Full list of winners of the Asia Film Awards 2024

The formal art drama from Oscar-winning director Ryosuke Hamaguchi Evil does not exist It won Best Picture on Sunday night at the Asia Film Awards in Hong Kong.

The Japanese film industry had a big night overall at the 17th edition of the awards ceremony, hosted this year at Hong Kong’s gleaming new Xiqu Centre, part of the city’s $2.7 billion West Kowloon Cultural District development. Japanese festival favorite Hirokazu Kore-eda won Best Director for his mystery drama Monster, while the great Koji Yakusho took Best Actor for Wim Fender’s poignant and poignant drama. Perfect days. Hamaguchi’s main collaborator in Evil does not existIkuo Ishibashi won for Best Music and Kaiju Critical and Commercial Sensation Godzilla minus one It received the best visual effects and best sound.

However, this was Zhang Yimou’s night in many ways. The revered Chinese director took the stage twice, once to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, and once to receive the highest-grossing Asian film award for his blockbuster. The full red riverWhich grossed $634 million last year.

Other notable winners included Jiang Qinqin for Best Actress for her powerful role in the rural drama Residence on West Lake The late Tibetan author Pema Tseden won best screenplay for his latest film, Snow leopard.

The AFAs were held on the eve of Filmart, Asia’s largest content marketplace, which runs from March 11-14. The Hong Kong International Film Festival kicks off in the city on March 28.

Asian Film Awards 2024 – Complete list of winners
the best movie
12.12: Today (South Korea)
Evil does not exist (Japan)
heaven (Sri Lanka, India)
Perfect days (Japan)
Snow leopard (China)

Best director
Kim Sung Soo L 12.12: Today (South Korea)
Gu Xiaogang’s Residence on West Lake (China)
Hamaguchi Ryosuke L Evil does not exist (Japan)
Kore-eda Hirokazu L Monster (Japan)
Prasanna Vithanage L heaven (Sri Lanka, India)

Best New Director
Khagvadolam Borev-Osher L Wind City (France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar, Germany)
Pham Thien L Inside the yellow cocoon shell (Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain)
Dominic Sangma L Rapture (India, China, Switzerland, Qatar, Netherlands)
amanda neil eu Tiger stripes (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar)
Nick Cheok’s Time keeps turning pages (Hong Kong)

best actor
Hwang Jung Min 12.12: Today (South Korea)
Wu Kang Ren Abang Adek (Malaysia)
Shen Teng Fei The full red river (China)
Yakushu Koji V Perfect days (Japan)
Tony Leung Chiu Wai Goldfinger (Hong Kong, China)

Best Actress
Jiang Qin Qin Residence on West Lake (China)
Jung Yu Mi Sleeps (South Korea)
Zhou Dong Yu Fei break the ice (China, Singapore)
Audrey lynn in Trouble girl (Taiwan)
Kikuchi Rinko in 658 km Yuko (Japan)

Best Supporting Actor
Park Hoon-in 12.12: Today (South Korea)
Jack tan in Abang Adek (Malaysia)
Nakamura Shido Cuban (Japan)
Park Jung-min Smugglers (South Korea)
Shawn Wong in Time keeps turning pages (Hong Kong)

Best Supporting Actress
Hamabi Minami in Godzilla minus one (Japan)
Rachel Leung V In broad daylight (Hong Kong)
Tsutsui Mariko in Last shadow at first light (Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, Philippines, Indonesia)
Min Se go inside Smugglers (South Korea)
Wan Fang Fei Snow in the middle of summer (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)

The best expatriate
Tergil Bold Erden Wind City (Mongolia, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar, Germany)
Awat ratanapintha in Loud boy (Thailand, Cambodia)
YOYO TSE IN Fly me to the moon (Hong Kong)
Wang Yibo Hidden code (China)
Shirata Mihaya V Last shadow at first light (Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, Philippines, Indonesia)

Best scenario
Hamaguchi Ryosuke L Evil does not exist (Japan)
Sakamoto Yuji L Monster
Prasanna Vithanage and Anushka Senanayake heaven (Sri Lanka, India)
Jason Yu L Sleeps (South Korea)
Pema Tsedin L Snow leopard (China)

Best editing
Kim Sang Bum L 12.12: Today (South Korea)
Hamaguchi Ryosuke and Yamazaki Azusa Evil does not exist (Japan)
Mathieu Laclau Only the river flows (China)
a. Srikar Prasad L heaven (Sri Lanka, India)
Nick Cheok, Keith Chan Hyo Chun Time keeps turning pages (Hong Kong)

Best cinematography
I am not coming to 12.12: Today (South Korea)
Kitagawa Yoshio L Evil does not exist (Japan)
Qingma Zhiyuan’s Only the river flows (China)
Azamat Dolatov L Q (Kazakhstan)
Mathias Delvaux Snow leopard (China)

Best original music
Umebayashi Shigeru L Residence on West Lake (China)
Ishibashi Iku L Evil does not exist (Japan)
Akmal Mergen L Q (Kazakhstan)
Anon Sh Moamen L Rapture (India, China, Switzerland, Qatar, Netherlands)
Lee Dong Jun L 1947 The Road to Boston (South Korea)

Best fashion design
Tim Yip L The First Creation of the Gods: The Kingdom of Storms (China)
Kurosawa Kazuko L Cuban (Japan)
Yoon Jung Hee L Smugglers (South Korea)
Yen NG’s Snow in the middle of summer (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)
Man Lim Chung L Goldfinger (Hong Kong, China)

Best production design
Cho Hwa-Sung L Concrete utopia (South Korea)
Mitsumatsu Keiko L Monster (Japan)
Zhang Minglun’s Only the river flows (China)
Dactsi Drendrop L Snow leopard (China)
Eric L.L Goldfinger (Hong Kong, China)

Best visual effects
Eun Jae Hyun L Concrete utopia (South Korea)
Douglas Hans Smith The First Creation of the Gods: The Kingdom of Storms (China)
Yamazaki Takashi, Shibuya Kyoko, Takahashi Masaki, Nojima Tatsuji Godzilla minus one (Japan)
Jin Jung Hyun for “The Moon” (South Korea)
Allen Wei, Ahdi Qiu, Ding Yanlai, Eric Xu for “The Wandering Earth II” (China)

Best sound
Kim Hyun Sang L Concrete utopia (South Korea)
Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan The First Creation of the Gods: The Kingdom of Storms (China)
Inoue Natsuko L Godzilla minus one (Japan)
Fung Jiabao, Xander Toh Inside the yellow cocoon shell (Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain)
Tu Du Chih, Wu Shu Yao Snow in the middle of summer (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore).

AFA Next Generation Award
Zhao Liying, actor (China)

Excellence in Asian Cinema
Lee Young-ae, actor (Korea) and Suzuki Ryohei, actor (Japan)

Asia Rising Star Award
Win Mytawin, actor (Thailand)

Highest-grossing Asian film
The full red river monastery. Zhang Yimou (China)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Zhang Yimou, director (China)