# 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards

The 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards (Korean: 제40회 청룡영화상) ceremony was held on November 21, 2019, at Paradise City, Incheon. Organized by Sports Chosun (a sister brand of Chosun Ilbo), the annual award show honored the best in Korean language films that were released from October 12, 2018 to October 10, 2019. It was broadcast live on SBS.

## Nominations and winners

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

### Main awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Parasite‡ Extreme Job House of Hummingbird Swing Kids Exit | Bong Joon-ho - Parasite‡ Kang Hyeong-cheol - Swing Kids Won Shin-yun - The Battle: Roar to Victory Lee Byeong-heon - Extreme Job Jang Jae-hyun - Svaha: The Sixth Finger |
| Best Leading Actor | Best Leading Actress |
| Jung Woo-sung - Innocent Witness as Yang Soon-ho‡ Ryu Seung-ryong - Extreme Job as Go Sang-ki Sul Kyung-gu - Birthday as Jung Jung-il Song Kang-ho - Parasite as Kim Ki-taek Jo Jung-suk - Exit as Lee Yong-nam | Cho Yeo-jeong - Parasite as Choi Yeon-kyo‡ Go Ah-sung - A Resistance as Yu Gwan-sun Kim Hye-soo - Default as Han Shi-hyeon Im Yoon-ah - Exit as Jung Eui-joo Jeon Do-yeon - Birthday as Park Soon-nam |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jo Woo-jin - Default as Park Dae-young‡ Kang Ki-young - The Most Ordinary Romance as Byung-chul Park Myung-hoon - Parasite as Oh Geun-sae Lee Kwang-soo - Inseparable Bros as Park Dong-goo Jin Seon-kyu - Extreme Job as Ma Bong-pal | Lee Jung-eun - Parasite as Gook Moon-gwang‡ Kim Sae-byuk - House of Hummingbird as Kim Young-ji Park So-dam - Parasite as Kim Ki-jeong Lee Hanee - Extreme Job as Jang Yeon-soo Jang Young-nam - Metamorphosis as Choi Myung-joo |
| Best New Actor | Best New Actress |
| Park Hae-soo - By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture as Lee Chan-woo‡ Gong Myung - Extreme Job as Kim Jae-hoon Kim Sung-cheol - The Battle of Jangsari as Ki Ha-Ryun Park Hyung-sik - Juror 8 as Kwon Nam-woo Jung Hae-in - Tune in for Love as Hyun-woo | Kim Hye-jun - Another Child as Kwon Joo-ri‡ Park Ji-hu - House of Hummingbird as Kim Eun-hee Park Hye-su - Swing Kids as Yang Pal-lae Lee Jae-in - Svaha: The Sixth Finger as Lee Geum-hwa Choi Soo-young – Miss & Mrs. Cops as Yang Jang-mi |
| Best New Director | Best Screenplay |
| Lee Sang-geun - Exit‡ Kim Bora - House of Hummingbird Kim Yoon-seok – Another Child Lee Ok Seob - Maggie Lee Jong-eon - Birthday | Kim Bora - House of Hummingbird ‡ Eom Seong-min - Default Bae Se-young - Extreme Job Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won - Parasite Jang Jae-hyun - Svaha: The Sixth Finger |
| Best Cinematography and Lighting | Best Editing |
| Kim Ji-yong, Jo Gyu-young - Swing Kids‡ Hong Kyung-pyo, Kim Chang-ho - Parasite Kim Yeong-ho, Hwang Sun-ok - The Battle: Roar to Victory Kim Tae-su - Svaha: The Sixth Finger Kim Il-yeon (C.G.K), Kim Min-jae - Exit | Nam Na-yeong - Swing Kids‡ Nam Na-yeong - Extreme Job Yang Jin-mo - Parasite Yang Jin-mo - The Battle: Roar to Victory Lee Gang-hui - Exit |
| Best Art Direction | Technical Award |
| Lee Ha-joon - Parasite‡ Lee Jong-gun - The Battle: Roar to Victory Seo Seong-gyeong - Svaha: The Sixth Finger Park Il-hyun - Swing Kids Bae Jun-su - Tune in for Love | Yun Jin-yul, Kwon Ji-hun (Stunts) - Exit‡ Kim Jin-sook (Make-up) - Metamorphosis Kim Min-soo, Ryu Seong-cheol (Martial Arts) - The Battle: Roar to Victory Son Seung-hyeon, Kim Shin-cheol (Visual Effects) - Svaha: The Sixth Finger Im Seung-hui, Gwon Yu-jin (Costumes) - Swing Kids |
| Best Music | Best Short Film |
| Kim Tae-seong - Svaha: The Sixth Finger‡ Jung Jae-il - Parasite Kim Jun-seok - Swing Kids Mowg - Exit Yeon Ri-mok - Tune in for Love | Milk (Director Jang Yoo-jin)‡ |

### Other awards

| Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film | Popular Star Award |
| Extreme Job | Lee Kwang-soo - Inseparable Bros |
| Extreme Job | Park Hyung-sik - Juror 8 |
| Extreme Job | Lee Hanee - Extreme Job |
| Extreme Job | Im Yoon-ah - Exit |

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Films |
| 11 | Parasite |
| 8 | Exit |
| 8 | Extreme Job |
| 8 | Swing Kids |
| 7 | Svaha: The Sixth Finger |
| 5 | House of Hummingbird |
| 5 | The Battle: Roar to Victory |
| 3 | Birthday |
| 3 | Default |
| 3 | Tune in for Love |
Films with multiple awards :
| Wins | Films |
| 5 | Parasite |
| 2 | Exit |
| 2 | Swing Kids |

## Special performances

| Artist | Performance | Ref. |
| Seventeen | "Hit", "Very Nice" | |