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Edmund Lee

The 12th Asian Film Awards take place on Saturday evening at The Venetian Macao, to give out 17 prizes, including an award for best action film. We caught up with some of the continent’s biggest stars and film industry players as they headed into The Venetian Theatre for the awards ceremony. 




Celine Tam steals the show on Asian Film Awards red carpet in Macau

Celine Tam Tsz-kwan, the Hong Kong 10-year-old who reached the semi-finals of America’s Got Talent in 2017, on the red carpet at the Asian Film Awards in Macau. Photo: Edward Wong

Lang Yueting (left) and Elaine (right) at the Red carpet of the Asian Film Awards at the Dom Pedro V Theatre, Largo de Santo Agostinho, The Venetian, Macau. 17MAR18 SCMP / Edward Wong

Hong Soo-Ah attends the Red carpet of the Asian Film Awards at the Dom Pedro V Theatre, Largo de Santo Agostinho, The Venetian, Macau. 17MAR18 SCMP / Edward Wong

(L-R): Kate Yeung, Hong Kong actress and Tse Pak-chuen at the Red carpet of the Asian Film Awards at the Dom Pedro V Theatre, Largo de Santo Agostinho, The Venetian, Macau. 17MAR18 SCMP / Edward Wong

Janice Man, Hong Kong actress, on the red carpet at The Venetian Macao. Photo: Edward Wong

Derek Hui (right), nominated for best new director for This Is Not What I Expected, and Ben Luk, nominated for best production design for the film, on the red carpet at The Venetian in Macau. Photo: Edward Wong

Rama Rajamouli (centre) and Prashanti Tipirineni (right), nominees for the best costume design for Indian historical fantasy Baahubali 2: The Conclusion on the red carpet with the film’s director, S. S. Rajamouli, for the Asian Film Awards ceremony at The Venetian Macao. Photo: Edward Wong

From left: Kim Yong-hwa, director of Korean blockbuster Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds, nominated for best action film, cast member Wong Dong-yeon, Jin Jong-hyun, nominated for best visual effects, and Lee Mok-won, nominated for best production design, on the red carpet for the Asian Film Awards. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong’s Ann Hui On-wah, nominated for best director for Our Time Will Come, makes her arrival for the Asian Film Awards. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong model Angel Chu and Cyrus Chow, master of ceremonies for the Asian Film Awards show, on the red carpet in Macau. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong actor Neo Yau Hawk-sau on the red carpet at the Asian Film Awards. Photo: Edward Wong

From left: Pao Cheng-hsun and Huang Mei-ching, nominated for best visual effects for mon mon mon Monsters, and Tu Chun-tang and Wu Shu-yao, nominated for best sound for the Taiwanese film, on the red carpet for the Asian Film Awards. Wu Shu-yao was also nominated for The Great Buddha. Photo: Edward Wong

Veteran Hong Kong director Teddy Robin arrives for the Asian Film Awards. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong actress Teresa Mo Shun-kwan arrives for the Asian Film Awards. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong filmmakers Derek Kwok (left) and Clement Cheng arrive for the 12th Asian Film Awards ceremony at The Venetian Macao. Photo: Edward Wong

Asian Film Awards 2018 nominations: Louis Koo gets best actor nod, but Hong Kong absent from best picture race, again

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Louis Koo received a best actor nomination at the 2018 Asian Film Awards for his portrayal of a father out for revenge in the action thriller Paradox.

Rajkummar Rao in a still from Newton.

Suzu Hirose (right) is nominated for best supporting actress for her role in The Third Murder.

Handout image shows an image from angels wear white. [10DECEMBER2017 THE PROJECTOR POST MAGAZINE]

A still from Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds.

Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying (right), a best newcomer nominee, in Bad Genius.

Legend of the Demon Cat

Zhong Chuxi (left), a best newcomer nominee at the Asian Film Awards, in a still from Youth.

I Am Not Madame Bovary wins best picture at Asian Film Awards; The Handmaiden takes home four prizes

Hong Kong missed out on a best picture nod for the fourth year running, while Chen Kaige’s Legend of the Demon Cat garnered six nominations including best director. Read on for our complete list of nominations


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Asian cinema: Korean films

The Hong Kong 10-year-old and America’s Got Talent star, who reached the semi-finals of the TV talent show last year, joins the grown-up stars for Asian cinema’s biggest night of the year 


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