The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (abbreviated APFF) is an annual film festival hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific (FPA). The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954.
History The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954 as the Southeast Asian Film Festival (AFF). In addition to Japan, Hong Kong, the Federation of Malaya, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand participated. The festival was subsequently held in a different country each year, and its name was changed to the Asia-Pacific Film Festival by its 28th edition in 1983. From 1972 to 1976, the film festival was temporarily run as a non competition film market, after acknowledging the over heating of competitions surrounding prizes by member states.
Editions
Edition Year Host Best Film winners Ref. Title Country 1 1954 Tokyo, Japan Golden demon (金色夜叉, Konjiki Yasha) 2 1955 Singapore Shunkin Monogatari (春琴物語) 3 1956 Hong Kong Child of Sorrow 4 1957 Tokyo, Japan Suzakumon 5 1958 Manila, Philippines Our Sister Heddy 6 1959 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya The Kingdom and the Beauty 7 1960 Tokyo, Japan Rear Entrance (後門, Hòu mén) 8 1961 Nocturne of a Woman (女は夜化粧する, Onna wa yoru kesshô suru) 9 1962 The Houseguest and My Mother 10 1963 Twin Sisters of Kyoto 11 1964 Oyster Girl (蚵女) 12 1965 The Grand Substitution (萬古流芳) 13 1966 Seoul, South Korea The Blue and the Black (藍與黑) 14 1967 Tokyo, Japan Susanna 15 1968— Cancelled 16 1969 Jade Goddess (玉觀音) 17 1970 Apa Jang Kau Tjari, Palupi? 181971 Samiun dan Dasima 231977 Sensei no tsushinbo (先生のつうしんぼ) 241978 The Eternal Love (永恒的爱) 251979 Pengemis dan Tukang Becak 26 1980 Yogyakarta and Bali, Indonesia The Battle of Port Arthur 1981 Manila, Philippines Cancelled 27 1982 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Oridathoru Phayalvaan 28 1983 Taipei, Taiwan The Makioka Sisters 29 1984 Appassionata 31 1986 Seoul, South Korea Mementos 32 1987 The Surrogate Woman 33 1988 Phuket, Thailand 34 1989 Indonesia Buddies 35 1990 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia 36 1991 Taipei, Taiwan A Brighter Summer Day 37 1992 Seoul, South Korea Pushing Hands 381993 Cageman 391994 Eat Drink Man Woman 401995 Siao Yu 41 1996 Auckland, New Zealand A Petal 42 1997 Cheju Island, South Korea Such a Life 43 1998 Taipei, Taiwan Daun di Atas Bantal 44 1999 Bangkok, Thailand Nang Nak 45 2000 Hanoi, Vietnam Sandy Lives 46 2001 Jakarta, Indonesia What Time Is It There? 47 2002 Seoul, South Korea Inochi 48 2003 Shiraz, Iran A Little Monk 49 2004 Fukuoka, Japan Taipai 21 50 2005 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Taegukgi 51 2006 Taipei, Taiwan The Unwanted Woman 2007——— 2008——— 522009 Rainbow Troops 2010 532011 Janala 54 2012 Life Without Principle 55 2013 Like Father, Like Son 2014 —— 2015——— 2016——— 56 2017 The Unnamed 57 2018 Lion 58 2019 59 2020 Guang 60 2023 61 2024 Detective Chinatown 3 62 2025 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Crawling Crows – Aankha Nepal "—" denotes festival was not held that year. Crawling Crows – Aankha* won the **Best Film** award at the **62nd Asia Pacific Film Festival (2025)** held in Malaysia.
References
External links
Former official website (archived on 17 November 2006) Asia-Pacific Film Festival on IMDb 47th APFF official site (archived on 10 April 2003)