Chunsa Film Art Awards 2021
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| Chunsa Film Art Awards 2021 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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.[1][2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
- 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.[5] [6][7]
Best Director |
Best Screenplay |
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
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Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
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Best New Actor |
Best New Actress |
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Best New Director |
Technical Award |
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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 |
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| 5 | Peninsula |
| 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 | |
