Kim Jee-woon’s THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD emerged the frontrunner in this year’s Asia Film Awards, leading the pack with eight nominations.

The Asian Film Awards (now in their third year) open the Entertainment Expo Hong Kong, held each March and April, alongside the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the Hong Kong and Asia Film Financing Forum and the Hong Kong Filmart.

South Korea had two nominations for best actor (Song Kang-ho from THE GOOD and Ha Jung-woo from THE CHASER, but no one nominated for best actress (not so surprisingly, and sadly).

In addition to all the nominations for THE CHASER and TGTBTW, the other Korean nominees were Kim Ji-yeong for best supporting actress for FOREVER THE MOMENT and best newcomer to So Ji-sub for ROUGH CUT.