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.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film categories for the 95th Academy Awards.
The Last Film Show (India), directed by Pan Nalin, won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film at the eighth annual Asian World Film Festival (AWFF). Mohsen Tanabandeh garnered the Snow Leopard for Best Actor for World War III (Iran), and Hui Fang Hong was honored with the Snow Leopard for Best Actress for Ajoomma (Singapore).
The Iranian thriller World War III directed by Houman Seyyedi has been selected as Iran’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 79th Venice Film Festival. The documentary chronicles the photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her crusade to hold Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid epidemic.
The 79th Venice Film Festival set to take place from August 31-September 10, unveiled the lineup of films including, competition and non-competition titles.
