40th Blue Dragon Film Awards

South Korean film awards by Sports Chosun

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.^[1]^[2]

Nominations and winners

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[3]^[4]^[5]^[2]

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 Sol 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-hoo - 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
	Park Hyung-sik - Juror 8
	Lee Hanee - Extreme Job
	Im Yoon-ah - Exit

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Films
5	Parasite
2	Exit
2	Swing Kids

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

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

Special performances

Artist	Performance	Ref.
Seventeen	"Hit", "Very Nice"	^[6]^[7]

References

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^ "'Parasite' sweeps Blue Dragon Awards with five trophies". Yonhap News. November 21, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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