16th Asian Film Awards

2023 edition of award ceremony January 2023 16 Asian Film Awards 16th Asian Film Awards poster.jpg Teaser poster Excellence in Asian cinema Nominations: 2023 1 6 2023 3 12 Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium, West Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival Tokyo International Film Festival The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) Grace Chan Sammy Leung Drive My Car Hirokazu Kore-eda for Broker Tony Leung Chiu-wai Where the Wind Blows Tang Wei Decision to Leave Hio Miyazawa Egoists Kim So-jin Emergency Declaration Excellence in Asian Cinema Award Hiroshi Abe Sammo Hung Decision to Leave and Drive My Car – 3 Decision to Leave – 10 YouTube 5 hours 16 minutes Asian Film Awards 15th 17th The 16th Asian Film Awards was held on March 12, 2023 at Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium in Hong Kong Palace Museum. The nominations were announced on January 6, 2023.https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/018/0005401659 '헤어질 결심', AFA 10개 부문 노미네이트…아이유 신인상 후보 [공식] 'Decision to break up', nominated in 10 AFA categories... IU Rookie Award Candidate [Official] Kim Bo-young E-Daily Star Naver January 6, 2023 January 6, 2023 ko At the 16th edition of the awards ceremony, 30 films from 22 regions and countries were shortlisted for 81 nominations.https://www.afa-academy.com/the-16th-asian-film-awards-nominees-announced/ The 16th Asian Film Awards Nominees Announced January 6, 2023 January 6, 2023 Asian Film Awards Academy January 6, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230106085342/https://www.afa-academy.com/the-16th-asian-film-awards-nominees-announced/ dead South Korean film Decision to Leave received 10 nominations most for any film whereas Drive My Car with eight nominations was second.https://www.screendaily.com/news/decision-to-leave-leads-asian-film-awards-nominations/5177880.article 'Decision To Leave' leads Asian Film Awards nominations Rosser Michael January 6, 2023 January 6, 2023 ScreenDaily Lin Min Chen, a Malaysian Chinese singer, actor and model was appointed as Youth Ambassador of the film awards.https://www.afa-academy.com/asian-film-awards-academy-appoints-lin-min-chen-this-years-youth-ambassador/ Asian Film Awards Academy appoints LIN Min Chen this year's Youth Ambassador 10 January 2023 5 March 2023 Asian Film Awards Academy The award ceremony hosted by Grace Chan and Sammy Leung was held on 12 March 2023, where international actors and celebrities from Hong Kong walked the red carpet. Hiroshi Abe, Japanese model and actor, was presented with Excellence in Asian Cinema Award and 'Red Carpet Best Dressed Award', whereas AFA Next Generation Award was presented to Ji Chang-wook a South Korean actor and singer.https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/421/0006667394 지창욱, 아시아필름어워즈 넥스트 제너레이션상 수상 Ji Chang-wook, Asian Film Awards Next Generation Award Koh Seung-ah News 1 Naver 6 March 2023 6 March 2023 ko Later, Sammo Hung, a martial arts veteran from Hong Kong was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award,https://variety.com/2023/awards/asia/sammo-hung-lifetime-achievement-asian-film-awards-1235539407/ Sammo Hung to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at Asian Film A Patrick Frater Variety 1 March 2023 2 March 2023 and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, a Hong Kong actor and singer, was presented with Asian Film Contribution Award for his contribution to the Asian cinema and the best actor award for his performance in Where the Wind Blows. Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi won the best film award and best direction was awarded to Hirokazu Kore-eda for Broker, whereas Tang Wei's performance in Decision to Leave got her the best actress award.https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/112/0003619182 [16th AFA]'헤어질 결심' 3관왕 달성..양조위·탕웨이 남녀주연상(종합) [16th AFA] 'Decision to Break Up' achieved 3 crowns. Herald POP Naver March 12, 2023 March 12, 2023 ko The ceremony was aired live on YouTube channel of Asian Film Awards Academy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Jh-aSrBv4 The 16th Asian Film Awards Ceremony Asian Film Awards Academy YouTube 12 March 2023 13 March 2023 Events Asian Film Awards Academy is holding an exhibition to celebrate 15 Years of excellence of Asian Film Awards from 5 to 11 March, 2023 at Harbour City’s Ocean Terminal Main Concourse. It is a pre-event leading to the film awards ceremony. Vivian Sung, a Taiwanese actress and Lin Min Chen, a Malaysian Chinese singer, actor and AFA Youth Ambassador are invited on 11 March to interact with fans.http://www.afa-academy.com/celebrating-15-years-of-excellence-asian-film-awards-exhibition/ Celebrating 15 Years of Excellence: Asian Film Awards Exhibition 5 March 2023 5 March 2023 Asian Film Awards Academy Japanese traditional martial arts dance group 'ORIENTARHYTHM' and talented pianist Niu Niu zh 牛牛 performed on stage during the ceremony.https://www.afa-academy.com/internationally-renowned-filmmakers-to-gather-under-one-roof-south-koreas-ji-chang-wook-to-receive-afa-next-generation-award/ Internationally Renowned Filmmakers to Gather Under One Roof, South Korea's JI Chang-wook To Receive AFA Next Generation 6 March 2023 6 March 2023 Asian Film Awards Academy March 6, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230306085612/https://www.afa-academy.com/internationally-renowned-filmmakers-to-gather-under-one-roof-south-koreas-ji-chang-wook-to-receive-afa-next-generation-award/ dead Red Carpet Best Dressed Award An award known as 'Best Dressed Award' is launched from this year ceremony. The award consists of a trophy designed by Hong Kong production and costume designer, William Chang and The Sail Melaka X iPANDAS Memorigin Tourbillon watch.https://www.afa-academy.com/presenting-the-afa-x-sti-best-dressed-award-for-the-first-time-on-the-red-carpet/ Presenting the AFA X STI BEST DRESSED AWARD for the first time on the red carpet 7 March 2023 7 March 2023 Asian Film Awards Academy Hiroshi Abe became the first recipient of the award.https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/hong-kong-asian-film-awards-drive-my-car-1235550787/ Hong Kong Makes the Most of Hosting Asian Film Awards as 'Drive My Car' Is Named Best Movie Patrick Frater Ramachandran Naman 12 March 2023 13 March 2023 Variety Red Carpet Best Dressed Award Jury: Hun Kim, Designer Director of Karl Lagerfeld William Chang, Oscar-nominated and renowned HK Art Director Winnie Wan, editor-in-chief of Elle Hong Kong Michele Reis, renowned artist & co-creator of M Sail Tower Dato’ Leong Sir Ley, Founder & Chairman of Sheng Tai International Jury thumb|199x199px|Zhang Yimou, President of jury Zhang Yimou China as Jury President - film director, producer, writer, actor and former cinematographerhttps://variety.com/2023/awards/news/asian-film-awards-nominations-2-1235480620/ 'Decision to Leave' Heads Asian Film Awards Nominations Patrick Frater Variety 6 January 2023 7 January 2023 Awards and nominations thumb|186x186px|Hirokazu Kore-eda, winner of Best Director Award thumb|right|200x200 px|Hiroshi Abe, winner of Excellence in Asian Cinema and Best Dressed Awards thumb|right|200x200 px|Sammo Hung, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient thumb|right|150x200 px|Ji Chang-wook, AFA Next Generation Award recipient thumb|right|200x200 px|Tony Leung Chiu-wai, winner of Best Actor Award thumb|right|200x200 px|Tang Wei, winner of Best Actress Award Complete list of nominees:https://deadline.com/2023/01/asian-film-awards-decision-to-leave-leads-nominations-1235212781/ Ntim Zac Asian Film Awards: Decision to Leave And Drive My Car Lead Nominations 6 January 2023 6 January 2023 Deadline Hollywood Winners are listed first and denoted in bold:https://www.screendaily.com/news/japans-hiroshi-abe-to-be-honoured-at-asian-film-awards/5178827.article Japan's Hiroshi Abe to be honoured at Asian Film Awards Michael Rosser Screen Daily 7 February 2023 6 February 2023 enhttps://deadline.com/2023/03/drive-my-car-broker-decision-to-leave-asian-film-awards-hong-kong-1235294133/ Shackleton Liz 'Drive My Car' Wins Best Feature At Asian Film Awards; Tony Leung Takes Best Actor, Asian Contribution Award 12 March 2023 13 March 2023 Deadline Hollywood #eedd82 Best Film#eedd82 Best Director Drive My Car Japan Decision to LeaveSouth Korea Ponniyin Selvan: I India Poet Kazakhstan When the Waves Are Gone Philippines Hirokazu Kore-eda – Broker South Korea Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car Japan Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave South Korea Darezhan Omirbaev – Poet Kazakhstan Davy Chou – Return to Seoul Cambodia#eedd82 Best Actor#eedd82 Best Actress Tony Leung Chiu-wai – Where the Wind Blows as Nam Kong Hong Kong Park Hae-il – Decision to Leave as Jang Hae-jun South Korea Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car as Yūsuke Kafuku Japan Ryohei Suzuki – Egoist as Kōsuke Japan Zhang Yi – Home Coming as Zong Dawei China Mohsen Tanabandeh – World War III as Shakib Iran Tang Wei – Decision to Leave as Song Seo-rae South Korea Sylvia Chang – A Light Never Goes Out as Mei-heung Hong Kong Karena Lam – American Girl as Wang Li-li Taiwan Happy Salma – Before, Now & Then as Nana Indonesia Chieko Baisho – Plan 75 as Mishi Kakutani Japan#eedd82 Best Supporting Actor#eedd82 Best Supporting Actress Hio Miyazawa – Egoist as Ryūta Japan Masaki Okada - – Drive My Car as Kōji Takatsuki Kafuku Japan Yim Si-wan – Emergency Declaration as Ryu Jin-seok South Korea Oh Kwang-rok – Return to Seoul as Freddie's biological father Cambodia Michael Hui – Where the Wind Blows as George Lee Hong Kong Kim So-jin – Emergency Declaration as Kim Hee-jin South Korea Sakura Ando – A Man as Rie Taniguchi Japan Laura Basuki – Before, Now & Then as Ino Indonesia Yin Tao – Home Coming as Bai Hua China Yuumi Kawai – Plan 75 as Yoko Narimiya Japan#eedd82 Best New Director#eedd82 Best Newcomer Jigme Trinley – One and Four China Makbul Mubarak - Autobiography Indonesia Saim Sadiq - Joyland Pakistan Chie Hayakawa – Plan 75 Japan Kim Se-in – The Apartment with Two Women South Korea Mak Pui-tung – The Sparring Partner as Angus Tong Hong Kong Lee Ji-eun – Broker as Moon So-young South Korea Louise Wong - Anita as Anita Mui Hong Kong Yang En You – Lighting Up the Stars as Wu Xiao Wen China Park Ji-min – Return to Seoul as Frédérique "Freddie" Benoît France#eedd82 Best Screenplay#eedd82 Best Editing Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave South Korea Makbul Mubarak - Autobiography Indonesia Ryusuke Hamaguchi, OE Takamasa – Drive My Car Japan Liu Jiangjiang, Yu Min – Lighting Up the Stars as Wu Xiao Wen China Lav Diaz – When the Waves Are Gone Philippines Azusa Yamazaki – Drive My Car Japan Kim Sang-bum – Decision to Leave South Korea A. Sreekar Prasad – Ponniyin Selvan: I India Zhu Lin, Wei Yong, Gao Qiongjiali – Lighting Up the Stars China Dounia Sichov fr – Return to Seoul Cambodia#eedd82 Best Cinematography#eedd82 Best Music Lu Songye – One and Four China Batara Goempar – Before, Now & Then Indonesia Kim Ji-yong – Decision to Leave South Korea Hideho Urata – Plan 75 Japan Ravi Varman – Ponniyin Selvan: I India Eiko Ishibashi – Drive My Car Japan Jo Yeong-wook – Decision to Leave South Korea A. R. Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan: I India Jérémie Arcache, Christophe Musset – Return to Seoul France Bahman Ghobadi, Vedat Yildirim The Four Walls Turkey#eedd82 Best Costume Design#eedd82 Best Production Design Karen Yip, Dora NG - Anita Hong Kong Ryu Hyun-min, Oh Jung-geun – Alienoid South Korea Retno Ratih Damayanti – Before, Now & Then Indonesia Shinozuka Nami - Egoist Japan Eka Lakhani – Ponniyin Selvan: I India Ryu Seong-hie – Decision to Leave South Korea Vida Sylvia Theresia – Before, Now & Then Indonesia Li Miao – Home Coming China Thota Tharani – Ponniyin Selvan: I India Bill Lui, Andrew Wong – Where the Wind Blows Hong Kong#eedd82 Best Visual Effects#eedd82 Best Sound Chas Chau, Leung Wai Kit, Kwok Tai – Warriors of Future Hong Kong Jung Seung-oh – Alienoid South Korea Zhang Fan – Moon Man China V. Srinivas Mohan – RRR India Atsuki Sato – Shin Ultraman Japan Tu Duu-Chih - Anita Hong Kong Kim Suk-won – Decision to Leave South Korea Nomura Miki, Obo Tatsuya – Drive My Car Japan Vincent Villa – Return to Seoul Cambodia Ashwin Rajashekar – RRR India#eedd82 Excellence in Asian Cinema Award#eedd82 Lifetime Achievement Award Hiroshi Abe Japan Sammo Hung Hong Kong#eedd82 AFA Next Generation Award #eedd82 Asian Film Contribution Award Ji Chang-wook South Korea Tony Leung Chiu-wai Films with multiple nominations The following films received multiple nominations:https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/003/0011630977 '헤어질 결심' 아시아필름어워즈 10개 부문 후보 'Decision to Break Up' nominated in 10 Asian Film Awards Son Jeong-bin Newsis Naver January 6, 2023 January 6, 2023 kohttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/decision-to-leave-asian-film-awards-1235292222/ Park Chan-wook's 'Decision to Leave' Tops Asian Film Awards with Nominations in 10 Categories Patrick Brzeski January 6, 2023 January 27, 2023 Hollywood Reporter en Nominations Films 10 Decision to Leave 8 Drive My Car 6 Ponniyin Selvan: I Return to Seoul 5 Before, Now & Then 3 Where the Wind Blows Egoist Home Coming Plan 75 Lighting Up the Stars 2 RRR Autobiography Poet When the Waves Are Gone Emergency Declaration Alienoid References External links http://www.asianfilmawards.asia Category:Asian Film Awards ceremonies Category:2023 film awards Film Category:Annual events in Hong Kong Category:2023 in South Korean cinema