Asian Film Award for Best Film

Asian Film Awards

Asian Film Awards
for Best Film

Awarded for| Best Asian Film of the Year
Presented by| Hong Kong International Film Festival Society
First awarded| 2007
Last awarded| 2022
Winner (2022)| Drive My Car (Japan)
Website| www.asianfilmawards.asia
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Asian Film Award for Best Film has been awarded annually since 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

## 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
(1st) | 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
(2nd) | 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
(3rd) | 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
(4th) | 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
(5th) | 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
(6th) | 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
(7th) | 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
(8th) | 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
(9th) | 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
(10th) | 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
(11th) | 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
(12th) | 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
(13th) | 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

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2020
(14th)[1] | Parasite | 기생충 | Bong Joon-ho |  South Korea
Listen to the Universe | 蜜蜂と遠雷 | Kei Ishikawa [ja] |  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
(15th)[2] | Wife of a Spy | スパイの妻 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |  Japan
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 | 秒钟 | Zhang Yimou |  China
2022
(16th)[3]
Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi |  Japan
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

## References

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1. ^ Sabastian Nadilo (October 28, 2020). "14th Asian Film Awards – Winners 2020". Asian Film Festivals. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
2. ^ 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. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
3. ^ Ntim, Zac (January 6, 2023). "Asian Film Awards: Decision to Leave And Drive My Car Lead Nominations". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 17, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

## External links

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* Official site

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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)

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Awards|

* Best Film
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* Best Supporting Actor
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* Best Supporting Actress
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