Nandu News Reporter Liu Yifan On January 12, the 17th Asian Film Awards held a press conference to announce the shortlist.
shortlist announcement press conference.
This year’s Asian Film Awards covers 35 films of different types from 24 countries or regions, and will compete for 16 film awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best New Director, Best New Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects and best sound. In addition, special awards to be awarded at this year's Asian Film Awards include: Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding Asian Filmmaker Award, AFA New Generation Award, Asian Leap Actor Award, etc.
Screenshot of the social account of the Asian Film Awards.
Many familiar figures appeared on the shortlist of this year's Asian Film Awards. For example, Gu Xiaogang, who directed "The World of Grass and Trees", was shortlisted for Best Director, and Shen Teng, the star of "River Red", was nominated for Best Actor. "The World of Grass and Trees" Jiang Qinqin, the leading actor, and Zhou Dongyu, the star of "Burning Winter", were both nominated for Best Actress, and Wang Yibo, the star of "Unknown", was nominated for "Best New Actor".
The Korean film "Seoul Spring" and Japanese director Hamaguchi Ryusuke's new film "Evil Does Not Exist" received six nominations; "Snow Leopard" directed by the late Tibetan director Wanma Tseten and Sri Lankan director Puran Sanawita Naki's "Blessed Land" received four nominations each.
Last year, Tony Leung won the Best Actor and Outstanding Contribution to Asian Film Awards for "When the Wind Rises Again".
Hong Kong film masterpieces "Goldfinger" and "Diary of a Boy" were each nominated for three awards: "Goldfinger" was nominated for Best Actor, Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction; "Diary of a Boy" was nominated for Best Supporting Actor , Best New Director and Best Editing. Among them, "Goldfinger" actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai is nominated for Best Actor. He is expected to win the award for two consecutive years after winning the Best Actor for "The Wind Rises Again" last year.
The main visual of this Asian Film Awards.
The 17th Asian Film Awards Ceremony will be held on March 10, with the theme "together we tell story", which means that we hope to continue to unite filmmakers from all over Asia on the platform of the Asian Film Awards, and through everyone's different experiences, Tell different stories through movies.
17th Asian Film Awards Shortlist
Best Film
"Seoul Spring"
"Evil Does Not Exist"
"Blessed Land"
"Perfect Days"
"Snow Leopard"
Best Director
Kim Sung-soo "Seoul Spring" 》
Gu Xiaogang "The World of Grass and Trees"
Hamaguchi Ryusuke "Evil Does Not Exist"
Kore-eda Hirokazu "Monster"
Pran Shanna Vitanaki "Blessed Land"
Best Actor
Huang Zhengmin "Seoul Spring"
Wu Kangren "Rich" Urban Youth"
Shen Teng "Man Jiang Hong"
Yakusho Koji "Perfect Days"
Tony Leung "Goldfinger"
Best Actress
Jiang Qinqin "The World of Grass and Trees"
Zheng Youmei "Sleep"
Zhou Dongyu "Burning Winter"
Lin Pintong "Little Akatsuki"
Rinko Kikuchi "658 Kilometers, Yoko's Journey"
Best Supporting Actor
Park Hoon "Spring in Seoul"
Chen Zeyao "Fudu Youth"
Nakamura Shido "First"
Park Jung-min "Smuggling"
Huang Zile "Youth" Diary"
Best Supporting Actress
Minami Hamabe "Godzilla-1.0"
Liang Yongting "Under the Day"
Mariko Tsutsui "The Last Shadow of Dawn"
Minshi Ko "Smuggling"
Wan Fang "Snow in May"
Best New Director
Rava Durhamprev-Ochier "City of Wind"
Fan Tianan "Golden Cocoon"
Dominic Sangma "Summer"
Yu Xiushan "Tiger Stripe Girl"
Zhuo Yiqian "Diary of a Young Man"
Best New Actor
Teregler Baole Erdeni "City of Winds"
Avalatana Pinta "The Lost Boy"
Xie Yongxin "May People Live Longer"
Wang Yibo " Unnamed"
Shirata Dibaye "The Last Shadow of the Dawn"
Best Screenplay
Hamaguchi Ryusuke "Evil Does Not Exist"
Sakamoto Yuji "Monster"
Plansan Vitanaki, anushka senanayake "Blessed Land"
Yoo Jae-sun "Sleep"
Wanma Tseden "Snow Leopard"
Best Editing
Kim Jae-bum "Seoul Spring"
Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Yamazaki Azusa "Evil Does Not Exist"
Matthew Laclau "The Mistake by the River"
a. sreekar prasad "Blessed Land"
Zhuo Yiqian, Chen Xiaojin "Diary of a Youth"
Best Photography
Lee Maokai "Seoul Spring"
Kitagawa Kixiong "Evil Does Not Exist"
Cheng Ma Zhiyuan "Mistakes by the River"
azamat dulatov "Running Away" 》
Matthias Delph "Snow Leopard"
Best Original Music
Ume Lin Shigeru "The World of Grass and Trees"
Eiko Ishibashi "Evil Does Not Exist"
akmaral mergen "Run Away"
anon ch momin "Summer Chan"
lee dong-june " 1947 Boston》
Best Design Design
Yip Jintian "Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Fengyun"
Kurosawa Kazuko "First"
yoon jung-hee "Smuggling"
Huang Juqing "May Snow"
Wen Nianzhong "Goldfinger" 》
Best Art Direction
Cao Hecheng "Concrete Utopia"
Keiko Misatsu "Monster"
Zhang Menglun "The Mistake by the River"
Dou Ze Dongzhu "Snow Leopard"
Lin Ziqiao "Goldfinger"
Best Visual Effects
eun jae-hyun "Concrete Utopia"
Douglas Hans Smith "Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Fengyun"
Yamazaki Takashi, Shibuya Kieko, Takahashi Masaki, Nojima Tatsuji "Godzilla-1.0"
Chen Jonghyun "Moon"
Wei Ming, Zhao Haoqiang, Ding Yanlai, Xu Jian "The Wandering Earth 2"
Best Sound
Kim hyun-sang "Concrete Utopia"
Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan "Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Fengyun"
Inoue Natsuko " Godzilla-1.0》
vuong gia bao, xander toh《Golden Cocoon Room》
Du Duzhi, Wu Shuyao《May Snow》