15th Asian Film Awards
2021 edition of award ceremony
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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]
Awarded forExcellence in Asian cinema
Awarded by
Presented byThe Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA)
Announced onNominations: September 9, 2021
| 15th Asian Film Awards | |
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Official title card | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in Asian cinema |
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| Presented by | The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) |
| Announced on | Nominations: September 9, 2021 |
| Presented on | October 8, 2021 |
| Site | Busan, South Korea |
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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 | YÅ« 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 |
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
- Edmund LEE
- South China Morning Post Film Editor - ICHIYAMA Shozo
- Programming Director, Tokyo International Film Festival - JEONG Yeong-beom
- President, Star J Entertainment - Kiki FUNG - Hong Kong International Film Festival Programme Consultant
- DAN Kyoko - Film Coordinator, Marketing Consultant
- ONDA Yasuko - Staff Writer, Yomiuri Newspaper
- SHAN Dongbing
- Managing Director, Delight Consultancy - Alex JIA - Vice President & CCO, WD Pictures
- PARK Sun-young - Busan International Film Festival Programmer for Asian Cinema
Jury
- Lee Chang-dong as Jury President - Director and writer[6]
- NAM Dong-chul - Busan International Film Festival Program Director, author of the Korean Film Weekly Cine 21
- Janet WU Yanyan - Director, China Film Foundation â WuTianMing Film Fund for Young Talents
- Jennifer JAO
- Vice Chairman and Director, Taipei Film Commission - ISHIZAKA Kenji - Senior Programmer, Tokyo International Film Festival
- Sabrina BARACETTI
- President, Udine Far East Film Festival and Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche - Jacob WONG - Director, Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum, HKIFFS, Delegate for mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong of the Berlinale
- Briccio SANTOS
- President, Film ASEAN
Awards and nominations
Complete list of nominees:[7][8][9][10]
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Best Editing |
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Best Music |
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Best Visual Effects |
Best Sound |
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Excellence in Asian Cinema Award |
2020 Highest Grossing Asian Film |
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Films with multiple nominations
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
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| 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 | |