The 7th Asian Film Awards took place on 18 March 2013. In the 14 award categories, 30 films with 70 nominees from across Asia were recognized for their excellence in cinema. The nominees were announced by actor Andy Lau who also served as president of the judging panel. The ceremony was held at the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.
Michelle Yeoh received the honour of the Lifetime Achievement award.
Jury Andy Lau (Hong Kong) Ronald Arguelles (Philippines) John Badalu (Indonesia) Patricia Cheng (Hong Kong) Kenji Ishizaka (Japan) Christian Jeune (France) Dai Jinhua (China) Eric Khoo (Singapore) Kong Rithdee (Thailand) Wen Tien-hsiang (Taiwan) Jacob Wong (Hong Kong)
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best FilmBest DirectorMystery Drug War / Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 Outrage Beyond Pietà Takeshi Kitano – Outrage Beyond Anurag Kashyap – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 Abbas Kiarostami – Like Someone in Love // Kim Ki-duk – Pietà Lou Ye – Mystery Best ActorBest ActressEddie Garcia – Bwakaw Joseph Chang – Girlfriend, Boyfriend Choi Min-sik – Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Tony Leung Ka-fai – Cold War Liu Ye – The Last Supper Nora Aunor – Thy Womb Cho Min-soo – Pietà Golshifteh Farahani – The Patience Stone Gwei Lun-mei – Girlfriend, Boyfriend Hao Lei – Mystery Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting ActressNawazuddin Siddiqui – Talaash: The Answer Lies Within Ha Jung-woo – Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Ryo Kase – Like Someone in Love Chapman To – Diva Rhydian Vaughan – Girlfriend, Boyfriend Makiko Watanabe – Capturing Dad Jun Ji-hyun – The Thieves Kim Hye-soo – The Thieves Lee Lieh – Together Qin Lan – The Last Supper Best NewcomerBest ScreenwriterQi Xi – Mystery Jian Man-shu – When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep Higashide Masahiro – The Kirishima Thing Huang Yu-siang – Touch of the Light Kim Sung-kyun – Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Mei Feng, Yu Fan & Lou Ye – Mystery Anand Gandhi – Ship of Theseus Kōhei Kiyasu & Yoshida Daihachi – The Kirishima Thing Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan & Yu Xi – Drug War / Yoon Jong-bin – Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Best CinematographerBest Production DesignerTouraj Aslani – Rhino Season / Choi Young-hwan – The Thieves Rajeev Ravi – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 Yanagijima Katsumi – Like Someone in Love Zhang Li & Ma Cheng – The Last Supper Bahman Ghobadi & Ali Daryai – Rhino Season / Cho Hwa-sung – Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Wasiq Khan – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 Man Lim-Chung – The Silent War – / Yee Chung-man & Eric Lam Chi-ki – The Last Tycoon /Best ComposerBest EditorPritam Chakraborty – Barfi! Jo Yeong-wook – Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Peyman Yazdanian & Jóhann Jóhannsson – Mystery Keiichi Suzuki – Outrage Beyond Ueno Koji – The Floating Castle Kusakabe Mototaka – The Kirishima Thing Takeshi Kitano & Ohta Yoshinori – Outrage Beyond Valerie Loiseleux – Rhino Season / David Richardson & Allen Leung – Drug War / Shin Min-kyung – The Thieves Best Visual EffectsBest Costume DesignerFarbod Khoshtinat – Rhino Season / Chas Chau, Lewis Chan, Benson Poon & Johnny Lin – When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep Kwak Tae-yong, Hwang Hyo-kyun, Lim Jung-hoon – Doomsday Book Lee In-ho, Je Young-ho – Soar into the Sun Onoue Katsuro, Oya Tetsuo, Sato Atsuki & Tsujino Minami – The Floating Castle Man Lim-chung – The Silent War / Chen Xue-bing & Zhong Jia-ni – The Last Supper Jessie Dai Mei-ling & Chan Chi-man – The Last Tycoon / Kwak Jung-ae – A Werewolf Boy Otsuka Mitsuru, Matsunaga Kazuta & Inamura Akihiko – The Floating Castle
People's Choice Awards Favorite ActorFavorite Actress Eddie Garcia – Bwakaw Joseph Chang – Girlfriend, Boyfriend Choi Min-sik – Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Tony Leung Ka-fai – Cold War Liu Ye – The Last Supper Cho Min-soo – Pietà Nora Aunor – Thy Womb Golshifteh Farahani – The Patience Stone Gwei Lun-mei – Girlfriend, Boyfriend Hao Lei – Mystery
Special awards
Excellence in Asian Cinema Award
Michelle Yeoh
The Asian Film Award for 2012’s Top Grossing Asian Film
Lost in Thailand
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