departure [... which] gives the impression that Thailand's film censorship system is as strict with moral guidelines as is its mainland Chinese counterpart." Accolades Bad Genius dominated the 2017 Thai film awards season. At the 27th Suphannahong National Film Awards, held on 11 March 2018, the film won a record-breaking twelve categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress. It also set a record for number of nominations received (sixteen nominations in fifteen categories, i.e. every category except Best Original Song). At the Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards, the film received eleven nominations in ten (out of thirteen) categories, tying in number of nominations with indie film ThaiBan The Series, and won nine, including all five main categories. Bad Genius was also nominated for Best Screenplay at the 12th Asian Film Awards, where Chutimon won Best Newcomer. The film was one of the four finalists considered by the National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations for Thailand's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not chosen, in favour of 2016's By the Time It Gets Dark. The film also won several awards on the festival circuit. It won the Best Feature award at the New York Asian Film Festival, and lead actress Chutimon received the festival's Screen International Rising Star Asia award at the film's screening. Competition jury Kristina Winters spoke of the film, "[Bad Genius] re-envisions the heist movie with grades instead of gold and proves that commercial films can still be innovative and remind us why we love movies. With a complex plot, relentless pacing, driven editing, and strong performances, it makes test-taking exciting and had us on the edge of our seats." The film also won awards at the Fantasia Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, and the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Bad Genius was registered as a national heritage film by the Thai Film Archive in its eighth annual listing, announced on 4 October 2018. Notes References External links GDH 559 films 2017 films Thai-language films 2010s heist films 2010s high school films Best Picture Suphannahong National Film Award winners Thai national heritage films Thai thriller films Thai high school films Thai heist films Thai teen films Films about social class Films set in Bangkok Films set in Sydney Films shot in Thailand Films shot in Sydney Films about examinations and testing