South Korean field workplace hit 12.12: The Day and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist lead the nominations for the 17th Asian Movie Awards, with six nods every together with greatest movie.
Additionally up for greatest movie is Prasanna Vithanage’s Paradise from Sri Lanka-India, Wim Wenders Good Days from Japan and Chinese language characteristic Snow Leopard by the late Pema Tseden.
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The winners might be introduced at a ceremony in Hong Kong on March 10 and might be determined by a jury led by cult Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Some 35 movies from 24 nations and areas have been shortlisted to compete for 16 awards at this yr’s AFAs.
Main the pack is Kim Sung-Soo’s historic motion drama 12.12: The Day, which proved the most important movie at South Korea’s field workplace in 2023 and has taken $93.8m from 12.6 million admissions thus far. Additionally main the contenders is Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, which premiered in competitors at Venice, the place it gained the 5 awards together with the grand jury prize, earlier than happening to win greatest movie on the BFI London Movie Pageant.
Securing 4 nominations was Snow Leopard, which gained greatest movie at Toyko Worldwide Movie Pageant following the demise of Tibetan-Chinese language filmmaker Pema Tseden final yr. He’s additionally nominated for greatest screenplay. Additionally receiving 4 nods was Vithanage’s Paradise, which premiered finally yr’s Busan, the place it gained the Kim Jiseok Award.
Additional a number of nominees included Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Monster, big-budget Hong Kong characteristic The Goldfinger and Japanese monster hit Godzilla Minus One.
The awards will happen the day earlier than the launch of Hong Kong Filmart, the most important movie market in Asia, which runs March 11-14.
Asian Movie Awards 2024 Nominations
Greatest Movie
12.12: The Day (S Kor)
Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)
Paradise (Sri Lanka-India)
Good Days (Japan)
Snow Leopard (China)
Greatest Director
Kim Sung-Soo, 12.12: The Day
Gu Xiaogang, Dwelling By The West Lake
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Evil Does Not Exist
Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Monster
Prasanna Vithanage, Paradise
Greatest Actor
Hwang Jung-Min, 12.12: The Day
Wu Kang-Ren, Abang Adik
Shen Teng, Full River Crimson
Koji Yakusho, Good Days
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, The Goldfinger
Greatest Actress
Jiang Qinqin, Dwelling By The West Lake
Jung Yu-Mi, Sleep
Zhou Dongyu, The Breaking Ice
Audrey Lin, Bother Woman
Kikuchi Rinko, Yoko
Greatest Supporting Actor
Park Hoon, 12.12: The Day
Jack Tan, Abang Adik
Shido Nakamura, Kubi
Park Jung-Min, Smugglers
Sean Wong, Time Nonetheless Turns The Pages
Greatest Supporting Actress
Hamabe Minami, Godzilla Minus One
Rachel Leung, In Broad Daylight
Mariko Tsutsui, Final Shadow At First Gentle
Go Min-Si, Smugglers
Wan Fang, Snow In Midsummer
Greatest New Director
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, Metropolis Of Wind
Pham Thien An, Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell
Dominic Sangma, Rapture
Amanda Nell Eu, Tiger Stripes
Nick Cheuk, Time Nonetheless Turns The Pages
Greatest Newcomer
Tergel Daring-Erdene, Metropolis Of Wind
Awat Ratanapintha, Doi Boy
Yoyo Tse, Fly Me To The Moon
Wang Yibo, Hidden Blade
Shirata Mihaya, Final Shadow At First Gentle
Greatest Screenplay
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Evil Does Not Exist
Sakamoto Yuji, Monster
Prasanna Vithanage, Anushka Senanayake, Paradise
Jason Yu, Sleep
Pema Tseden, Snow Leopard
Greatest Enhancing
Kim Sang-Bum, 12.12: The Day
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Azusa Yamazaki, Evil Does Not Exist
Matthieu Laclau, Solely The River Flows
Sreekar Prasad, Paradise
Nick Cheuk, Keith Chan Hiu Chun, Time Nonetheless Turns The Pages
Greatest Cinematography
Lee Mo-Gae, 12.12: The Day
Yoshio Kitagawa, Evil Does Not Exist
Chengma Zhiyuan, Solely The River Flows
Azamat Dulatov, Qas
Matthias Delvaux, Snow Leopard
Greatest Unique Music
Umebayashi Shigeru, Dwelling By The West Lake
Eiko Ishibashi, Evil Does Not Exist
Akmaral Mergen, Qas
Anon Ch Momin, Rapture
Lee Dong-June, Highway To Boston
Greatest Costume Design
Tim Yip, Creation Of The Gods I: Kingdom Of Storms
Kazuko Kurosawa, Kubi
Yoon Jung-Hee, Smugglers
Elaine Ng, Snow In Midsummer
Man Lim Chung, The Goldfinger
Greatest Manufacturing Design
Cho Hwa-Sung, Concrete Utopia
Keiko Mitsumatsu, Monster
Zhang Menglun, Solely The River Flows
Daktse Drundrup, Snow Leopard
Eric Lam, The Goldfinger
Greatest Visible Results
Eun Jae-Hyun, Concrete Utopia
Douglas Hans Smith, Creation Of The Gods I: Kingdom Of Storms
Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, Tatsuji Nojima, Godzilla Minus One
Jin Jong-Hyun, The Moon
Allen Wei, Ahdee Chiu, Ding Yanlai, Eric Xu, The Wandering Earth II
Greatest Sound
Kim Hyun-Sang, Concrete Utopia
Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan, Creation Of The Gods I: Kingdom Of Storms
Natsuko Inoue, Godzilla Minus One
Vuong Gia Bao, Xander Toh, Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell
Tu Duu-Chih, Wu Shu-Yao, Snow In Midsummer
