NEWS: ‘Shoplifters’ Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards1 min read
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Zhang Yimou’s highly stylised period epic Shadow was the numerical winner at Sunday’s Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. It bagged four technical awards. But the major prizes went to Japanese and Korean filmmakers.
Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Shoplifters, a Japanese drama about a family surviving on shoplifting, was named best picture. The film had been the surprise Palme d’Or winner at the Cannes festival last year, but has since won wide acclaim and achieved record scores at the Japanese and Chinese box office. Shoplifters also won best original music with Japanese music pioneer Hosono Haruomi’s score.
South Korean director Lee Chang-dong won the best director prize for the psychological drama Burning, which Lee also co-wrote as an adaptation of a Murakami Haruki short story. Going into the ceremony, Burning was the favourite, having been nominated in eight categories.
Image credit: Kin Cheung
