‘Heneral Luna’ earns nominations at Asian Film Awards 2016

MANILA, Philippines – The movie Heneral Luna has been nominated in 3 categories in the 10th Asian Film Awards to be held at The Venetian Theatre in Macau on March 17. 

Heneral Luna star John Arcilla is a nominee in the Best Actor category. He will go up against Donnie Yen (Ip Man 3), Masatoshi Nagase (An), Feng Xiaogang (Mr Six), and Lee Byung-Hun (Inside Men).

The movie also earned nominations for Best Production Design for Carlo Tabije and Benjamin Padero, and Best Costume Design.

Directed by Jerrold Tarog, Heneral Luna follows the career and death of Antonio Luna, an important figure in the Philippine-American war and one of Philippine history’s most prominent figures. Luna is known for being one of the country’s most brilliant military men, as well as for his quick temper and fierce demeanor. (READ: John Arcilla on bringing ‘Heneral Luna’ to life)

The movie has received good reviews and was even selected as the Philippines’ official entry to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 2016 Oscars.

Here is the complete list of nominees:

Best Film

• Mountains May Depart
• The Assassin
• Bajirao Mastani
• Three Stories Of Love
• Mr Six
• Veteran

Best Director

• Jia Zhang-Ke – Mountains May Depart
• Hou Hsiao-Hsien – The Assassin
• Hirokazu Kore-eda – Our Little Sister
• Guan Hu – Mr Six
• Ryoo Seung-wan – Veteran 

Best Actor

• Donnie Yen – Ip Man 3
• Masatoshi Nagase – An
• Feng Xiao-gang – Mr Six
• Lee Byung-Hun – Inside Men
• John Arcilla – Heneral Luna

Best Actress

• Zhao Tao – Mountains May Depart
• Shu Qi – The Assassin
• Ayase Haruka – Our Little Sister
• Kim Hye-soo – Coin Locker Girl
• Karena Lam – Zinnia Flower

Best Supporting Actor

• Max Zhang – Ip Man 3
• Michael Ning – Port of Call
• Asano Tadanobu – Journey to the Shore
• Oh Dal-soo – Assassination
• Cheng Jen Shuo – Thanatos, Drunk

Best Supporting Actress

• Zhuo Yun –The Assassin
• Anna Tsuchiya – Gonin Saga
• Cherry Ngan – Mojin – The Lost Legend
• Juri Ueno – The Beauty Inside
• Park So-dam – The Priests

Best Newcomer

• Vicky Kaushal – Masaan  
• Jessie Li – Port Of Call
• Ryoko Fujino – Solomon’s Perjury, Solomon’s Perjury 2
• Kim Seol-hyun – Gangnam Blues
• Lee Hong-Chi – Thanatos, Drunk
• Waruntorn Paonil – Snap

Best Screenplay

• Jia Zhang-Ke – Mountains May Depart
• Philip Yung – Port Of Call
• Vishal Bhardwaj – Talvar
• Takashi Ujita, Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Journey To The Shore
• Ryoo Seung-wan –Veteran 

Best Editing

• William Chang Suk Ping, Chu Ka Yat, Liao Ching-sung, Wong Hoi Philip Yung – Port Of Call
• Rajesh Pandey – Bajirao Mastani
• Yasuyuki Ozeki – Bakuman  
• Tu Yiran – Jian Bing Man
• Kim Jae-bum, Kim Sang-beom – Veteran

Best Cinematography

• Christopher Doyle – Port Of Call
• Mark Lee Ping-Bing – The Assassin
• Yasushi Sasakibara, Yoshiaki Yamamoto – Gonin Saga
• Luo Pan – Mr Six
• Kim Woo-hyung – Assassination

Best Music

• Lim Giong – The Assassin
• Nihar Ranjan Samal – Bajirao Mastani
• Amit Trivedi – Bombay Velvet
• Yoshihide Otomo – Journey To The Shore
• Bang Joon-seok – The Throne

Best Costume Design

• Hwarng Wern-Ying – The Assassin
• Maxmina Basu, Anju Modi – Bajirao Mastani
• Miyamoto Masae – Kakekomi
• Lee Ji-yeon, Shim Hyun-seob – The Throne
• Carlo Tabije – Heneral Luna

Best Production Deisgn

• Ken Mak – Ip Man 3
• Hwarng Wern-Ying – The Assassin
• Tetsuo Harada – Kakekomi
• Lee Min-su – Inside Men
• Benjamin Padero, Carlo Tabije – Heneral Luna

Best Visual Effects

• Ellen Poon, Jason H Snell, Tang Bingbing – Monster Hunt
• Srinivas Mohan – Baahubali: The Beginning
• Prasad Sutar – Bajirao Mastani
• Katsuro Onoue – Attack On Titan
• Cho Yong Seok, Choi Jae Cheon, Lee Jeon Hyoung – The Tiger 

Best Sound 

• Lee Yiu Keung, Kinson Tsang, George Yiu Chun Hin – Monster Hunt 
• Chu Shih-Yi, Tu Duu-Chih, Wu Shu-Yao – The Assassin
• Shinji Watanabe – Bakuman
• Toru Nishiyama – The Inerasable
• Kim Suk-won, Park Joo-gang – Assassination

– Rappler.com