HK to throw Asian Film Awards

How many film awards do we need? Well, here's a worthy one, I think. HKIFF will be throwing the first Asian Film Awards in March. What's great is that it's Pan-Asian and the list of nominees is pretty amazing. Here are some of the nominees:
~ BEST FILM ~
1. Curse of the Golden Flower Hong Kong / Chinese mainland
2. Exiled Hong Kong
3. The Host South Korea
4. Love and Honor Japan
5. Opera Jawa Indonesia / Austria
6. Still Life Chinese mainland
~ BEST DIRECTOR ~
1. HONG Sang-soo Woman on the Beach (South Korea)
2. JIA Zhangke Still Life (Chinese mainland)
3. Jafar PANAHI Offside (Iran)
4. Johnnie TO Exiled (Hong Kong)
5. TSAI Ming-liang I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Taiwan / France / Austria)
6. Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL Syndromes and a Century (Thailand / Austria / France)
~ BEST ACTOR ~
1. CHANG Chen The Go Master (Chinese mainland)
2. JUNG Ji-hoon (RAIN) I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK (South Korea)
3. Shahrukh KHAN DON (India)
4. Andy LAU A Battle of Wits (Japan / Hong Kong / Chinese mainland / South Korea)
5. SONG Kang-ho The Host (South Korea)
6. WATANABE Ken Memories of Tomorrow (Japan)
~ BEST ACTRESS ~
1. GONG Li Curse of the Golden Flower (Hong Kong / Chinese mainland)
2. KIM Hye-soo Tazza: The High Rollers (South Korea)
3. LIM Soo-jung I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK (South Korea)
4. MIYAZAWA Rie Hana (Japan)
5. NAKATANI Miki Memories of Matsuko (Japan)
6. ZHANG Ziyi The Banquet (Hong Kong / Chinese mainland)
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