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Netflix original Korean series Move To Heaven leads the nominations for the 3rd Asian Contents Awards (ACA), run by the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM).

The ACA aims to showcase outstanding TV, OTT and online content from Asia.  The ACA said it had received a record-breaking 163 submissions from 16 countries, almost double the number of submissions last year. They selected 30 titles from 11 countries.

Starring Lee Je-hoon and produced by Page One Film and No. 3 Pictures, Move To Heaven led the pack with six nominations, in the categories of best creative, best OTT original, creative beyond border, best actor, best writer and newcomer – actor.

iQIYI’s Chinese suspense drama series The Long Night and Netflix’s Japanese sci-fi series Alice In Borderland tied with five nominations – including, for both, best creative, best OTT Original and creative beyond border.

Korean crime series Vincenzo picked up four nominations including for best creative, best Asian TV series, best writer and best actor for Song Joong Ki.

The ACA jury’s special award, the lifetime achievement award, and ACA excellence award will be revealed at the ceremony

ACA will again be held as an on-site event with local hosts and attendees while overseas nominees from around Asia participate online. The ceremony will be hosted by Mark Tetto from JTBC’s Abnormal Summit and Kim Sae-yeon, who hosted ACA since its inception.

The event will be streamed October 7 on Naver and BIFF’s official YouTube channel.

Selected ACA Nominations 

Best Creative
(title/production company/release platform)

Alice In Borderland (Robot Communications) Netflix

Girl From Nowhere S2 (BRAVO! Studios / Sour Bangkok / Jungka Bangkok) Netflix

The Long Night (iQIYI) iQIYI

Move To Heaven (Page One Film / No.3 Pictures) Netflix

Hanzawa Naoki (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television) TBS

Vincenzo (Studio Dragon) tvN, Netflix

Best Asian TV Series
(title/production company/release platform)

Bad Genius The Series (GDH 559) ONE21 Channel, WeTV, Dimsum Entertainment

Girl From Nowhere S2 (BRAVO! Studios / Sour Bangkok / Jungka Bangkok) Netflix

Hanzawa Naoki (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television) TBS

Navillera (Studio Dragon) tvN, Netflix

Vincenzo (Studio Dragon) tvN, Netflix

Best OTT Original
(title/production company/release platform)

Alice In Borderland (Robot Communications) Netflix

Girl From Nowhere S2 (BRAVO! Studios / Sour Bangkok / Jungka Bangkok) Netflix

The Long Night (iQIYI) iQIYI

Move To Heaven (Page One Film / No.3 Pictures) Netflix

Ray (Viacom18 Studios’ Tipping Point) Netflix

Sweet Home (Studio Dragon / Studio N) Netflix

Best Asian Animation
(title/production company/release platform)

The Curious World of Linda (Taktoon Enterprise) KBS, EBS Kids, JEI TV, ANIONE, CHAMP, SK Broadband

Downstairs S2 (Robot Playground) Mediacorp

Heaven’s Design Team (Asahi Production) Tokyo MX. MBS, Crunchyroll, Bilibili

Japan Sinks 2020 (Science SARU) Netflix

Time Traveler Luke (ANYZAC) KBS, Canal+, Mediacorp, CLS, TVB, TVP, Dreambox, ‎Astro

Creative Beyond Border
(title/production company/release platform)

Alice In Borderland (Robot Communications) Netflix

Bad Genius The Series (GDH 559) ONE21 Channel, WeTV, Dimsum Entertainment

The Long Night (iQIYI) iQIYI

Move To Heaven (Page One Film / No.3 Pictures) Netflix

Sweet Home (Studio Dragon / Studio N) Netflix

Best actress
(nominee/title/production company/release platform)

Nushrratt Bharuccha for Ajeeb Daastaans (Dharmatic) Netflix

Tsuchiya Tao for Alice In Borderland (Robot Communications) Netflix

Song Jia for A Little Dilemma (Linmon Pictures) iQIYI

Bae Doo-na for Stranger 2 (Studio Dragon) tvN, Netflix

Lee Si-young for Sweet Home (Studio Dragon / Studio N) Netflix

Best actor
(nominee/title/production company/release platform)

Terrance Lau for Leap Day (HK Television Entertainment Company Limited) ViuTV

Bai Yu for The Long Night (iQIYI) iQIYI

Lee Je-hoon for Move To Heaven (Page One Film / No.3 Pictures) Netflix

Sakai Masato for Hanzawa Naoki (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television) TBS

Ali Fazal for Ray (Viacom18 Studios’ Tipping Point) Netflix

Song Joong Ki for Vincenzo (Studio Dragon) tvN, Netflix

Best writer
(nominee/title/production company/release platform)

Liu Guoqing for The Long Night (iQIYI) iQIYI

Yoon Ji-ryun for Move To Heaven (Page One Film / No.3 Pictures) Netflix

Jung Do-yoon for On The Verge Of Insanity (IWill Media) MBC

Mitani Shintaro for The Real Thing (Nagoya Broadcasting Network) Nagoya Broadcasting Network

Park Jae-bum for Vincenzo (Studio Dragon) tvN, Netflix

Newcomer- actress
(nominee/title/production company/release platform)

Zhao Jinmai for The Blessed Girl (Chinese Entertainment Tianjin / Tencent Penguin Pictures) Tencent Video

Ko Min-si for Sweet Home (Studio Dragon / Studio N) Netflix

Koe Yeet for Titoudao (Oak3 Films) Mediacorp

Takeda Rina for Wakako’s Sake in Hida -Sake Brewery Tour (BS TV TOKYO) BS TV TOKYO

Newcomer- actor

(nominee/title/production company/release platform)

Tang Jun-sang for Move To Heaven (Page One Film / No.3 Pictures) Netflix

Song Kang for Navillera (Studio Dragon) tvN, Netflix

Eric Hsiao for Non-Reading Club (Three Dots Entertainment) MyVideo

Morisaki Win for The Real Thing (Nagoya Broadcasting Network) Nagoya Broadcasting Network

Azat Asanovich for Sheker (Salem Social Media) Aitube

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