The master story-teller Lee Chang-dong’s Burning is the first South Korean film to be shortlisted in the 91st Academy Awards’ best foreign-language film category, and if Academy does not throw any surprises, it would deservedly be nominated as well. And now it is leading Asian Film Awards nominations with eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.
The Palme d’Or winner, also the front runner to win The Best Foreign Langauge film at the 91st Academy Awards, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s heartbreaking drama “Shoplifters” tied with Rajkumar Hirani’s biopic movie on actor Sanjay Dutt “Sanju,” and Zhang Yimou’s “Shadow” six nominations.
The winners of the Asian Film Awards 2019 will be announced at a ceremony in Macau on March 16. The full list of Asian Film Awards nominations 2019 are as follows:
Best Film
Burning (South Korea)
Dying to Survive (China)
Jinpa (China)
Sanju (India)
Shoplifters (Japan)
Best Director
Lee Chang-dong (Burning)
Pema Tseden (Jinpa)
Rajkumar Hirani (Sanju)
Hirokazu Koreeda (Shoplifters)
Fruit Chan (Three Husbands)
Best New Director
Yeo Siew Hua (A Land Imagined)
Rima Das (Bulbul Can Sing)
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng (Manta Ray)
Shinichiro Ueda (One Cut of the Dead)
Oliver Chan Siu-kuen (Still Human)
Bai Xue (The Crossing)
Best Actor
Yoo Ah-in (Burning)
Xu Zheng (Dying to Survive)
Aaron Kwok (Project Gutenberg)
Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju)
Koji Yakusho (The Blood of Wolves)
Best Actress
Zhao Tao (Ash Is Purest White)
Samal Yeslyamova (Ayka)
Han Ji-min (Miss Baek)
Sakura Ando (Shoplifters)
Chloe Maayan (Three Husbands)
Best Supporting Actor
Zhang Yu (Dying to Survive)
Kwon Hae-hyo (Hotel by the River)
Shinya Tsukamoto (Killing)
Vicky Kaushal (Sanju)
River Huang (Tracey)
Best Supporting Actress
Jin Seo-yeon (Believer)
Ding Ning (Cities of Last Things)
Xu Qing (Hidden Man)
Mayu Matsuoka (Shoplifters)
Kara Wai (Tracey)
Best Newcomer
Erika Karata (Asako I & II)
Jun Jong-seo (Burning)
Xie Zhangying (Cities of Last Things)
Johnny Huang (Operation Red Sea)
Huang Yao (The Crossing)
Chan Charm-man (Three Husbands)
Best Screenplay
Ash Is Purest White
Burning
Dying to Survive
Project Gutenberg
Sanju
Best Editing
Killing
Operation Red Sea
Project Gutenberg
Shadow
The Spy Gone North
Best Cinematography
Burning
Jinpa
Manta Ray
Shadow
Tumbbad
Best Original Music
Believer
Jinpa
Sanju
Shadow
Shoplifters
Best Costume Design
Hidden Man
Project Gutenberg
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Shadow
The Spy Gone North
Best Production Design
Burning
Hidden Man
Shadow
Shoplifters
Tumbbad
Best Visual Effects
2.0
Hidden Man
Operation Red Sea
Project Gutenberg
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Best Sound
2.0
Burning
Killing
Operation Red Sea
Shadow
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