13th Asian Film Awards

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| number = 13

| award = Asian Film Awards

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| date = March 17, 2019

| site = TVB City, Hong Kong

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| best_film = Shoplifters

| most_awards = Shadow (4)

| most_nominations = Burning (8)

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| last = 12th

| next = 14th

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The 13th Asian Film Awards are the 2019 edition of the Asian Film Awards. The ceremony was held on March 17, 2019, at the TVB City in Hong Kong.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/asian-film-awards-south-koreas-burning-tops-nominations-1175133 |title=Asian Film Awards: South Korea's 'Burning' Tops Nominations |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Karen |last=Chu |date=11 January 2019 |accessdate=12 January 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hong-kong-film-festival-korean-director-lee-chang-dong-get-honor-1191065|title=Hong Kong Film Fest: South Korean Director Lee Chang-dong to Get Lifetime Honor|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Hyowon|last=Lee|date=27 February 2019 |accessdate=28 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/shoplifters-wins-best-picture-asian-film-awards-1203165194/|title=‘Shoplifters’ Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards|work=Variety|first=Vivienne|last=Chow|date=March 17, 2019 |accessdate=March 17, 2019}}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

class="wikitable" align="center" \|
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="32%" \|Best Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="32%" \|Best Director
valign="top" \| *Shoplifters* {{flagicon\|Japan}} Burning {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Dying to Survive {{flagicon\|China}} Jinpa {{flagicon\|China}} Sanju {{flagicon\|India}} \| valign="top" \| Lee Chang-dong – Burning {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Pema Tseden – Jinpa {{flagicon\|China}} Rajkumar Hirani – Sanju {{flagicon\|India}} Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters {{flagicon\|Japan}} Fruit Chan – Three Husbands {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="32%" \|Best Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="32%" \|Best Actress
valign="top" \| Kōji Yakusho – The Blood of Wolves {{flagicon\|Japan}} Yoo Ah-in – Burning {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Xu Zheng – Dying to Survive {{flagicon\|China}} Aaron Kwok – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon\|China}} Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju {{flagicon\|India}} \| valign="top" \| Samal Yeslyamova – Ayka {{flagicon\|Russia}}{{flagicon\|Kazakhstan}} Zhao Tao – Ash Is Purest White {{flagicon\|China}} Han Ji-min – Miss Baek {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Sakura Ando – Shoplifters {{flagicon\|Japan}} Chloe Maayan – Three Husbands {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Supporting Actress
valign="top" \| ZHANG Yu – Dying to Survive {{flagicon\|China}} Kwon Hae-hyo – Hotel by the River {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing {{flagicon\|Japan}} Vicky Kaushal – Sanju {{flagicon\|India}} River Huang – Tracey {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} \| valign="top" \| Kara Hui – Tracey {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Jin Seo-yeon – Believer {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Ding Ning – Cities of Last Things {{flagicon\|Taiwan}} Xu Qing – Hidden Man {{flagicon\|China}} Mayu Matsuoka – Shoplifters {{flagicon\|Japan}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best New Director ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Newcomer
valign="top" \| Oliver Siu Kuen Chan – Still Human {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Yeo Siew Hua – A Land Imagined {{flagicon\|Singapore}}{{flagicon\|France}}{{flagicon\|Netherlands}} Rima Das – Bulbul Can Sing {{flagicon\|India}} Phuttiphong Aroonpheng – Manta Ray {{flagicon\|Thailand}}{{flagicon\|France}}{{flagicon\|China}} Shinichirou Ueda – One Cut of the Dead {{flagicon\|Japan}} Bai Xue – The Crossing {{flagicon\|China}} \| valign="top" \| Huang Jingyu – Operation Red Sea {{flagicon\|China}}{{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Erika Karata – Asako I & II {{flagicon\|Japan}} Jeon Jong-seo – Burning {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Zhang Ying Xie – Cities of Last Things {{flagicon\|Taiwan}} HUANG Yao – The Crossing {{flagicon\|China}} Peter Chan – Three Husbands {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Screenplay ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Editing
valign="top" \| Jia Zhangke – Ash Is Purest White {{flagicon\|China}} Oh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dong – Burning {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Han Jianü, Zhong Wei, Wen Muye – Dying to Survive {{flagicon\|China}} Felix Chong – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon\|China}} Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi – Sanju {{flagicon\|India}} \| valign="top" \| Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing {{flagicon\|Japan}} Choi Chi Hung, Lam Chi Hang – Operation Red Sea {{flagicon\|China}}{{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Curran Pang – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon\|China}} Zhou Xiaolin – Shadow {{flagicon\|China}} Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum – The Spy Gone North {{flagicon\|South Korea}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Cinematography ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Original Music
valign="top" \| Zhao Xiaoding – Shadow {{flagicon\|China}} Hong Kyung-pyo – Burning {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Songye Lu – Jinpa {{flagicon\|China}} Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit – Manta Ray {{flagicon\|Thailand}}{{flagicon\|France}}{{flagicon\|China}} Pankaj Kumar – Tumbbad {{flagicon\|India}} \| valign="top" \| Haruomi Hosono – Shoplifters {{flagicon\|Japan}} Dalpalan – Believer {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Lim Giong, Point Hsu – Jinpa {{flagicon\|China}} A. R. Rahman, Atul Raninga, Sanjay Wandrekar – Sanju {{flagicon\|India}} Loudboy – Shadow {{flagicon\|China}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Costume Designer ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Production Design
valign="top" \| Chen Minzheng – Shadow {{flagicon\|China}} Dong Zhongmin, Uma Wang, Shuping Zhang – Hidden Man {{flagicon\|China}} Lim Chung Man – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon\|China}} Kazuhiro Sawataishi – Punk Samurai Slash Down {{flagicon\|Japan}} Chae Kyung-hwa – The Spy Gone North {{flagicon\|South Korea}} \| valign="top" \| Horace Ma – Shadow {{flagicon\|China}} Shin Jeom-hee – Burning {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Liu Qing – Hidden Man {{flagicon\|China}} Keiko Mitsumatsu – Shoplifters {{flagicon\|Japan}} Rakesh Yadav, Nitin Zihani Choudhary – Tumbbad {{flagicon\|India}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Visual Effects ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Best Sound
valign="top" \| Alex Lim Hung-Fung – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon\|China}} Srinivas Mohan – 2.0 {{flagicon\|India}} Wang Shaoshuai, Yang Yuejuan – Hidden Man {{flagicon\|China}} Lee In-ho, Kang Tae-gyun – Operation Red Sea {{flagicon\|China}}{{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Katsuro Onoue – Punk Samurai Slash Down {{flagicon\|Japan}} \| valign="top" \| Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan – Shadow {{flagicon\|China}} Resul Pookutty, Amrit Pritam – 2.0 {{flagicon\|India}} Lee Seung-chul – Burning {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Masaya Kitada – Killing {{flagicon\|Japan}} Nopawat Likitwong, Sarunyu Nurnsai – Operation Red Sea {{flagicon\|China}}{{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Lifetime Achievement Award ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|2018 Highest Grossing Asian Film
valign="top" \| Lee Chang-dong {{flagicon\|South Korea}} \| valign="top" \| *Operation Red Sea* {{flagicon\|China}}{{flagicon\|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon\|Morocco}}
style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|Excellence in Asian Cinema Award ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" \|AFA Next Generation Award
valign="top" \| Yakusho Koji {{flagicon\|Japan}} \| valign="top" \| Kim Jae-joong {{flagicon\|South Korea}}

class="wikitable" align="center" |

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="32%" |Best Film

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="32%" |Best Director

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Shoplifters {{flagicon|Japan}}
Burning {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Dying to Survive {{flagicon|China}}
Jinpa {{flagicon|China}}
Sanju {{flagicon|India}}

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Lee Chang-dong – Burning {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Pema Tseden – Jinpa {{flagicon|China}}
Rajkumar Hirani – Sanju {{flagicon|India}}
Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters {{flagicon|Japan}}
Fruit Chan – Three Husbands {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="32%" |Best Actor

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="32%" |Best Actress

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Kōji Yakusho – The Blood of Wolves {{flagicon|Japan}}
Yoo Ah-in – Burning {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Xu Zheng – Dying to Survive {{flagicon|China}}
Aaron Kwok – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|China}}
Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju {{flagicon|India}}

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Samal Yeslyamova – Ayka {{flagicon|Russia}}{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}}
Zhao Tao – Ash Is Purest White {{flagicon|China}}
Han Ji-min – Miss Baek {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Sakura Ando – Shoplifters {{flagicon|Japan}}
Chloe Maayan – Three Husbands {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Supporting Actor

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Supporting Actress

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ZHANG Yu – Dying to Survive {{flagicon|China}}
Kwon Hae-hyo – Hotel by the River {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing {{flagicon|Japan}}
Vicky Kaushal – Sanju {{flagicon|India}}
River Huang – Tracey {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}

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Kara Hui – Tracey {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Jin Seo-yeon – Believer {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Ding Ning – Cities of Last Things {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
Xu Qing – Hidden Man {{flagicon|China}}
Mayu Matsuoka – Shoplifters {{flagicon|Japan}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best New Director

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Newcomer

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Oliver Siu Kuen Chan – Still Human {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Yeo Siew Hua – A Land Imagined {{flagicon|Singapore}}{{flagicon|France}}{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Rima Das – Bulbul Can Sing {{flagicon|India}}
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng – Manta Ray {{flagicon|Thailand}}{{flagicon|France}}{{flagicon|China}}
Shinichirou Ueda – One Cut of the Dead {{flagicon|Japan}}
Bai Xue – The Crossing {{flagicon|China}}

| valign="top" |

Huang Jingyu – Operation Red Sea {{flagicon|China}}{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Erika Karata – Asako I & II {{flagicon|Japan}}
Jeon Jong-seo – Burning {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Zhang Ying Xie – Cities of Last Things {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
HUANG Yao – The Crossing {{flagicon|China}}
Peter Chan – Three Husbands {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Screenplay

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Editing

valign="top" |

Jia Zhangke – Ash Is Purest White {{flagicon|China}}
Oh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dong – Burning {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Han Jianü, Zhong Wei, Wen Muye – Dying to Survive {{flagicon|China}}
Felix Chong – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|China}}
Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi – Sanju {{flagicon|India}}

| valign="top" |

Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing {{flagicon|Japan}}
Choi Chi Hung, Lam Chi Hang – Operation Red Sea {{flagicon|China}}{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Curran Pang – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|China}}
Zhou Xiaolin – Shadow {{flagicon|China}}
Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum – The Spy Gone North {{flagicon|South Korea}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Cinematography

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Original Music

valign="top" |

Zhao Xiaoding – Shadow {{flagicon|China}}
Hong Kyung-pyo – Burning {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Songye Lu – Jinpa {{flagicon|China}}
Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit – Manta Ray {{flagicon|Thailand}}{{flagicon|France}}{{flagicon|China}}
Pankaj Kumar – Tumbbad {{flagicon|India}}

| valign="top" |

Haruomi Hosono – Shoplifters {{flagicon|Japan}}
Dalpalan – Believer {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Lim Giong, Point Hsu – Jinpa {{flagicon|China}}
A. R. Rahman, Atul Raninga, Sanjay Wandrekar – Sanju {{flagicon|India}}
Loudboy – Shadow {{flagicon|China}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Costume Designer

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Production Design

valign="top" |

Chen Minzheng – Shadow {{flagicon|China}}
Dong Zhongmin, Uma Wang, Shuping Zhang – Hidden Man {{flagicon|China}}
Lim Chung Man – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|China}}
Kazuhiro Sawataishi – Punk Samurai Slash Down {{flagicon|Japan}}
Chae Kyung-hwa – The Spy Gone North {{flagicon|South Korea}}

| valign="top" |

Horace Ma – Shadow {{flagicon|China}}
Shin Jeom-hee – Burning {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Liu Qing – Hidden Man {{flagicon|China}}
Keiko Mitsumatsu – Shoplifters {{flagicon|Japan}}
Rakesh Yadav, Nitin Zihani Choudhary – Tumbbad {{flagicon|India}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Visual Effects

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Best Sound

valign="top" |

Alex Lim Hung-Fung – Project Gutenberg {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|China}}
Srinivas Mohan – 2.0 {{flagicon|India}}
Wang Shaoshuai, Yang Yuejuan – Hidden Man {{flagicon|China}}
Lee In-ho, Kang Tae-gyun – Operation Red Sea {{flagicon|China}}{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
Katsuro Onoue – Punk Samurai Slash Down {{flagicon|Japan}}

| valign="top" |

Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan – Shadow {{flagicon|China}}
Resul Pookutty, Amrit Pritam – 2.0 {{flagicon|India}}
Lee Seung-chul – Burning {{flagicon|South Korea}}
Masaya Kitada – Killing {{flagicon|Japan}}
Nopawat Likitwong, Sarunyu Nurnsai – Operation Red Sea {{flagicon|China}}{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Lifetime Achievement Award

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |2018 Highest Grossing Asian Film

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Lee Chang-dong {{flagicon|South Korea}}

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Operation Red Sea {{flagicon|China}}{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|Morocco}}

style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |Excellence in Asian Cinema Award

! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! align="center" width="40%" |AFA Next Generation Award

valign="top" |

Yakusho Koji {{flagicon|Japan}}

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Kim Jae-joong {{flagicon|South Korea}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.asianfilmawards.asia}}

Category:Asian Film Awards ceremonies

Category:2019 film awards

Film

Category:2019 in Hong Kong

Category:March 2019 in China