We present the winners of the 15th Asian Film Awards which took place today October 8th, 2021 in Busan, Korea. The Awards was held in conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival.

Best Film

A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.

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Best Director

A movie fan in a remote farmland strikes a relationship with a homeless female vagabond. (IMDb)

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Best Actress

Best Actor

Two men work for a criminal organization to clean up the aftermath messes. One day, they receive an unexpected order (IMDb).

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Best Supporting Actor

A hearing-impaired boy transfers to a school for children with special needs. But his excitement about blending into a new environment immediately turns into fear when he witnesses the reality happening in the school (IMDb).

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Best Supporting Actress

A woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child’s birth mother (IMDb).

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Best New Director

Best Newcomer

Best Screenplay

Self-doubt, sacrifice and struggle converge into an existential crisis for a devoted classical vocalist as the mastery he strives for remains elusive (IMDb).

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Best Editing

In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, afterreturning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides (IMDb).

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Best Cinemtography

Lotfollah is a brick factory supervisor, acting as go-between for the workers and the boss. The boss wants to talk to the them about the shutdown of the factory. All matters now to Lotfollah is to keep Sarvar, the woman he loves, unharmed (IMDb).

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Best Original Music

The Kowloon Industrial District is home to many of Hong Kong artists, including rapper Heyo, YouTuber Ah Leung, rising star Hana and Dave the dancer. However, the government is preparing the area for gentrification. The group from The Way We Dance are invited to participate in a publicity stunt to transform the district into a “Dance Street”. Meanwhile, Heyo’s master Afuc is planning a revolution.. (IMDb)

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Best Costume Design

Best Production Design

Rookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women (IMDb).

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Best Visual Effects

From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army (IMDb).

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Best Sound