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The Baeksang Arts Awards is one of the most highly-anticipated award-giving bodies in South Korea, which recognizes achievements in television, film, and theater.

This year marks the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards, with a ceremony held without an audience at the KINTEX Hall in Ilsan. Korean comedian Shin Dong-yeop and actress singer Suzy Bae were the event's hosts for the fourth consecutive year.

Some of the major winners were for the movie The Book of Fish which took home the award for Best Film. Beyond Evil won Best Drama and Best Screenplay, with its actor Shin Ha-kyun winning Best Actor for TV and Kim So-yeon of The Penthouse for Best Actress for TV.

For the film category, Yoo Ah-in won Best Actor for Voice of Silence and Jeon Jong-seo won Best Actress for The Call.

Lee Do-hyun and Park Joo-hyun won the Best New Actor and Best New Actress for television, while Kim Seon-ho and Seo Ye-ji won the TikTok Popularity Award.

🏆 Congratulations to Lee Do Hyun ('18 Again') and Park Joo Hyun ('Extracurricular') for winning Best New Actor and Best New Actress (TV category) today at the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards! 🎉

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-- The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) May 13, 2021

Here's the list of the winners:

Television
Grand Prize: Yoo Jae Suk
Best Drama: Beyond Evil
Best Variety Show: How Do You Play?
Best Educational Show: Archive Project - Modern Korea 2
Best Director: Kim Chul Gyu (Flower of Evil)
Best Actor: Shin Ha Kyun (Beyond Evil)
Best Actress: Kim So Yeon (The Penthouse)
Best Supporting Actor: Oh Jung Se (It's Okay to Not Be Okay)
Best Supporting Actress: Yeom Hye Ran (The Uncanny Counter)
Best New Actor: Lee Do Hyun (18 Again)
Best New Actress: Park Ju Hyun (Extracurricular)
Best Male Entertainer: Lee Seung Gi
Best Female Entertainer: Jang Do Yeon
Best Screenplay: “Beyond Evil” (Kim Soo Jin)
Best Art Direction: It's Okay to Not Be Okay (Cho Sang Kyung)
TikTok Popularity Award: Kim Seon Ho (Start-Up), Seo Ye Ji (It's Okay to Not Be Okay)

Film
Grand Prize: The Book of Fish
Best Film: Samjin Company English Class
Best Director: Hong Eui Jeong (Voice of Silence)
Best Actor: Yoo Ah In (Voice of Silence)
Best Actress: Jeon Jong Seo (The Call)
Best Supporting Actor: Park Jung Min (Deliver Us from Evil)
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Sun Young (Three Sisters)
Best New Actor: Hong Kyung (Innocence)
Best New Actress: Choi Jung Woon (Moving On)
Best New Director: Yoon Dan Bi (Moving On)
Best Screenplay: The Day I Died: Unclosed Case (Park Ji Wan)
Best Art Direction: Space Sweepers (Jung Sung Jin and Jung Chul Min)

Theater
Baeksang Play Award: We Are (Not a Joke) literal translation
Best Actor: Choi Soon Jin: We Are (Not a Joke)
Best Actress: Lee Bong Ryeon (Hamlet)