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Winners at the 15th Asian Film Awards

Published Oct 9, 2021 09:39 am

Korean actor Yoo Ah-in and Japanese actress Aoi Yu won the top acting prizes at the 15th Asian Film Awards (AFA) held on Oct. 8.

The AFA was hosted Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) in conjunction with the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) at Paradise Hotel Busan in Busan, South Korea. It was also broadcast on YouTube.

(Clockwise from top left) Lee Byung-hun, “Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba-The Movie: Mugen Train,” Yoo Ah-in, Aoi Yu, Kim Hyun-bin, Makita Aju, “Wife of a Spy” and Liu Haocun (AFA)

Winners in 18 categories were awarded in the hybrid format ceremony in which nominees attended in-person or online.

Yoo Ah-in won best actor for his portrayal of a person with speech disability in the movie “Voice of Silence.” The best actress award was won by Aoi for the film “Wife of a Spy.”

“Wife of a Spy,” a World War II film about a wife who suspects that her husband works as a spy for the US, won best film.

The best director award went to Chinese director Zhang Yimou for the film “One Second” while Korean Hong Eui-jeong won best new director for “Voice of Silence.”

Korean star Lee Byung-hun received the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award, bestowed on outstanding talents and is aimed at recognizing their achievements in and contributions to the Asian film industry and culture.

Japan’s “Demon Slayer-Kimetsu no Yaiba-The Movie: Mugen Train (Japan) was declared as the Highest-Grossing Asian Film of 2020.

(From left) Director Ahmad Bahrami, Kim Hyun-bin, Lee Byung-hun, Yoo Ah-in and director Hong Eui-jeong at the 15th Asian Film Awards ceremony (AFA)

Here is the list of winners at the 15th Asian Film Awards:

BEST FILM - “Wife of a Spy”

BEST DIRECTOR - Zhang Yimou - “One Second

BEST ACTOR - Yoo Ah-in - “Voice of Silence”

BEST ACTRESS - Aoi Yu - “Wife of a Spy”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Kim Hyun-bin, “The Silent Forest”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Makita Aju - “True Mothers”

BEST NEW DIRECTOR - Hong Eui-jeong - “Voice of Silence”

BEST NEWCOMER - Liu Haocun - “One Second”

BEST SCREENPLAY - Chaitanya Tamhane - “The Disciple”

BEST EDITING - LI Yongyi - “Cliff Walkers”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Masoud Amini Tirani - ”The Wasteland”

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC - Day TAI - “The Way We Keep Dancing”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN - Koketsu Haruki - “Wife of a Spy”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - Kenneth MAK - “Limbo”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - Tim Crosbie, Joy WU - “The Eight Hundred”

BEST SOUND - Nopawat Likitwong - “Limbo”

SPECIAL AWARDS

EXCELLENCE IN ASIAN CINEMA AWARD - Lee Byung-hun

2020 HIGHEST-GROSSING ASIAN FILM - “Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train” (Japan)

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