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Wong Kar-wai's 'Blossoms Shanghai' Among Busan Streaming Nominees

Wong Kar-wai's 'Blossoms Shanghai' Among Busan Streaming Nominees

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The Busan International Film Festival's sixth annual Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards have announced the nominees in 11 competitive categories.

PTS Taiwan's "Imperfect Us" tops the list with five nominations, followed by Indonesian Netflix series "Cigarette Girl" with four. Wong Kar-wai's series debut "Blossoms Shanghai" (Tencent Video) and Korea's "A Killer Paradox" (Netflix) each have three nominations. Other multiple nominations include Korea's "Daily Dose of Sunshine" (Netflix) and "Lovely Runner" (CJ ENM Studios/Bon Factory) and Thailand's Prime Video series "Enigma" (GMMTV).

In the Best Male Leading Actor category, Hu Ge (“Blossoms Shanghai”), Yim Si-wan (“Boyhood”), Choi Woo-shik (“A Killer Paradox”), Wu Kang Ren (“Living”), Cho Jin-woong (“No Way Out: The Roulette”) and Sakai Masato (“Vivant”) are competing for the award.

The nominees for Best Female Lead Actor are: Dian Sastrowardoyo (“Cigarette Girl”), Park Bo-young (“Daily Dose Of Sunshine”), Nikaido Fumi (“Eye Love You”), Ariel Lin (“Imperfect Us”), Zhou Xun (“Imperfect Victim”) and Kim Hyeyoon (“Lovely Runner”).