9th Asian Film Awards


The 9th Asian Film Awards are the 2015 edition of the Asian Film Awards. The ceremony was held at the Venetian Theatre in The Venetian Casino and Hotel in Macau.
South Korean director Im Kwon-taek received the Lifetime Achievement Award, while Japanese actress Miki Nakatani received the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award.
This year marked the second time that the awards were organized by the Hong Kong International Film Festival, joined by the Busan and Tokyo film festivals through the Asian Film Awards Academy.

Awards jury

The jury for the 9th Asian Film Awards are:
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best FilmBest Director

  • Ann HuiThe Golden Era
  • *Vishal Bhardwaj – Haider
  • *Lav Diaz – From What Is Before
  • *Hong Sang-soo – Hill of Freedom
  • *Lou Ye – Blind Massage
  • *Shinya Tsukamoto – Fires on the Plain
  • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Liao Fan – Black Coal, Thin Ice
  • *Choi Min-sik – '
  • *Ryo Kase – Hill of Freedom
  • *Sean Lau – Overh3ard
  • *Ethan Ruan – Paradise in Service
  • *Takeru Satoh – '
  • Bae DoonaA Girl at My Door
  • *Gong Li – Coming Home
  • *Kalki Koechlin – Margarita With A Straw
  • *Rie Miyazawa – Pale Moon
  • *Tang Wei – The Golden Era
  • *Zhao Wei – Dearest
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Wang Zhiwen – The Golden Era
  • *Chen Jianbin – Paradise in Service
  • *Cho Jin-woong – A Hard Day
  • *Hideaki Itō – Wood Job!
  • *Qin Hao – Blind Massage
  • Chizuru IkewakiThe Light Shines Only There
  • *Han Ye-ri – Haemoo
  • *Haru Kuroki – The Little House
  • *Tabu – Haider
  • *Wan Qian – Paradise in Service
  • Best NewcomerBest Screenwriter
  • Zhang Huiwen – Coming Home
  • *Chan Huai-yun – Meeting Dr. Sun
  • *Do Kyung-soo – Cart
  • *Hiroomi Tosaka – Hot Road
  • *Ivana Wong – Golden Chickensss
  • Diao YinanBlack Coal, Thin Ice
  • *Kim Seong-hun – A Hard Day
  • *Li Qiang – The Golden Era
  • *Chaitanya Tamhane – Court
  • *Ryo Takada – The Light Shines Only There
  • Best CinematographerBest Production Designer
  • Zeng Jian – Blind Massage
  • *Choi Chan-min – '
  • *Dong Jinsong – Black Coal, Thin Ice
  • *Matt Flannery and Dimas Imam Subhono – The Raid 2
  • *Ryuto Kondo – My Man
  • Liu Qing – Gone with the Bullets
  • *Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray – Haider
  • *Yuji Hayashida and Eri Sakushima – Over Your Dead Body
  • *Park Il-hyun – '
  • *Yi Zhenzhou – The Taking of Tiger Mountain
  • Best ComposerBest Editor
  • Mikey McCleary – Margarita With A Straw
  • *BCDMG – Tokyo Tribes
  • *Cui Jian and Liu Yuan – Blue Sky Bones
  • *Mowg – The Fatal Encounter
  • *Zhang Yilin, Joe Hisaishi, Dou Peng, George Acogny and Shu Nan – Gone with the Bullets //
  • Gareth EvansThe Raid 2
  • *Kim Chang-ju – A Hard Day
  • *Kwong Chi-leung and Manda Wai – The Golden Era
  • *Patrick Tam and Curran Pang – The Demon Within
  • *Hiroshi Sunaga – One Third
  • Best Visual EffectsBest Costume Designer
  • Rick Sanders and Christoph Zollinger – Gone with the Bullets
  • *Kang Jong-ik – The Pirates
  • *Kim Wook – The Taking of Tiger Mountain
  • *Takashi Yamazaki – '
  • *Tong Ka-wai, Ken Law, Randy Tse and Lucky Tracy Hannah – The Midnight After
  • William ChangGone with the Bullets
  • *Isao Tsuge – Over Your Dead Body
  • *Jeong Gyeong-hee – The Fatal Encounter
  • *Kwon Yu-jin – The Taking of Tiger Mountain
  • *Liang Tingting – Brotherhood of Blades
  • Lifetime Achievement AwardExcellence in Asian Cinema Award
  • Im Kwon-taek
  • Miki Nakatani'''