15th Asian Film Awards
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2021 edition of award ceremony
| 15th Asian Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Official title card | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in Asian cinema |
| Awarded by | |
| Presented by | The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) |
| Announced on | Nominations: September9,2021(2021年09月09日) |
| Presented on | October8,2021(2021年10月08日) |
| Site | Busan, South Korea |
| Hosted by |
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| Official website | Asian Film Awards |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Wife of a Spy |
| Asian Film Excellence Award | Lee Byung-hun (South Korea) |
| Best Direction | Zhang Yimou One Second |
| Best Actor | Yoo Ah-in Voice of Silence |
| Best Actress | Yū Aoi Wife of a Spy |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kim Hyun-bin The Silent Forest |
| Best Supporting Actress | Aju Makita True Mothers |
| Most awards | 3 - Wife of a Spy |
| Most nominations | 6 - Cliff Walkers |
The 15th Asian Film Awards was held on October 8, 2021, in Busan at Haeundae. Like 2020 edition it was staged with the 26th Busan International Film Festival in hybrid format that combines online and face-to-face participation.[1] The award show was hosted by actress Kim Gyu-ri and broadcaster Lee Seung-guk.[2]
In 15th edition of Asian Film Awards, 36 films from 8 Asian regions competed for 16 awards.[3] Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Wife of a Spy (2020) won the best picture award[4] at the ceremony streamed live on YouTube and Naver.[5]
Nomination committee
[edit ]- Edmund LEE Hong Kong - South China Morning Post Film Editor
- ICHIYAMA Shozo Japan - Programming Director, Tokyo International Film Festival
- JEONG Yeong-beom South Korea - President, Star J Entertainment
- Kiki FUNG Hong Kong - Hong Kong International Film Festival Programme Consultant
- DAN Kyoko Japan - Film Coordinator, Marketing Consultant
- ONDA Yasuko Japan - Staff Writer, Yomiuri Newspaper
- SHAN Dongbing China - Managing Director, Delight Consultancy
- Alex JIA China - Vice President & CCO, WD Pictures
- PARK Sun-young South Korea - Busan International Film Festival Programmer for Asian Cinema
Jury
[edit ]- Lee Chang-dong South Korea as Jury President - Director and writer[6]
- NAM Dong-chul South Korea - Busan International Film Festival Program Director, author of the Korean Film Weekly Cine 21
- Janet WU Yanyan China - Director, China Film Foundation – WuTianMing Film Fund for Young Talents
- Jennifer JAO Taiwan - Vice Chairman and Director, Taipei Film Commission
- ISHIZAKA Kenji Japan - Senior Programmer, Tokyo International Film Festival
- Sabrina BARACETTI Italy - President, Udine Far East Film Festival and Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche
- Jacob WONG Hong Kong - Director, Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum, HKIFFS, Delegate for mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong of the Berlinale
- Briccio SANTOS Philippines - President, Film ASEAN
Awards and nominations
[edit ]Complete list of nominees:[7] [8] [9] [10]
Source Awardees:[11] [12] [13]
- Yoo Ah-in – Voice of Silence as Tae-in South Korea
- Kōji Yakusho – Under the Open Sky as Masao Mikami Japan
- Mo Tzu-yi – Dear Tenant as Lin Jian-yi Taiwan
- Zhang Yi – One Second as fugitive China
- Lam Ka Tung – Limbo as Brother Chin Hong Kong
- Yū Aoi – Wife of a Spy as Satoko Fukuhara Japan
- Jeon Jong-seo – The Call as Oh Young-sook South Korea
- Zhang Zifeng – Sister as An Ran, an older sister China
- Chen Shu-fang – Little Big Women as Lin Xiu-ying Taiwan
- Asel Sadvakasova [kk ] – Ulbolsyn as Ulbolsyn Kazakhstan
- Kim Hyun-bin [ko ] - The Silent Forest as Xiao Guang Taiwan
- Yu Ailei - Cliff Walkers as Zhou Yi China
- Park Jung-min - Deliver Us from Evil as Yui South Korea
- Tse Kwan-ho - Drifting as Master Hong Kong
- Uno Shohei [ja ] - The Voice of Sin as Ikushima Soichiro Japan
- Aju Makita - True Mothers as Hikari Katakura Japan
- Qin Hailu - Cliff Walkers as Wang Yu China
- Loletta Lee - Drifting as Chan Mui Hong Kong
- Hsieh Ying-xuan - Little Big Women as Chen Wan-qing Taiwan
- Jang Yoon-ju - Three Sisters as Mi-ok South Korea
- Hong Eui-jeong - Voice of Silence South Korea
- Yūjirō Harumoto [ja ] - A Balance Japan
- PS Vinothraj - Pebbles India
- Yin Ruoxi - Sister China
- Han Shuai [ca ] - Summer Blur China
- Ahmad Bahrami [fa ] - The Wasteland Iran
Best Screenplay
Best Editing
- Li Yongyi - Cliff Walkers China
- Kim Hyung-joo - Deliver Us from Evil South Korea
- Lai Hsiu-hsiung - My Missing Valentine Taiwan
- Hassan Hassandust [fa ] - Sun Children Iran
- Tina Baz, Shibuya Yangichi - True Mothers Japan
Best Cinematography
Best Music
- Masoud Amini Tirani [fa ] - The Wasteland Iran
- Yūta Tsukinaga [ja ] - Any Crybabies Around? [ja ] Japan
- Zhao Xiaoding - Cliff Walkers China
- Hong Kyung-pyo - Deliver Us from Evil South Korea
- Cheng Siu-Keung - Limbo Hong Kong
- Yerkinbek Ptyraliyev - Yellow Cat Kazakhstan
Best Production Design
- Valerian Spring Tree - Wife of a Spy Japan
- Chen Minzheng - Cliff Walkers China
- Cho Sang-kyung, Kwak Jung-ae - Space Sweepers South Korea
- Shim Hyun-seob - The Book of Fish South Korea
- Yermek Utegenov - Yellow Cat Kazakhstan
- Kenneth Mak - Limbo Hong Kong
- Li Miao - A Writer's Odyssey China
- Gokuldas - Labyrinth India
- Lee Jae-Sung - The Book of Fish South Korea
- Ataka Norifumi - Wife of a Spy Japan
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound
- Tim Crosbie , Joy Wu - The Eight Hundred China
- Eric Xu, Allen Wei - A Writer's Odyssey China
- Tomi Kuo - My Missing Valentine Taiwan
- Issei Oda - Ora Ora, Be Going Alone Japan
- Jeong Seong-jin, Jeong Chol-min - Space Sweepers South Korea
- Nopawat Likitwong [pl ] - Limbo Hong Kong
- Hironaka Chiyori - Any Crybabies Around? [ja ] Japan
- Renganaath Ravee - Labyrinth India
- Choi Tae-young - Space Sweepers South Korea
- Fu Kang - The Eight Hundred China
Excellence in Asian Cinema Award
2020 Highest Grossing Asian Film
- The Blade of Destruction: Infinite Train (Theatrical Version) Japan
Films with multiple nominations
[edit ]The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
|---|---|
| 6 | Cliff Walkers |
| 5 | One Second |
| Wife of a Spy | |
| 4 | The Book of Fish |
| Limbo | |
| Deliver Us from Evil | |
| 3 | My Missing Valentine |
| Sister | |
| Space Sweepers | |
| Voice of Silence | |
| Yellow Cat |
References
[edit ]- ↑ Ham Nayan (September 9, 2021). "유아인·전종서, 제15회 아시안필름어워즈 주연상 후보 [공식]" [Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo, 15th Asian Film Awards Nominees for Best Actor [Official]]. Sports Donga (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ↑ Song Il-seop (October 8, 2021). "[MD포토] 김규리-이승국, '저희가 사회 맡았어요'" [[MD Photo] Gyu-ri Kim and Seung-guk Lee, 'We hosted the show']. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ↑ Kim No-eul (September 9, 2021). "유아인-전종서, 亞필름어워즈 주연상 후보..이창동 심사위원장[공식]" [Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo, two Film Awards nominees for Best Actor...Lee Chang-dong, Jury Chairman [Official]]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ↑ Sabastian Nadilo (October 8, 2021). "15th Asian Film Awards – Winners 2021". Asian Film Festivals. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ↑ Ji-eun Kim (October 8, 2021). "[26th BIFF]日 '스파이의 아내' AFA 작품상...유아인 주연상(종합)" [[26th BIFF] 'The Spy's Wife' AFA Best Picture Award... Yoo Ah-in Best Leading Actor (Overall)]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ↑ Frater, Patrick (September 9, 2021). "Asian Film Awards Nominations Favor Titles From China, Japan and Korea". Variety . Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ↑ Sabastian Nadilo (September 9, 2021). "15th Asian Film Awards – Nominations 2021". Asian Film Festivals. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ↑ "The Asian Film Awards Academy (Academy) today announced the finalists for the 15th Asian Film Awards". Asian Film Awards Academy. AFA. September 9, 2021. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ↑ Kang Min-kyung (September 9, 2021). "유아인·전종서, 제15회 亞필름어워즈 남녀주연상 노미 [공식]" [Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo, 15th Film Awards Nomi [Official]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ↑ "15th Asian Film Awards – Nominations 2021". Asian Film Festivals. September 9, 2021. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ↑ "[제15회 아시아필름어워즈]유아인·아오이 유우 주연상..이병헌 아시아영화엑설런스상(종합)" [[15th Asian Film Awards] Yoo Ah-in, Aoi Yuu Best Actor Award..Lee Byung-hun Asian Film Excellence Award (Comprehensive)]. Herald POP (in Korean). Naver. October 8, 2021. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ↑ Kim Bo-ra (October 8, 2021). "유아인·아오이 유우 '주연상'→이병헌 '아시아영화엑설런스상'...韓 4관왕(AFA)[종합]" [Yoo Ah-in and Aoi Yu 'Best Actor' → Lee Byung-hun's 'Asian Film Excellence Award'... Korea 4 Crowns (AFA) [Overall]]. Osen (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ↑ Souw, Rebecca; Frater, Patrick (October 8, 2021). "'Wife of a Spy' Wins Top Prize at Asian Film Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.