Asian Film Award Nominees: "Legend of the Demon Cat" and More...
Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 10:24AM by Nathaniel R
Legend of the Demon Cat
It's difficult to keep track of the cream of the crop of Asian cinema because there are so many different bodies handing out prizes and so many of the major international awards bodies ignore that region altogether. One of the youngest of the Asian awards bodies is the bluntly titled "Asian Film Awards" which have only been operating since 2007. Their nomination leader this year is a film called Legend of the Demon Cat from Chen Kaige (who is most famous stateside for his 1993 arthouse smash and Oscar nominee Farewell My Concubine from 1993) but his latest isn't actually up for the top category, instead heavily dominating the tech fields. The film has not yet been released in the States. Since these awards are based out of Hong Kong their nominees skew heavily towards Chinese productions...