Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster” dominated the Asian Film Awards nominations this week, capturing spots in 11 out of 14 categories including best film, director and screenwriter.
Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi picked up nominations for best actor and actress in the biography of real-life Chinese martial-arts master Ip Man. The film’s other nominations include three for William Chang in production design, costume design and editing; and cinematography for Philippe Le Sourd.
Last week, “The Grandmaster” received 14 nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and it is up for two Academy Awards on March 2: Mr. Chang for costume design, and Mr. Le Sourd for cinematography.
The film has won rave reviews since it was released last year, and it is the celebrated Hong Kong director’s most-successful film commercially in a career that has spanned 25 years.
South Korea’s dystopian “Snowpiercer”, about a group of survivors living aboard a train as it circles a snow-covered Earth, snared the second-highest number of nominations with five.
Director Bong Joon-ho’s mostly English-language action movie stars Chris Evans, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, Ed Harris and Song Kang-ho.
Event organizers on Tuesday also announced the establishment of the Asian Film Awards Academy, which will be the new organizer of the annual event, with the combined backing of three major film festivals: The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, the Busan International Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Film Festival. Previously, the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society had been the sole organizer of the awards.
The 8th Asian Film Awards ceremony will be held on March 27 in Macau.
The full list of nominees:
Best Film
“No Man’s Land” (Mainland China)
“The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
“The Great Passage” (Japan)
“The Lunchbox” (India)
“Snowpiercer” (South Korea/U.S./France)
“Stray Dogs” (Taiwan)
Best Director
Bong Joon-ho, “Snowpiercer” (South Korea/U.S./France)
Anthony Chen, “Ilo Ilo” (Singapore)
Hirokazu Koreeda, “Like Father, Like Son” (Japan)
Tsai Ming-liang, “Stray Dogs” (Taiwan)
Wong Kar-wai, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Best Actor
Masaharu Fukuyama, “Like Father, Like Son” (Japan)
Irrfan Khan, “The Lunchbox” (India)
Lee Kang-sheng, “Stray Dogs” (Taiwan)
Tony Leung, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Song Kang-ho, “The Attorney” (South Korea)
Best Actress
Eugene Domingo, “Barber’s Tales” (The Philippines)
Han Hyo-joo, “Cold Eyes” (South Korea)
Paw Hee-ching, “Rigor Mortis” (Hong Kong)
Maki Yoko, “The Ravine of Goodbye” (Japan)
Zhang Ziyi, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Best Newcomer
Choi Hon-yick, “The Way We Dance” (Hong Kong)
Im Si-wan, “The Attorney” (South Korea)
Jiang Shuying, “So Young” (Mainland China)
Misaki Kinoshita, “The Backwater” (Japan)
Keita Ninomiya, “Like Father, Like Son” (Japan)
Best Supporting Actor
Mark Chao, “So Young” (Mainland China)
Huang Bo, “No Man’s Land” (Mainland China)
Jung Woo-sung, “Cold Eyes” (South Korea)
Joe Odagiri, “The Great Passage” (Japan)
Satoshi Tsumabuki, “Tokyo Family” (Japan)
Best Supporting Actress
Yu Aoi, “Tokyo Family” (Japan)
Mavis Fan, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” (Taiwan)
Kim Young-ae, “The Attorney” (South Korea)
Fumi Nikaido, “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?” (Japan)
Yeo Yann Yann, “Ilo Ilo” (Singapore)
Best Screenwriter
Ritesh Batra, “The Lunchbox” (India)
Bong Joon-ho, Kelly Masterson, “Snowpiercer” (South Korea/U.S./France)
Li Qiang, “So Young” (Mainland China)
Kensaku Watanabe, “The Great Passage” (Japan)
Wong Kar-wai, Zou Jingzhi, Xu Haofeng, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Best Cinematographer
Kim Byung-seo, Yeo Kyung-bo, “Cold Eyes” (South Korea)
Liao Pen-jung, Shong Woon-chong, Lu Qing-xin, “Stray Dogs” (Taiwan)
Philippe Le Sourd, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Man-ching Ng, “Rigor Mortis” (Hong Kong)
Aziz Zhambakiyev, “Harmony Lessons” (Kazakhstan/Germany/France)
Best Production Designer
William Chang, Alfred Yau Wai-ming, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Hao Yi, “No Man’s Land” (Mainland China)
Hisao Inagaki, “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?” (Japan)
Ken Mak, “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (Mainland China/ Hong Kong)
Ondrej Nekvasil, “Snowpiercer” (South Korea/U.S./France)
Best Composer
Zeke Khaseli, Yudhi Arfan, “What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love” (Indonesia)
Ehsaan Noorani, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa “Run Milkha Run” (India)
Shigeru Umebayashi, Nathaniel Mechaly, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Best Editor
William Chang, Benjamin Courtines, Poon Hung-yiu, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Du Yuan, “No Man’s Land” (Mainland China)
Junichi Ito, “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?” (Japan)
David M. Richardson, “Rigor Mortis” (Hong Kong)
Shin Min-kyung, “Cold Eyes” (South Korea)
Best Visual Effects
Shuji Asano, “Real” (Japan)
Pierre Buffin, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Enoch Chan, “Rigor Mortis” (Hong Kong)
Jeong Seong-jin, “Mr. Go” (South Korea/Mainland China)
Kim Wook, “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (Mainland China/ Hong Kong)
Best Costume Designer
William Chang, “The Grandmaster” (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
Catherine George, “Snowpiercer” (South Korea/U.S./France)
Lee Pik-kwan, Bruce Yu, “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (Mainland China/ Hong Kong)
Shim Hyun-sub, “The Face Reader” (South Korea)
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