Director Bong Joon-ho‘s film “Parasite” has been nominated for the British Academy Film Awards, also known as the BAFTAs.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts on Tuesday announced the nominees for the annual awards, which will be presented in London in February.

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“Parasite” received four nominations including best film, best director, best original screenplay and best film not in the English language.

“Parasite” will compete with Sam Mendes’ war film “1917”, Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic “The Irishman”, Quentin Tarantino’s radiant Los Angeles fable “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and Todd Phillips’ psychological thriller “Joker”.

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“Parasite” is directed by Bong Joon-ho, and features Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Jo Yeo-jung, Choi Wooshik, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun. Release date in Korea: 2019/05/30.