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Incantation
2022
· Movie
· 111 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3230
- IMDb #4032
- Google retired #3068
- Letterboxd #2833
- Douban #1629
- Kinopoisk #4991
Every rating
52–74
out of 100
Six years ago, a filmmaker and her friends broke a religious taboo while filming a ritual in a forbidden tunnel, unleashing a vengeful curse. Now, she must protect her young daughter from the sinister consequences of her past actions. She uses video footage to document her attempts to break the curse and explain the terrifying rules of the folk religion to the viewer, implicating them in the ritual.
Details
- Director
- Kevin Ko
- Writers
- Kevin Ko, Zhang Zhe Wai
- Released
- 18 March 2022
- Country
- Taiwan
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Box office
- $5.7M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 17 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 21 →4 wins from 21 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 24th Taipei Film Awards 2022 | Best Narrative Feature | Incantation | Nominee |
| 24th Taipei Film Awards 2022 | Best Director | Kevin Ko | Nominee |
| 24th Taipei Film Awards 2022 | Best Actress | Tsai Hsuan-yen | Nominee |
| 24th Taipei Film Awards 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Kao Ying-hsuan | Winner |
| 24th Taipei Film Awards 2022 | Best Cinematography | Chen Ko-chin | Nominee |
| 24th Taipei Film Awards 2022 | Best Art Design | Otto Chen | Winner |
| 24th Taipei Film Awards 2022 | Best Visual Effects | MoonShine Animation | Nominee |
| 59th Golden Horse Awards 2022 | Best Narrative Feature | Incantation | Nominee |
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59th Golden Horse Awards
14 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film Editing | Kevin Ko | Winner |
| Best Sound Effects | R.T Kao, Rockid Lee and Richard Hocks | Winner |
| Audience Choice Award | Incantation | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Otto Chen | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Chen Ko-chin | Nominee |
| Best Director | Kevin Ko | Nominee |
| Best Leading Actress | Tsai Hsuan-yen | Nominee |
| Best Makeup & Costume Design | Dong Yan-xiu and Chu Chia-yi | Nominee |
| Best Narrative Feature | Incantation | Nominee |
| Best New Performer | Huang Sin-ting | Nominee |
| Best Original Film Score | Rockid Lee | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Chang Che-wei and Kevin Ko | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kao Ying-hsuan | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Huang Min-pin, Hsieh Meng-cheng, Lu Kuan-sang and Li Che-cheng | Nominee |
24th Taipei Film Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Art Design | Otto Chen | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kao Ying-hsuan | Winner |
| Best Actress | Tsai Hsuan-yen | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Chen Ko-chin | Nominee |
| Best Director | Kevin Ko | Nominee |
| Best Narrative Feature | Incantation | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | MoonShine Animation | Nominee |