Asian Film Award for Best Film

Asian Film Awards

Asian Film Award for Best Film

The 2025 recipient: All We Imagine as Light

Awarded for| Best Asian Film of the Year
Presented by| Asian Film Awards Academy
First award| 2007
Most recent winner| All We Imagine as Light
(2025)
Website| afa-academy.com

Asian Film Award for Best Film is presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA), a non-profit organization founded by Busan International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival with the shared goal of celebrating excellence in Asian cinema. It was first presented in 2007.

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Country

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2007 | The Host | 괴물 | Bong Joon-ho |  South Korea
Curse of the Golden Flower | 满城尽带黄金甲 | Zhang Yimou |  China
Hong Kong
Exiled | 放·逐 | Johnnie To |  Hong Kong
Love and Honor | 武士の一分 | Yoji Yamada |  Japan
Requiem from Java | Opera Jawa | Garin Nugroho |  Indonesia
Still Life | 三峡好人 | Jia Zhangke |  China
2008 | Secret Sunshine | 밀양 | Lee Chang-dong |  South Korea
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame | بودا از شرم فرو ریخت | Hana Makhmalbaf |  Iran
I Just Didn't Do It | それでもボクはやってない | Masayuki Suo |  Japan
Lust, Caution | 色，戒 | Ang Lee |  Taiwan
China
The Sun Also Rises | 太阳照常升起 | Jiang Wen |  China
Hong Kong
The Warlords | 投名状 | Peter Chan |  China
Hong Kong
2009 | Tokyo Sonata | トウキョウソナタ | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |  Japan
Forever Enthralled | 梅兰芳 | Chen Kaige |  China
The Good, the Bad, the Weird | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 | Kim Jee-woon |  South Korea
Ponyo | 崖の上のポニョ | Hayao Miyazaki |  Japan
The Rainbow Troops | Laskar Pelangi | Riri Riza |  Indonesia
Red Cliff | 赤壁 | John Woo |  China
2010 | Mother | 마더 | Bong Joon-ho |  South Korea
Bodyguards and Assassins | 十月圍城 | Teddy Chan |  Hong Kong
Cannot Live Without You | 不能没有你 | Leon Dai |  Taiwan
City of Life and Death | 南京! 南京! | Lu Chuan |  China
Grandmother | Lola | Brillante Mendoza |  Philippines
Parade | パレード | Isao Yukisada |  Japan

### 2010s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Country

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2011 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |  Thailand
Aftershock | 唐山大地震 | Feng Xiaogang |  China
Confessions | 告白 | Tetsuya Nakashima |  Japan
Let the Bullets Fly | 让子弹飞 | Jiang Wen |  China
Hong Kong
Peepli Live | पीपली लाइव | Anusha Rizvi |  India
Poetry | 시 | Lee Chang-dong |  South Korea
2012 | A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین | Asghar Farhadi |  Iran
The Flowers of War | 金陵十三钗 | Zhang Yimou |  China
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | 龍門飛甲 | Tsui Hark |  China
Hong Kong
Postcard | 一枚のハガキ | Kaneto Shindo |  Japan
Seediq Bale | 賽德克·巴萊 | Wei Te-sheng |  Taiwan
You Don't Live Twice | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | Zoya Akhtar |  India
2013 | Mystery | 浮城谜事 | Lou Ye |  China
Drug War | 毒戰 | Johnnie To |  China
Hong Kong
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 | गैंग्स ऑफ़ वासेपुर-भाग | Anurag Kashyap |  India
Outrage Beyond | アウトレイジ ビヨンド | Takeshi Kitano |  Japan
Pietà | 피에타 | Kim Ki-duk |  South Korea
2014 | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師 | Wong Kar-wai |  Hong Kong
China
The Great Passage | 舟を編む | Yuya Ishii |  Japan
The Lunchbox | द लंच बॉक्स | Ritesh Batra |  India
No Man's Land | 无人区 | Ning Hao |  China
Snowpiercer | 설국열차 | Bong Joon-ho |  South Korea
Stray Dogs | 郊遊 | Tsai Ming-liang |  Taiwan
France
2015 | Blind Massage | 推拿 | Lou Ye |  China
Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 | Diao Yinan |  China
Haider | हैदर | Vishal Bhardwaj |  India
Hill of Freedom | 자유의 언덕 | Hong Sang-soo |  South Korea
Ode to My Father | 국제시장 | Yoon Je-kyoon |  South Korea
The Light Shines Only There | そこのみにて光輝く | Mipo O |  Japan
2016 | The Assassin | 刺客聶隱娘 | Hou Hsiao-hsien |  Taiwan
China
Hong Kong
Bajirao Mastani | बाजीराव मस्तानी | Sanjay Leela Bhansali |  India
Mountains May Depart | 山河故人 | Jia Zhangke |  China
France
Japan
Mr. Six | 老炮儿 | Guan Hu |  China
Three Stories of Love | 恋人たち | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi |  Japan
Veteran | 베테랑 | Ryoo Seung-wan |  South Korea
2017 | I Am Not Madame Bovary | 我不是潘金莲 | Feng Xiaogang |  China
The Age of Shadows | 밀정 | Kim Jee-woon |  South Korea
Godspeed | 一路順風 | Chung Mong-hong |  Taiwan
Harmonium | 淵に立つ | Kōji Fukada |  Japan
The Wailing | 곡성 | Na Hong-jin |  South Korea
2018 | Youth | 芳华 | Feng Xiaogang |  China
Angels Wear White | 嘉年华 | Vivian Qu |  China
France
The Day After | 그 후 | Hong Sang-soo |  South Korea
Newton | न्यूटन | Amit V Masurkar |  India
The Third Murder | 三度目の殺人 | Hirokazu Kore-eda |  Japan
2019 | Shoplifters | 万引き家族 | Hirokazu Kore-eda |  Japan
Burning | 버닝 | Lee Chang-dong |  South Korea
Dying to Survive | 我不是藥神 | Wen Muye |  China
Jinpa | 撞死了一只羊 | Pema Tseden |  China
Sanju |  | Rajkumar Hirani |  India

### 2020s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Country  | Ref.

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2020 | Parasite | 기생충 | Bong Joon-ho |  South Korea | [1]
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Listen to the Universe | 蜜蜂と遠雷  | Kei Ishikawa  |  Japan
So Long, My Son | 地久天长  | Wang Xiaoshuai |  China
A Sun | 陽光普照  | Chung Mong-hong |  Taiwan
Thappad | Anubhav Sinha |  India
There Is No Evil | شیطان وجود ندارد  | Mohammad Rasoulof |  Iran
2021 | Wife of a Spy | スパイの妻 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |  Japan | [3]
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 偶然と想像  | Ryusuke Hamaguchi |  Japan
The Disciple | Chaitanya Tamhane |  India
The Book of Fish | 자산어보  | Lee Joon-ik |  South Korea
One Second | 一秒钟  | Zhang Yimou |  China
2023 | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi |  Japan | [5]
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Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심  | Park Chan-wook |  South Korea
Ponniyin Selvan: I | பொன்னியின் செல்வன்  | Mani Ratnam |  India
When the Waves Are Gone | Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon  | Lav Diaz |  Philippines
Poet | Akyn  | Darezhan Omirbaev |  Kazakhstan
2024 | Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi |  Japan | [7]
12.12: The Day | 서울의 봄  | Kim Sung-su |  South Korea
Paradise | Prasanna Vithanage |  Sri Lanka
India
Perfect Days | Wim Wenders |  Japan
Germany
Snow Leopard | 雪豹  | Pema Tseden |  China
2025 | All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia |  India
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg | [8]
Exhuma | 파묘  | Jang Jae-hyun |  South Korea
Teki Cometh | 敵  | Daihachi Yoshida |  Japan
Black Dog | 狗阵  | Guan Hu |  China
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | 九龍城寨之圍城  | Soi Cheang |  Hong Kong

## References

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1. ^ Noh, Jean (September 9, 2020). "'Parasite' heads nominations for first Asian Film Awards hosted by Busan". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
2. ^ Noh, Jean (October 28, 2020). "'Parasite' wins top prize at Asian Film Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
3. ^ Soriano, Jianne (September 9, 2021). "Asian Film Awards 2021: Full List of Nominees". Tatler Asia. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
4. ^ Soriano, Jianne (October 8, 2021). "All the Winners From the Asian Film Awards 2021". Tatler Asia. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
5. ^ Rosser, Michael (January 6, 2023). "'Decision To Leave' leads Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
6. ^ Rosser, Michael (March 12, 2023). "'Drive My Car' wins top prize at Asian Film Awards, Tony Leung takes two trophies". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
7. ^ Frater, Patrick; Ramachandran, Naman (March 10, 2024). "'Evil Does Not Exist' Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
8. ^ Brzeski, Patrick (March 16, 2025). "Asian Film Awards: 'All We Imagine as Light' Wins Best Picture, Yoshida Daihachi Takes Best Director for 'Teki Cometh'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 17, 2025.

## External links

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* Asian Film Awards Academy

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Asian Film Award for Best Film

* The Host (2007)
* Secret Sunshine (2008)
* Tokyo Sonata (2009)
* Mother (2010)
* Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011)
* A Separation (2012)
* Mystery (2013)
* The Grandmaster (2014)
* Blind Massage (2015)
* The Assassin (2016)
* I Am Not Madame Bovary (2017)
* Youth (2018)
* Shoplifters (2019)
* Parasite (2020)
* Wife of a Spy (2021)
* Drive My Car (2022)
* Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
* All We Imagine as Light (2024)

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Asian Film Awards

Awards|

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

Ceremonies|

* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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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