‘Drive My Car’ and ‘A Hero’ Lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“High Ground,” a 1930s-set drama film, picked up eight nominations for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards. It narrowly led the field of contenders that included controversial drama “Nitram” with seven nominations, “The Dry” with six and “Penguin Bloom” with five.Nominations were announced over the weekend ahead of a week of voting.

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Nominations in the 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) were revealed today with nods for 38 films from 25 Asia Pacific countries and regions. Winners will be announced on Thursday, November 11, at the 14th APSA Ceremony on the Australia Gold Coast. Nominations include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, which won the best screenplay award at Cannes,  Asghar Farhadi’s Cannes Grand Prix winning, film , and the TIFF Platform award winning film directed by Kamila Andini.

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