Asia-Pacific Film Festival

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.^[4] 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.

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Year	Film..	Country	Ref.
1954	Golden demon (金色夜叉, Konjiki Yasha)	Japan	[5]
1955	Shunkin Monogatari (春琴物語)	Japan
1956	Child of Sorrow	Philippines	[6][7]
1957	Suzakumon	Japan	[8]
1958	Our Sister Heddy	British Hong Kong
1959	The Kingdom and the Beauty	British Hong Kong	[9]
1960	Rear Entrance (後門, Hòu mén)	British Hong Kong	[10]
1961	Nocturne of a Woman (女は夜化粧する, Onna wa yoru kesshô suru)	Japan	[11]
1962	The Houseguest and My Mother	South Korea	[12]
1963	Twin Sisters of Kyoto	Japan	[13]
1964	Oyster Girl (蚵女)	Taiwan	[14]
1965	The Grand Substitution (萬古流芳)	British Hong Kong	[15]
1966	The Blue and the Black (藍與黑)	British Hong Kong	[16]
1967	Susanna	British Hong Kong	[17]
1968	—	—	Competition cancelled.
1969	Jade Goddess (玉觀音)	Taiwan	[18]
1970	Apa Jang Kau Tjari, Palupi?	Indonesia	[19]
1971	Samiun dan Dasima	Indonesia
1977	Sensei no tsushinbo (先生のつうしんぼ)	Japan
1978	The Eternal Love (永恒的爱)	Taiwan
1979	Pengemis dan Tukang Becak	Indonesia
1980	The Battle of Port Arthur	Japan	[20]
1981	—	—	Competition cancelled.
1982	Oridathoru Phayalvaan	India
1983	The Makioka Sisters	Japan	[21]
1987	The Surrogate Woman	South Korea	[22]
1991	A Brighter Summer Day	Taiwan	[23]
1992	Pushing Hands	Taiwan	[24]
1993	Cageman	British Hong Kong	[25]
1994	Eat Drink Man Woman	Taiwan	[26]
1995	Siao Yu	Taiwan	[27]
1996	A Petal	South Korea	[28]
1997	Such a Life	Taiwan	[29]
1998	Daun di Atas Bantal	Indonesia	[30]
1999	Nang Nak	Thailand	[31]
2000	Sandy Lives	Vietnam	[32]
2001	What Time Is It There?	Taiwan	[33]
2002	Inochi	Japan	[34]
2003	A Little Monk	South Korea	[35]
2004	Taipai 21	Taiwan	[36]
2005	Taegukgi	South Korea	[37]
2006	The Unwanted Woman	Iran	[38]
2007	—	—	[39]
2008	—	—
2009	Rainbow Troops	Indonesia	[40]
2010
2011	Janala	India	[41]
2012	Life Without Principle	Hong Kong	[42]
2013	Like Father, Like Son	Japan	[43]
2014	—	—	[44]
2015	—	—	[45]
2016	—	—
2017	The Unnamed	Bangladesh	[46]
2018	Lion	Australia	[47]
2019
2020	Guang	Malaysia	[48]
2023
2024[49]	Detective Chinatown 3	China	[50]
"—" denotes festival was not held that year.

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• Crawling Crows – Aankha* won the **Best Film** award at the **62nd Asia Pacific Film Festival (2025)** held in Malaysia.^[51]

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