Asian Film Award for Best Director

Asian Film Awards

Asian Film Awards
for Best Director

The 2023 and 2024 recipient: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Awarded for| Best direction in Asian Cinema in the year
Presented by| Hong Kong International Film Festival Society
First awarded| 2007
Last awarded| 2024
Winner (2024)| Hirokazu Kore-eda
Website| www.asianfilmawards.asia
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Asian Film Award for Best Director has been awarded annually since 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.[1][2][3][4]

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

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Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title

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2007 |  Jia Zhangke | Still Life | 三峡好人
Hong Sang-soo | Woman on the Beach | 해변의 여인
Jafar Panahi | Offside | آفساید
Johnnie To | Exiled | 放逐
Tsai Ming-liang | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | 黑眼圈
Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Syndromes and a Century | อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล
2008 |  Lee Chang-dong | Secret Sunshine | 밀양
Peter Chan | The Warlords | 投名状
Jiang Wen | The Sun Also Rises | 太阳照常升起
Ang Lee | Lust, Caution | 投名状
Masayuki Suo | I Just Didn't Do It | それでもボクはやってない
Zhang Lu | Desert Dream | 경계
2009 |  Hirokazu Koreeda | Still Walking | 歩いても 歩いても
Feng Xiaogang | If You Are the One | 非诚勿扰
Kim Jee-woon | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈
Brillante Mendoza | Service | Serbis
Hayao Miyazaki | Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea | 崖の上のポニョ
John Woo | Red Cliff | —

### 2010s

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Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title

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2010 |  Lu Chuan | City of Life and Death | 南京! 南京!
Bong Joon-ho | Mother | 마더
Asghar Farhadi | About Elly | درباره الی, Darbareye Elly
Brillante Mendoza | Grandmother | Lola
Sion Sono | Love Exposure | 愛のむきだし
Yonfan | Prince of Tears | 淚王子
2011 |  Lee Chang-dong | Poetry | 시
Feng Xiaogang | Aftershock | 唐山大地震
Jiang Wen | Let the Bullets Fly | 让子弹飞
Takashi Miike | 13 Assassins | 十三人の刺客
Na Hong-jin | The Yellow Sea | 황해
Tetsuya Nakashima | Confessions | 告白
2012 |  Asghar Farhadi | A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین, Jodái-e Náder az Simin
Teddy Soeriaatmadja | Lovely Man | —
Sion Sono | Guilty of Romance | 恋の罪
Tsui Hark | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | —
Wei Te-sheng | Seediq Bale | 賽德克·巴萊
Zhang Yimou | The Flowers of War | 金陵十三钗
2013 |  Takeshi Kitano | Outrage Beyond | アウトレイジ ビヨンド
Anurag Kashyap | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 | —
Abbas Kiarostami | Like Someone in Love | ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ
Kim Ki-duk | Pietà | 피에타
Lou Ye | Mystery | 浮城谜事
2014 |  Wong Kar-wai | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師
Bong Joon-ho | Snowpiercer | 설국열차
Anthony Chen | Ilo Ilo | 爸妈不在家
Hirokazu Koreeda | Like Father, Like Son | そして父になる, Soshite Chichi ni Naru
Tsai Ming-liang | Stray Dogs | Jiao You
2015 |  Ann Hui | The Golden Era | 黃金時代
Vishal Bhardwaj | Haider | —
Lav Diaz | From What Is Before | Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon
Hong Sang-soo | Hill of Freedom | 자유의 언덕
Lou Ye | Blind Massage | 推拿
Shinya Tsukamoto | Fires on the Plain | Nobi
2016 |  Hou Hsiao-hsien | The Assassin | 刺客聶隱娘
Guan Hu | Mr. Six | 老炮兒
Jia Zhangke | Mountains May Depart | 山河故人
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Our Little Sister | 海街diary
Ryoo Seung-wan | Veteran | 베테랑
2017 |  Na Hong-jin | The Wailing | 곡성
Lav Diaz | The Woman Who Left | Ang Babaeng Humayo
Feng Xiaogang | I Am Not Madame Bovary | 我不是潘金莲
Kōji Fukada | Harmonium | 淵に立つ
Derek Tsang | Soul Mate | 七月與安生
2018
Yuya Ishii | The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue | 映画 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ
Sylvia Chang | Love Education | 相愛相親
Chen Kaige | Legend of the Demon Cat | 妖猫传
Feng Xiaogang | Youth | 芳华
Hong Sang-soo | The Day After | 그 후
Ann Hui | Our Time Will Come | 明月幾時有
2019 |  Lee Chang-dong | Burning | 버닝
Pema Tseden | Jinpa | 撞死了一只羊
Rajkumar Hirani | Sanju |
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Shoplifters | 万引き家族
Fruit Chan | Three Husbands | 三夫

### 2020s

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Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title

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2020 |  Wang Xiaoshuai | So Long, My Son | 地久天长
Pema Tseden | Balloon | དབུགས་ལྒང་། (Tibetan); 气球 (Simplified Chinese)
Tsai Ming-liang | Days | 日子
Bong Joon-ho | Parasite | 기생충
Chung Mong-hong | A Sun | 陽光普照
Nobuhiro Suwa | Voices in the Wind | 風の電話
2021[5] |  Zhang Yimou | One Second | 秒钟
Adhilkan Yerzhanov | Yellow Cat | —
Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Wife of a Spy | スパイの妻
Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 偶然と想像
Lee Joon-ik | The Book of Fish | 자산어보
2023[6]
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Broker | 브로커
Park Chan-wook | Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심
Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー
Davy Chou | Return to Seoul | Retour à Séoul
Darezhan Omirbaev | Poet | Akyn
2024
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Monster | 怪物
Gu Xiaogang | Dwelling by the West Lake | 草木人間
Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない
Kim Sung-su | 12.12: The Day | 서울의 봄
Prasanna Vithanage | Paradise | —

## References

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1. ^ "Asian Film Awards: Wong Kar Wai's 'The Grandmaster' Leads With 11 Nominations". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
2. ^ "Anthony Chen nominated for best director at 8th Asian Film Awards ..." news.nom.co. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
3. ^ "4th AFA Nominees and Winners". asianfilmawards.asia. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
4. ^ "Anthony Chen nominated for best director at 8th Asian Film Awards". antaranews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
5. ^ Kim Bo-ra (October 8, 2021). "유아인·아오이 유우 '주연상'→이병헌 '아시아영화엑설런스상'…韓 4관왕(AFA)[종합]" [Yoo Ah-in and Aoi Yu 'Best Actor' → Lee Byung-hun's 'Asian Film Excellence Award'… Korea 4 Crowns (AFA) [Overall]]. Osen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
6. ^ Ntim, Zac (January 6, 2023). "Asian Film Awards: Decision to Leave And Drive My Car Lead Nominations". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

## External links

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* Official site

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Asian Film Award for Best Director

* Jia Zhangke (2007)
* Lee Chang-dong (2008)
* Hirokazu Kore-eda (2009)
* Lu Chuan (2010)
* Lee Chang-dong (2011)
* Asghar Farhadi (2012)
* Takeshi Kitano (2013)
* Wong Kar-wai (2014)
* Ann Hui (2015)
* Hou Hsiao-hsien (2016)
* Na Hong-jin (2017)
* Yuya Ishii (2018)
* Lee Chang-dong (2019)
* Wang Xiaoshuai (2020)
* Zhang Yimou (2021)
* Hirokazu Kore-eda (2022)
* Hirokazu Kore-eda (2023)

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Asian Film Awards

Awards|

* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best New Director
* Best Supporting Actress
* Best Newcomer
* Best Costume Design

Ceremonies|

* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2023
* 2024

Note: Ceremonies are listed here by the year in which they were held, not necessarily the year in which nominated films were released.
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