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SEOUL, Sep. 9 (Yonhap) -- “The Book of Fish” directed by Lee Joon-ik has made it to the final nominations for the Best Film and the Best Director Awards for the 15th Asian Film Awards (AFA).
The film has put its name to the 36 final nominations from 8 Asian regions for this month’s Awards for the Busan International Film which took place in 2020 as well.
The final candidates include 7 Korean films, “Deliver Us From Evil,” “Three Sisters,” “Voice of Silence,” “Space Sweepers,” “The Book of Fish,” “The Call” and “Aloners.”
On the nominations-list for the Best Films Award are not only “The Book of Fish” but also “One Second” directed by Zhang Yimou, “The Disciple” directed by Chaitanya Tamhane, “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” directed by Hamaguchi Ryusuke and “Wife of a Spy” directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi.
Jun Jong-seo in “The Call” and Yoo Ah-in in “Voice of Silence” were nominated for Best Actress and Best Actor respectively. Jang Yoon-ju in “Three Sistes” and Park Joeng-min in “Deliver Us From Evil” were nominated for Best Supportin Actor and Best Supporting Actress each and Gong Seung-yeon in “Aloners” ㅡ for Best Newcomer.
Hong Eui-jeong, director of “Voice of Silence,” has been nominated for Best New Director and Best Screenplay. Director Jo Sung-hee, with “Space Sweepers” was nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.
Director Lee Chang-dong was appointed as the Jury President for this year. He was the receiver of Best Director and Lifetime Achievements Awards at AFA13.
AFA is an awards ceremony held by Asian Film Awards Academy and established by BIFF, HKIFF (Hong Kong) and TIFF (Tokyo) in 2013 for the development of Asian films. The festival has taken place in Hong Kong and Macao but was held online for the first time at BIFF last year.
The ceremony will be held in a hybrid form, a combination of on and offline participation, on October 8th.
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