Ryo KASE wins Best Supporting Actor,

HIKARI wins Best New Director,

Yoshifumi KUREISHI wins Best Sound

at the 14th Asian Film Awards 

The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) announced the winners of the 14th Asian Film Awards (AFA14) today. Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the awards presentation was broadcast online on the AFAA and Busan International Film Festival's official websites and YouTube Channels. The awards are organized by the Tokyo, Busan and Hong Kong International Film Festivals.

From Japan, Ryo KASE won Best Supporting Actor for To the Ends of the Earth, and gave a humble message of thanks in English, sharing his wish to see audiences in person next time. HIKARI, director of 37 seconds, won Best New Director and delivered her remarks in English, as well. Yoshifumi KUREISHI won Best Sound for Listen to the Universe and expressed his happiness and gratitude.

During the online announcement of winners, director Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won Best Film for Shoplifters, and Koji Yakusho, who won Best Actor for The Blood of Wolves at last year’s AFA, announced the winners and presented the awards to Bong Joon Ho for Parasite and Lee Byung-Hun for The Man Standing Next, as well as congratulating them.

For the full winners’ list, please refer to the next page.

The Best Film Award was given to Oscar-winning Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho of Korea, which was nominated in 10 categories and won four prizes.

Best Film: Parasite (Korea)

Best Director: WANG Xiaoshuai for So Long, My Son (China)

Best New Director: HIKARI for 37 Seconds (Japan)

Best Actor: Lee Byung-hun in The Man Standing Next (Korea)

Best Actress: ZHOU Dongyu in Better Days (Hong Kong, China)

Best Supporting Actor: Ryo KASE in To the Ends of the Earth (Japan, Uzbekistan, Qatar)

Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Ko in A Sun (Taiwan)

Best Newcomer: Jackson Yee in Better Days (Hong Kong, China)

Best Screenplay: BONG Joon-ho and HAN Jin-won for Parasite (Korea)

Best Editing: YANG Jinmo for Parasite (Korea)

Best Cinematography: DONG Jinsong for The Wild Goose Lake (China, France)

Best Original Music: Karsh KALE and The Salvage Audio Collective for Gully boy (India)

Best Costume Design: Pacharin SURAWATANAPONGS for Happy Old Year (Thailand)

Best Production Design: LEE Ha Jun for Parasite (Korea)

Best Visual Effects: Tomi KUO and Renovatio Pictures for Detention (Taiwan)

Best Sound: KUREISHI Yoshifumi for Listen to the Universe (Japan)