12th Asian Film Awards

12th Asian Film Awards
12th Asian Film Awards
Date	March 17, 2018
Site	The Venetian Macao, Macau
Highlights
Best Film	Youth
Most awards	Legend of the Demon Cat (4)
Most nominations	Legend of the Demon Cat (6)
	← 11th; Asian Film Awards; 13th →;

The 12th Asian Film Awards are the 2018 edition of the Asian Film Awards. The ceremony was held on March 17, 2018, at the Venetian Hotel in Macau.^[4]^[5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Youth Angels Wear White Newton The Day After The Third Murder	Yuya Ishii – The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue Chen Kaige – Legend of the Demon Cat Sylvia Chang – Love Education Ann Hui – Our Time Will Come Hong Sang-soo – The Day After Feng Xiaogang – Youth
Best Actor	Best Actress
Louis Koo – Paradox Kim Yoon-seok – 1987: When the Day Comes Sukollawat Kanarot – Malila: The Farewell Flower Rajkummar Rao – Newton Duan Yihong – The Looming Storm	Sylvia Chang – Love Education Yū Aoi – Birds Without Names Marsha Timothy – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Kim Min-hee – The Day After Zhou Dongyu – This Is Not What I Expected
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Yang Ik-june – Wilderness Yoo Hae-jin – A Taxi Driver Geng Le – Angels Wear White Tian Zhuangzhuang – Love Education Eddie Peng – Our Time Will Come	Kitty Zhang – Legend of the Demon Cat Choi Hee-seo – Anarchist from Colony Hana Sugisaki – Blade of the Immortal Wu Yanshu – Love Education Suzu Hirose – The Third Murder
Best New Director	Best Newcomer
Dong Yue – The Looming Storm Vivian Qu – Angels Wear White Anucha Boonyawatana – Malila: The Farewell Flower Huang Hsin-yao – The Great Buddha + Derek Hui – This Is Not What I Expected Yoshiyuki Kishi – Wilderness	Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying – Bad Genius Zhou Meijun – Angels Wear White Im Yoon-ah – Confidential Assignment Ling Man-lung – Tomorrow Is Another Day Akari Kinoshita – Wilderness Elane Zhong – Youth
Best Screenplay	Best Editing
Mayank Tewari, Amit V Masurkar – Newton Hwang Seong-gu – Anarchist from Colony Tanida Hantaweewatana, Vasudhorn Piyaromina, Nattawut Poonpiriyai – Bad Genius Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying – Love Education Yan Geling – Youth	Shin Min-kyung – The King Li Nien-hsiu – Mon Mon Mon Monsters Mary Stephen, Kwong Chi-leung – Our Time Will Come Hirokazu Kore-eda – The Third Murder Zhang Qi – Youth
Best Cinematography	Best Original Music
Kim Ji-yong – The Fortress Cao Yu – Legend of the Demon Cat Yunus Pasolang – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Nagao Nakashima – The Great Buddha+ Takimoto Mikiya – The Third Murder	Joe Hisaishi – Our Time Will Come Jo Yeong-wook – A Taxi Driver Wen Zi – Angels Wear White Lin Sheng Xiang – The Great Buddha+ Taro Iwashiro – Wilderness
Best Action Film	Best Costume Design
Paradox Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds Blade of the Immortal Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield The Thousand Faces of Dunjia	Chen Tongxun – Legend of the Demon Cat Shim Hyun-sup – Anarchist from Colony Rama Rajamouli, Prashanti Tipirneni – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Yuya Maeda – Blade of the Immortal Shirley Chan – The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Best Production Design	Best Visual Effects
Tu Nan, Lu Wei – Legend of the Demon Cat Lee Mok-won – Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds Frans Paat – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Yohei Taneda – The Third Murder Ben Luk – This Is Not What I Expected	Norio Ishii – Legend of the Demon Cat Jin Jong-hyun – Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds Ankur Sachedev – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Shingo Kobayashi – Gintama Huang Mei-cing, Pao Cheng-hsun – Mon Mon Mon Monsters Jang Seong-ho, Park Young-soo, Son Oh-young – The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Best Sound	AFA Next Generation Award
Tu Du-chih, Wu Shu-yao – The Great Buddha+ Wang Gang – Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield Khikmawan Santosa – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Tu Du-chih, Wu Shu-yao, Tu Chun-tang – Mon Mon Mon Monsters Choi Tae-young – The Fortress	Im Yoona – Confidential Assignment ^[6]
Excellence In Asian Cinema Award	Lifetime Achievement Award
Kara Hui	Sylvia Chang
2017 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award
Wolf Warrior 2

References

^ Frater, Patrick (17 March 2018). "Asian Film Awards: 'Youth' Wins Top Prize From 'Demon Cat'". Variety.
^ "Asian Film Awards: Louis Koo Wins First Award, Feng Xiaogang's 'Youth' Takes Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "'Legend Of The Demon Cat' leads Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily.
^ "Louis Koo receives best actor nomination at the Asian Film Awards". South China Morning Post. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ Frater, Patrick (11 January 2018). "'Demon Cat' Leads Chinese-Dominated Asian Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ ""Youth" wins best film at 12th Asian Film Awards - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018.

External links

Official website

[1] Frater, Patrick (17 March 2018). "Asian Film Awards: 'Youth' Wins Top Prize From 'Demon Cat'". Variety.

[2] "Asian Film Awards: Louis Koo Wins First Award, Feng Xiaogang's 'Youth' Takes Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter.

[3] "'Legend Of The Demon Cat' leads Asian Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily.

[4] "Louis Koo receives best actor nomination at the Asian Film Awards". South China Morning Post. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[5] Frater, Patrick (11 January 2018). "'Demon Cat' Leads Chinese-Dominated Asian Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[6] ""Youth" wins best film at 12th Asian Film Awards - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018.

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