Er waren al aardig wat filmprijzen, maar in maart komt er nog eentje bij, meldt filmvakblad Variety: de Asian Film Awards. Deze prijzen worden in maart uitgereikt in Hong Kong, op de
openingsavond van het Hong Kong Festival (20 maart tot 6 april). Er zijn tien categorieën. De genomineerden werden maandag bekendgemaakt. Johnnie To, momenteel op het filmfestival van Rotterdam Filmmaker in Focus, is voor Exiled (foto) genomineerd voor zowel beste film als beste regisseur. Ook veel andere titels die in Rotterdam te zien zijn, zijn in die categorieën genomineerd; The Host bijvoorbeeld (beste film), Opera Jawa (beste film), Still Life (beste film, beste regisseur), Offside (beste regisseur), I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (beste regisseur), Syndromes and a Century (beste regisseur). Voor beste film zijn ook Curse of the Golden Flower en Love and Honor genomineerd.
Alle genomineerden op een rijtje:
FILM
"Curse of the Golden Flower" (Hong Kong/China)
"Exiled" (Hong Kong)
"The Host" (South Korea)
"Love and Honor" (Japan)
"Opera Jawa" (Indonesia/Austria)
"Still Life" (China)
DIRECTOR
Hong Sang-Soo "Woman on the Beach" (South Korea)
Jia Zhangke "Still Life" (China)
Jafar Panahi "Offside" (Iran)
Johnnie To "Exiled" (Hong Kong)
Tsai Ming-Liang "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone" (Taiwan/France/Austria) Apichatpong Weerasethakul "Syndromes and a Century" (Thailand/Austria/France)
ACTOR
Chang Chen "The Go Master" (China)
Jung Ji-Hoon (Rain) "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK" (South Korea)
Shahrukh Khan "Don" (India)
Andy Lau "A Battle of Wits" (Japan/Hong Kong/China/South Korea)
Song Kang-Ho "The Host" (South Korea)
Watanabe Ken "Memories of Tomorrow" (Japan)
ACTRESS
Gong Li "Curse of the Golden Flower" (Hong Kong/China)
Kim Hye-Soo "Tazza: The High Rollers" (South Korea)
Lim Soo-Jung "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK" (South Korea)
Miyazawa Rie "Hana" (Japan)
Nakatani Miki "Memories of Matsuko" (Japan)
Zhang Ziyi "The Banquet" (Hong Kong/China)
SCREENWRITER
Mani Haghighi "Men at Work" (Iran)
Hong Sang-Soo "Woman on the Beach" (South Korea)
Oishi Tetsuya and Kaneko Shusuke "Death Note: The Last Name" (Japan)
Sohn Jae-Gon "My Scary Girl" (South Korea)
Prabda Yoon "Invisible Waves" (Thailand/The Netherlands/South Korea/Hong Kong)
Zhang Cheng, Yue Xiaojun and Ning Hao "Crazy Stone" (Hong Kong/China)
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Kim Hyung-Goo "The Host" (South Korea)
Andrew Lau and Lai Yiu-Fai "Confession of Pain" (Hong Kong)
Liao Pen-Jung "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone" (Taiwan/France/Austria) Sayombhu Mukdeeprom "Syndromes and a Century" (Thailand/Austria/France)
Wang Yu "The Go Master" (China)
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Cho Keun-Hyun "Forbidden Quest" (South Korea)
Kuwajima Towako "Memories of Matsuko" (Japan)
Patrick Tam and Cyrus Ho "After This Our Exile" (Hong Kong)
Wada Emi "The Go Master" (China)
Tim Yip "The Banquet" (Hong Kong/China)
COMPOSER
Jeong Yong-Jin "Woman on the Beach" (South Korea)
Peter Kam "Isabella" (Hong Kong)
Lim Giong "Still Life" (China)
Rahayu Supanggah "Opera Jawa" (Indonesia/Austria)
Terashima Tamiya "Tales From Earthsea" (Japan)
EDITOR
Lee Chatametikool "Syndromes and a Century" (Thailand/Austria/France)
Kim Sun-Min "The Host" (South Korea)
Angie Lam "Dog Bite Dog" (Japan/Hong Kong)
Park Gok-Ji and Jeong Jin-Hee "A Dirty Carnival" (South Korea)
Patrick Tam "After This Our Exile" (Hong Kong)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Angela Barson and Chung Chi-Hang "Curse of the Golden Flower" (Hong Kong/China)
Digital Tetra Inc. "The Restless" (South Korea)
Ohya Tetsuo "The Sinking of Japan" (Japan)
The Orphanage "The Host" (South Korea)
Yanagawase Masahide "Memories of Matsuko" (Japan)
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