Synopsis
The 56th Baeksang Arts Awards ceremony was held on June 5, 2020 at KINTEX, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. The event did not invite an audience to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Bae Suzy and Park Bo-gum for the third consecutive year Nominees were announced on May 8, 2020.Parasite, which received the most nominations, was nominated in all film-related categories except for Best New Director for which the film does not qualify. It is the first time that Netflix has been nominated for the Baeksang Arts Awards, with the film Time to Hunt and the series Kingdom. The highest honors of the night, Grand Prize (Daesang), were given to director Bong Joon-ho in the film category and drama series When the Camellia Blooms in the television category.