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Asian Film Awards 2020 winners: Parasite wins best picture but fails to dominate at online edition

It had always looked like a foregone conclusion – and so it proved when the South Korean megahit Parasite was named best picture at the 14th edition of the Asian Film Awards on Wednesday afternoon. The film duly proved to be the biggest winner in an hour-long announcement programme streamed on the awards’ official YouTube channel, complete with pre-recorded acceptance speeches.Even in a year that has turned out as surreal as any, no one could have realistically expected anything less for an…

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