‘Drive My Car’ and ‘A Hero’ Lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations
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variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Drive My Car” and Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero,” two films that debuted in Cannes, emerge as the strong favorites for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, after nominations were announced on Wednesday.Both films are nominated for best film, best directing, best screenplay and best performance by an actor.The best film category is rounded out by nominations for India-France co-production “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” directed by India’s Payal Kapadia; “The Pencil” from Russia’s Natalya Nazarova; and “There is No Evil,” an Iran-Czech-Germany co-production directed by Mohammad Rasoulof that won the Golden Bear in Berlin.Organizers said that nominations had gone to 38 films from 25 Asia Pacific.
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