Decision to Leave Leads Nominations for 16th Asian Film Awards
Decision to Leave directed by Park Chan-wook
Korean film master Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave leads the nominations for the 16th Asian Film Awards with ten nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. Coming in a close second is the Japanese film, Drive My Car which received eight nominations.
Indian film Ponniyin Selvan: I was also nominated for Best Film and five behind-the-scenes awards. Darezhan Omirbayev’s Poet and Lav Diaz’s When the Waves Are Gone are also in the tight race for winning the highest honor of Best Film.
After relocating to Busan, South Korea for the past two years, the Asian Film Awards will return to Hong Kong this year, and the ceremony will be held for the first time at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium in the Hong Kong Palace Museum, West Kowloon, on 12th March 2023.
In total, 30 films from 22 regions and countries have been shortlisted for 81 nominations to compete for 16 awards at the 16th Asian Film Awards. The prestigious line up of nominees from around Asia includes five Hong Kong films including Where the Wind Blows, Anita, A Light Never Goes Out, Warriors of Future and The Sparring Partner.
The Academy appointed the internationally acclaimed director Zhang Yimou as president of this year’s jury. Zhang said: “Asian cinema is now on the road that combines artistic factors and commercial, aiming for movies that can be appreciated by a wider community. Zhang won the Asian Film Awards’ Best Director Honourable in 2021.
Five distinctive Asian films from different regions, including Decisions to Leave (South Korea), Drive My Car (Japan), Poet (Kazakhstan), Ponniyin Selvan: Part I (India) and When the Waves Are Gone (The Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark), are in the tight race for winning the highest honor of Best Film in the 16th Asian Film Awards.
For Hong Kong films, a total of five films were nominated for different awards. Among them, Hong Kong’s epic crime biopic Where the Wind Blows was nominated for three awards, including Tony Leung Chiu Wai for Best Actor, Michael Hui Koon Man for Best Supporting Actor, Bill Lui and Andrew Wong for Best Art Direction. Tony Leung Chiu Wai had been nominated twice for Best Actor at the Asian Film Awards and was awarded the prize for his phenomenal performance in Lust, Caution.
Complete list of nominees for the 16th Asian Film Awards
BEST FILM
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
Decision To Leave 分手的決心
South Korea 南韓
Drive My Car
Japan 日本
Poet 古來詩人皆寂寞
Kazakhstan 哈薩克
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
India 印度
When the Waves Are Gone 湧浪之後
The Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark 菲律賓、法國、葡萄牙、丹麥
BEST DIRECTOR
Nominee 入圍者
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
KORE-EDA Hirokazu 是枝裕和
Broker 孩子轉運站
South Korea 南韓
PARK Chan-wook 朴贊郁
Decision to Leave 分手的決心
South Korea 南韓
HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke 濱口竜介
Drive My Car
Japan 日本
Darezhan OMIRBAYEV 達赫讓奧米巴夫
Poet 古來詩人皆寂寞
Kazakhstan 哈薩克
Davy CHOU 周戴維
Return to Seoul 回首爾後
France, Germany, Belgium, Cambodia 法國、德國、比利時、柬埔寨
BEST ACTOR
Nominee 入圍者
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
PARK Hae-il 朴海日
Decision to Leave 分手的決心
South Korea 南韓
NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi 西島秀俊
Drive My Car
Japan 日本
SUZUKI Ryohei 鈴木亮平
Egoist
Japan 日本
ZHANG Yi 張譯
Home Coming 萬里歸途
Mainland China 中國大陸
Mohsen TANABANDEH 莫森塔納班德
World War III 片場風暴
Iran 伊朗
Tony LEUNG Chiu Wai 梁朝偉
Where the Wind Blows 風再起時
Hong Kong 香港
BEST ACTRESS
Nominee 入圍者
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
Sylvia CHANG 張艾嘉
A Light Never Goes Out 燈火闌珊
Hong Kong 香港
Karena LAM 林嘉欣
American Girl 美國女孩
Taiwan 台灣
Happy SALMA 哈琵薩爾馬
Before, Now & Then 娜娜的逝水年華
Indonesia 印尼
TANG Wei 湯唯
Decision to Leave 分手的決心
South Korea 南韓
BAISHO Chieko 倍賞千惠子
Plan 75 七五計劃
Japan 日本
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nominee 入圍者
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
OKADA Masaki 岡田將生
Drive My Car
Japan 日本
MIYAZAWA Hio 宮澤冰魚
Egoist
Japan 日本
IM Si-wan 任時完
Emergency Declaration 緊急迫降
South Korea 南韓
OH Kwang-rok 吳光祿
Return to Seoul 回首爾後
France, Germany, Belgium, Cambodia 法國、德國、比利時、柬埔寨
HUI Koon Man 許冠文
Where the Wind Blows 風再起時
Hong Kong 香港
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nominee 入圍者
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
ANDO Sakura 安藤櫻
A Man 那個男人
Japan 日本
Laura BASUKI 羅拉巴蘇姬
Before, Now & Then 娜娜的逝水年華
Indonesia 印尼
KIM So-jin 金素辰
Emergency Declaration 緊急迫降
South Korea 南韓
YIN Tao 殷桃
Home Coming 萬里歸途
Mainland China 中國大陸
KAWAI Yumi 河合優實
Plan 75 七五計劃
Japan 日本
BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Nominee入圍者
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
Makbul MUBARAK 馬克布穆巴拉克
Autobiography 獨裁的豢養
Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, The Philippines, Germany, Qatar 印尼、法國、新加坡、波蘭、菲律賓、 德國、卡塔爾
Saim SADIQ 賽姆薩迪克
Joyland 愛情美樂地
Pakistan 巴基斯坦
Jigme Trinley 久美成列
One and Four 一個和四個
Mainland China 中國大陸
HAYAKAWA Chie 早川千繪
Plan 75 七五計劃
Japan 日本
KIM Se-in 金世仁
The Apartment with Two Women 相近不相親
South Korea 南韓
BEST NEWCOMER
Nominee 入圍者
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
Louise WONG 王丹妮
Anita 梅艷芳
Hong Kong 香港
LEE Ji-eun 李知恩
Broker 孩子轉運站
South Korea 南韓
YANG Enyou 楊恩又
Lighting Up the Stars 人生大事
Mainland China 中國大陸
PARK Ji-min
Return to Seoul 回首爾後
France, Germany, Belgium, Cambodia 法國、德國、比利時、柬埔寨
MAK Pui Tung 麥沛東
The Sparring Partner 正義迴廊
Hong Kong 香港
BEST SCREENPLAY
Nominee 入圍者
Film Title 電影名稱
Country / Region 國家 / 地區
Makbul MUBARAK 馬克布穆巴拉克
Autobiography 獨裁的豢養
Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, The Philippines, Germany, Qatar 印尼、法國、新加坡、波蘭、菲律賓、 德國、卡塔爾
CHUNG Seo-kyung, PARK Chan-wook 丁瑞慶、朴贊郁
Decision to Leave 分手的決心
South Korea 南韓
HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke, OE Takamasa 濱口竜介、大江崇允
Drive My Car
Japan 日本
LIU Jiangjiang, YU Min 劉江江、宇敏
Lighting Up the Stars 人生大事
Mainland China 中國大陸
Lav DIAZ 拉夫迪亞茲
When the Waves Are Gone 湧浪之後
The Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark 菲律賓、法國、葡萄牙、丹麥
