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Jo In-sung's 'Escape from Mogadishu' wins Best Picture at 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards

Published Nov 27, 2021 11:34 am

“Escape from Mogadishu,” starring Jo In-sung and Kim Yoon-seok, won Best Picture and Best Director at the 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards held on Nov. 26 at the KBS Hall in Seoul.

During the ceremony, “Escape from Mogadishu” won six awards: Best Picture, Best Director for Ryu Seung-wan, Best Supporting Actor for Heo Joon-ho, Best Art Direction for Kim Bo-mook, Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film and Popularity Award for Koo Kyo-hwan.

(Clockwise from top left) "Escape from Mogadishu," Best Actor Sol Kyung-gu, Best Actress Moon So-ri, Best Supporting Actor Heo Joon-ho, Best Supporting Actress Kim Sun-young, Best New Actor Jung Jae-kwang and Best New Actress (Photos courtesy of organizer Sports Chosun https://sportschosun.com/)

For Best Picture, “Escape from Mogadishu” edged out “Hostage: Missing Celebrity, “The Book of Fish,” “The Day I Died: Unclosed Case” and “Space Sweepers.”

“Escape from Mogadishu” tells the story of personnel of the South and North Korean embassies escaping Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. In 1991, a civil war broke out in Mogadishu. The South Korean embassy’s staff and their families became isolated. One night, a group from the North Korean embassy knocks on their door asking for help. Their goal is to escape Mogadishu.

It is currently the No. 1 film in South Korea this year, selling 3.61 million tickets and grossing $28.88 million at the box office, based on data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).

The Best Actor award went to Sol Kyung-gu of “The Book of Fish” while Moon So-ri won Best Actress for “Three Sisters.”

The 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was organized by Korean media outlet Sports Chosun.

Here are the list of winners:

Best Picture - “Escape from Mogadishu”

Best Director - Ryu Seung-wan, “Escape from Mogadishu”

Best New Director - Park Ji-wan, “The Day I Died: Unclosed Case”)

Best Actor - Sol Kyung-gu, “The Book of Fish”

Best Actress - Moon So-ri, “Three Sisters”

Best Supporting Actor - Heo Joon-ho, “Escape from Mogadishu”

Best Supporting Actress - Kim Sun-young, “Three Sisters”

Best New Actor - Jung Jae-kwang, “Not Out”

Best New Actress - Gong Seung-yeon, “Aloners”

Best Screenplay - Kim Se-kyum, “The Book of Fish”

Best Cinematography and Lighting - Lee Eui-tae, Yoo Hyuk-joon, “The Book of Fish”

Best Editing - Kim Jung-hoon, “The Book of Fish”

Best Music - Bang Joon-suk, “The Book of Fish”

Best Art Direction - Kim Bo-mook, “Escape from Mogadishu”

Technical Award - Jung Sung-jin, Jung Chul-min, “Space Sweepers”

Best Short Film - Choi Min-young, “Motorcycle and Hamburger”

Popular Star Award - Song Joong-ki, Koo Kyo-hwan, YoonA, Jeon Yeo-bin

Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film - “Escape from Mogadishu”

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