New features by some of the most prominent filmmakers from the Asia-Pacific region including The Philippines’ Brillante Mendoza, Bangladesh’s Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Japan’s Ogigami Naoko are am…
Works by Royston Tan from Singapore, China’s Wang Qi, Aparna Sen from India and Ilgar Najaf from Azerbaijan have also been nominated. The award was created in 2017 to commemorate Kim Jiseok, the late program director of the festival.
Among the nominated films are “Gensan Punch” by Cannes best director winner Mendoza , which is based on true stories about a handicapped athlete’s battle against discrimination to become a professional boxer, and “24,” Tan’s latest work that offers a different take on Singapore’s rigid culture.
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