Asian Film Award for Best Film

Asian Film Awards
for Best Film
Awarded forBest Asian Film of the Year
Presented byHong Kong International Film Festival Society
First awarded2007
Last awarded2022
Winner (2022)Drive My Car (Japan)
Websitewww.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

2000s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
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

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
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

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
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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