30th Buil Film Awards

The 30th Buil Film Awards (Korean: 제30회 부일영화상) ceremony is hosted by the Busan-based daily newspaper Busan Ilbo. It was held on October 7, 2021, at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO Auditorium) in Busan.^[1] In addition to theater-released films, this year's nominations included Over-the-top (OTT) films such as the Netflix films The Call and Night in Paradise for the first time.^[2]

30th Buil Film Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Awarded by	Busan Ilbo
Presented by	Hwaseung Group
Announced on	Nominations: August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25)
Presented on	October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07)
Site	Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, Haeundae-gu, Busan
Official website	2021 Buil Film Awards
Highlights
Best Film	Escape from Mogadishu
Buil Star of the Year Award	Jo In-sung (male) Esom (female)
Best Direction	Lee Joon-ik The Book of Fish
Best Actor	Yoo Ah-in Voice of Silence
Best Actress	Jeon Jong-seo The Call
Best Supporting Actor	Huh Joon-ho Escape from Mogadishu
Best Supporting Actress	Kim Sun-young Three Sisters
Most awards	6 Escape from Mogadishu
Most nominations	10 Escape from Mogadishu
Television coverage
Network	MBC Naver TV
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Judging panel

The judging panel consisted of 9 members:

• Kang Nae-young: professor of Theater and Film Art at Kyungsung University
• Kim Sang-hoon: director of culture at Busan Ilbo
• Nam Dong-chul: program director of Busan International Film Festival
• Oh Dong-jin: organizing director of Wildflower Film Awards
• Yu Gina: film critic, professor of Film and Digital Media at Dongguk University
• Yoon Shin-ae: CEO of Studio 329 (produced Netflix series Extracurricular)
• Lee Moo-young: film director, professor of Film and Video at Dongseo University
• Jeon Chan-il: film critic, chairman of the Korean Cultural Content Critics Association
• Jeong Min-ah: film critic, professor of Theatre and Film at Sungkyul University

Awards and nominations

Complete list of nominees:^[3][4][5]
Winners:^[6][7][8][9]

Best Film	Best Director
Escape from Mogadishu The Book of Fish Moving On Introduction Voice of Silence	Lee Joon-ik – The Book of Fish Ryoo Seung-wan – Escape from Mogadishu Yoon Dan-bi – Moving On Lee Seung-won – Three Sisters Hong Eui-jeong – Voice of Silence
Best Actor	Best Actress
Yoo Ah-in – Voice of Silence as Tae-in Uhm Tae-goo – Night in Paradise as Park Tae-goo Kim Yoon-seok – Escape from Mogadishu as Han Shin-seong Sul Kyung-gu – The Book of Fish as Jeong Yak-jeon Byun Yo-han – The Book of Fish as Jang Chang-dae	Jeon Jong-seo – The Call as Oh Young-sook Ye Soo-jung - An Old Lady as Shim Hyo-jeong Jeon Yeo-been – Night in Paradise as Kim Jae-yeon Go Ah-sung – Samjin Company English Class as Lee Ja-young Moon So-ri – Three Sisters as Mi-yeon
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Huh Joon-ho – Escape from Mogadishu as Rim Yong-su Cha Seung-won – Night in Paradise as Ma Sang-gil Koo Kyo-hwan – Escape from Mogadishu as Tae Joon-ki Yoo Jae-myung – Voice of Silence as Chang-bok Jo Woo-jin – The Book of Fish as Byeoljang	Kim Sun-young – Three Sisters as Hee-sook Lee Jae-in – Hard Hit as Lee Hye-in Yeom Hye-ran – Black Light as Yeong-nam Esom – Samjin Company English Class as Jung Yoo-na Lee Jung-eun – The Book of Fish as Gageodaek
Best New Director	Best Screenplay
Hong Eui-jeong – Voice of Silence Kim Duk-joong – The Education Yoon Dan-bi – Moving On Lee Chung-hyun – The Call Lim Seon-ae – An Old Lady	Lee Gi-cheol, Ryoo Seung-wan – Escape from Mogadishu Kim Se-gyeom – The Book of Fish Lee Seung-won – Three Sisters Lim Seon-ae – An Old Lady Hong Soo-young, Son Mi – Samjin Company English Class
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Ha Jun – Festival as Kim Kyeong-man Kim Jun-hyung – The Education as Hyun-mok Park Seung-joon – Moving On as Dong-joo Shin Seok-ho – Introduction as Young-ho Hong Kyung –A Distant Place as Hyun-min	Lee Yoo-mi – Young Adult Matters as Se-jin Moon Hye-in – The Education as Seong-hee Ahn Hee-yeon – Young Adult Matters as Joo-young Lim Sung-mi – Fighter as Jin-ah Choi Jung-woon – Moving On as Ok-joo
Best Cinematography	Best Music
Choi Young-hwan - Escape from Mogadishu Kim Young-ho - Night in Paradise Park Jung-hoon - Voice of Silence Byun Bong-sun - Space Sweepers Lee Eui-tae - The Book of Fish	Bang Jun-seok - Escape from Mogadishu Mowg - Night in Paradise Dalpalan – Samjin Company English Class Jang Hyuk-jin, Jang Yong-jin - Voice of Silence Kim Tae-seong - Space Sweepers
Art/Technical Award	Popular Star Award
Jeong Seong-jin, Jeong Chol-min (VFX) - Space Sweepers Kim Bo-mook (Production design) - Escape from Mogadishu Yoon Dae-won (Martial arts) - Escape from Mogadishu Bae Jeong-yoon (Production design) – Samjin Company English Class Lee Jae-Sung (Production design) - The Book of Fish	Jo In-sung - Escape from Mogadishu Esom - Samjin Company English Class
Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award
Chun-yeon Lee

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Films
10	Escape from Mogadishu
9	The Book of Fish
7	Voice of Silence
5	Night in Paradise
	Moving On
	Samjin Company English Class
4	Three Sisters
3	The Education
	An Old Lady
	Space Sweepers
2	Introduction
	The Call
	Young Adult Matters