PARASITE Leads Asian Film Awards with 10 Nominations
Sep 25, 2020
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by Pierce Conran
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19 Nominations for 9 Korean Films at 14th AFAs
The Asian Film Awards are returning for their 14th edition this year, which will take place for the first time in Busan, South Korea, after the previous 13 editions took place in either Hong Kong or Macao. Leading the nominations scorecard is BONG Joon-ho’s global smash PARASITE (2019), which was recognized in ten categories. A total of nine films from Korea amassed 19 nominations across the event’s 16 categories.
PARASITE (2019) scored nominations in the main categories, such as Best Film, Best Director (BONG Joon-ho) and Best Screenplay (BONG Joon-ho and HAN Jin-won), the acting categories for Best Supporting Actor (CHOI Woo-shik) and Best Supporting Actress (LEE Jung-eun), as well as several technical nominations for Best Editing (YANG Jin-mo), Best Original Music (JUNG Jae-il), Best Production Design (LEE Ha-jun), Best Sound (CHOI Tae-young) and Best Visual Effects (HONG Jeong-ho).