'Beyond Evil,' starring Shin Ha-kyun and Yeo Jin-goo won Best Drama.
Every year the Baeksang Arts Awards honor excellence in South Korea’s film, television and theater industry. This year the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards ceremony took place on May 13 in Ilsanseo-gu, Gyeonggi Province. The ceremony was hosted by actress Bae Suzy and comedian Shin Dong-yup.
Shin Ha-kyun and Kim So-yeon took top honors for their drama roles, while Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo received top awards for acting in their respective films. Beyond Evil won three awards, one for Best Drama, Shin’s Best Actor award and another for the screenplay. It’s Okay To Not Be Okay also won three with a Best Supporting Actor award for Oh Jung-se, a Best Costumes award and a popularity award for actress Seo Ye-ji.
Honors for the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards were presented to:
TV
Best drama: Beyond Evil
Best Actor: Shin Ha-kyun for Beyond Evil
Best Actress: Kim So-yeon for Penthouse
Best Supporting Actor: Oh Jung-se for It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
Best Supporting Actress: Yeom Hye-ran for The Uncanny Counter
Best New Actor: Lee Do-hyun for 18 Again
Best New Actress: Park Ju-hyun for Extracurricular
Best Screenplay: Kim Su-jin for Beyond Evil
Best Director: Kim Cheol-kyu for Flower of Evil
Best Costumes: It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
Best Variety Show: How Do You Play?
Best Male Variety Performer: Lee Seung-gi
Best Female Variety Performer: Jang Do-yeon
'Samjin Company, English Class' won Best Picture at the 57th Baeksang Awards.
Film
Best Film: Samjin Company English Class
Best Film: Best Actor: Yoo Ah-in for Voice of Silence
Best Actress: Jeon Jong-seo for The Call
Best Supporting Actor: Park Sung-min for Deliver Us From Evil
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Sun-young for Three Sisters
Best New Actor: Hong Kyung for Innocence.
Best New Actress: Choi Jung-woon for Moving On
Best Screenplay: Park Ji-wan for The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
Best Director: Hong Eui Jeong for Voice of Silence
Best New Director: Yoon Danbi for Moving On
Grand Prize: Lee Joon-ik for The Book of Fish
Best Technical Award: Space Sweepers
Seo Ye-ji, who starred in It’s Okay To Not Be Okay and Kim Seon-Ho, who appeared in Start Up, won the popularity award. Seo had almost 800,000 votes, while Kim had more than a million.
To qualify for this year’s awards, works had to be released between May 1, 2020 and April 11, 2021. Due to concerns about COVID19 the ceremony was again held without an audience.
