13th Asian Film Awards


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.

Winners and nominees

Best FilmBest Director

  • Shoplifters
  • *Burning
  • *Dying to Survive
  • *Jinpa
  • *Sanju
  • Lee Chang-dong – Burning
  • *Pema Tseden – Jinpa
  • *Rajkumar Hirani – Sanju
  • *Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters
  • *Fruit Chan – Three Husbands
  • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Kōji Yakusho – The Blood of Wolves
  • *Yoo Ah-in – Burning
  • *Xu Zheng – Dying to Survive
  • *Aaron Kwok – Project Gutenberg
  • *Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju
  • Samal Yeslyamova – Ayka
  • *Zhao Tao – Ash Is Purest White
  • *Han Ji-min – Miss Baek
  • *Sakura Ando – Shoplifters
  • *Chloe Maayan – Three Husbands
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • ZHANG Yu – Dying to Survive
  • *Kwon Hae-hyo – Hotel by the River
  • *Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing
  • *Vicky Kaushal – Sanju
  • *River Huang – Tracey
  • Kara Hui – Tracey
  • *Jin Seo-yeon – Believer
  • *Ding Ning – Cities of Last Things
  • *Xu Qing – Hidden Man
  • *Mayu Matsuoka – Shoplifters
  • Best New DirectorBest Newcomer
  • Oliver Siu Kuen Chan – Still Human
  • *Yeo Siew Hua – A Land Imagined
  • *Rima Das – Bulbul Can Sing
  • *Phuttiphong Aroonpheng – Manta Ray
  • *Shinichirou Ueda – One Cut of the Dead
  • *Bai Xue – The Crossing
  • Huang Jingyu – Operation Red Sea
  • *Erika Karata – Asako I & II
  • *Jeon Jong-seo – Burning
  • *Zhang Ying Xie – Cities of Last Things
  • *HUANG Yao – The Crossing
  • *Chan Charm-man – Three Husbands
  • Best ScreenplayBest Editing
  • Jia Zhangke – Ash Is Purest White
  • *Oh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dong – Burning
  • *Han JianΓΌ, Zhong Wei, Wen Muye – Dying to Survive
  • *Felix Chong – Project Gutenberg
  • *Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi – Sanju
  • Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing
  • *Choi Chi Hung, Lam Chi Hang – Operation Red Sea
  • *Curran Pang – Project Gutenberg
  • *Zhou Xiaolin – Shadow
  • *Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum – The Spy Gone North
  • Best CinematographyBest Original Music
  • Zhao Xiaoding – Shadow
  • *Hong Kyung-pyo – Burning
  • *Songye Lu – Jinpa
  • *Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit – Manta Ray
  • *Pankaj Kumar – Tumbbad
  • Haruomi Hosono – Shoplifters
  • *Dalpalan – Believer
  • *Lim Giong, Point Hsu – Jinpa
  • *A. R. Rahman, Atul Raninga, Sanjay Wandrekar – Sanju
  • *Loudboy – Shadow
  • Best Costume DesignerBest Production Design
  • Chen Minzheng – Shadow
  • *Dong Zhongmin, Uma Wang, Shuping Zhang – Hidden Man
  • *Lim Chung Man – Project Gutenberg
  • *Kazuhiro Sawataishi – Punk Samurai Slash Down
  • *Chae Kyung-hwa – The Spy Gone North
  • Horace Ma – Shadow
  • *Shin Jeom-hee – Burning
  • *Liu Qing – Hidden Man
  • *Keiko Mitsumatsu – Shoplifters
  • *Rakesh Yadav, Nitin Zihani Choudhary – Tumbbad
  • Best Visual EffectsBest Sound
  • Alex Lim Hung-Fung – Project Gutenberg
  • *Srinivas Mohan – 2.0
  • *Wang Shaoshuai, Yang Yuejuan – Hidden Man
  • *Lee In-ho, Kang Tae-gyun – Operation Red Sea
  • *Katsuro Onoue – Punk Samurai Slash Down
  • Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan – Shadow
  • *Resul Pookutty, Amrit Pritam – 2.0
  • *Lee Seung-chul – Burning
  • *Masaya Kitada – Killing
  • *Nopawat Likitwong, Sarunyu Nurnsai – Operation Red Sea
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Lee Chang-dong
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