Asian Film Awards 2020 winners: Parasite wins best picture but fails to dominate at online edition
- The South Korean blockbuster Parasite only managed to take home four awards out of 10 nominations
- Wang Xiaoshuai won best director for So Long, My Son, while Lee Byung-hun and Zhou Dongyu won best actor and actress
It had always looked like a foregone conclusion – and so it proved when the South Korean megahit Parasite was named best picture at the 14th edition of the Asian Film Awards on Wednesday afternoon. The film duly proved to be the biggest winner in an hour-long announcement programme streamed on the awards’ official YouTube channel, complete with pre-recorded acceptance speeches.
Parasite’s haul of just four wins – also for best screenplay, editing and production design – out of its 10 nominations might even be viewed as a mild surprise by some observers. In particular, Chinese director’s Wang Xiaoshuai’s best director win, for So Long, My Son , may just be the upset of this year’s awards, considering that Bong had triumphed in the same category at the Oscars.
The rest of the winners are spread evenly across territories that include Taiwan, Japan, India and Thailand. The winners’ list in full:
