The 18th Asian Film Awards was held on March 16, 2025, at Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong. The nominations were announced on January 10, 2025. The 18th edition featured a selection of 30 outstanding films from 25 countries and regions, competing across 16 awards. The South Korean film Exhuma with 11 nominations is the most-nominated film this year. Actors Dean Fujioka, Aokbab Chutimon, Austin Lin, Lo Chun-yip, and Masaki Okada were appointed, with Fujioka serving as the ambassador and the others as youth ambassadors.
The awards ceremony took place on March 16, 2025, at the Grand Theatre, with Jason Chan and Sarah Song as hosts. The event was broadcast live at 17:00 HKT on the YouTube channel of the Asian Film Awards Academy and TVB Plus (Channel 82). All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia won the best film award.
Events
The following events were held on March 14 and 15 leading to award ceremony:
Stealing the Scene: The Best Supporting Actors Conversation Breaking Boundaries: The Next Wave of Asian Directors Tu Duu-chih’s Masterclass: Echoes of Light and Sound Bringing Stories to Life: The Art of Production Design Scoring the Screen: The Power of Film Music Pre-Awards gathering of ambassador Dean Fujioka and four youth ambassadors: Aokbab Chutimon, Austin Lin, Lo Chun-yip, and Masaki Okada. Win Metawin, a Thai star, also attended as they met fans at a special event in apm mall. Special screenings of three films nominated for Best Film and Best Director at the Awards: All We Imagine as Light Black Dog Exhuma
Jury
Sammo Hung as Jury President – Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director. Sabrina Baracetti Roger Garcia Ishizaka Kenji Jennifer Jao Nam Dong-chul Janet Wu Yanyan
Winners and nominees
All We Imagine as Light ( / / / ) Black Dog () Exhuma () Teki Cometh () Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In () | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%"| Daihachi Yoshida – Teki Cometh Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light Guan Hu – Black Dog Jang Jae-hyun – Exhuma Rithy Panh – Meeting with Pol Pot Sean Lau – Papa Eddie Peng – Black Dog Choi Min-sik – Exhuma Kyōzō Nagatsuka – Teki Cometh Michael Hui – The Last Dance Shahana Goswami – Santosh Kani Kusruti – All We Imagine as Light Sylvia Chang – Daughter's Daughter Yuumi Kawai – Desert of Namibia Kim Go-eun – Exhuma Lee Kang-sheng – Stranger Eyes Ken Mitsuishi – All the Long Nights Sosuke Ikematsu – My Sunshine Chu Pak Hong – The Last Dance / Philip Ng – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Yang Kuei-mei – Yen and Ai-Lee Maggie Li Lin Lin – All Shall Be Well Divya Prabha – All We Imagine as Light Lim Ji-yeon – Revolver Kumi Takiuchi – Teki Cometh / Sandhya Suri – Santosh Yoko Yamanaka – Desert of Namibia / Neo Sora – Happyend Dong Zijian – My Friend An Delie Minh Quý Trương – Viet and Nam Hayato Kurihara – Happyend Lee Do-hyun – Exhuma Putthipong Assaratanakul – How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies Dylan So – Papa Đào Duy Bảo Định – Viet and Nam The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof All the Long Nights – Kiyoto Wada and Sho Miyake All We Imagine as Light – Payal Kapadia Exhuma – Jang Jae-hyun Meeting with Pol Pot – Rithy Panh and Pierre-Erwan Guillaume Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Cheung Ka-fai All We Imagine as Light – Clément Pinteaux Meeting with Pol Pot – Rithy Panh and Matthieu Laclau My Friend An Delie – William Chang Suk-ping Papa – Jojo Shek |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | Harbin – Hong Kyung-pyo My Friend An Delie – Lu Songye Shambhala – Aziz Zhambakiyiv Teki Cometh – Hidetoshi Shinomiya Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Cheng Siu-keung | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | The Last Dance – Chu Wan Pin All the Long Nights – Hi'Spec The Box Man – Michiaki Katsumoto Exhuma – Kim Tae-seong Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Kenji Kawai |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | Exhuma – Choi Yoon-sun A Tapestry of a Legendary Land – Yang Donglin Shambhala – Dorjee Dradhul Gurung Teki Cometh – Miyamoto Mari Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Bruce Yu, Karen Yip | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Kenneth Mak, Chau Sai Hung Ambrose Black Dog – Huo Tingxiao, Li Chang Don't Cry, Butterfly – Pham Phong Lan Exhuma – Seo Seong-gyeong The Box Man – Hayashida Yuji |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | Exhuma – Kim Shin-chul, Daniel Son Black Dog – Danny Yin Black Ox – Sato Fumiro, Kobari Yasuhiro Dead Talents Society – Tomi Kuo, Chiu Chun-Yi Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Lin Chun Yue Jules, Ma Siu Fu, Garrett K Lam, Yee Kwok Leung | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" | Stranger Eyes'' – Tu Duu-chih, Tu Tse-Kang Cadet – Zurab Kurmanbayev Exhuma – Kim Byung-in Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Yiu Chun Hin, Cheung Man Hoi, To Burnard Davy Viet and Nam'' – Vincent Villa Koji Yakusho Tang Wei Jang Dong-gun Wu Kang-ren Kōki
Films with multiple nominations + Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 11 Exhuma 9 Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In6 All We Imagine as Light Teki Cometh 5 Black Dog3 All the Long Nights The Last Dance Meeting with Pol Pot My Friend An Delie Papa Viet and Nam2 The Box Man Desert of Namibia Santosh Shambhala Stranger Eyes
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