Sammo Hung to Head Asian Movie Awards Jury, ‘Exhuma’ Leads Nominations

Martial arts legend Sammo Hung has been tapped as jury president for the 18th Asian Movie Awards, whilst South Korean supernatural mystery “Exhuma” and Hong Kong motion pic “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” dominate the nominations.

South Korean supernatural mystery “Exhuma,” helmed through director Jang Jae-hyun and staining the go back of veteran actor Choi Min-sik, leads with 11 nods together with absolute best movie, director, actor and actress. The movie weaves components of feng shui and conventional shamanism in its tale of an ominous grave investigation.

Hong Kong motion movie “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” follows with 9 nominations. In accordance with Yuyi’s “Town of Darkness” novel and set within the Nineteen Eighties Kowloon Walled Town, the movie is competing for absolute best movie, supporting actor and more than one technical awards.

Soi Cheang’s Hong Kong motion movie “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” follows with 9 nominations. In accordance with Yuyi’s “Town of Darkness” novel and set within the Nineteen Eighties Kowloon Walled Town, the movie is competing for absolute best movie, supporting actor and more than one technical awards.

Eastern director Yoshida Daihachi’s black-and-white drama “Teki Cometh,” tailored from Tsutsui Yasutaka’s 1998 novel, secured six nominations. The movie a couple of retired professor’s struggles stocks the rely with “All We Believe As Mild,” directed through Cannes Grand Prix winner Payal Kapadia. The French-Indian-Dutch-Luxembourg co-production explores the lives of 3 ladies in Mumbai.

The most productive movie class options 5 contenders: Indian-French-Dutch-Luxembourg co-production “All We Believe as Mild,” mainland Chinese language movie “Black Canine,” South Korea’s “Exhuma,” Japan’s “Teki Cometh,” and Hong Kong’s “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In.”

The most productive director race contains Payal Kapadia (“All We Believe as Mild”), Guan Hu (“Black Canine”), Jang Jae-hyun (“Exhuma”), Rithy Panh (“Assembly with Pol Pot”), and Yoshida Daihachi (“Teki Cometh”).

Within the performing classes, absolute best actor nominees are Eddie Peng (“Black Canine”), Choi Min-sik (“Exhuma”), Sean Lau (“Papa”), Nagatsuka Kyozo (“Teki Cometh”), and Michael Hui (“The Closing Dance”). Best possible actress contenders come with Kani Kusruti (“All We Believe as Mild”), Sylvia Chang (“Daughter’s Daughter”), Kawai Yuumi (“Barren region of Namibia”), Kim Cross-eun (“Exhuma”), and Shahana Goswami (“Santosh”).

As up to now introduced, Eastern actor Dean Fujioka (“Fullmetal Alchemist,” “Hit Me Somebody One Extra Time”) will function ambassador along early life ambassadors Thai actress Aokbab Chutimon (“Dangerous Genius,” “Starvation”), Taiwanese actor Austin Lin (“Marry My Useless Frame”), Hong Kong’s Lo Chun Yip (“Time Nonetheless Turns the Pages”), and Japan’s Okada Masaki (“Power My Automobile”).

The rite, set for March 16 at Hong Kong’s Xiqu Centre, will exhibit 30 motion pictures from 25 nations competing throughout 16 classes. The development will broadcast are living by the use of the Asian Movie Awards Academy’s reliable channels.

The Asian Movie Awards Academy was once established through the Busan, Hong Kong and Tokyo Global Movie Gala’s to advertise Asian cinema and foster business connections during the area.

COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINATIONS

BEST FILM

“All We Believe as Mild” (India, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
“Black Canine” (Mainland China)
“Exhuma” (South Korea)
“Teki Cometh” (Japan)
“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” (Hong Kong)

BEST DIRECTOR

Payal Kapadia (“All We Believe as Mild”)
Guan Hu (“Black Canine”)
Jang Jae-hyun (“Exhuma”)
Rithy Panh (“Assembly with Pol Pot”)
Yoshida Daihachi (“Teki Cometh”)

BEST ACTOR

Eddie Peng (“Black Canine”)
Choi Min-sik (“Exhuma”)
Sean Lau (“Papa”)
Nagatsuka Kyozo (“Teki Cometh”)
Michael Hui (“The Closing Dance”)

BEST ACTRESS

Kani Kusruti (“All We Believe as Mild”)
Sylvia Chang (“Daughter’s Daughter”)
Kawai Yuumi (“Barren region of Namibia”)
Kim Cross-eun (“Exhuma”)
Shahana Goswami (“Santosh”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mitsuishi Ken (“The entire Lengthy Nights”)
Ikematsu Sosuke (“My Sunshine”)
Lee Kang-Sheng (“Stranger Eyes”)
Chu Pak Hong (“The Closing Dance”)
Philip Ng (“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Maggie Li Lin Lin (“All Shall Be Smartly”)
Divya Prabha (“All We Believe as Mild”)
Lim Ji-yeon (“Revolver”)
Takiuchi Kumi (“Teki Cometh”)
Yang Kuei-Mei (“Yen and Ai-Lee”)

BEST NEW DIRECTOR

Yamanaka Yoko (“Barren region of Namibia”)
Sora Neo (“Happyend”)
Dong Zijian (“My Buddy An Delie”)
Sandhya Suri (“Santosh”)
Truong Minh Quy (“Viet and Nam”)

BEST NEWCOMER

Lee Do-hyun (“Exhuma”)
Kurihara Hayato (“Happyend”)
Putthipong Assaratanakul (“Tips on how to Make Hundreds of thousands Earlier than Grandma Dies”)
Dylan So (“Papa”)
Duy Bao Dinh Dao (“Viet and Nam”)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Wada Kiyoto, Miyake Sho (“The entire Lengthy Nights”)
Payal Kapadia (“All We Believe as Mild”)
Jang Jae-hyun (“Exhuma”)
Pierre Erwan Guillaume, Rithy Panh (“Assembly with Pol Pot”)
Mohammad Rasoulof (“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Yang Donglin (“A Tapestry of a Mythical Land”)
Choi Yoon-sun (“Exhuma”)
Dorjee Dradhul Gurung (“Shambhala”)
Miyamoto Mari (“Teki Cometh”)
Bruce Yu, Karen Yip (“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Huo Tingxiao, Li Chang (“Black Canine”)
Pham Phong Lan (“Don’t Cry, Butterfly”)
Search engine marketing Sung-kyung (“Exhuma”)
Hayashida Yuji (“The Field Guy”)
Kenneth Mak, Chau Sai Hung Ambrose (“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”)

BEST EDITING

Clément Pinteaux (“All We Believe as Mild”)
Rithy Panh, Matthieu Laclau (“Assembly with Pol Pot”)
William Chang Suk Ping (“My Buddy An Delie”)
Jojo Shek (“Papa”)
Cheung Ka Fai (“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hong Kyeong-pyo (“Harbin”)
Lv Songye (“My Buddy An Delie”)
Aziz Zhambakiyev (“Shambhala”)
Shinomiya Hidetoshi (“Teki Cometh”)
Cheng Siu Keung (“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”)

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

Hello’Spec (“The entire Lengthy Nights”)
Kim Tae-sung (“Exhuma”)
Katsumoto Michiaki (“The Field Guy”)
Chu Wan Pin (“The Closing Dance”)
Kawai Kenji (“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Danny Yin (“Black Canine”)
Sato Fumiro, Kobari Yasuhiro (“Black Ox”)
Tomi Kuo, Chiu Chun-Yi (“Useless Skills Society”)
Kim Shin-chul, Daniel Son (“Exhuma”)
Lin Chun Yue Jules, Ma Siu Fu, Garrett Okay Lam, Yee Kwok Leung (“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”)

BEST SOUND

Zurab Kurmanbayev (“Cadet”)
Kim Byung-in (“Exhuma”)
Tu Duu-Chih, Tu Tse-Kang (“Stranger Eyes”)
Yiu Chun Hin, Cheung Guy Hoi, To Burnard Davy (“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”)
Vincent Villa (“Viet and Nam”)