Tag: Oscar
South Korean Youn Yuh-jung of ‘Minari’ wins best supporting actress Oscar
SEOUL: Youn Yuh-jung has won best supporting actress at this year’s Academy Awards for her performance in the immigrant film “Minari,” becoming the first South Korean to win an acting […]
Bong joon-ho wins Oscar
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: Bong Joon-ho’s historic feats in winning Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture for his Korean-language socio-drama Parasite […]
Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ clinches best screenplay at Oscars
Seoul: Bong Joon-ho’s sensational family satire “Parasite” has won best original screenplay at this year’s Oscars, becoming the first Korean-made film ever to clinch an Oscar. At the 92nd Academy […]
South Korea’s Parasite earns six Oscar nominations, including best picture
Seoul: Bong Joon-ho’s sensation “Parasite” earned six nominations, including best picture, for the upcoming Academy Awards, becoming the first South Korean movie to compete at the world’s biggest film event. […]
Jackie Chan: ‘The days when no one listened to Chinese people have gone’
On Nov. 12, Jackie Chan received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, becoming the first Chinese actor to win the award. […]
Another Pakistani documentary by Sharmeen Obaid nominated for Oscar
Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ’s documentary on honor killing, “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”, has been nominated in the ‘Best Documentary – Short’ subject category for […]
Pakistan’s 1st Oscar
Oscar winner Pakistani film maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy leaves after a press conference in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 10, 2012. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won Pakistan’s first ever Oscar […]
An Iranian Film Grasps ‘1st Oscar’
A man looks at a poster of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi placed in the window of a bookstore in central Tehran, Iran, Feb. 27, 2012, to congratulate the country’s first […]