The Assassin will compete for best feature at this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards on Nov 26.

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Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s festival hit The Assassin, which won him best director at Cannes this year, has been nominated for three prizes at this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

The film will compete for best feature, achievement in directing for Hou Hsiao-Hsien and achievement in cinematography for Mark Lee Ping-Bing.

Other nominees in the best feature category include multi-territory co-production Cementery Of Splendour, Korean feature End Of Winter and Japanese/French drama Journey To The Shore.

Elsewhere, France’s foreign language Oscar submission Mustang received a best youth feature film nod, while Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence will compete for best documentary.

A total of 39 films from 22 countries have received nominations.

The awards ceremony takes place on Thursday 26 November at City Hall, Brisbane.

Full list of nominations

BEST FEATURE FILM

Alive (Sanda), Republic of Korea

The Assassin (Nie Yinniang), Taiwan

Cemetery of Splendour (Rak ti Khon Kaen), Thailand, Malaysia, France, Germany, United Kingdom

End of Winter (Cheol-won-gi-haeng), Republic of Korea

Journey to the Shore (Kishibe no Tabi), Japan, France

BEST YOUTH FEATURE FILM

A Corner of Heaven (Tiantang jiaoluo), People’s Republic of China, France

Mina Walking, Afghanistan, Canada

Mustang, Turkey, Qatar, France, Germany

River (Gtsngbo), People’s Republic of China

Set Me Free(Geo-in), Republic of Korea

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Blinky Bill The Movie, Australia, India, Ireland

Miss Hokusai (Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai), Japan

The Road Called Life (Mae-mil-ggot, Un-su Jo-eun Nal, Geu-ri-go Bombom), Republic of Korea

The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King(Snezhnaya Koroleva 2: Snezhnyy Korol), Russian Federation

When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie), Japan

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

Among the Believers, Pakistan, United States of America

Another Country, Australia

The Chinese Mayor (Datong), People’s Republic of China

The Look of Silence (Senyap) Indonesia, Denmark, Norway, Finland, United Kingdom

A Flag Without a Country, Iraq

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

Park Jungbum for Alive (Sanda), Republic of Korea

Hou Hsiao-hsien for The Assassin (Nie Yinniang), Taiwan

Apichatpong Weerasethakul for Cemetery of Splendour (Rak ti Khon Kaen), Thailand, Malaysia, France, Germany, United Kingdom

Yermek Tursunovfor Stranger (Zhat), Kazakhstan

Alexey German Jr for Under Electric Clouds (Pod elektricheskimi oblakami), Russian Federation, Ukraine, Poland

BEST SCREENPLAY

Senem Tüzen for Motherland (Ana Yurdu), Turkey, Greece

Emin Alper for Frenzy (Abluka), Turkey, Qatar, France

Xin Yukun, Feng Yuanliang for The Coffin in the Mountain (Xin Migong), People’s Republic of China

Kenzhebek Shaikakov for Tent (Kurko), Kazakhstan

Vimukthi Jayasundara for Dark in the White Light (Sulanga Gini Aran), Sri Lanka, France

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jean-Marc Ferrière for Sunrise (Arunoday), India

Murat Aliyev for Stranger (Zhat), Kazakhstan

Mark Lee Ping-Bing for The Assassin (Nie Yinniang), Taiwan

Lu Songyefor Tharlo, People’s Republic of China

Miaoyan Zhang for A Corner of Heaven (Tiantang jiaoluo), People’s Republic of China, France

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Kirin Kiki in An, Japan, France, Germany

Lee Yeong-lan in End of Winter (Cheol-won-gi-haeng), Republic of Korea

Shamaine Buencamino in Lorna. Philippines

Fatemeh Motamed Arya in Avalanche (Bahman), Islamic Republic of Iran

Evgeniya Mandzhieva in The Gulls (Chaiky), Russian Federation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Alexey Gusykov in The Find (Nakhodka), Russian Federation, Finland

Jung Jaeyoung in Right Now, Wrong Then (Jigeumeun Matgo Geuttaeneun Teullida) Republic of Korea

Reef Ireland in Downriver, Australia

Misha Gomiashvili in The President, Georgia, United Kingdom, France, Germany

Shide Nyima in Tharlo, People’s Republic of China

APSA UNESCO AWARD

Miaoyan Zhang for A Corner of Heaven (Tiantang jiaoluo), People’s Republic of China, France

Ella Manzheeva for The Gulls (Chaiky), Russian Federation

Senem Tüzen for Motherland (Ana Yurdu), Turkey, Greece

Hany Abu-Assad for The Idol (Ya Tayr El Tayer), Palestine, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Netherlands

Stephen Page for Spear, Australia

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