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Asian Film Award for Best Director

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Asian Film Awards
for Best Director
The 2023 and 2024 recipient: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Awarded forBest direction in Asian Cinema in the year
Presented byHong Kong International Film Festival Society
First awarded2007
Last awarded2024
Winner (2024)Hirokazu Kore-eda
Websitewww.asianfilmawards.asia
← 16th · 17th Asian Film Awards · 18th →

Asian Film Award for Best Director has been awarded annually since 2007 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.[1][2][3][4]

Winners and nominees

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2000s

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Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2007 China Jia Zhangke Still Life 三峡好人
South Korea Hong Sang-soo Woman on the Beach 해변의 여인
Iran Jafar Panahi Offside آفساید
Hong Kong Johnnie To Exiled 放逐
Taiwan Tsai Ming-liang I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 黑眼圈
Thailand Apichatpong Weerasethakul Syndromes and a Century อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล
2008 South Korea Lee Chang-dong Secret Sunshine 밀양
Hong Kong Peter Chan The Warlords 投名状
China Jiang Wen The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起
Taiwan Ang Lee Lust, Caution 投名状
Japan Masayuki Suo I Just Didn't Do It それでもボクはやってない
South Korea Zhang Lu Desert Dream 경계
2009 Japan Hirokazu Koreeda Still Walking 歩いても 歩いても
China Feng Xiaogang If You Are the One 非诚勿扰
South Korea Kim Jee-woon The Good, the Bad, the Weird 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈
Philippines Brillante Mendoza Service Serbis
Japan Hayao Miyazaki Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 崖の上のポニョ
Hong Kong John Woo Red Cliff

2010s

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Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2010 China Lu Chuan City of Life and Death 南京! 南京!
South Korea Bong Joon-ho Mother 마더
Iran Asghar Farhadi About Elly درباره الی, Darbareye Elly
Philippines Brillante Mendoza Grandmother Lola
Japan Sion Sono Love Exposure 愛のむきだし
Hong Kong Yonfan Prince of Tears 淚王子
2011 South Korea Lee Chang-dong Poetry
China Feng Xiaogang Aftershock 唐山大地震
China Jiang Wen Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞
Japan Takashi Miike 13 Assassins 十三人の刺客
South Korea Na Hong-jin The Yellow Sea 황해
Japan Tetsuya Nakashima Confessions 告白
2012 Iran Asghar Farhadi A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین, Jodái-e Náder az Simin
Indonesia Teddy Soeriaatmadja Lovely Man
Japan Sion Sono Guilty of Romance 恋の罪
Hong Kong Tsui Hark Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Taiwan Wei Te-sheng Seediq Bale 賽德克·巴萊
China Zhang Yimou The Flowers of War 金陵十三钗
2013 Japan Takeshi Kitano Outrage Beyond アウトレイジ ビヨンド
India Anurag Kashyap Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2
Iran Abbas Kiarostami Like Someone in Love ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ
South Korea Kim Ki-duk Pietà 피에타
China Lou Ye Mystery 浮城谜事
2014 Hong Kong Wong Kar-wai The Grandmaster 一代宗師
South Korea Bong Joon-ho Snowpiercer 설국열차
Singapore Anthony Chen Ilo Ilo 爸妈不在家
Japan Hirokazu Koreeda Like Father, Like Son そして父になる, Soshite Chichi ni Naru
Taiwan Tsai Ming-liang Stray Dogs Jiao You
2015 Hong Kong Ann Hui The Golden Era 黃金時代
India Vishal Bhardwaj Haider
Philippines Lav Diaz From What Is Before Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon
South Korea Hong Sang-soo Hill of Freedom 자유의 언덕
China Lou Ye Blind Massage 推拿
Japan Shinya Tsukamoto Fires on the Plain Nobi
2016 Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘
China Guan Hu Mr. Six 老炮兒
China Jia Zhangke Mountains May Depart 山河故人
Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Our Little Sister 海街diary
South Korea Ryoo Seung-wan Veteran 베테랑
2017 South Korea Na Hong-jin The Wailing 곡성
Philippines Lav Diaz The Woman Who Left Ang Babaeng Humayo
China Feng Xiaogang I Am Not Madame Bovary 我不是潘金莲
Japan Kōji Fukada Harmonium 淵に立つ
Hong Kong Derek Tsang Soul Mate 七月與安生
2018
Japan Yuya Ishii The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue 映画 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ
Taiwan Sylvia Chang Love Education 相愛相親
China Chen Kaige Legend of the Demon Cat 妖猫传
China Feng Xiaogang Youth 芳华
South Korea Hong Sang-soo The Day After 그 후
Hong Kong Ann Hui Our Time Will Come 明月幾時有
2019 South Korea Lee Chang-dong Burning 버닝
China Pema Tseden Jinpa 撞死了一只羊
India Rajkumar Hirani Sanju
Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Shoplifters 万引き家族
Hong Kong Fruit Chan Three Husbands 三夫

2020s

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Year Winner and nominees English title Original title
2020 China Wang Xiaoshuai So Long, My Son 地久天长
China Pema Tseden Balloon དབུགས་ལྒང་། (Tibetan); 气球 (Simplified Chinese)
Taiwan Tsai Ming-liang Days 日子
South Korea Bong Joon-ho Parasite 기생충
Taiwan Chung Mong-hong A Sun 陽光普照
Japan Nobuhiro Suwa Voices in the Wind 風の電話
2021[5] China Zhang Yimou One Second 秒钟
Kazakhstan Adhilkan Yerzhanov Yellow Cat
Japan Kiyoshi Kurosawa Wife of a Spy スパイの妻
Japan Ryusuke Hamaguchi Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然と想像
South Korea Lee Joon-ik The Book of Fish 자산어보
2023[6]
South Korea Hirokazu Kore-eda Broker 브로커
South Korea Park Chan-wook Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심
Japan Ryusuke Hamaguchi Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー
Cambodia Davy Chou Return to Seoul Retour à Séoul
Kazakhstan Darezhan Omirbaev Poet Akyn
2024
Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda Monster 怪物
China Gu Xiaogang Dwelling by the West Lake 草木人間
Japan Ryusuke Hamaguchi Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない
South Korea Kim Sung-su 12.12: The Day 서울의 봄
Sri Lanka Prasanna Vithanage Paradise

References

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  1. ^ "Asian Film Awards: Wong Kar Wai's 'The Grandmaster' Leads With 11 Nominations". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "Anthony Chen nominated for best director at 8th Asian Film Awards ..." news.nom.co. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "4th AFA Nominees and Winners". asianfilmawards.asia. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  4. ^ "Anthony Chen nominated for best director at 8th Asian Film Awards". antaranews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  5. ^ 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. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Ntim, Zac (January 6, 2023). "Asian Film Awards: Decision to Leave And Drive My Car Lead Nominations". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
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