Gold House and CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) have released their third annual Gold List to guide voters ahead of the awards race by highlighting and honoring outstanding work by Asian filmmakers and talent over the past year, as voted for by top community members. creative and leaders
A24’s “Everywhere All at Once” tops the Gold List with five honors, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director (Daniels aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Best Performance in a Leading Role (Michelle Yeoh), Best Performance in a supporting role (Ke Huy Quan) and several honorable mentions.
“It’s been an incredible year for AAPI stories that push the boundaries of expectations of what an Asian American story can be,” said honoree Daniel Kwan, writer-director of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” “Through films like ‘Turning Red,’ ‘After Yang,’ ‘Umma,’ and many more, we’re getting a taste of what it looks like to have our stories refracted through the many prisms of genre and experimentation, a privilege only given once. reserved for storytellers who don’t stay on the sidelines. I, along with the rest of the ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ family, are so honored to be a part of this moment for our community, and can’t wait to see what happens next,” he added.
“Since its inception just 2 years ago, 15 Gold List honorees have received Academy Awards or nominations,” said Jeremy Tran, CEO and COO of Gold House. “The historic victories for Chloé Zhao, Youn Yuh-jung and Riz Ahmed, to name a few, underscore why vehicles like the Gold List that celebrate the most impactful creative achievements of and among the Asian community are essential signals sparking new development. creative. production and distribution opportunities for traditionally unrecognized communities”.
“The tides of authentic storytelling and representation are gradually and steadily turning, as this year’s impressive list illustrates,” added Michelle K. Sugihara, CAPE Executive Director. “While incredible movies and performances directed by various artists have been around for a long time, Hollywood often overlooked them. The Gold List was created to accelerate much-needed change during awards season by highlighting the best Asian-led films of the year in both mainstream and grassroots campaigns.”
Academy Awards for either Michelle Yeoh or Ke Huy Quan would make history: no person of East, South, or Southeast Asian descent has ever won Best Actress, and the last (and only) actor of Asian descent to win the Best Supporting Actor award was Haing S. Ngor in 1984 for “The Killing Fields.” (Note: “Everywhere All At Once,” “Yeoh and Quan” are TheWrap’s picks to win the Golden Globes on Tuesday night.)
Check out the Gold List honorees below (this year’s list introduced gender-neutral acting categories):
best image
“Everything everywhere, all at once”
Honorable Mentions: “Decision to leave” and “RRR”
best director
Daniels (“Everything Everywhere, Everything At Once”)
Honorable Mentions: Park Chan-wook (“Decision to Leave”) and SS Rajamouli (“RRR”)
Best Performance in a Leading Role
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere, All At Once”)
Honorable Mentions: NT Rama Rao Jr. (“RRR”), Park Hae-il (“Decision to Leave”), Ram Charan (“RRR”), Song Kang-ho (“Broker”), Tang Wei (“Decision go away”)
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere, Everything at Once”)
Honorable Mentions: Dolly De Leon (“Triangle of Sadness”), Gemma Chan (“Don’t Worry Darling”), Hong Chau (“The Whale”), Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Steven Yeun ( “Not”)
Best Original Screenplay
Daniels (“Everything Everywhere, Everything At Once”)
Honorable Mentions: Domee Shi and Julia Cho (“Turning Red”) and Park Chan-wook and Jeong Seo-kyeong (“Decision to Leave”)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Kazuo Ishiguro (“Alive”)
Honorable Mention: Kogonada (“After Yang”)
Best Animated Feature
“turning red”
Honorable Mention: “Inu-Oh” and “Run, Tiger, Run!”
Best Documentary Feature
“Bad Axe”
Honorable Mentions: “All That Breathes” and “Hidden Letters”
best original song
“Naatu Naatu” by MM Keeravani, Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj (“RRR”)
Honorable Mentions: “New Body Rhumba” by Nancy Whang, Pat Mahoney and James Murphy (“White Noise”) and “This Is A Life” by Son Lux, Mitski and David Byrne (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”)
Best Live Action Short
“Moshari”
Honorable Mentions: “Lori” and “The Gift”
Best Animated Short Film
“I Love Dad”
Honorable Mentions: “7 Lbs 8 Oz” and “Pájaro en la Península”
Best Documentary Short
38 in the garden
Honorable Mentions: “As Far As They Can Run” and “The Elephant Whisperers”
Breakout performance
Dolly De Leon (“Sad Triangle”) and Stephanie Hsu (“Everything, Everywhere, Everything at Once”)
Emerging independent cinema
“country of joy”
For more information on the Gold List, visit lalistadeoro.org.
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