City of Dreams is hosting the 2014 Asian Film Awards, bringing the most prestigious event in Asian cinema to Macau for the first time.
The “Oscars of Asia,” as the awards are known, will be held the 27th of March at the Cotai resort’s House of Dancing Water theater, and City of Dreams is promising its partnership with the newly established Asian Film Awards Academy, with support from the Macao Foundation, will deliver “the most spectacular and grandest edition ever”.
The awards, now in its eighth year, had been held in Hong Kong for the first seven, organized by the city’s International Film Festival Society.
“We understand that playing such an important role of supporting this dazzling extravaganza and influential cultural event will help position Macau as the cinematic magnet that brings together the best cinematic talents and professionals in Asia,” said Ted Chan, chief operating officer of CoD’s owner, Melco Crown Entertainment.
Director and producer Peter Ho Sun Chan is heading the jury for the awards, whose nominees for “Best Film” are: “No Man’s Land, The Great Passage, The Lunchbox, Snowpiercer” and favorites “Stray Dogs,” directed by Tsai Ming Liang, and Wong Kar Wai’s martial arts epic “The Grandmaster”.
