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Tao Zhao and Fan Liao in Ash Is Purest White (2018)

Awards

Ash Is Purest White

25 wins & 56 nominations

British Independent Film Awards

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best International Independent Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke
    • Shôzô Ichiyama

International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers

  • Eric Gautier
    2018 Nominee Golden Camera 300
    • Eric Gautier
  • Eric Gautier
    2018 Winner Silver Camera 300
    • Eric Gautier

Cannes Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Tao Zhao
    2018 Winner Silver Hugo
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao
    "The Silver Hugo for Best Actress goes to Zhao Tao (Ash Is Purest White, dir. Jia Zhangke, China). who plays the role of Quio who takes us on a 20 year journey through the fast changing landscape and morays of her country. Tao burns with brilliance, wit, ferociousness as a woman whose steps are haunted by her history and what may come next."
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Winner Silver Hugo
    • Best Director
    • Jia Zhang-ke
    "The Silver Hugo for Best Director goes to Jia Zhangke (China) for Ash Is Purest White which was shot with masterfully crafted mise en scene that allows us to observe the complexity of its characters and the evolution of a country."

Denver Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Krzysztof Kieslowski Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Winner Krzysztof Kieslowski Award
    • Honorable Mention
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Golden Horse Film Festival

  • Tao Zhao
    2018 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Leading Actress
    • Tao Zhao

Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Chinese Language Film from the Two Coasts
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Gabriel Sherover Foundation Award
    • Best International Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Miami Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Munich Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee ARRI/OSRAM Award
    • Best International Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Tao Zhao
    2020 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao
    2nd place

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award
    • Jia Zhang-ke

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Audience Award
    • City of Donostia Audience Award
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Oslo Films from the South Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Silver Mirror Award
    • Best Feature
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Dublin International Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Winner Dublin Film Critics Special Jury Prize
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Asian Film Awards

  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Nominee Asian Film Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Beijing Student Film Festival

  • Fan Liao
    2019 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Actor
    • Fan Liao
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Director
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Jury Award
    • Grand Jury Prix
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Shanghai Film Critics Awards

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Winner Film of Merit
    • Top Ten Films
    • Jia Zhang-ke (director)

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Tao Zhao
    2018 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Performance by an Actress
    • Tao Zhao

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Tao Zhao
    2020 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao
    2nd place
  • Tao Zhao and Fan Liao in Ash Is Purest White (2018)
    2020 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Picture
    25th place
  • Tao Zhao and Fan Liao in Ash Is Purest White (2018)
    2019 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Picture Not Released in 2018

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Tao Zhao and Fan Liao in Ash Is Purest White (2018)
    2019 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Film
    Tied Monos (2019) in 10th place

Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Winner Best Director
    • Best Director
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Tao Zhao
    2018 Winner Award for Best Actress
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Grand Prix Golden Listapad
    • Best Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Chinese Film Media Awards

  • Fan Liao
    2019 Nominee China Film Media Award
    • Best Actor
    • Fan Liao
  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Nominee China Film Media Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao

China Film Director's Guild Awards

  • Fan Liao
    2019 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Actor
    • Fan Liao
  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Winner China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Director
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Picture
    • Jia Zhang-ke (director)
    • Zhonglei Wang (executive producer)
    • Zhongjun Wang (producer)
    • Zhonglun Ren (producer)
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Asian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Picture
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao
  • Fan Liao
    2019 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Fan Liao
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Huading Award

  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Nominee Huading Award
    • Best Actress in a Motion Picture
    • Tao Zhao
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Huading Award
    • Best Directing for a Motion Picture
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao

Guangzhou Student Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Screenplay
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Romantic Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Tao Zhao and Fan Liao in Ash Is Purest White (2018)
    2019 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Lead Actress
    • Tao Zhao

Adana Film Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Nominee Golden Boll in International Feature Film
    • Best Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

Asian Film Festival Barcelona

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Winner Official Section Award
    • Best Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

NEW ERA FILM FESTIVAL

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Winner New Wave Unit
    • Best Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Tao Zhao
    2018 Nominee New Wave Unit
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao

Weibo Awards Ceremony

  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Nominee Weibo Movie Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao
  • Fan Liao
    2019 Nominee Weibo Movie Award
    • Best Actor
    • Fan Liao

Subversive Festival

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Wild Dreamers Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke

International Cinephile Society (ICS) Cannes Awards

  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2018 Winner ICS Cannes Award
    • Prix du Jury
    • Jia Zhang-ke
    Tied with Hirokazu Koreeda for Shoplifters (2018)
  • Tao Zhao
    2018 Winner ICS Cannes Award
    • Best Actress
    • Tao Zhao

Movie Heroes Awards, China

  • 2019 Nominee Movie Heroes Award
    • Best Art Direction
    • Weixin Liu

Golden Carp Film Award

  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Tao Zhao
  • Fan Liao
    2019 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Fan Liao
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Film
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Director
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Tao Zhao and Fan Liao in Ash Is Purest White (2018)
    2019 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Ensemble Performance

Youth Film Manual Annual Award

  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Tao Zhao
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Director
    • Jia Zhang-ke
  • Fan Liao
    2019 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Actor of The Decade
    • Fan Liao
    Shared with: The Final Master · Black Coal, Thin Ice
  • Tao Zhao
    2019 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Actress of The Decade
    • Tao Zhao
    Shared with: A Touch of Sin · Mountains May Depart
  • Jia Zhang-ke in A Touch of Sin (2013)
    2019 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Director of The Decade
    • Jia Zhang-ke
    Shared with: Mountains May Depart · A Touch of Sin

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