Grandmaster leads 8th AFA nominations
By Kevin Ma
Tue, 11 February 2014, 23:59 PM (HKT)
Awards News
Nominations for the 8th Asian Film Awards (27 Mar 2014) were announced in Hong Kong this afternoon.
Continuing its success this awards season, WONG Kar-wai 王家衛's The Grandmaster 一代宗師 is nominated in 11 out of 14 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
BONG Joon-ho 봉준호 | 奉俊昊's Snowpiercer 설국열차 was in distant second-place in recognition at the awards with five nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Production Designer and Best Costume Designer.
A total of 28 films from ten countries and regions are nominated this year from over a thousand eligible films. Hong Kong films have the most nominations with a total of 19 shared between The Grandmaster (11 nominations), Rigor Mortis 殭屍 (4 nominations), Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon 狄仁杰之神都龍王 (3 nominations) and The Way We Dance 狂舞派 (1 nomination).
Films from South Korea and Japan are tied at 14 nominations each. In addition to the 5 recognitions for Snowpiercer, the nominated South Korean films are Cold Eyes 감시자들 (4 nominations), The Attorney 변호인 (3 nominations), Mr. Go 미스터 고 (1 nomination) and The Face Reader 관상 (1 nomination).
The 14 nominations for films from Japan are shared between The Great Passage 舟を編む (3 nominations), Like Father, Like Son そして父になる (3 nominations), Why Don't You Play in Hell? 地獄でなぜ悪い (3 nominations), Tokyo Family 東京家族 (2 nominations), Backwater 共喰い (1 nomination) and The Ravine of Goodbye さよなら渓谷 (1 nomination).
After being organised by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited 香港國際電影節協會 for the past seven years, this year's award is being organised by the new Asian Film Awards Academy, a combined effort between the Hong Kong International Film Festival 香港國際電影節, the Busan International Film Festival 부산국제영화제 and the Tokyo International Film Festival 東京国際映画祭.
HKIFF's chairman Wilfred WONG 王英偉 serves as the Chairman of the AFAA committee, which also includes BIFF's LEE Yong-kwan 이용관 | 李庸觀 and TIFF's SHIINA Yasushi 椎名保.
Also for the first time this year, the award ceremony has been moved to a venue outside of Hong Kong, to a casino resort in neighbouring Macau. While the ceremony is traditionally held on the first day of the Hong Kong FilMart, this year's ceremony will be held on 27 Mar, the final day of this year's film market.
Director Peter CHAN 陳可辛 is serving as this year's jury president, with Donnie YEN 甄子丹 joining as a "celebrity jury" member. The two are joined by the Philippines' Ronald ARGUELLES, Indonesia's John BADALU, Japan's ISHIZAKA Kenji 石坂健治, France's Christian JEUNE, Singapore's Eric KHOO 邱金海, South Korea's Lee Yong-kwan, Thailand's Kong RITHDEE ก้อง ฤทธิ์ดี, Taiwan's WEN Tien-hsiang 聞天祥, as well as Hong Kong's Jacob WONG 王慶鏘 and Patricia CHENG 莊麗真.
"Each industry, although successful commercially, is becoming more and more localised, catering to the taste of local audiences. As a result there are fewer channels for crossover distribution outside local markets. I think AFA is not only important in its celebration of Asian film and filmmakers, but an event that can bring Asian films together," says Chan.
ASIAN FILM AWARDS – PARTIAL LIST OF NOMINEES
BEST FILM
The Grandmaster
The Great Passage
The Lunchbox
No Man's Land 無人區
Snowpiercer
Stray Dogs 郊遊
BEST DIRECTOR
Bong Joon-ho; Snowpiercer
Anthony CHEN 陳哲藝; Ilo Ilo 爸媽不在家
KORE-EDA Hirokazu 是枝裕和; Like Father, Like Son
TSAI Ming-liang 蔡明亮; Stray Dogs
Wong Kar-wai; The Grandmaster
BEST ACTOR
FUKUYAMA Masaharu 福山雅治; Like Father, Like Son
Irrfan KHAN; The Lunchbox
LEE Kang-sheng 李康生; Stray Dogs
Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai 梁朝偉; The Grandmaster
SONG Gang-ho 송강호 | 宋康昊; The Attorney
BEST ACTRESS
Eugene DOMINGO; Barber's Tales Mga kuwentong barbero
HAN Hyo-ju 한효주 | 韓孝珠; Cold Eyes
Nina PAW 鮑起靜; Rigor Mortis
MAKI Yoko 真木よう子; The Ravine of Goodbye
ZHANG Ziyi 章子怡; The Grandmaster
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark CHAO 趙又廷; So Young 致我們終將逝去的青春
HUANG Bo 黃渤; No Man's Land
JEONG U-seong 정우성 | 鄭雨成; Cold Eyes
Joe ODAGIRI オダギリジョー; The Great Passage
TSUMABUKI Satoshi 妻夫木聡; Tokyo Family
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AOI Yu 蒼井優; Tokyo Family
Mavis FAN 范曉萱; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? 明天記得愛上我
KIM Yeong-ae 김영애; The Attorney
NIKAIDO Fumi 二階堂ふみ; Why Don't You Play in Hell?
YEO Yann Yann 楊雁雁; Ilo Ilo
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ritesh BATRA; The Lunchbox
Bong Joon-ho, Kelly MASTERSON; Snowpiercer
LIU Qiang 劉強; So Young
WATANABE Kensaku 渡辺謙作; The Great Passage
Wong Kar-wai, ZOU Jingzhi 鄒靜之, XU Haofeng 徐浩峰; The Grandmaster
BEST NEWCOMER
BabyJohn CHOI 蔡瀚億; The Way We Dance
IM Shi-wan 임시완; The Attorney
Maggie JIANG 江疏影; So Young
KINO****A Misaki 木下美咲; Backwater
NINOMIYA Keita 二宮慶多; Like Father, Like Son
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