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Korea’s ‘12.12: The Day,’ Japan’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ lead nominations at 17th Asian Film Awards

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<p>The Asian Film Awards had announced its nominees for the 17th edition of the ceremony.</p><p>Korea&#x27;s 12.12: The Day and Japan&#x27;s Evil Does Not Exist were the most nominated with six nominations including Best Film.</p><p>Among the Best Actor nominees include Hwang Jung-min of 12.12: The Day, Wu Kang-Ren of Abang Adik, Shen Teng of Full River Red, Yakusho Koji of Perfect Days, and Tong Leung Chiu Wai of The Goldfinger.</p><p>Meanwhile, Best Actress nominees include Jiang Qinqin of Dwelling by the West Lake, Jung Yu-mi of Sleep, Zhou Dongyu of The Breaking Ice, Audrey Lin of Trouble Girl, and Rinko Kikuchi of YOKO.</p><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C1_bbL-p6Po/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A2886455.300000012%2C%22ls%22%3A2864061.100000024%2C%22le%22%3A2864064%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 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Asia is a treasure trove of films. I believe this comes from the rich diversity that exists among the various realities, stories, and people of this region,&quot; Kurosawa said as reported by Deadline.</p><p>He added: &quot;I look forward to discovering the richness of the totally unique films that no one has seen before at this year’s Asian Film Awards.&quot;</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C1_7q2cp02X/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2864478.100000024%2C%22ls%22%3A2864061.100000024%2C%22le%22%3A2864064%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="566" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>The Asian Film Awards, held every year by the Asian Film Awards Academy, honor outstanding achievements of film professionals in Asian cinema.</p><p>This year&#x27;s Asian Film Awards will be held on March 10 at the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/12/15/newjeans-stray-kids-seventeen-s-bss-take-home-aaa-2023-grand-prize-awards-1230" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: NewJeans, Stray Kids, SEVENTEEN’s BSS take home AAA 2023 Grand Prize Awards</u></strong></a></div><div><br/></div><p>See the full list of nominees below:</p><div><strong>Best Film</strong></div><p>12.12: The Day (South Korea)</p><p>Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)</p><p>Paradise (Sri Lanka, India)</p><p>Perfect Days (Japan)</p><p>Snow Leopard (Mainland China)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Director</strong></div><p>KIM Sung-soo | 12.12: The Day (South Korea)</p><p>GU Xiaogang | Dwelling by the West Lake (Mainland China)</p><p>HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke | Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)</p><p>KORE-EDA Hirokazu | Monster (Japan)</p><p>Prasanna VITHANAGE | Paradise (Sri Lanka, India)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Actor</strong></div><p>HWANG Jung-min | 12.12: The Day (South Korea)</p><p>WU Kang-Ren | Abang Adik (Malaysia)</p><p>SHEN Teng | Full River Red (Mainland China)</p><p>YAKUSHO Koji | Perfect Days (Japan)</p><p>Tony LEUNG Chiu Wai | The Goldfinger (Hong Kong, Mainland China)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Actress</strong></div><p>JIANG Qinqin | Dwelling by the West Lake (Mainland China)</p><p>JUNG Yu-mi | Sleep (South Korea)</p><p>ZHOU Dongyu | The Breaking Ice (Mainland China, Singapore)</p><p>Audrey LIN | Trouble Girl (Taiwan)</p><p>KIKUCHI Rinko | YOKO (Japan)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Supporting Actor</strong></div><p>PARK Hoon | 12.12: The Day (South Korea)</p><p>Jack TAN | Abang Adik (Malaysia)</p><p>NAKAMURA Shido | KUBI (Japan)</p><p>PARK Jung-min | Smugglers (South Korea)</p><p>Sean WONG | Time Still Turns the Pages (Hong Kong)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Supporting Actress</strong></div><p>HAMABE Minami | Godzilla Minus One (Japan)</p><p>Rachel LEUNG | In Broad Daylight (Hong Kong)</p><p>TSUTSUI Mariko | Last Shadow at First Light (Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, The Philippines, Indonesia)</p><p>GO Min-si | Smugglers (South Korea)</p><p>WAN Fang | Snow in Midsummer (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best New Director</strong></div><p>Lkhagvadulam PUREV-OCHIR | City of Wind (France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar, Germany)</p><p>PHAM THIEN An | Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain)</p><p>Dominic SANGMA | Rapture (India, Mainland China, Switzerland, Qatar, Netherlands)</p><p>Amanda Nell EU | Tiger Stripes (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar)</p><p>Nick CHEUK | Time Still Turns the Pages (Hong Kong)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Screenplay</strong></div><p>HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke | Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)</p><p>SAKAMOTO Yuji | Monster (Japan)</p><p>Prasanna VITHANAGE, Anushka SENANAYAKE | Paradise (Sri Lanka, India)</p><p>Jason YU | Sleep (South Korea)</p><p>Pema Tseden | Snow Leopard (Mainland China)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Editing</strong></div><p>KIM Sang-bum | 12.12: The Day (South Korea)</p><p>HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke, YAMAZAKI Azusa | Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)</p><p>Matthieu LACLAU | Only the River Flows (Mainland China)</p><p>A.Sreekar PRASAD | Paradise (Sri Lanka, India)</p><p>Nick CHEUK, Keith CHAN Hiu Chun | Time Still Turns the Pages (Hong Kong)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Cinematography</strong></div><p>LEE Mo-gae | 12.12: The Day (South Korea)</p><p>KITAGAWA Yoshio | Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)</p><p>CHENGMA Zhiyuan | Only the River Flows (Mainland China)</p><p>Azamat DULATOV | Qas (Kazakhstan)</p><p>Matthias DELVAUX | Snow Leopard (Mainland China)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Original Music</strong></div><p>UMEBAYASHI Shigeru | Dwelling by the West Lake (Mainland China)</p><p>ISHIBASHI Eiko | Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)</p><p>Akmaral MERGEN | Qas (Kazakhstan)</p><p>Anon Ch Momin | Rapture (India, Mainland China, Switzerland, Qatar, Netherlands)</p><p>LEE Dong-june | Road to Boston (South Korea)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Costume Design</strong></div><p>Tim YIP | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (Mainland China)</p><p>KUROSAWA Kazuko | KUBI (Japan)</p><p>YOON Jung-hee | Smugglers (South Korea)</p><p>Elaine NG | Snow in Midsummer (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)</p><p>MAN Lim Chung | The Goldfinger (Hong Kong, Mainland China)</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Production Design</strong></div><p>CHO Hwa-sung | Concrete Utopia (South Korea)</p><p>MITSUMATSU Keiko | Monster (Japan)</p><p>ZHANG Menglun | Only the River Flows (Mainland China)</p><p>Daktse Drundrup | Snow Leopard (Mainland China)</p><p>Eric LAM | The Goldfinger (Hong Kong, Mainland China)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Visual Effects</strong></div><p>EUN Jae-hyun | Concrete Utopia (South Korea)</p><p>Douglas Hans SMITH, Joshua BRYER, Jeremy BALL | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (Mainland China)</p><p>YAMAZAKI Takashi, SHIBUYA Kiyoko, TAKAHASHI Masaki, NOJIMA Tatsuji | Godzilla Minus One (Japan)</p><p>JIN Jong-hyun | The Moon (South Korea)</p><p>Allen WEI, Ahdee CHIU, DING Yanlai, Eric XU | The Wandering Earth II (Mainland China)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Sound</strong></div><p>KIM Hyun-sang | Concrete Utopia (South Korea)</p><p>YANG Jiang, ZHAO Nan | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (Mainland China)</p><p>INOUE Natsuko | Godzilla Minus One (Japan)</p><p>Vuong Gia Bao, Xander TOH | Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain)</p><p>TU Duu-Chih, WU Shu-Yao | Snow in Midsummer (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)</p><div><br/></div>

<p>The 17th edition of the Asian Film Awards will be held on March 10 in Hong Kong. </p>

The 17th edition of the Asian Film Awards will be held on March 10 in Hong Kong.

Korea’s ‘12.12: The Day,’ Japan’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ lead nominations at 17th Asian Film Awards

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