Asian Film Awards

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Asian Film Awards
Current: 18th Asian Film Awards
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic achievements
Location
Country Asia
Presented by Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (20072012)
Asian Film Awards Academy (2013present)
First awarded 2007
Last awarded 2024
Website www.afa-academy.com
  16th  ·Current: 18th · 19th 

The Asian Film Awards are presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy to recognise the excellence of the film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema.

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History

The former Asian Film Awards trophy designed by William Chang used in the 3rd Asian Film Awards in 2009. Asian Film Awards.jpg
The former Asian Film Awards trophy designed by William Chang used in the 3rd Asian Film Awards in 2009.

On January 29, 2007, Wilfred Wong, the Chairman of Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, announced the launch of the Asian Film Awards (AFA). [1] The 1st Asian Film Awards occurred on March 20, 2007, on the opening night of the 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. It honoured the best film achievements of the Asian cinema in the year 2006. It was attended by about 4000 guests from around the world. [2]

The AFA Presentation Ceremony takes place as part of the Entertainment Expo Hong Kong Opening Gala. Eminent filmmakers and superstars from around the world are invited to bestow awards upon the winner(s) of each category, making the ceremony a dazzling extravaganza as well as an influential cultural event. [3]

Throughout its history and since its inauguration in 2007, Chinese-language films and professionals from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong have dominated the awards. [4] [5] [6] [7]

The trophy

On February 13, 2007, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council hosted a celebration of Park Chan-wook's I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK announcement of being the opening film for the 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival at a reception in Berlin. At the same event the AFA trophy, designed by award-winning production designer, William Chang, was also unveiled. [8]

According to William Chang, his inspiration behind the artwork was his admiration to a combination of architectural drawings and his own collection of antique statues. Measuring 36 cm (14 in), the trophy symbolises the joy and the accomplishment of all the award winners. [9]

The current trophy is gold as a whole but had changed significantly before. The first trophies that were handed in 2007 has its trophy in black with a white base. In the 2nd AFA, the current gold colour was used as whole but in 2009 for its 3rd AFA instead of a gold base, it has a black base. Then in 2010, the whole gold trophy had returned and now used nowadays.

Eligibility, nominations and voting

To be eligible, films must be feature length (more than 60 minutes); be in 35mm or 70mm film format or digital format suitable for exhibition in cinemas; and be fiction films from Asia. This encompasses all the cinemas of Asia: East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia. Additionally, the films must have English subtitles.

The films must have been released between January 1 and December 31 of the year preceding the awards ceremony, and have been exhibited through a domestic theatrical release and distribution to at least one other country; been premiered at an international film festival; or received national film awards.

The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society compile the preliminary nomination list with the participation of the two parties who can submit films for the consideration to be included in the nomination list which are:

After the Society finalised the nomination list, the Jury and the Voting Members (composed of previous winners from past AFA) would then vote in an Online Balloting System where it would be counted, tallied and kept confidential until the day of the AFA by a reputable firm of certified public accountants.

Award categories

Special awards

These special awards are not always presented on a consistent annual basis. The Society chooses the special awards to be given for a certain year.

People's Choice awards

^* The asterisk indicates the awards that were renamed for a certain Asian Film Awards Presentation Ceremony. Their first and original names are used in this list.

Major award winners

Year Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best New Director
2007
1st
Flag of South Korea.svg The Host Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jia Zhangke
for Still Life
Flag of South Korea.svg Song Kang-ho
for The Host
Flag of Japan.svg Miki Nakatani
for Memories of Matsuko
No awardNo awardNo award
2008
2nd
Flag of South Korea.svg Secret Sunshine Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-dong
for Secret Sunshine
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tony Leung
for Lust, Caution
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Do-yeon
for Secret Sunshine
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Honglei
for Mongol
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Joan Chen
for The Sun Also Rises
2009
3rd
Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo Sonata Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Kore-eda
for Still Walking
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Motoki
for Departures
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Xun
for The Equation of Love and Death
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Woo-sung
for The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Flag of the Philippines.svg Gina Pareño
for Service
2010
4th
Flag of South Korea.svg Mother Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Chuan
for City of Life and Death
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xueqi
for Bodyguards and Assassins
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hye-ja
for Mother
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Nicholas Tse
for Bodyguards and Assassins
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kara Hui
for At the End of Daybreak
2011
5th
Flag of Thailand.svg Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-dong
for Poetry
Flag of South Korea.svg Ha Jung-woo
for The Yellow Sea
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Fan
for Aftershock
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Sammo Hung
for Ip Man 2
Flag of South Korea.svg Youn Yuh-jung
for The Housemaid
2012
6th
Flag of Iran.svg A Separation Flag of Iran.svg Asghar Farhadi
for A Separation
Flag of Indonesia.svg Donny Damara
for Lovely Man
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Deanie Ip
for A Simple Life
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lawrence Ko
for Jump Ashin!
Flag of the Philippines.svg Shamaine Buencamino
for Niño
2013
7th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mystery Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Kitano
for Outrage Beyond
Flag of the Philippines.svg Eddie Garcia
for Bwakaw
Flag of the Philippines.svg Nora Aunor
for Thy Womb
Flag of India.svg Nawazuddin Siddiqui
for Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
Flag of Japan.svg Makiko Watanabe
for Capturing Dad
2014
8th
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg The Grandmaster Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Kar-wai
for The Grandmaster
Flag of India.svg Irrfan Khan
for The Lunchbox
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Ziyi
for The Grandmaster
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Bo
No Man's Land
Flag of Singapore.svg Yeo Yann Yann
for Ilo Ilo
2015
9th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Blind Massage Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ann Hui
for The Golden Era
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liao Fan
for Black Coal, Thin Ice
Flag of South Korea.svg Bae Doona
for A Girl at My Door
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Zhiwen
The Golden Era
Flag of Japan.svg Ikewaki Chizuru
for The Light Shines Only There
2016
10th
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Hong Kong.svg The Assassin Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hou Hsiao-hsien
for The Assassin
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Byung-hun
for Inside Men
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Shu Qi
for The Assassin
Flag of Japan.svg Asano Tadanobu
for Journey to the Shore
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Yun
for The Assassin
2017
11th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg I Am Not Madame Bovary Flag of South Korea.svg Na Hong-jin
for The Wailing
Flag of Japan.svg Asano Tadanobu
for Harmonium
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Bingbing
for I Am Not Madame Bovary
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lam Suet
for Trivisa
Flag of South Korea.svg Moon So-ri
for The Handmaiden
2018
12th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Youth Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Ishii
for The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Louis Koo
for Paradox
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Sylvia Chang
for Love Education
Flag of South Korea.svg Yang Ik-june
for Wilderness
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yuqi
for Legend of the Demon Cat
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dong Yue
for The Looming Storm
2019
13th
Flag of Japan.svg Shoplifters Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-dong
for Burning
Flag of Japan.svg Kōji Yakusho
for The Blood of Wolves
Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Samal Yeslyamova
for Ayka
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yu
for Dying to Survive
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kara Hui
for Tracey
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Oliver Siu Kuen Chan
for Still Human
2020
14th
Flag of South Korea.svg Parasite Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiaoshuai
for So Long, My Son
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Byung-hun
for The Man Standing Next
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Dongyu
for Better Days
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Kase
for To the Ends of the Earth
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ko Shu-chin
for A Sun
Flag of Japan.svg Hikari
for 37 Seconds
2021
15th
Flag of Japan.svg Wife of a Spy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yimou
for One Second
Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Ah-in
for Voice of Silence
Flag of Japan.svg Yū Aoi
for Wife of a Spy
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyun-bin
for The Silent Forest
Flag of Japan.svg Aju Makita
for True Mothers
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Eui-jeong
for Voice of Silence
2022
16th
Flag of Japan.svg Drive My Car Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Kore-eda
for Broker
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tony Leung Chiu-wai
for Where the Wind Blows
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Wei
for Decision to Leave
Flag of Japan.svg Hio Miyazawa
for Egoist
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim So-jin
for Emergency Declaration
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jigme Trinley
for One and Four
2023
17th
Flag of Japan.svg Evil Does Not Exist Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Kore-eda
for Monster
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Yakusho
for Perfect Days
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Qinqin
for Dwelling by the West Lake
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hoon
for 12.12: The Day
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Rachel Leung
for In Broad Daylight
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Nick Cheuk
for Time Still Turns the Pages

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