The biggest annual film event of Asian cinema, the Asian Film Awards successfully held its 17th edition on the night of 10 March, at Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District.
In addition to six previously announced honorary prizes, sixteen competitive prizes decided by renowned Japanese director KUROSAWA Kiyoshi’s jury were given out at the ceremony. Among them, four films tied with two awards each: Evil Does Not Exist, The Goldfinger, Godzilla Minus One and Snow Leopard. HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke’s Evil Does Not Exist won Best Film; YAKUSHO Koji won Best Actor for Perfect Days; JIANG Qinqin won Best Actress for Dwelling by the West Lake; and KORE-EDA Hirokazu won Best Director for Monster.
