“Gas Station” tops the nods in Critics Awards
With the winners of this year’s answer to the Oscars, the Subhanahongsa Awards, being announced tomorrow (March 5), it’s perhaps timely that another list of nominations, this time for the Critics Awards, have just been revealed and for once, the frontrunners don’t match up.
Whereas Anocha Suvichakornpong’s small-budget production “Dao Khanong” (“By The Time It Gets Dark”) and Banjong Pisunthanakun’s “Fanday Fan Kun Khae Wan Diaw” (“Fanday”) topped the nominations for Subhanahongsa, an independent film Tanwarin Sukkhapisit’s “Pum Namman” (“A Gas Station”), has 11 nominations in 10 categories for the Critics’ awards including best film and best director for Tanwarin.
Pimpaka Towira’s “Mahasamut Lae Susaan” (“The Island Funeral:) follows in second place with 10 nominations including best film, best director, best actress for Sasithorn Panichnok and best screenplay.
“By the Time” earned four nominations in best film, best director, best screenplay and best editing categories. Meanwhile “Fanday” is not the critic’s favourite earning only three nominations for best actor, best actress and best screenplay.
The Korean movie remake “20 Mai U-turn Wai Huajai Return” (“Suddenly Twenty”) has eight nominations in six categories as three actors from the movie are nominated for best supporting actor.
Meanwhile “Serd” - the movie about the southern treasure of Manorah directed by luk thung singer and actor Ekachai Srivichai and Pakphoom Wongjinda – has seven nominations in six award categories.
Thirteen awards are handed out at the event, which is organised by the Bangkok Critics Assembly and has a jury made up of film critics and film writers.
The Critics awards ceremony will be held on March 29 at the Royal Thai Army Club.
