# Chunsa Film Art Awards 2021

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.
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. 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.
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.

## 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.
Winners are in bold
| 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 Sul 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 |
| 4 | Lucky Chan-sil |
| 4 | Samjin Company English Class |
| 3 | Steel Rain 2: Summit |
| 3 | Space Sweepers |
| 3 | The Book of Fish |
| 3 | Voice of Silence |
| 3 | Three Sisters |
| 2 | An Old Lady |
| 2 | The Call |
| 2 | Me and Me |
| 2 | The Day I Died: Unclosed Case |
| 2 | Innocence |
| 2 | The Singer |
| 2 | Beasts Clawing at Straws |