FULL LIST: Winners, Asian Film Awards 2015

MANILA, Philippines – The Asian Film Awards concluded Wednesday night, March 25. Members of the Asian film industry gathered at the Venetian Macau were in attendance for the star-studded night. 

The Best Film Award went to Chinese film Blind Massage, but another Chinese film Gone With The Bullets bagged the most number of awards, with 3 for Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Designer, and Best Production Design.

Filipino director Lav Diaz was among those nominated for Best Director for his film Mula Sa Kung Ano Ang Noon (“From What Was Before”), but the prize ultimately went to Ann Hui for The Golden Era.

Check out the full list of winners below:

Best film 

• Black Coal, Thin Ice (China)
• WINNER: Blind Massage (China)
• Haider (India)
• Hill Of Freedom (South Korea)
• Ode To My Father (South Korea)
• The Light Shines Only There (Japan) 

Best director 

• Lou Ye, Blind Massage (China)
• Tsukamoto Shinya, Fires On The Plain (Japan)
• Lav Diaz, From What Is Before (The Philippines)
• Vishal Bhardwaj, Haider (India)
• Hong Sang-soo, Hill Of Freedom (South Korea)
• WINNER: Ann Hui, The Golden Era (Hong Kong, China) 

Best actor

• WINNER: Liao Fan, Black Coal, Thin Ice (China)
• Kase Ryo, Hill Of Freedom (South Korea)
• Sean Lau Ching-wan, Overheard 3 (Hong Kong, China)
• Ethan Ruan, Paradise In Service (Taiwan)
• Choi Min-sik, Roaring Currents (South Korea)
• Satoh Takeru, Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Japan) 

Best actress 

• WINNER: Bae Doo-na, A Girl At My Door (South Korea)
• Gong Li, Coming Home (China)
• Zhao Wei, Dearest (Hong Kong, China)
• Kaiki Koechlin, Margarita, With A Straw (India)
• Miyazawa Rie, Pale Moon (Japan)
• Tang Wei, The Golden Era (Hong Kong, China)

Best newcomer

• Doh Kyung-soo, Cart (South Korea)
• WINNER: Zhang Huiwen, Coming Home (Mainland China)
• Ivana Wong, Golden Chicken SSS (Hong Kong)
• Tosaka Hiroomi, Hot Road (Japan)

Best Supporting Actor

• Cho Jin-woong, A Hard Day (South Korea)
• Qin Hao, Blind Massage, (Mainland China) 
• Chen Jianbin, Paradise In Service, (Taiwan) 
• WINNER: Wang Zhiwen, The Golden Era (Hong Kong, Mainland China)
• Ito Hideaki, WOOD JOB! (Japan)

Best Supporting Actress

• Han Ye-ri, Haemoo (South Korea)
• Tabassum Hashmi, Haider (India)
• Wan Qian, Paradise In Service (Taiwan)
• WINNER: Ikewaki Chizuru, The Light Shines Only There (Japan)
• Kuroki Haru, The Little House (Japan)

Best Screenwriter

• Kim Seong-hun, A Hard Day (South Korea)
• WINNER: Diao Yinan, Black Coal, Thin Ice (Mainland China)
• Chaitanya Tamhane, Court (India)
• Li Qiang, The Golden Era (Hong Kong, Mainland China) 
• Takada Ryo, The Light Shines Only There (Japan)

Best Cinematographer

• Dong Jinsong, Black Coal, Thin Ice (Mainland China)
• WINNER: Zeng Jian, Blind Massage (Mainland China)
• Choi Chan-min, Kundo: Age Of The Rampant (South Korea)
• Kondo Ryuto, My Man, Japan
• Matt Flannery and Dimas Imam Subhono, The Raid 2: Berandal (Indonesia)

Best Production Designer

• WINNER: LIU Qing, Gone With The Bullets (Mainland China)
• Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray, Haider (India)
• Park Il-hyun, Kundo: Age Of The Rampant (South Korea)
• Hayashida Yuji and Sakushima Eri, Over Your Dead Body (Japan)
• Yi Zhenzhou, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain (Mainland China)

Best Composer

• Cui Jian and Liu Yuan, Blue Sky Bones (Mainland China)
• Zhang Yilin, Hisaishi Joe, Dou Peng, George Acogny, Shu Nan; Gone With The Bullets (Mainland China) 
• WINNER: Mikey McCleary, Margarita, With A Straw (India) 
• MOWG, The Fatal Encounter (South Korea) 
• BCDMG, Tokyo Tribe, (Japan)
  

Best Editor

• Kim Chang-ju, A Hard Day, South Korea
• Sunaga Hiroshi, One Third (Japan) 
• Patrick Tam and Curran Pang, That Demon Within (Hong Kong)
• Kwong Chi-leung and Manda Wai, The Golden Era (Hong Kong, Mainland China)
• WINNER: Gareth Evans, The Raid 2: Berandal (Indonesia)

Best Visual Effects

• WINNER: Rick Sander and Christoph Zollinger, Gone With The Bullets (Mainland China) 
• Yamazaki Takashi, Parasyte (Japan) 
• Tong Ka-wai, Ken Law, Randy Tse, Lucky Tracy Hannah, The Midnight After (Hong Kong)
• Kang Jong-ik, The Pirates, (South Korea)
• Kim Wook, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain (Mainland China)

Best Costume Designer

• Liang Tingting, Brotherhood Of Blades (Mainland China)
• WINNER: William Chang Suk Ping, Gone With The Bullets (Mainland China)
• Tsuge Isao, Over Your Dead Body (Japan)
• Chong Kyong-hee, The Fatal Encounter (South Korea)
• Kwon Yoo-jin, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain (Mainland China)

Special Awards:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Im Kwon-taek (South Korea)
• Excellence in Cinema Award: Miki Nakatani (Japan)

– Rappler.com