:15th Asian Film Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 15

| award = Asian Film Awards

| image = 15th Asian Film Awards.jpg

| caption = Official title card

| awarded_for = Excellence in Asian cinema

| announced_date = Nominations: {{Start date|2021|9|9}}

| presented_date = {{Start date|2021|10|8}}

| site = Busan, South Korea

| award_org = {{Plainlist|

| presenting_org = The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA)

| host = {{ubl|Kim Gyu-ri|Lee Seung-guk}}

| best_picture = Wife of a Spy

| best_direction = Zhang Yimou

| best_direction_film = One Second

| best_actor = Yoo Ah-in

| best_actor_film = Voice of Silence

| best_actress = Yū Aoi

| best_actress_film= Wife of a Spy

| best_supporting_actor= Kim Hyun-bin

| best_supporting_actor_film= The Silent Forest

| best_supporting_actress = Aju Makita

| best_supporting_actress_film= True Mothers

| free_award_type = Asian Film Excellence Award

| free_award = Lee Byung-hun (South Korea)

| most_awards = 3 - Wife of a Spy

| most_nominations = 6 - Cliff Walkers

| network =

| duration =

| viewership =

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| website = [http://www.afa-academy.com/ Asian Film Awards]

| last = 14th

| next = 16th

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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.{{Cite news |url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/382/0000932395 |title= 유아인·전종서, 제15회 아시안필름어워즈 주연상 후보 [공식] |trans-title= Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo, 15th Asian Film Awards Nominees for Best Actor [Official] |author= Ham Nayan |work= Sports Donga |publisher=Naver |date= September 9, 2021 |access-date= September 9, 2021 |language= ko |archive-date= September 9, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210909062333/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/382/0000932395 |url-status= live }} The award show was hosted by actress Kim Gyu-ri and broadcaster Lee Seung-guk.{{Cite news |url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/117/0003543705 |title= [MD포토] 김규리-이승국, '저희가 사회 맡았어요' |trans-title= [MD Photo] Gyu-ri Kim and Seung-guk Lee, 'We hosted the show' |author= Song Il-seop |work= My Daily |publisher=Naver |date= October 8, 2021 |access-date= October 8, 2021 |language= ko |archive-date= October 8, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211008144345/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/117/0003543705 |url-status= live }}

In 15th edition of Asian Film Awards, 36 films from 8 Asian regions competed for 16 awards.{{Cite news |url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/609/0000487842 |title= 유아인-전종서, 亞필름어워즈 주연상 후보‥이창동 심사위원장[공식] |trans-title= Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo, two Film Awards nominees for Best Actor…Lee Chang-dong, Jury Chairman [Official] |author= Kim No-eul |work= Newsen |publisher=Naver |date= September 9, 2021 |access-date= September 9, 2021 |language= ko |archive-date= September 9, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210909101902/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/609/0000487842 |url-status= live }} Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Wife of a Spy (2020) won the best picture award{{Cite news |url= https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2021/10/08/asian-film-awards-winners-2021/ |title= 15th Asian Film Awards – Winners 2021 |author= Sabastian Nadilo |work= Asian Film Festivals |date= October 8, 2021 |access-date= October 9, 2021 |language= en |archive-date= October 8, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211008162532/https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2021/10/08/asian-film-awards-winners-2021/ |url-status= live }} at the ceremony streamed live on YouTube and Naver.{{Cite news |url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/003/0010760285 |title= [26th BIFF]日 '스파이의 아내' AFA 작품상…유아인 주연상(종합) |trans-title= [26th BIFF] 'The Spy's Wife' AFA Best Picture Award... Yoo Ah-in Best Leading Actor (Overall) |author= Ji-eun Kim |work=Newsis |publisher=Naver |date= October 8, 2021 |access-date= October 8, 2021 |language= ko |archive-date= October 8, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211008134600/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/003/0010760285 |url-status= live }}

Nomination committee

Edmund LEE {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} - South China Morning Post Film Editor
ICHIYAMA Shozo {{flagicon|Japan}} - Programming Director, Tokyo International Film Festival
JEONG Yeong-beom {{flagicon|South Korea}} - President, Star J Entertainment
Kiki FUNG {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} - Hong Kong International Film Festival Programme Consultant
DAN Kyoko {{flagicon|Japan}} - Film Coordinator, Marketing Consultant
ONDA Yasuko {{flagicon|Japan}} - Staff Writer, Yomiuri Newspaper
SHAN Dongbing {{flagicon|China}} - Managing Director, Delight Consultancy
Alex JIA {{flagicon|China}} - Vice President & CCO, WD Pictures
PARK Sun-young {{flagicon|South Korea}} - Busan International Film Festival Programmer for Asian Cinema

Jury

Lee Chang-dong {{flagicon|South Korea}} as Jury President - Director and writer{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/asian-film-awards-nominations-1235059694/|title=Asian Film Awards Nominations Favor Titles From China, Japan and Korea|website=Variety|first=Patrick|last=Frater|date=September 9, 2021|access-date=September 9, 2021|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909095055/https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/asian-film-awards-nominations-1235059694/|url-status=live}}
NAM Dong-chul {{flagicon|South Korea}} - Busan International Film Festival Program Director, author of the Korean Film Weekly Cine 21
Janet WU Yanyan {{flagicon|China}} - Director, China Film Foundation – WuTianMing Film Fund for Young Talents
Jennifer JAO {{flagicon|Taiwan}} - Vice Chairman and Director, Taipei Film Commission
ISHIZAKA Kenji {{flagicon|Japan}} - Senior Programmer, Tokyo International Film Festival
Sabrina BARACETTI {{flagicon|Italy}} - President, Udine Far East Film Festival and Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche
Jacob WONG {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} - Director, Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum, HKIFFS, Delegate for mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong of the Berlinale
Briccio SANTOS {{flagicon|Philippines}} - President, Film ASEAN

Awards and nominations

Complete list of nominees:{{Cite news |url= https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2021/09/09/asian-film-awards-nominations-2021/ |title= 15th Asian Film Awards – Nominations 2021 |author= Sabastian Nadilo |work= Asian Film Festivals |date= September 9, 2021 |access-date= October 9, 2021 |language= en |archive-date= September 10, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910084243/https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2021/09/09/asian-film-awards-nominations-2021/ |url-status= live }}{{cite web|url= http://www.afa-academy.com/page?mid=23&cat=144&post_id=1304|title= The Asian Film Awards Academy (Academy) today announced the finalists for the 15th Asian Film Awards.|work= Asian Film Awards Academy|publisher= AFA|date= September 9, 2021|access-date= September 9, 2021|archive-date= September 9, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210909100749/http://www.afa-academy.com/page?mid=23&cat=144&post_id=1304|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/108/0002987403|title= 유아인·전종서, 제15회 亞필름어워즈 남녀주연상 노미 [공식]|trans-title= Yoo Ah-in and Jeon Jong-seo, 15th Film Awards Nomi [Official]|author= Kang Min-kyung|work= Star News|publisher=Naver|date= September 9, 2021|access-date= September 9, 2021|language= ko|archive-date= September 9, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210909062317/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/108/0002987403|url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2021/09/09/asian-film-awards-nominations-2021/ |title=15th Asian Film Awards – Nominations 2021 |website=Asian Film Festivals |date=September 9, 2021 |access-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910084243/https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2021/09/09/asian-film-awards-nominations-2021/ |url-status=live }}

{{small|Source Awardees:}}{{Cite news |url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/112/0003484745 |title= [제15회 아시아필름어워즈]유아인·아오이 유우 주연상..이병헌 아시아영화엑설런스상(종합) |trans-title= [15th Asian Film Awards] Yoo Ah-in, Aoi Yuu Best Actor Award..Lee Byung-hun Asian Film Excellence Award (Comprehensive) |work=Herald POP |publisher=Naver |date= October 8, 2021 |access-date= October 8, 2021 |language= ko |archive-date= October 8, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211008132259/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/112/0003484745 |url-status= live }}{{Cite news |url= https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/109/0004488344 |title= 유아인·아오이 유우 '주연상'→이병헌 '아시아영화엑설런스상'…韓 4관왕(AFA)[종합] |trans-title= Yoo Ah-in and Aoi Yu 'Best Actor' → Lee Byung-hun's 'Asian Film Excellence Award'… Korea 4 Crowns (AFA) [Overall] |author= Kim Bo-ra |work= Osen |publisher=Naver |date= October 8, 2021 |access-date= October 8, 2021 |language= ko |archive-date= September 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230922180257/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/109/0004488344 |url-status= live }}{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/asian-film-awards-wife-of-a-spy-busan-1235084224/ |title= ‘Wife of a Spy’ Wins Top Prize at Asian Film Awards |first1= Rebecca |last1= Souw |first2= Patrick |last2= Frater |website= Variety |date= 8 October 2021 |access-date= 9 October 2021 |archive-date= October 9, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211009075942/https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/asian-film-awards-wife-of-a-spy-busan-1235084224/ |url-status= live }}

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|{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Film}}

|{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Director}}

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Wife of a Spy{{flagicon|Japan}}
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy {{flagicon|Japan}}
The Disciple {{flagicon|India}}
The Book of Fish {{flagicon|South Korea}}
One Second {{flagicon|China}}

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Zhang Yimou – One Second {{flagicon|China}}
{{Ill|Adhilkan Yerzhanov|ru|Ержанов, Адильхан|fr}} – Yellow Cat {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}}
Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Wife of a Spy {{flagicon|Japan}}
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy {{flagicon|Japan}}
Lee Joon-ik – The Book of Fish {{flagicon|South Korea}}

|{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Actress}}

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Yoo Ah-in – Voice of Silence as Tae-in {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Kōji Yakusho – Under the Open Sky as Masao Mikami {{flagicon|Japan}}
Mo Tzu-yi – Dear Tenant as Lin Jian-yi {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
Zhang Yi – One Second as fugitive {{flagicon|China}}
Lam Ka Tung – Limbo as Brother Chin {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}

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Yū Aoi – Wife of a Spy as Satoko Fukuhara {{flagicon|Japan}}
Jeon Jong-seo – The Call as Oh Young-sook {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Zhang Zifeng – Sister as An Ran, an older sister {{flagicon|China}}
Chen Shu-fang – Little Big Women as Lin Xiu-ying {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
{{Ill|Asel Sadvakasova|kk|Әсел Сәдуақасова}} – Ulbolsyn as Ulbolsyn {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}}

style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Supporting Actor}}

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Supporting Actress}}

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{{Ill|Kim Hyun-bin|ko|김현빈}} - The Silent Forest as Xiao Guang {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
Yu Hewei - Cliff Walkers as Zhou Yi {{flagicon|China}}
Park Jung-min - Deliver Us from Evil as Yui {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Tse Kwan-ho - Drifting as Master {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
{{Ill|Shōhei Uno|lt=Uno Shohei|ja|宇野祥平}} - The Voice of Sin as Ikushima Soichiro {{flagicon|Japan}}

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Aju Makita - True Mothers as Hikari Katakura {{flagicon|Japan}}
Qin Hailu - Cliff Walkers as Wang Yu {{flagicon|China}}
Loletta Lee - Drifting as Chan Mui {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Hsieh Ying-xuan - Little Big Women as Chen Wan-qing {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
Jang Yoon-ju - Three Sisters as Mi-ok {{flagicon|South Korea}}

style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best New Director}}

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Newcomer}}

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Hong Eui-jeong - Voice of Silence {{flagicon|South Korea}}
{{Ill|Yūjirō Harumoto|ja|春本雄二郎}} - A Balance {{flagicon|Japan}}
PS Vinothraj - Pebbles {{flagicon|India}}
Yin Ruoxi - Sister {{flagicon|China}}
{{Ill|Han Shuai|ca}} - Summer Blur {{flagicon|China}}
{{Ill|Ahmad Bahrami|fa|احمد بهرامی (کارگردان)}} - The Wasteland {{flagicon|Iran}}

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Liu Haocun - One Second {{flagicon|China}}
Gong Seung-yeon - Aloners {{flagicon|South Korea}}
{{Ill|Misaki Hattori|ja|服部樹咲}} - Midnight Swan {{flagicon|Japan}}
Rouhollah Zamani - Sun Children {{flagicon|Iran}}
Buffy Chen - The Silent Forest {{flagicon|Taiwan}}

style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Screenplay}}

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Editing}}

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Chaitanya Tamhane - The Disciple {{flagicon|India}}
Chen Yu-hsun - My Missing Valentine {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
{{Ill|You Xiaoying|zh|游曉穎}} - Sister {{flagicon|China}}
Hong Eui-jeong - Voice of Silence {{flagicon|South Korea}}

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Li Yongyi - Cliff Walkers {{flagicon|China}}
Kim Hyung-joo - Deliver Us from Evil {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Lai Hsiu-hsiung - My Missing Valentine {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
{{Ill|Hassan Hassandust|fa|حسن حسن‌دوست}} - Sun Children {{flagicon|Iran}}
Tina Baz, Shibuya Yangichi - True Mothers {{flagicon|Japan}}

style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Cinematography}}

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Music}}

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{{Ill|Masoud Amini Tirani|fa|مسعود امینی تیرانی}} - The Wasteland {{flagicon|Iran}}
{{Ill|Yūta Tsukinaga|ja|月永雄太}} - {{Ill|Any Crybabies Around?|ja|泣く子はいねぇが}} {{flagicon|Japan}}
Zhao Xiaoding - Cliff Walkers {{flagicon|China}}
Hong Kyung-pyo - Deliver Us from Evil {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Cheng Siu-Keung - Limbo {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Yerkinbek Ptyraliyev - Yellow Cat {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}}

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Day Tai - {{Ill|The Way We Keep Dancing|zh|狂舞派3}} {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Jo Yeong-wook - Cliff Walkers {{flagicon|China}}
Mowg - Deliver Us from Evil {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Lao Zai - One Second {{flagicon|China}}

style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Costume Design}}

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Production Design}}

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Valerian Spring Tree - Wife of a Spy {{flagicon|Japan}}
Chen Minzheng - Cliff Walkers {{flagicon|China}}
Cho Sang-kyung, Kwak Jung-ae - Space Sweepers {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Shim Hyun-seob - The Book of Fish {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Yermek Utegenov - Yellow Cat {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}}

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Kenneth Mak - Limbo {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Li Miao - A Writer's Odyssey {{flagicon|China}}
Gokuldas - Labyrinth {{flagicon|India}}
Lee Jae-Sung - The Book of Fish {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Ataka Norifumi - Wife of a Spy {{flagicon|Japan}}

style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Visual Effects}}

| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Sound}}

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Tim Crosbie, Joy Wu - The Eight Hundred {{flagicon|China}}
Eric Xu, Allen Wei - A Writer's Odyssey {{flagicon|China}}
Tomi Kuo - My Missing Valentine {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
Issei Oda - Ora Ora, Be Going Alone {{flagicon|Japan}}
Jeong Seong-jin, Jeong Chol-min - Space Sweepers {{flagicon|South Korea}}

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{{Ill|Nopawat Likitwong|pl}} - Limbo {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Hironaka Chiyori - {{Ill|Any Crybabies Around?|ja|泣く子はいねぇが}} {{flagicon|Japan}}
Renganaath Ravee - Labyrinth {{flagicon|India}}
Choi Tae-young - Space Sweepers {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Fu Kang - The Eight Hundred {{flagicon|China}}