
Akashi and Starwalker lead the pack with 10 Leo Award nominations in motion picture categories
B.C. films about a diasporic Japanese woman’s return home and East Vancouver drag queens fared remarkably well.

B.C. films about a diasporic Japanese woman’s return home and East Vancouver drag queens fared remarkably well.

Anthony Shim, the writer-director of the poignant B.C. film about a Korean single mom raising her son, received three of those nominations.

一套卑诗省电影夺得六项加拿大银幕奖(Canadian Screen Awards)提名,当中包括最佳电影奖,其内容是关于一名韩国单亲母亲含辛茹苦在加拿大养育孩子的经历。《Riceboy Sleeps》的剧本部份是根据温哥华演员、编剧兼导演Anthony Shim的童年编写而成。

一套卑詩省電影奪得六項加拿大銀幕獎(Canadian Screen Awards)提名,當中包括最佳電影獎,其內容是關於一名韓國單親母親含辛茹苦在加拿大養育孩子的經歷。《Riceboy Sleeps》的劇本部份是根據溫哥華演員、編劇兼導演Anthony Shim的童年編寫而成。

去年的温哥华亚洲电影节(Vancouver Asian Film Festival)以「再现的重要性」(Representation Matters)为主题。随着今届奥斯卡金像奖提名出炉,亚裔再现于电影踏出了重大的一步。

去年的溫哥華亞洲電影節(Vancouver Asian Film Festival)以「再現的重要性」(Representation Matters)為主題。隨著今屆奧斯卡金像獎提名出爐,亞裔再現於電影踏出了重大的一步。

The theme of last year’s Vancouver Asian Film Festival was “Representation Matters”—and this will be on display at this year’s Oscars.







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