Golden Horse 2021: The Soul, The Falls, and Drifting lead the nominations
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 12:00PM 
THE FALLSby Nathaniel R
The nominations have been announced for Taiwan's annual Golden Horse Awards. Social drama Drifting about a homeless ex-con leads the pack with 12 nominations. Very close behind are the mother/daughter pandemic drama The Falls (which we reviewed at Venice) and the Chang Chen led mystery The Soul (streaming on Netflix) with 11 nominations each. Moneyboys, the gay hustler drama that premiered at Cannes this summer snagged just two nominations but big ones (Best Actor for Kai Ko and Best New Director for C.B. Yi).
The actual winner doesn't often translate into being Taiwan's Oscar submission (The Assasin and A Sun are the only winners of the past ten years to be sent to the Oscars) though the submission is often among the nominees. UPDATE 10/06 That's true again this year as The Falls has just been selected for the Oscar competition.
The complete list of nominations and a lot more photos after the jump...
Chang Chen, Golden Horse Awards, Kai Ko, Moneyboys, Roy Chiu, The Falls, The Soul