)
Chunsa Film Art Award 2021 at IMDb
Chunsa Film Art Awards at Daum (in Korean)

[1] Ryu Ji-yoon (July 4, 2021). "'춘사영화제, 올해부터 국제영화제로…'승리호'·콜' 넷플릭스 영화 노미네이트" [Chunsa Film Festival, as an international film festival starting this year... 'Space Sweepers' and 'The Call' Netflix movie nominations]. Dalian. Retrieved July 5, 2021.

[2] Jeong Hyung-hwa (August 9, 2021). "춘사영화제, 코로나 확산 여파 11월로 연기 [공식]" [Chunsa Film Festival postponed to November due to the spread of Corona [Official]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 9, 2021.

[3] Kim Seung-jin (November 19, 2021). "홍지윤, '제26회 춘사국제영화제' 신인상 시상자로 참여" [Jiyoon Hong participated as a presenter for the Rookie of the Year award at the 26th Chunsa International Film Festival]. Maeil Broadcasting Network (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

[4] Kim Hyun-rok (July 5, 2021). "춘사영화제, 국제영화제로…8월27일 개최, 후보 발표[공식]" [Chunsa Film Festival, International Film Festival... Held on August 27th, candidates announced [Official]]. Sports TV (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 5, 2021.

[5] Yang So-young (November 19, 2021). "[춘사영화제] '승리호' 최우수 감독상 영예…전도연 송중기 주연상[종합]" [[Chunsa Film Festival] 'Seungriho' Best Director Award... Jeon Do-yeon, Song Joong-ki, Best Leading Actor [Comprehensive]]. Maeil Business (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

[6] Kim Ji-eun (July 5, 2021). "춘사국제영화제, 본상 후보작 발표…자산어보·승리호 등 23편" [Chunsa International Film Festival Announces Main Award Nominations... 23 films including The Book of Fish and Space Sweepers]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 5, 2021.

[7] Seong Ha- Hoon (July 5, 2021). "춘사영화제, 이번엔 온라인 개봉영화까지 품었다, 26회 춘사국제영화제 후보작 발표, <승리호> 조성희 감독도 후보에" [Chunsa Film Festival, this time also has online release, Nominations announced at the 26th Chunsa International Film Festival]. OhmyNews. Retrieved July 5, 2021.

[8] Park Kyung-hee (July 5, 2021). "유아인 vs 송중기 남주상 주인공은?...제26회 춘사국제영화제 후보 발표" [Yoo Ah-in vs Song Joong-ki, who will be the winner of the Best Actor?...Announced nominees for the 26th Chunsa International Film Festival]. Single list (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.

[9] Noh Gyu-min (November 19, 2021). "[종합] 송중기·전도연, 남녀주연상…넷플릭스 '승리호' 최우수 감독상까지 2관왕 ('제26회 춘사영화제')" [[Comprehensive] Song Joong-ki and Jeon Do-yeon, Best Supporting Actor... Netflix's 'Seungriho' won two awards for Best Director ('26th Chunsa Film Festival')]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

[10] Yang So-young (November 19, 2021). "[춘사영화제] '미나리' 정이삭 감독 특별상 수상 "영광"" [[Chunsa Film Festival] 'Minari' Director Isak Jeong's Special Award "Glory"]. Maeil Business (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

[11] Yang Yu-jin (November 19, 2021). "다만악' 박정민, 남우조연상 영예 "열심히 하는 배우 되겠다" [춘사영화제]" ['Damn Aak' Park Jung-min, Best Supporting Actor "I will become an actor who works hard" [Chunsa Film Festival]]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

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