Asian Film Award for Best Film

Asian Film Award for Best Film
The 2025 recipient: All We Imagine as Light
Awarded forBest Asian Film of the Year
Presented byAsian Film Awards Academy
First award2007
Most recent winnerAll We Imagine as Light
(2025)
Websiteafa-academy.com

Asian Film Award for Best Film is presented annually by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA), a non-profit organization founded by Busan International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival with the shared goal of celebrating excellence in Asian cinema.

History

It was first presented in 2007 during the first edition of the awards. South Korean monster film The Host, directed by Bong Joon Ho was the first recipient of the award. The most recent winner is All We Imagine as Light, an international co-production between India, France, Netherlands, and Luxembourg, directed by Payal Kapadia.

Japan and China both hold the record of most wins in the category, with five wins each, followed by South Korea with four and Hong Kong with two. Additionally, South Korean director Bong Joon Ho was the most award-winning films in the category with three of his film receiving the award: The Host (2007), Mother (2010) and Parasite (2020).

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref.
2007 The Host 괴물 Bong Joon-ho  South Korea [1]
[2]
Curse of the Golden Flower 满城尽带黄金甲 Zhang Yimou  China
 Hong Kong
Exiled 放·逐 Johnnie To  Hong Kong
Love and Honor 武士の一分 Yoji Yamada  Japan
Requiem from Java Opera Jawa Garin Nugroho  Indonesia
Still Life 三峡好人 Jia Zhangke  China
2008 Secret Sunshine 밀양 Lee Chang-dong  South Korea [3]
[4]
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame بودا از شرم فرو ریخت Hana Makhmalbaf  Iran
I Just Didn't Do It それでもボクはやってない Masayuki Suo  Japan
Lust, Caution 色，戒 Ang Lee  Taiwan
 China
The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起 Jiang Wen  China
 Hong Kong
The Warlords 投名状 Peter Chan  China
 Hong Kong
2009 Tokyo Sonata トウキョウソナタ Kiyoshi Kurosawa  Japan [5]
[6]
Forever Enthralled 梅兰芳 Chen Kaige  China
The Good, the Bad, the Weird 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 Kim Jee-woon  South Korea
Ponyo 崖の上のポニョ Hayao Miyazaki  Japan
The Rainbow Troops Laskar Pelangi Riri Riza  Indonesia
Red Cliff 赤壁 John Woo  China

2010s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref.
2010 Mother 마더 Bong Joon-ho  South Korea [7]
[8]
Bodyguards and Assassins 十月圍城 Teddy Chan  Hong Kong
Cannot Live Without You 不能没有你 Leon Dai  Taiwan
City of Life and Death 南京! 南京! Lu Chuan  China
Grandmother Lola Brillante Mendoza  Philippines
Parade パレード Isao Yukisada  Japan
2011 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ Apichatpong Weerasethakul  Thailand [9]
[10]
Aftershock 唐山大地震 Feng Xiaogang  China
Confessions 告白 Tetsuya Nakashima  Japan
Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞 Jiang Wen  China
 Hong Kong
Peepli Live पीपली लाइव Anusha Rizvi  India
Poetry 시 Lee Chang-dong  South Korea
2012 A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین Asghar Farhadi  Iran [11]
[12]
The Flowers of War 金陵十三钗 Zhang Yimou  China
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 龍門飛甲 Tsui Hark  China
 Hong Kong
Postcard 一枚のハガキ Kaneto Shindo  Japan
Seediq Bale 賽德克·巴萊 Wei Te-sheng  Taiwan
You Don't Live Twice Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Zoya Akhtar  India
2013 Mystery 浮城谜事 Lou Ye  China [13]
Drug War 毒戰 Johnnie To  China
 Hong Kong
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 गैंग्स ऑफ़ वासेपुर-भाग Anurag Kashyap  India
Outrage Beyond アウトレイジ ビヨンド Takeshi Kitano  Japan
Pietà 피에타 Kim Ki-duk  South Korea
2014 The Grandmaster 一代宗師 Wong Kar-wai  Hong Kong
 China		 [14]
The Great Passage 舟を編む Yuya Ishii  Japan
The Lunchbox द लंच बॉक्स Ritesh Batra  India
No Man's Land 无人区 Ning Hao  China
Snowpiercer 설국열차 Bong Joon-ho  South Korea
Stray Dogs 郊遊 Tsai Ming-liang  Taiwan
 France
2015 Blind Massage 推拿 Lou Ye  China [15]
Black Coal, Thin Ice 白日焰火 Diao Yinan  China
Haider हैदर Vishal Bhardwaj  India
Hill of Freedom 자유의 언덕 Hong Sang-soo  South Korea
Ode to My Father 국제시장 Yoon Je-kyoon  South Korea
The Light Shines Only There そこのみにて光輝く Mipo O  Japan
2016 The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘 Hou Hsiao-hsien  Taiwan
 China
 Hong Kong		 [16]
[17]
Bajirao Mastani बाजीराव मस्तानी Sanjay Leela Bhansali  India
Mountains May Depart 山河故人 Jia Zhangke  China
 France
 Japan
Mr. Six 老炮儿 Guan Hu  China
Three Stories of Love 恋人たち Ryōsuke Hashiguchi  Japan
Veteran 베테랑 Ryoo Seung-wan  South Korea
2017 I Am Not Madame Bovary 我不是潘金莲 Feng Xiaogang  China [18]
[19]
The Age of Shadows 밀정 Kim Jee-woon  South Korea
Godspeed 一路順風 Chung Mong-hong  Taiwan
Harmonium 淵に立つ Kōji Fukada  Japan
The Wailing 곡성 Na Hong-jin  South Korea
2018 Youth 芳华 Feng Xiaogang  China [20]
[21]
Angels Wear White 嘉年华 Vivian Qu  China
 France
The Day After 그 후 Hong Sang-soo  South Korea
Newton न्यूटन Amit V Masurkar  India
The Third Murder 三度目の殺人 Hirokazu Kore-eda  Japan
2019 Shoplifters 万引き家族 Hirokazu Kore-eda  Japan [22]
[23]
Burning 버닝 Lee Chang-dong  South Korea
Dying to Survive 我不是藥神 Wen Muye  China
Jinpa 撞死了一只羊 Pema Tseden  China
Sanju Rajkumar Hirani  India

2020s

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref.
2020 Parasite 기생충 Bong Joon-ho  South Korea [24]
[25]
Listen to the Universe 蜜蜂と遠雷 Kei Ishikawa  Japan
So Long, My Son 地久天长 Wang Xiaoshuai  China
A Sun 陽光普照 Chung Mong-hong  Taiwan
Thappad Anubhav Sinha  India
There Is No Evil شیطان وجود ندارد Mohammad Rasoulof  Iran
2021 Wife of a Spy スパイの妻 Kiyoshi Kurosawa  Japan [26]
[27]
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然と想像 Ryusuke Hamaguchi  Japan
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane  India
The Book of Fish 자산어보 Lee Joon-ik  South Korea
One Second 一秒钟 Zhang Yimou  China
2023 Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー Ryusuke Hamaguchi  Japan [28]
[29]
Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심 Park Chan-wook  South Korea
Ponniyin Selvan: I பொன்னியின் செல்வன் Mani Ratnam  India
When the Waves Are Gone Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon Lav Diaz  Philippines
Poet Akyn Darezhan Omirbaev  Kazakhstan
2024 Evil Does Not Exist 悪は存在しない Ryusuke Hamaguchi  Japan [30]
12.12: The Day 서울의 봄 Kim Sung-su  South Korea
Paradise Prasanna Vithanage  Sri Lanka
 India
Perfect Days Wim Wenders  Japan
 Germany
Snow Leopard 雪豹 Pema Tseden  China
2025 All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia  India
 France
 Netherlands
 Luxembourg 		[31]
Exhuma 파묘 Jang Jae-hyun  South Korea
Teki Cometh 敵 Daihachi Yoshida  Japan
Black Dog 狗阵 Guan Hu  China
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 九龍城寨之圍城 Soi Cheang  Hong Kong

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