The Asian Film Award for Best Screenplay 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. It was first presented in 2007. The category includes both original and adapted screenplays.
Winners and nominees 2000s Year English title Original title Recipient(s) 2007 Men at Work کارگران مشغول کارند Mani Haghighi Woman on the Beach 해변의 여인 Hong Sang-soo Death Note 2: The Last Name デスノート the Last name Oishi Tetsuya, Shusuke Kaneko Crazy Stone 疯狂的石头 Zhang Cheng, Yue Xiaojun, Ning Hao My Scary Girl 달콤, 살벌한 연인 Sohn Jae-gon Invisible Waves คำพิพากษาของมหาสมุทร Prabda Yoon 2008 Mad Detective 神探 Au Kin-yee, Wai Ka-fai I Just Didn't Do It それでもボクはやってない Masayuki Suo Lust, Caution 色，戒 Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus Little Moth 血蝉 Peng Tao The Old Garden 오래된 정원 Im Sang-soo 2009 Tokyo Sonata トウキョウソナタ Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Max Mannix, Tanaka Sachiko The Magic Hour ザ・マジックアワー Kōki Mitani The Chaser 추격자 Na Hong-jin And the Spring Comes 立春 Li Qiang Winds of September 九降風 Tom Lin Shu-yu, Henry Tsai Tsung-Han
2010s Year English title Original title Recipient(s) 2010 Mother 마더 Park Eun-kyo, Bong Joon Ho Like You Know It All 잘 알지도 못하면서 Hong Sang-soo About Elly درباره الی Asghar Farhadi Adrift Chơi vơi Phan Đăng Di Written By 再生號 Wai Ka-fai, Au Kin-yee 2011 Poetry 시 Lee Chang-dong The Unjust 부당거래 Park Hoon-jung Reign of Assassins 劍雨 Su Chao-Pin Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞 Zhu Sujin, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Guo Junli, Wei Xiao, Li Bukong Love in a Puff 志明與春嬌 Pang Ho-cheung, Heiward Mak 2012 A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین Asghar Farhadi Postcard 一枚のハガキ Kaneto Shindo Overheard 2 竊聽風雲2 Alan Mak, Felix Chong The Flowers of War 金陵十三钗 Liu Heng, Geling Yan The Woman in the Septic Tank Ang babae sa septic tank Chris Martinez 2013 Mystery 浮城谜事 Mei Feng, Yu Fan, Lou Ye The Kirishima Thing 桐島、部活やめるってよ Kōhei Kiyasu, Daihachi Yoshida Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time 범죄와의 전쟁: 나쁜놈들 전성시대 Yoon Jong-bin Drug War 毒戰 Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan, Yu Xi Ship of Theseus Anand Gandhi 2014 The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra Snowpiercer Bong Joon Ho, Kelly Masterson The Grandmaster 一代宗师 Wong Kar-wai, Zou Jingzhi, Xu Haofeng So Young 致我们终将逝去的青春 Li Qiang The Great Passage 舟を編む Watanabe Kensaku 2015 Black Coal, Thin Ice 白日焰火 Diao Yinan A Hard Day 끝까지 간다 Kim Seong-hun The Light Shines Only There そこのみにて光輝く Takada Ryô The Golden Era 黄金时代 Li Qiang Court Chaitanya Tamhane 2016 Mountains May Depart 山河故人 Jia Zhangke Journey to the Shore 岸辺の旅 Ujita Takashi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa Veteran 베테랑 Ryoo Seung-wan Port of Call 踏血尋梅 Philip Yung Talvar Vishal Bhardwaj 2017 The Salesman فروشنده Asghar Farhadi The Handmaiden 아가씨 Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung Your Name 君の名は。 Makoto Shinkai The Woman Who Left Ang Babaeng Humayo Lav Diaz Trivisa 樹大招風 Mak Tin Shu, Loong Man Hong, Thomas Ng 2018 Newton Mayank Tewari, Amit V. Masurkar Love Education 相愛相親 Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying Youth 芳华 Geling Yan Anarchist from Colony 박열 Hwang Seong-gu Bad Genius ฉลาดเกมส์โกง Tanida Hantaweewatana, Vasudhorn Piyaromna, Nattawut Poonpiriya 2019 Ash Is Purest White 江湖儿女 Jia Zhangke Burning 버닝 Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi Sanju Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi Dying to Survive 我不是药神 Wen Muye, Zhong Wei, Han Jianü Project Gutenberg 無雙 Felix Chong
2020s Year English title Original title Recipient(s) 2020 Parasite 기생충 Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won Balloon 气球 Pema Tseden A Sun 陽光普照 Chang Yao-sheng, Chung Mong-hong So Long, My Son 地久天长 A Mei, Wang Xiaoshuai Castle of Dreams قصر شیرین Mohammad Davoudi, Mohsen Gharaei 2021 The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane Voice of Silence 소리도 없이 Hong Eui-jeong My Missing Valentine 消失的情人節 Chen Yu-hsun Sister 我的姐姐 You Xiaoying 2023 Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심 Jeong Seo-kyeong, Park Chan-wook Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe When the Waves Are Gone Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon Lav Diaz Lighting Up the Stars 人生大事 Liu Jiangjiang, Yu Min Autobiography Makbul Mubarak 2024 Snow Leopard 雪豹 Pema Tseden Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない Ryusuke Hamaguchi Monster 怪物 Yuji Sakamoto Sleep 잠 Jason Yu Paradise Prasanna Vithanage, Anushka Senanayake 2025 The Seed of the Sacred Fig دانهی انجیر معابد Mohammad Rasoulof All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia Exhuma 파묘 Jang Jae-hyun All the Long Nights 夜明けのすべて Wada Kiyoto, Miyake Sho Meeting with Pol Pot Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot Pierre Erwan Guillaume, Rithy Panh
See also Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Screenplay Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay
References
External links Asian Film Awards Academy