The Asian Film Awards (2007-2023) The Asian Film Awards Academy is the organizer of the annual event, Asian Film Award. The awards, first presented in 2007, is to recognize the excellence of the film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 16th Asian Film Award Awards for 2022 Date: March 12, 2023 Location: Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium in Hong Kong Palace Museum. Best Film: “Drive My Car” by Hamaguchi Ryusuke (Japan) Best Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu for “Broker” (Korea) Best Actress: Tang Wei for “Decision to Leave” (Korea) Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu Wai for “Where the Wind Blows” (Hong Kong) Best Supporting Actress: Kim So-jin for “Emergency Declaration” (Korea) Best Supporting Actor: Miyazawa Hio for “Egoist” (Japan) Best New Director: Jigme Trinley for “One and Four” (China) Best Newcomer: Mak Pui Tung for “The Sparring Partner” (Hong Kong) Best Screenplay: Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook for “Decision to Leave” (Korea) Best Editing: Yamazaki Azusa for “Drive My Car” (Japan) Best Cinematography: Lu Songye for “One and Four” (China) Best Original Music: Ishibashi Eiko for “Drive My Car” (Japan) Best Costume Design: Karen Yip, Dora Ng for “Anita” (Hong Kong) Best Production Design: Ryu Seong-hie for “Decision to Leave” (Korea) Best Visual Effects: Chas Chau, Leung Wai Kit, Kwok Tai for “Warriors of Future” (Hong Kong) Best Sound: Tu Duu-Chih for “Anita” (Hong Kong) Next Generation award: Ji Chang-wook (Korea) AFA X STI Best Dressed Award: Abe Hiroshi Asian Film Contribution Award: Tony Leung Lifetime Achievement Award: Sammo Hung -------------------------------------------------------------------- 15th Asian Film Award Awards for 2021 Date: October 8, 2021 Location: held in Busan at Haeundae Best Film: Wife of a Spy directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi Best director: Zhang Yimou, for One Second Best new director: Hong Eui-jeong for Voice of Silence Best actor: Yoo Ah-in in Voice of Silence Best actress: Aoi Yu in Wife of a Spy Best supporting actor: Kim Hyun-bin for The Silent Forest Best supporting actress: Makita Aju for True Mothers Best screenplay: Chaitanya Tamhane for The Disciple Best newcomer: Liu Haocun in One Second Best editing: Li Yongyi for Cliff Walkers Best visual effects: Tim Crosbie, Joy Wu for The Eight Hundred Best cinematography: Masoud Amini Tirani for The Wasteland Best costume design: Koketsu Haruki for Wife of a Spy Best production design: Kenneth Mak for Limbo Best original music: Day Tai for “The Way We Keep Dancing” Best sound: Nopawat Likitwong for Limbo Excellence in Asian cinema: Lee Byung Hun Highest grossing Asian film of 2020: Demon Slayer: The Movie – Mugen Train -------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th Asian Film Award Awards for 2020 Date: October 28, 2020 Location: Broadcast on the AFAA and Busan Film Festival’s official websites and YouTube channels Best Film: “Parasite” (Korea) Best Director: Wang Xiaoshuai (“So Long, My Son,” China) Best New Director: Hikari (“37 Seconds,” Japan) Best Actor: Lee Byung Hun (“The Man Standing Next,” Korea) Best Actress: Zhou Dong Yu (“Better Days,” Hong Kong, China) Best Supporting Actor: Kase Ryo (“To the Ends of the Earth,” Japan, Uzbekistan, Qatar) Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Ko (Ko Shu Chin) (“A Sun,” Taiwan) Best Newcomer: Jackson Yee (“Better Days,” Hong Kong, China) Best Screenplay: Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won (“Parasite,” Korea) Best Editing: Yang Jin Mo (“Parasite,” Korea) Best Cinematography: Dong Jin Song (“The Wild Goose Lake,” China, France) Best Original Music: Karsh Kale and The Salvage Audio Collective (“Gully Boy,” India) Best Costume Design: Pacharin Surawatanapongs (“Happy Old Year,” Thailand) Best Production Design: Lee Ha Jun (“Parasite,” Korea) Best Visual Effects: Tomi Kuo and Renovatio Pictures (“Detention,” Taiwan) Best Sound: Kureishi Yoshifumi (“Listen to the Universe,” Japan) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th Asian Film Award Awards for 2019 Date: March 17, 2019 Location: The TVB City in Hong Kong Best Film Shoplifters Japan Best Director Lee Chang-dong – Burning South Korea Best Actor Kōji Yakusho – The Blood of Wolves Japan Best Actress Samal Yeslyamova – Ayka Russia Kazakhstan Best Supporting Actor ZHANG Yu – Dying to Survive China Best Supporting Actress Kara Hui – Tracey Hong Kong Best New Director Oliver Siu Kuen Chan – Still Human Hong Kong Best Newcomer Huang Jingyu – Operation Red Sea ChinaHong Kong Best Screenplay Jia Zhangke – Ash Is Purest White China Best Editing Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing Japan Best Cinematography Zhao Xiaoding – Shadow China Best Original Music Haruomi Hosono – Shoplifters Japan Best Costume Designer Chen Minzheng – Shadow China Best Production Design Horace Ma – Shadow China Best Visual Effects Alex Lim Hung-Fung – Project Gutenberg Hong KongChina Best Sound Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan – Shadow China Lifetime Achievement Award Lee Chang-dong South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th Asian Film Award Awards for 2018 Date: March 17, 2018 Location: Venetian Macao (Macao), China Best Film “Youth” Best Director Ishii Yuya (Japan) for “The Tokyo Night Sky is Always the Densest Shade of Blue” Best Screenplay Mayanayk Tewari, Amit Masurkar (India) for “Newton” Best Actor Louis Koo (Hong Kong) “Paradox” Best Actress Sylvia Chang (Taiwan) in “Love Education” Best Supporting Actor Yang Ik-June (Japan) in “Wilderness” Best Supporting Actress Zhang Yuqi (China) in “The Legend of the Demon Cat” Best Action Film “Paradox” (Hong Kong) Best Newcomer Chutimon Cheungcharoensukying (Thailand) in “Bad Genius” Best New Director Dong Yue (China) “The Looming Storm” Best Cinematography Kim Jiyoung (Korea) for “The Fortress” Next Generation Award Lim Yoon-a (Korea) Best Original Music Joe Hisaishi (Japan) for “Our Time Will Come” Best Sound Tuu Di-chih and Wu Shu-yao (Taiwan) for “The Great Buddha+” Best Editing Shin Min-kyung (Korea) for “The King” Best Visual Effects Ishi Norio (Japan) for “The Legend of the Demon Cat” Best Costume Design Chen Tongxun (China) for “The Legend of the Demon Cat” Best Production Design Tu Nan and Lu Wei (China) for “The Legend of the Demon Cat” Excellence In Asian Cinema Award Kara Wai (Hong Kong) 2017 Highest Grossing Asian Film “Wolf Warrior 2” Lifetime Achievement Award Sylvia Chang -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th Asian Film Award Awards for 2017 Date: March 21, 2017 Location: Hong Kong, China Best Film I Am Not Madame Bovary (China) Best Director Na Hong-jin – The Wailing (South Korea) Best Actor Asano Tadanobu – Harmonium (Japan) Best Actress Fan Bingbing – I Am Not Madame Bovary (China) Best Supporting Actor Lam Suet – Trivisa (Hong Kong) Best Supporting Actress Moon So-ri – The Handmaiden (South Korea) Best Newcomer Kim Tae-ri – The Handmaiden (South Korea) Best Screenplay Asghar Farhadi – The Salesman (Iran) Best Cinematographer Luo Pan – I Am Not Madame Bovary (China) Best Production Designer Ryu Seong-hee – The Handmaiden (South Korea) Best Composer Mowg – The Age of Shadows (South Korea) Best Editor Lee Chatametikool, Natalie Soh – Apprentice (Singapore/Germany/France/Hong Kong/Qatar) Best Visual Effects Tetsuo Ohya – Shin Godzilla (Japan) Best Costume Designer Jo Sang-gyeong – The Handmaiden (South Korea) Best Sound Fang Tao, Hao Zhiyu – Crosscurrent (China) Rising Star of Asia Award Lin Yun (China) Lifetime Achievement Award Tsui Hark (Hong Kong) Excellence in Asian Cinema Award Sammi Cheng (Hong Kong) ----------------------------------------------------- 10th Asian Film Award Awards for 2016 Date: March 17, 2016 Location: Macau, China Best film The Assassin (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Best director Hou Hsiao-hsien, The Assassin (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Best actor Lee Byung-hun, Inside Men (South Korea) Best actress Shu Qi, The Assassin (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Best newcomer Jessie Li, Port of Call (Hong Kong) Best Supporting Actor Asano Tadanobu, Journey to the Shore (France, Japan) Best Supporting Actress Zhou Yun, The Assassin (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Best Screenwriter/Screenplay Jia Zhangke Mountains May Depart (France, Japan, China) Best Cinematographer/cinematography Mark Lee Ping-bing The Assassin (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Best Production Designer/design Hwarng Wern-ying The Assassin (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Best original music Lim Giong The Assassin (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Best sound Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih and Wu Shu-yao The Assassin (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan) Best Editor/editing William Chang Suk-ping, Chu Ka-yat, Liao Ching-sung, Wong Hoi, Philip Yung Port of Call (Hong Kong) Best Visual Effects Prasad Sutar Bajirao Mastani (India) Best Costume Designer/design Lee Ji-yeon and Shim Hyun-seob The Throne (South Korea) Special Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award: Kirin Kiki and Yuen Wo-ping ----------------------------------------------------- 9th Asian Film Award Awards for 2015 Date: March 25, 2015 Location: Macau, China Best film Blind Massage (China) Best director Ann Hui, The Golden Era (Hong Kong, China) Best actor Liao Fan, Black Coal, Thin Ice (China) Best actress Bae Doo-na, A Girl At My Door (South Korea) Best newcomer Zhang Huiwen, Coming Home (Mainland China) Best Supporting Actor Wang Zhiwen, The Golden Era (Hong Kong, Mainland China) Best Supporting Actress Ikewaki Chizuru, The Light Shines Only There (Japan) Best Screenwriter Diao Yinan, Black Coal, Thin Ice (Mainland China) Best Cinematographer Zeng Jian, Blind Massage (Mainland China) Best Production Designer LIU Qing, Gone With The Bullets (Mainland China) Best Composer Mikey McCleary, Margarita, With A Straw (India) Best Editor Gareth Evans, The Raid 2: Berandal (Indonesia) Best Visual Effects Rick Sander and Christoph Zollinger, Gone With The Bullets (Mainland China) Best Costume Designer William Chang Suk Ping, Gone With The Bullets (Mainland China) Special Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award: Im Kwon-taek (South Korea) ----------------------------------------------------- 8th Asian Film Award Awards for 2014 Date: March 27, 2014 Location: Macau, China Best Film The Grandmaster Best Actor The Lunchbox: Irrfan Khan Best Actress The Grandmaster: Ziyi Zhang Best Supporting Actor No Man's Land: Bo Huang Best Supporting Actress Ilo Ilo: Yann Yann Yeo Best Director The Grandmaster: Kar Wai Wong Best Cinematographer The Grandmaster: Philippe Le Sourd Best Costume Designer The Grandmaster: William Chang Best Visual Effects Mr. Go: Sung-jin Jung Best Screenwriter The Lunchbox: Ritesh Batra Best Newcomer So Young: Shuying Jiang Best Composer The Grandmaster: Shigeru Umebayashi, Nathaniel Méchaly Best Production Designer The Grandmaster: William Chang, Alfred Yau Best Editor Cold Eyes: Min-kyung Shin ----------------------------------------------------- 7th Asian Film Award Awards for 2013 Date: March 18, 2013 Location: Hong Kong, China Best Film Mystery Best Actor Bwakaw: Eddie Garcia Best Actress Thy Womb: Nora Aunor Best Supporting Actor Talaash: Nawazuddin Siddiqui Best Supporting Actress Capturing Dad: Makiko Watanabe Best Director Beyond Outrage: Takeshi Kitano Best Cinematographer Rhino Season: Turaj Aslani Best Costume Designer The Silent War: Lim Chung Man Best Visual Effects Rhino Season: Farbod Khoshtinat Best Screenwriter Mystery: Feng Mei, Fan Yu, Ye Lou Best Newcomer Mystery: Xi Qi Best Composer Barfi!: Pritam Chakraborty Best Production Designer Rhino Season: Bahman Ghobadi, Ali Daryai Best Editor The Kirishima Thing: Mototaka Kusakabe Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema Michelle Yeoh People's Choice Award Favorite Actor Bwakaw: Eddie Garcia Favorite Actress Pieta: Min-soo Jo Top Grossing Asian Film Award Lost in Thailand ----------------------------------------------------- 6th Asian Film Award Awards for 2012 Date: March 19, 2012 Location: Hong Kong, China Best Film A Separation Best Actor Lovely Man: Donny Damara Best Actress A Simple Life: Deannie Yip Best Supporting Actor Jump Ashin!: Lawrence Ko Best Supporting Actress Niño: Shamaine Buencamino Best Director A Separation: Asghar Farhadi Best Cinematographer Dragon: Jake Pollock, Yiu-Fai Lai Best Costume Designer Flying Swords of Dragon Gate: Chung Man Yee, Hsuan-wu Lai Best Visual Effects Flying Swords of Dragon Gate: Wook Kim, Josh Cole, Frankie Chung Best Screenwriter A Separation: Asghar Farhadi Best Newcomer The Flowers of War: Ni Ni Best Composer Dragon: Kwong Wing Chan, Peter Kam, Chatchai Pongprapaphan Best Production Designer Dragon: Chung Man Yee, Li Sun Best Editor A Separation: Hayedeh Safiyari Edward Yang New Talent Award Edwin Lifetime Achievement Award Ann Hui People's Choice Award Favorite Actor A Simple Life: Andy Lau Favorite Actress The Woman in the Septic Tank: Eugene Domingo Top Grossing Asian Film Award Let the Bullets Fly ----------------------------------------------------- 5th Asian Film Award Awards for 2011 Date: March 21, 2011 Location: Hong Kong, China Best Film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Best Actor The Yellow Sea: Jung-woo Ha Best Actress Aftershock: Fan Xu Best Supporting Actor Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Best Supporting Actress The Housemaid: Yeo-jeong Yoon Best Director Poetry: Chang-dong Lee Top-Grossing Film Director Aftershock: Xiaogang Feng Best Cinematographer Norwegian Wood: Ping Bin Lee Best Costume Designer Let the Bullets Fly: William Chang Best Visual Effects Aftershock: Phil Jones Best Screenwriter Poetry: Chang-dong Lee Best Newcomer Monga: Mark Chao Best Composer Peepli (Live): Indian Ocean Best Production Designer 13 Assassins: Yuji Hayashida Best Editor I Saw the Devil: Na-young Nam Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema Dong-ho Kim Lifetime Achievement Award Raymond Chow People's Choice Award Favorite Actor Let the Bullets Fly: Yun-Fat Chow Favorite Actress The Housemaid: Do-yeon Jeon ----------------------------------------------------- 4th Asian Film Award Awards for 2010 Date: March 22, 2010 Location: Hong Kong, China Best Film Mother Best Actor Bodyguards and Assassins: Xueqi Wang Best Actress Mother: Hye-ja Kim Best Supporting Actor Bodyguards and Assassins: Nicholas Tse Best Supporting Actress At the End of Daybreak: Kara Hui Best Director City of Life and Death: Chuan Lu Top-Grossing Film Director Red Cliff II: John Woo, Terence Chang Best Cinematographer City of Life and Death: Yu Cao Best Costume Designer Face: Christian Lacroix, Ann Dunsford, Chia Hui Wang Best Visual Effects Thirst: Jeon-hyeong Lee Best Screenwriter Mother: Eun-kyo Park, Joon-ho Bong Best Newcomer At the End of Daybreak: Meng Hui Ng Best Composer Adrift: Ngoc Dai Hoang Best Production Designer Face: Patrick Dechesne, Alain-Pascal Housiaux, Tian Jue Lee Best Editor Karaoke: Lee Chatametikool Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema Yimou Zhang Lifetime Achievement Award Amitabh Bachchan ----------------------------------------------------- 3rd Asian Film Award Awards for 2009 Date: March 23, 2009 Location: Hong Kong, China Best Film Tokyo Sonata Best Actor Departures: Masahiro Motoki Best Actress The Equation of Love and Death: Xun Zhou Best Supporting Actor The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Woo-sung Jung Best Supporting Actress Service: Gina Pareño Best Director Still Walking: Hirokazu Koreeda Best Cinematographer Tulpan: Jolanta Dylewska Best Visual Effects Red Cliff: Craig Hayes Best Screenwriter Tokyo Sonata: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Max Mannix, Sachiko Tanaka Best Newcomer Forever Enthralled: Shaoqun Yu Best Composer Ponyo: Joe Hisaishi Best Production Designer Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon: Daniel Lee Best Editor The Chaser: Sun-min Kim Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia Award Priyanka Chopra ----------------------------------------------------- 2nd Asian Film Award Awards for 2008 Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Hong Kong, China Best Film Secret Sunshine Best Actor Lust, Caution: Tony Chiu Wai Leung Best Actress Secret Sunshine: Do-yeon Jeon Best Supporting Actor Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan: Honglei Sun Best Supporting Actress The Sun Also Rises: Joan Chen Best Director Secret Sunshine: Chang-dong Lee Best Cinematographer Help Me, Eros: Pen-jung Liao Best Visual Effects The Warlords: Yuen Fai Ng Best Screenwriter Mad Detective: Ka-Fai Wai, Kin-Yee Au Best Composer Om Shanti Om: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani Best Production Designer The Sun Also Rises: Juiping Cao, Jian Qun Zhang Best Editor Eye in the Sky: David M. Richardson Edward Yang New Talent Award Yûya Ishii Lifetime Achievement Award Yôji Yamada ----------------------------------------------------- 1st Asian Film Award Awards for 2007 Date: March 20, 2007 Location: Hong Kong, China Best Film The Host Best Actor The Host: Kang-ho Song Best Actress Memories of Matsuko: Miki Nakatani Best Director Still Life: Zhangke Jia Best Cinematographer The Host: Hyung-ku Kim Best Visual Effects The Host: (Orphanage, The) Best Screenwriter Men at Work: Mani Haghighi Best Composer Requiem from Java: Rahayu Supanggah Best Production Designer The Banquet: Timmy Yip Best Editor Syndromes and a Century: Lee Chatametikool Excellence in Scholarship in Asian Cinema David Bordwell Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia Award Andy Lau Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema Josephine Siao