58th Baeksang Arts Awards

The 58th Baeksang Arts Awards (Korean: 제58회 백상예술대상) ceremony, organised by JoongAng Group, was held on May 6, 2022, at KINTEX, Ilsanseo-gu, Gyeonggi Province, beginning at 7:45 p.m. KST.^[1] The event was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Bae Suzy and Park Bo-gum and was broadcast live in South Korea by JTBC and internationally by TikTok.^[2] For the first time in two years, it was held with an on-site audience.^[3] The annual awards ceremony is one of South Korea's most prestigious award shows, recognizing excellence in film, television, and theatre.^[4]

58th Baeksang Arts Awards
Official poster
Date	May 6, 2022 (2022-05-06)
Site	KINTEX, Ilsanseo-gu, Gyeonggi Province
Hosted by	Shin Dong-yup Bae Suzy Park Bo-gum
Organised by	JoongAng Group
Highlights
Most wins	Film: Kingmaker (3) Escape from Mogadishu (3) Television: D.P. (3) Squid Game (3)
Most nominations	Film: Escape from Mogadishu (7) Television: Squid Game (8)
Grand Prize – Film	Ryoo Seung-wan (director) – Escape from Mogadishu
Grand Prize – TV	Squid Game
Website	Baeksang Arts Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	JTBC TikTok (international)
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The nominees were announced on April 11, 2022, via its official website.^[5] All works released between April 12, 2021, and March 31, 2022, were eligible for nominations.^{[note 1][6]} The final candidates for Grand Prize – Film were film Escape from Mogadishu and its director Ryoo Seung-wan.^[7]

The highest honors of the night, Grand Prize (Daesang), were awarded to director Ryoo Seung-wan of Escape from Mogadishu in the film division and drama Squid Game in the television division. Escape from Mogadishu and Kingmaker were the most winning films with three awards each, while D.P. and Squid Game also had the most wins of three in the television division. Lee Jun-ho and Kim Tae-ri became the most awarded individuals of the night; Lee won awards for Best Actor – Television and Most Popular Actor for The Red Sleeve while Kim won Best Actress – Television and Most Popular Actress for Twenty-Five Twenty-One.^[8]

Winners and nominees

• Winners will be listed first and emphasized in bold.^[9]
  • Nominees^[10][11]

Film

Grand Prize	Best Film
Ryoo Seung-wan (director) – Escape from Mogadishu Escape from Mogadishu	Escape from Mogadishu Kingmaker Miracle: Letters to the President Sewing Sisters Nothing Serious
Best Director	Best New Director
Byun Sung-hyun – Kingmaker Ryoo Seung-wan – Escape from Mogadishu Park Dong-hoon – In Our Prime Lee Jang-hoon – Miracle: Letters to the President Jeong Ga-young – Nothing Serious	Jo Eun-ji – Perhaps Love Kim Chang-ju – Hard Hit Namkoong Seon – Ten Months Pil Kam-sung – Hostage: Missing Celebrity Hong Sung-eun – Aloners
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sul Kyung-gu – Kingmaker as Kim Woon-beom Kim Yoon-seok – Escape from Mogadishu as Han Sin-seong Lee Sun-kyun – Kingmaker as Seo Chang-dae Jung Woo – Hot Blooded as Park Hee-so Choi Min-sik – In Our Prime as Lee Hak-sung	Lee Hye-young – In Front of Your Face as Sang-ok Go Doo-shim – Everglow as Jin-ok Park So-dam – Special Delivery as Jang Eun-ha Im Yoon-ah – Miracle: Letters to the President as Song Ra-hee Jeon Jong-seo – Nothing Serious as Ham Ja-young
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jo Woo-jin – Kingmaker as Director Lee Koo Kyo-hwan – Escape from Mogadishu as Tae Joon-ki Park Yong-woo – Spiritwalker as Director Park Sung Yoo-bin – Perhaps Love as Kim Sung-kyung Huh Joon-ho – Escape from Mogadishu as Rim Yong-su	Lee Soo-kyung – Miracle: Letters to the President as Jung Bo-kyung Kim So-jin – Escape from Mogadishu as Kim Myung-hee Kim Jae-hwa – Escape from Mogadishu as Jo Soo-jin Shim Dal-gi – Snowball as Ah-ram Oh Na-ra – Perhaps Love as Mi-ae
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Lee Hong-nae – Hot Blooded as Ah-mi Kim Dong-hwi – In Our Prime as Han Ji-woo Kim Jae-beom – Hostage: Missing Celebrity as Choi Ki-wan Moo Jin-sung – Perhaps Love as Yoo-jin Jung Jae-kwang – Not Out as Shin Gwang-ho	Lee Yoo-mi – Young Adult Matters as Yoon Se-jin Gong Seung-yeon – Aloners as Ji-na Bang Min-ah – Snowball as Kang-i Seohyun – Love and Leashes as Jung Ji-woo Choi Sung-eun – Ten Months as Choi Mi-rae
Best Screenplay	Technical Award
Jeong Ga-young, Wang Hye-ji – Nothing Serious Namkoong Sun – Ten Months Ryoo Seung-wan, Lee Gi-cheol – Escape from Mogadishu Byun Sung-Hyun, Kim Min-soo – Kingmaker Lee Yong-jae – In Our Prime	Choi Young-hwan (Cinematography) – Escape from Mogadishu Kang Jong-ik, Seo Byung-cheol (VFX) – The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure Cho Hyung-rae (Cinematography) – Kingmaker Choi Seong-gyeom (Stunt direction) – Special Cargo Han Ah-reum (Art direction) – Kingmaker

Films with multiple awards

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Films
3	Escape from Mogadishu
	Kingmaker

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Films
7	Escape from Mogadishu
6	Kingmaker
4	Miracle: Letters to the President
	Nothing Serious
	Perhaps Love
	In Our Prime
3	Ten Months
2	Special Cargo
	Hostage: Missing Celebrity
	Hot Blooded
	Aloners

Television

Grand Prize
Squid Game (drama) (Netflix)
Best Drama	Best Director
D.P. (Netflix) Twenty-Five, Twenty-One (tvN) Squid Game (Netflix) The Red Sleeve (MBC) Political Fever (Wavve)	Hwang Dong-hyuk – Squid Game Yoon Sung-ho – Political Fever Lee Na-jung – Mine Jung Ji-in – The Red Sleeve Han Jun-hee – D.P.
Best Entertainment Program	Best Educational Show
Street Woman Fighter (Mnet) Shooting Stars (SBS) Single's Inferno (Netflix) You Quiz on the Block (tvN) Transit Love (TVING)	Docu Insight: National Representative (KBS) Great Minds (EBS) Story of the Day When You Bite Your Tail season 3 (SBS) My Golden Kids (Channel A) Kiss the Universe (KBS)
Best Actor	Best Actress
Lee Jun-ho – The Red Sleeve as Yi San, King Jeongjo of Joseon Kim Nam-gil – Through the Darkness as Song Ha-young Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game as Seong Gi-hun Im Si-wan – Tracer as Hwang Dong-joo Jung Hae-in – D.P. as Ahn Jun-ho	Kim Tae-ri – Twenty-Five, Twenty-One as Na Hee-do Kim Hye-soo – Juvenile Justice as Shim Eun-seok Park Eun-bin – The King's Affection as Crown Prince Lee Hwi / Dam-yi / Yeon-seon Lee Se-young – The Red Sleeve as Seong Deok-im, Royal Noble Consort Uibin Seong Han So-hee – My Name as Yoon Ji-woo / Oh Hye-jin
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Cho Hyun-chul – D.P. as Cho Seok-bong Lee Deok-hwa – The Red Sleeve as King Yeongjo of Joseon Lee Hak-joo – Political Fever as Kim Soo-jin Lee Hyun-wook – Mine as Han Ji-yong Heo Sung-tae – Squid Game as Jang Deok-su	Kim Shin-rok – Hellbound as Park Jeong-ja Kang Mal-geum – Thirty-Nine as Cha Mi-hyun Kim Joo-ryoung – Squid Game as Han Mi-nyeo Ok Ja-yeon – Mine as Kang Ja-kyung Jang Hye-jin – The Red Sleeve as Court Lady Seo
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Koo Kyo-hwan – D.P. as Han Ho-yul Shin Seung-ho – D.P. as Hwang Jang-soo Yoo In-soo – All of Us Are Dead as Yoon Gwi-nam Choi Hyun-wook – Twenty-Five, Twenty-One as Moon Ji-woong Tang Jun-sang – Racket Boys as Yoon Hae-kang	Kim Hye-jun – Inspector Koo as K / Song Yi-kyung Lee Yeon – Juvenile Justice as Baek Seong-woo Lee Yoo-mi – All of Us Are Dead as Lee Na-yeon Jung Ho-yeon – Squid Game as Kang Sae-byeok Cho Yi-hyun – All of Us Are Dead as Choi Nam-ra
Best Male Variety Performer	Best Female Variety Performer
Lee Yong-jin Kim Gu-ra Moon Se-yoon Jo Se-ho Key	Joo Hyun-young Song Eun-i Lee Mi-joo Lee Eun-ji Hong Jin-kyung
Best Screenplay	Technical Award
Kim Min-seok – Juvenile Justice Kim Hong-ki, Park Nu-ri, Choi Sung-jin, Yoon Sung-ho – Political Fever Baek Mi-kyung – Mine Lee Na-eun – Our Beloved Summer Hwang Dong-hyuk – Squid Game	Jung Jae-il (Music) – Squid Game Kwon Tae-eun (Music) – King of Mask Singer, Sing Again season 2, Poongryu, Superband season 2 Kim Hwa-young (Cinematography) – The Red Sleeve Eom Young-shik, Kim Da-hee (Animation) – Yumi's Cells Chae Kyung-sun (Art direction) – Squid Game

Television programs with multiple awards

The following television programs received multiple awards:

Wins	Television programs
3	D.P.
	Squid Game

Television programs with multiple nominations

The following television programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Television programs
8	Squid Game
7	The Red Sleeve
5	D.P.
4	Juvenile Justice
	Mine
	Political Fever
3	All of Us Are Dead
	Twenty-Five Twenty-One

Theatre

Baeksang Play	Best Short Play
Jakdang Mock – Turkish March Extreme Hatangse – Theater Company Roadkill in the Theater – National Theater Company Fall II – Project Group Bar-Dabab Hongpyeong Gukjeon – Theatre 907	Kim Mi-ran (director) – This May Be a Failed Story Over the Crowd: Solving the Story – Pansoria Jit Nollae Box Lee Oh-jin (director and writer) – Call Time Lee Hong-do (producer) – Lee Hong-do's Autobiography (My Playwright Life) Han Hyeon-joo (producer) – House: House Sonata
Best Actor	Best Actress
Park Wan-gyu – Red Leaves Kwon Jeong-hoon – The Sun Kim Dong-hyun – A Man Typing a Typewriter Yoon Sang-hwa – The Good Monster Jung Kyung-ho – Angels in America	Hwang Sun-mi – Hongpyeong Gukjeon Kang Ji-eun – Leader Park Eun-kyung – The Time of Leaven Park Ji-young – This May Be a Failed Story Shin Yoon-ji – Hee-in Crazy for Youth Club

Special awards

The voting for the TikTok Popularity Award was held from 11:00 a.m. KST on 22 April to 6:00 p.m. KST on 29 April via TikTok.^[12][13]

Awards	Recipient
TikTok Popularity Award (Male)	Lee Jun-ho
TikTok Popularity Award (Female)	Kim Tae-ri

Presenters and performers

The following individuals and teams, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Presenter(s)	Award(s)	Ref.
Lee Do-hyun and Park Ju-hyun	Best New Actor – Television and Best New Actress – Television	[14]
Hong Kyung and Choi Jung-woon	Best New Actor – Film, Best New Actress – Film and Best New Director – Film
Park So-dam	Best Short Play
Choi Min-ho and Chae Soo-bin	TikTok Popularity Awards for Most Popular Actor and Most Popular Actress
Go Soo	Technical Award – Television and Technical Award – Film
Kang Ha-neul and Lee Yoo-young	Best Screenplay – Television and Best Screenplay – Film
Park Jeong-min and Kim Sun-young	Best Supporting Actor – Film and Best Supporting Actress – Film
Oh Jeong-se and Yeom Hye-ran	Best Supporting Actor – Television and Best Supporting Actress – Television
Cha Eun-woo and Lee Da-hee	Best Entertainment Program and Best Educational Show
Kim Woo-bin and Lee Kwang-soo	Best Director – Television and Best Director – Film
Lee Seung-gi and Jang Do-yeon	Best Male Variety Performer and Best Female Variety Performer
Choi Soon-jin and Lee Bong-ryun	Best Actor – Theatre and Best Actress – Theatre
Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo	Best Actor – Film and Best Actress – Film
Shin Ha-kyun and Kim So-yeon	Best Actor – Television and Best Actress – Television
Moon So-ri	Baeksang Play Award
Yum Jung-ah	Best Drama and Best Film
Lee Joon-ik	Grand Prize – Film
Hong Jeong-do (Vice Chairman of JoongAng Ilbo JTBC) and Yoo Jae-suk	Grand Prize – Television

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed	Ref.
Hot Singers team	Performers	"This Is Me"	[15]

Notes

1. At least four episodes of a series online or offline needed to have been available by March 31, or else one-third of the entire series.