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.
History It was first presented in 2007 during the first edition of the awards. South Korean monster film The Host, directed by Bong Joon Ho was the first recipient of the award. The most recent winner is All We Imagine as Light, an international co-production between India, France, Netherlands, and Luxembourg, directed by Payal Kapadia.
Japan and China both hold the record of most wins in the category, with five wins each, followed by South Korea with four and Hong Kong with two. Additionally, South Korean director Bong Joon Ho was the most award-winning films in the category with three of his film receiving the award: The Host (2007), Mother (2010) and Parasite (2020).
Winners and nominees 2000s Year English title Original title Director(s) Country 2007The Host 괴물 Bong Joon-ho Curse of the Golden Flower 满城尽带黄金甲 Zhang Yimou Exiled 放·逐 Johnnie To Love and Honor 武士の一分 Yoji Yamada Requiem from Java Opera Jawa Garin Nugroho Still Life 三峡好人 Jia Zhangke 2008 Secret Sunshine 밀양 Lee Chang-dong Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame بودا از شرم فرو ریخت Hana Makhmalbaf I Just Didn't Do It それでもボクはやってない Masayuki Suo Lust, Caution 色，戒 Ang Lee The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起 Jiang Wen The Warlords 投名状 Peter Chan 2009Tokyo Sonata トウキョウソナタ Kiyoshi Kurosawa Forever Enthralled 梅兰芳 Chen Kaige The Good, the Bad, the Weird 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 Kim Jee-woon Ponyo 崖の上のポニョ Hayao Miyazaki The Rainbow Troops Laskar Pelangi Riri Riza Red Cliff 赤壁 John Woo
2010s Year English title Original title Director(s) Country 2010 Mother 마더 Bong Joon-ho Bodyguards and Assassins 十月圍城 Teddy Chan Cannot Live Without You 不能没有你 Leon Dai City of Life and Death 南京! 南京! Lu Chuan Grandmother Lola Brillante Mendoza Parade パレード Isao Yukisada 2011 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ Apichatpong Weerasethakul Aftershock 唐山大地震 Feng Xiaogang Confessions 告白 Tetsuya Nakashima Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞 Jiang Wen Peepli Live पीपली लाइव Anusha Rizvi Poetry 시 Lee Chang-dong 2012 A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین Asghar Farhadi The Flowers of War 金陵十三钗 Zhang Yimou Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 龍門飛甲 Tsui Hark Postcard 一枚のハガキ Kaneto Shindo Seediq Bale 賽德克·巴萊 Wei Te-sheng You Don't Live Twice Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Zoya Akhtar 2013 Mystery 浮城谜事 Lou Ye Drug War 毒戰 Johnnie To Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 गैंग्स ऑफ़ वासेपुर-भाग Anurag Kashyap Outrage Beyond アウトレイジ ビヨンド Takeshi Kitano Pietà 피에타 Kim Ki-duk 2014 The Grandmaster 一代宗師 Wong Kar-wai The Great Passage 舟を編む Yuya Ishii The Lunchbox द लंच बॉक्स Ritesh Batra No Man's Land 无人区 Ning Hao Snowpiercer 설국열차 Bong Joon-ho Stray Dogs 郊遊 Tsai Ming-liang 2015 Blind Massage 推拿 Lou Ye Black Coal, Thin Ice 白日焰火 Diao Yinan Haider हैदर Vishal Bhardwaj Hill of Freedom 자유의 언덕 Hong Sang-soo Ode to My Father 국제시장 Yoon Je-kyoon The Light Shines Only There そこのみにて光輝く Mipo O 2016 The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘 Hou Hsiao-hsien Bajirao Mastani बाजीराव मस्तानी Sanjay Leela Bhansali Mountains May Depart 山河故人 Jia Zhangke Mr. Six 老炮儿 Guan Hu Three Stories of Love 恋人たち Ryōsuke Hashiguchi Veteran 베테랑 Ryoo Seung-wan 2017 I Am Not Madame Bovary 我不是潘金莲 Feng Xiaogang The Age of Shadows 밀정 Kim Jee-woon Godspeed 一路順風 Chung Mong-hong Harmonium 淵に立つ Kōji Fukada The Wailing 곡성 Na Hong-jin 2018 Youth 芳华 Feng Xiaogang Angels Wear White 嘉年华 Vivian Qu The Day After 그 후 Hong Sang-soo Newton न्यूटन Amit V Masurkar The Third Murder 三度目の殺人 Hirokazu Kore-eda 2019 Shoplifters 万引き家族 Hirokazu Kore-eda Burning 버닝 Lee Chang-dong Dying to Survive 我不是藥神 Wen Muye Jinpa 撞死了一只羊 Pema Tseden Sanju Rajkumar Hirani
2020s Year English title Original title Director(s) Country 2020 Parasite 기생충 Bong Joon-ho Listen to the Universe 蜜蜂と遠雷 Kei Ishikawa So Long, My Son 地久天长 Wang Xiaoshuai A Sun 陽光普照 Chung Mong-hong Thappad Anubhav Sinha There Is No Evil شیطان وجود ندارد Mohammad Rasoulof 2021 Wife of a Spy スパイの妻 Kiyoshi Kurosawa Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然と想像 Ryusuke Hamaguchi The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane The Book of Fish 자산어보 Lee Joon-ik One Second 一秒钟 Zhang Yimou 2023 Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー Ryusuke Hamaguchi Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심 Park Chan-wook Ponniyin Selvan: I பொன்னியின் செல்வன் Mani Ratnam When the Waves Are Gone Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon Lav Diaz Poet Akyn Darezhan Omirbaev 2024 Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない Ryusuke Hamaguchi 12.12: The Day 서울의 봄 Kim Sung-su Paradise Prasanna Vithanage Perfect Days Wim Wenders Snow Leopard 雪豹 Pema Tseden 2025 All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia Exhuma 파묘 Jang Jae-hyun Teki Cometh 敵 Daihachi Yoshida Black Dog 狗阵 Guan Hu Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 九龍城寨之圍城 Soi Cheang
References
External links Asian Film Awards Academy