Asian Film Awards 2020 nominations: Oscar-winning Parasite leads race at first edition hosted in Busan
- Palme d’Or and Oscar winner Parasite has been nominated for 10 awards, including best picture and best director
- A Sun and So Long, My Son each received seven nominations, and Hong Kong film Better Days got five
Fittingly, the South Korean film’s probable victory lap coincides with a fundamental change in the organisation of the Asian Film Awards. The upcoming awards, to be announced and presented next month, are being relocated to South Korea and aligned with the Busan International Film Festival. Past editions of the awards were held in either Hong Kong or Macau, habitually in March every year.
Parasite’s 10 nods are followed by 2019 Golden Horse best picture winner A Sun , and So Long, My Son , winner of both best actor and actress prizes at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival; both films received seven nominations, also including best film and best director.
Despite no longer being the host city of the Asian Film Awards, Hong Kong cinema will be ably represented: bullying drama Better Days has been nominated in five categories, including a best actress nod for Zhou Dongyu; while the gay romance Suk Suk is recognised in three acting categories, including a best actor nomination for Tai Bo. Norris Wong Yee-lam is also recognised in the best new director category for My Prince Edward .
The full list of nominations are as follows: