Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Asian Film Awards - nominations


The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society announced the nominations today for the 6th Annual Asian Film Awards. Tsui Hark's 3-D Martial Arts extravaganza 龍門飛甲 (The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate) picked up seven nominations to lead the field. It's nods include Best Film, Director, Actor (Chen Kun) and Supporting Actress (Gwei Lun-mei).

The Christian Bale vehicle 金陵十三釵 (The Flowers of War) and Taiwanese historical epic 賽德克·巴萊 (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale) each picked up six nominations. Each was also nominated for Best Film and Director.

The gripping Iranian drama Nader and Simin, A Separation by Asghar Farhadi picked up five nominations. It too was nominated for Best Film and Director as well as Actress (Leila Hatami). Japan's Postcard and India's You Don’t Get Life a Second Time round out the Best Film category.

The AFAs will also present several special awards: the Lifetime Achievement Award (to be presented to Hong Kong director Ann Hui On-wah), the Edward Yang New Talent Award and the Award for 2011's Top-Grossing Asian Film. They will also present People's Choice Awards for Best Actor and Actress.

This year's jury president will be Eric Khoo from Singapore. This is the first time the Jury President is not part of the Hong Kong film industry. Previous Jury Presidents include actress Michelle Yeoh, actor Tony Leung Ka-fai and director Yonfan.

The 6th Annual Asian Film Awards presentation ceremony will be held at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Grand Hall on 19 March 2012.

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Complete list of nominations for the 6th Asian Film Awards

Best Film
Nader and Simin, A Separation, (Iran)
Postcard, (Japan)
金陵十三釵 (The Flowers of War), (Mainland China)
龍門飛甲 (The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate), (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
賽德克·巴萊 (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale), (Taiwan)
You Don’t Get Life a Second Time, (India)

Best Director
Asghar Farhadi, Nader and Simin, A Separation
Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Lovely Man
園子溫 (Sono Sion), 戀之罪 (Guilty of Romance)
徐克 (Tsui Hark), 龍門飛甲 (The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
魏德聖 (Wei Te-sheng), 賽德克·巴萊 (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale)
張藝謀 (Zhang Yimou), 金陵十三釵 (The Flowers of War)

Best Actor
陳坤 (Chen Kun), 龍門飛甲 (The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
Donny Damara, Lovely Man
劉德華 (Andy Lau), 桃姐 (A Simple Life)
Park Hae Il, War of the Arrows
役所廣司 (Yakusho Koji), Chronicle of My Mother

Best Actress
Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture
陳妍希 (Michelle Chen), 那些年,我們一起追的女孩 (You Are the Apple of My Eye)
Eugene Domingo, The Woman in the Septic Tank
Leila Hatami, Nader and Simin, A Separation
葉德嫻 (Deanie Ip), 桃姐 (A Simple Life)

Best Newcomer
柯震東 (Ko Chen-tung), 那些年,我們一起追的女孩 (You Are the Apple of My Eye)
林暉閔 (Eric Lin Hui-min), 星空 (Starry Starry Night)
前田旺志郎 (Maeda Ohshiro), 奇跡 (I Wish)
倪妮 (Ni Ni), 金陵十三釵 (The Flowers of War)
Gita Novalista, 鏡子不說謊 (The Mirror Never Lies)

Best Supporting Actor
馬志翔 (Umin Boya), 賽德克·巴萊 (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale)
柯宇綸 (Lawrence Ko), 翻滾吧!阿信 (Jump! Ashin)
Lee Je-hoon, 高地戰 (The Front Line)
Mario Maurer, The Outrage

Best Supporting Actress
Shamaine Buencamino, Niño
桂綸鎂 (Gwei Lun-mei), 龍門飛甲 (The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
Cris Horwang, Headshot
滿島光 (Mitsushima Hikari), 一命 (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
閆妮 (Yan Ni), 我十一 (11 Flowers)

Best Screenwriter
Asghar Farhadi, Nader and Simin, A Separation
新藤兼人 (Shindô Kaneto), Postcard
劉恆 (Liu Heng), 嚴歌苓 (Yan Geling), 金陵十三釵 (The Flowers of War)
麥兆輝 (Alan Mak), 莊文強 (Felix Chong), 竊聽風雲2 Overheard 2)
Chris Martinez, The Woman in the Septic Tank

Best Cinematographer
秦鼎昌 (Chin Ting-chang), 賽德克·巴萊 (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale)
Vishvajith Karunarathna, Flying Fish
Kim Woo-hyung, 高地戰 (The Front Line)
Jake Pollock, 黎耀輝 (Lai Yiu-fai) (HKSC), 武俠 (Wu Xia)
Rahmat Syaiful, 鏡子不說謊 (The Mirror Never Lies)

Best Production Designer
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji, You Don’t Get Life a Second Time
Ryu Seong-hee, 高地戰 (The Front Line)
種田陽平 (Taneda Yohei), 賽德克·巴萊 (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale)
奚仲文 (Yee Chung-man), 劉敏雄 (Ben Lau), 龍門飛甲 (The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
奚仲文 (Yee Chung-man), 孫立 (Sun Li), 武俠 (Wu Xia)

Best Composer
陳光榮 (Chan Kwong-wing), 金培達 (Peter Kam), Chatchai Pongprapaphan, 武俠 (Wu Xia)
陳其鋼 (Chen Qigang), 金陵十三釵 (The Flowers of War)
何國杰 (Ricky Ho), 賽德克·巴萊 (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, A.R. Rahman, Neeraj Shridhar, Rockstar
坂本龍一 (Sakamoto Ryuichi), 一命 (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)

Best Editor
彭正熙 (Curran Pang), 竊聽風雲2 Overheard 2)
Nelly Quettier, 我十一 (11 Flowers)
Hayedeh Safiyari, Nader and Simin, A Separation
Anand Subaya, You Don’t Get Life a Second Time
鄧文滔 (Tang Man-to), 鴻門宴 (White Vengeance)

Best Visual Effects
Ritesh Aggarwal, Ra. One
Kamiya Makoto, 殺戮都市 (Gantz)
Wook Kim, Josh Cole, 鍾智行 (Frankie Chung), 龍門飛甲 (The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
肖洋 (Xiao Yang), 常松 (Chang Song), 老A (A Law), 李明雄 (Li Ming-hsung), 李金輝 (Li Jin-hui), 星空 (Starry Starry Night)
翁國賢 (Yung Kwok-yin), 姜鍾翊 (Andy Kang), 武俠 (Wu Xia)

Best Costume Designer
Amano Kyoko, Emura Kouichi, 愛瘋三次元 (Milocrorze: A Love Story)
張叔平 (William Chang Suk-ping), 金陵十三釵 (The Flowers of War)
莫均傑 (Mok Kwan-kit), 黃明霞 (Wong Ming-ha), 鴻門宴 (White Vengeance)
Noppadol Techo, The Outrage
奚仲文 (Yee Chung-man), 龍門飛甲 (The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)

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