'Separation' 'Anatolia' lead Asia Off-shoreline noms

"A Separation""Not such a long time ago in Anatolia"BUSAN, Columbia -- Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" and Turkish pic "Not such a long time ago in Anatolia" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan have acquired four nominations each in this year's Asia Off-shoreline Screen Honours.The nominations was revealed in Busan on Monday evening, and both were round the candidate for top film, which incorporated Mohammad Rasoulof's "Goodbye," Jiang Wen's "Permit the Bullets Fly" as well as the Indian movie "Wedding Coordinators."Greater than 240 films from 43 nations are competing just in case, including, the first time, films from Samoa and Cyprus, with 37 honours within the 13 honours groups."A Separation," which won the Golden Bear within the Berlinale this year, appeared to become nominated inside the author and helmer groups for Farhadi, too for thesp Peyman Moadi."Anatolia" featured inside the best director category for Ceylan, cinematography for Gokhan Tiryaki and script (Ceylan, Ercan Kesal and Ebru Ceylan).Hong Kong film producer Nansun Shi remains named as prexy in the jury, as well as the prize will probably be introduced inside a ceremony round the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, on November. 24.Also round the jury will probably be Cameron Bailey, co-director in the Toronto Film Festival, Japanese helmer and actress Kaori Momoi, Israeli director Samuel Maoz, and mind in the China Film Producers Association, Ming Zhenjiang.There's an apparent Middle Eastern and North African presence inside the candidate, and Iranian films feature strongly. Shayesteh Irani remains nominated inside the actress category for "Facing Mirrors," with Leyla Zareh nominated for "Goodbye." Judy Davis may also be inside the running in this category for Australian pic "The Interest in the Storm." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com