Payal Kapadia’s All We Think about As Mild was named finest movie at 18th Asian Movie Awards on Sunday night (March 16).
The Indian filmmaker attended the ceremony in Hong Kong and accepted the award from filmmaker, martial arts star and AFA jury president Sammo Hung.
Scroll down for full record of winners
It marked almost 10 months since Kapadia turned the primary Indian filmmaker to win the Grand Prix at Cannes, the place the movie was the primary Indian characteristic to play in Competitors on the competition for 30 years.
“I’m so joyful that we may finish our journey right here in Hong Kong, a metropolis that has meant lots to me, watching the wonderful movies from this metropolis over time,” she stated on the stage of the Grand Theatre of the Xiqu Centre within the West Kowloon Cultural District of the town.
The awards had been pretty evenly unfold, with 12 completely different movies honoured throughout 16 classes.
One of the best director award went to Japan’s Daihachi Yoshida of Teki Cometh, a black-and-white drama that beforehand received a hat trick of prizes at Tokyo Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Going into the night time with essentially the most nominations had been South Korean field workplace hit Exhuma on 11 and Hong Kong motion blockbuster Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In with 9. They received two apiece with Exhuma honoured for visible results and costume design and …Warriors successful finest modifying and manufacturing design.
Additionally honoured with two awards had been Santosh, successful finest director for British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri and finest actress for Shahana Goswami; and Yeo Siew Hua’s Singaporean surveillance drama Stranger Eyes, successful finest supporting actor for Lee Kang-Sheng and finest sound.
“I’ve at all times felt under-confident. I need to thank AFAs jury for giving me this confidence once more,” stated Goswami in her acceptance speech.
One of the best actor prize went to Hong Kong’s Sean Lau for his efficiency in Philip Yung’s household drama Papa whereas Taiwan’s Yang Kuei-mei received finest supporting actress for her position in Yen And Ai-Lee.
As beforehand introduced, the Asian Movie Awards Academy awarded the lifetime achievement award to Japanese actor Koji Yakusho of Excellent Days and Shall We Dance?.
Accepting the honour, Yakusho – who couldn’t attend final 12 months’s AFAs when he received finest actor for his position in Wim Wenders’ Excellent Days – stated he was “struck by the burden this award carries, by trying on the earlier winners”. Previous recipients embrace Zhang Yimou, Sammo Hung and Lee Chang-dong.
Additional honorary prizes had been the excellence in Asian cinema awards, which went to South Korean actor Jang Dong-gun, recognized for Buddy, Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of Struggle and most just lately A Regular Household, and Chinese language actor Tang Wei, recognized for her critically acclaimed efficiency in Ang Lee’s Lust, Warning, Discovering Mr. Proper, Ann Hui’s The Golden Period and extra just lately Park Chan-wook’s Determination To Depart.
Receiving the AFAs subsequent technology award was Taiwanese actor Wu Kang-ren, who portrayed a deaf, undocumented migrant employee in Abang Adik and a drug-addicted father in Fly Me To The Moon.
The awards passed off the night earlier than the opening of Hong Kong Filmart, Asia’s greatest content material market, which is ready to run from March 17-20. Will probably be adopted by the Hong Kong Worldwide Movie Pageant from April 10-21, the line-up of which can be unveiled tomorrow (March 17).
Asian Movie Awards 2025 winners
Greatest Movie: All We Think about As Mild
Greatest Director: Daihachi Yoshida, Teki Cometh
Greatest Actor: Sean Lau, Papa
Greatest Actress: Shahana Goswami, Santosh
Greatest Supporting Actor: Lee Kang-Sheng, Stranger Eyes
Greatest Supporting Actress: Yang Kuei-mei, Yen And Ai-Lee
Greatest New Director: Sandhya Suri, Santosh
Greatest Newcomer: Hayato Kurihara, Happyend
Greatest Screenplay: Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
Greatest Modifying: Cheung Ka Fai, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Greatest Cinematography: Hong Kyeong-pyo, Harbin
Greatest Authentic Music: Chu Wan Pin, The Final Dance
Greatest Costume Design: Choi Yoon-sun, Exhuma
Greatest Manufacturing Design: Kenneth Mak, Chau Sai Hung Ambrose, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Greatest Visible Results: Kim Shin-chul, Daniel Son, Exhuma
Greatest Sound: Tu Duu-Chih, Tu Tse-Kang, Stranger Eyes