Australian award-giving body shortlists ‘Birdshot’ for top Asian film prize

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7k8h_X3GjgM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure>It&#x27;s already the country&#x27;s <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/26/17/birdshot-is-ph-entry-to-2018-academy-awards">official entry</a> to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 2018 Academy Awards.And now, Mikhail Red&#x27;s &quot;Birdshot&quot; will also be competing for the inaugural Best Asian Film award of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), it was <a href="https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/news/nominees-announced-for-inaugural-best-asian-film-award/">revealed</a> Thursday night. The indie production, about the intertwining stories of a girl who unwittingly kills an endangered bird and an idealistic rookie cop who spirals into a heartless brutal executioner, is one of nine nominees. The others are: India&#x27;s &quot;Dangal,&quot; &quot;Pink,&quot; and &quot;Kaasav: Turtle&quot;; China&#x27;s &quot;I Am Not Madame Bovary,&quot; &quot;Our Time Will Come,&quot; and &quot;Wolf Warrior 2&quot;; Korea&#x27;s &quot;Train to Busan,&quot; and Japan&#x27;s &quot;Kimo no na wa.&quot; The winners, which will be determined by a jury led by Hollywood star Russell Crowe, will be announced during the AACTA ceremony in Sydney on December 6. &quot;The calibre, range and diversity of Asian cinema is extraordinary and this new award sets up a very unique framework to recognize these films, connecting Asian-Australian filmgoers and the broader Australian audience with more Asian cinema and vice versa,&quot; Crowe said in a statement.

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Australian award-giving body shortlists ‘Birdshot’ for top Asian film prize

Australian award-giving body shortlists ‘Birdshot’ for top Asian film prize

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Published Oct 13, 2017 02:59 AM PHT

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