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The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by
Cinemaya ''Cinemaya'' (a blend of ''cinema'' and '' maya'' (illusion)) is a film magazine established in 1988 devoted exclusively to coverage of Asian film. It is published in New Delhi, India and distributed internationally. The present editor-in-chief ...
, the Asian Film Quarterly, in
New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...
in 1990 at the instance and with the support of UNESCO, Paris. Headquartered in
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
, the NETPAC is a pan-Asian film cultural organization involving critics, filmmakers, festival organizers and curators, distributors and exhibitors, as well as film educators. It is considered a leading authority on Asian cinema. Since 1990, it has programmed Asian sections of international film festivals, introduced filmmakers from Asia to the world, brought out a compendium of the existing film infrastructure in different Asian countries, organized seminars and conferences and instituted an award for the Best Asian Film at festivals like Singapore, Busan, Jeonju, Kerala, Kazakhstan and Osian's Cinefan among those in Asia; Berlin, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rotterdam, Vesoul and others in Europe; at Brisbane in Australia; Hawaii in the US; Antalya in Turkey and Black Nights in Estonia. The NETPAC Award is given at select international film festivals to promote Asian cinema by spotlighting exceptional films and discovering new talents. Among filmmakers who have won this award multiple times are Sri Lanka's
Prasanna Vithanage Udaya Prasanna Vithanage ( si, ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 14 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of the third generation of the Sri Lankan cinema. He has directed eight feature ...
(7 times); China's Wang Xiaoshuai (thrice) and
Hao Jie Hao Jie (born 16 October 1984) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 329, achieved on 21 May 2007. Her best doubles ranking was 307 on 1 ...
(thrice); the Philippines'
Lav Diaz Lavrente Indico Anciro Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. Frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on recor ...
(thrice) and Brillante Mendoza (thrice); Malaysia's Ho Yuhang (thrice); South Korea's
Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...
(thrice),
Jeon Soo-il Jeon Soo-il (born September 25, 1959) is a South Korean film director, film producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University in Busan, he studied Film Direction at Ecole Supérieure de ...
(twice), and
Lee Hae-jun Lee Hae-jun (born August 18, 1973) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed '' Like a Virgin'' (2006), '' Castaway on the Moon'' (2009), and '' My Dictator'' (2014). Career As screenwriter Lee Hae-jun studied adve ...
(twice); India's Adoor Gopalakrishnan (twice),
Dr. Biju Bijukumar Damodaran, known mononymously as Dr. Biju, is an Indian homoeopathic doctor turned film director and screenwriter. He is best known for films such as '' Saira'' (2005), ''Veettilekkulla Vazhi'' (2010), '' Akasathinte Niram'' (2012), '' ...
(twice), Shyamaprasad (twice), and
P. Sheshadri Pattabhiramaiah Sheshadri (born 23 November 1963) is an Indian film director who works in Kannada cinema. He is known for his films '' Munnudi'', ''Atithi'', '' Beru'', '' Tutturi'', '' Vimukthi'', '' Bettada Jeeva'', '' Bharath Stores'' and '' ...
(twice); Indonesia's
Garin Nugroho Garin Nugroho Riyanto (born 6 June 1961) is an Indonesian film director. Biography Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 6 June 1961. He was the fourth child of postal workers Soetjipto Amin and Mariah, who eventually ...
(twice) and
Riri Riza Riri may refer to: People * Riri Fitri Sari (born 1970) computer engineering professor * Riri Riza (born 1970) Indonesian filmmaker *Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman ...
(twice); Iran's Rakhshān Banietemad (twice); Japan's
Hiromasa Hirosue Hiromasa (written: 博正, 宏昌, 弘昌, 弘将, 浩正, 大将 or 太将) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese composer and music producer *, Japanese f ...
(twice) and
Sion Sono Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Plac ...
(twice); Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Yerzhanov (thrice), Serik Aprymov (twice), Rustem Abdrashov (twice), Emir Baigazin (twice), and Nariman Turebayev (twice); Kyrgyzstan's
Marat Sarulu Marat may refer to: People *Marat (given name) *Marat (surname) **Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), French political theorist, physician and scientist Arts, entertainment, and media *''Marat/Sade'', a 1963 play by Peter Weiss * ''Marat/Sade'' (fil ...
(twice); Nepal's Kesang Tseten Lama (twice); Singapore's
Boo Junfeng Boo Junfeng (Chinese: 巫俊锋; pinyin: wū jùn fēng; born 4 December 1983) is a Singaporean filmmaker. Boo's films, Sandcastle (2010) and Apprentice (2016) have been screen at the Cannes Film Festival, beginning with his debut, Sandcastle, ...
(twice),
Royston Tan Royston Tan (; born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short film ...
(twice), and Kan Lume (twice); Taiwan's Doze Niu (twice); and Thailand's
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit ( th, นวพล ธำรงรัตนฤทธิ์, ; born 4 February 1984) is a Thai writer, screenwriter and film director. His notable work are "Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy" and "Heart Attack" which has won ...
(twice).


NETPAC Award winners


1993

*
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner ''The Peach Blossom Land'' ( Stan Lai,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
)


1994

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Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner ''
All Under the Moon is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Gorō Kishitani and Ruby Moreno. Plot Tadao (Goro Kishitani) is a North Korean immigrant who works in a taxi cab corporation wholly owned by another Korean immigrant whose dream is to ...
'' ( Yoichi Sai, Japan) ** Special Mention '' Shackles'' ( Nansalmaagin Uranchimeg, Mongolia) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' The Servile'' ( Adoor Gopalakrishnan,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
)


1995

*
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner ''
Undo Undo is an interaction technique which is implemented in many computer programs. It erases the last change done to the document, reverting it to an older state. In some more advanced programs, such as graphic processing, undo will negate the las ...
'' (
Shunji Iwai is a Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentary maker. Life and career Iwai was born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987. In 1988 he started out in the Japanese entertainmen ...
, Japan) ** Winner '' Elephant Song'' (
Go Riju Go, GO, G.O., or Go! may refer to: Arts and entertainment Games and sport * Go (game), a board game for two players * ''Travel Go'' (formerly ''Go – The International Travel Game''), a game based on world travel * Go, the starting position l ...
, Japan) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner '' The Servile'' ( Adoor Gopalakrishnan,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner ''A Borrowed Life'' ( Wu Nien-jen,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
) ** Special Mention '' Mee Pok Man'' (
Eric Khoo use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = , death_cause = , resting_place = , nationality = Singaporean , alma_mater = Uni ...
,
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
)


1996

*
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' ...And the Moon Dances'' (
Garin Nugroho Garin Nugroho Riyanto (born 6 June 1961) is an Indonesian film director. Biography Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 6 June 1961. He was the fourth child of postal workers Soetjipto Amin and Mariah, who eventually ...
, Indonesia) ** Special Mention '' Heaven-6-Box'' ( Hiroyuki Oki, Japan) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' Three Friends'' (
Yim Soon-rye Yim Soon-rye (born January 1, 1961) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She is considered one of the few leading female auteurs of Korean New Wave cinema. Career Education Born in 1961 in Incheon, Yim Soon-rye graduated from Hanyan ...
,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''
Heartbreak Island ''Heartbreak Island'' is a 1995 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hsu Hsiao-ming. The film follows a recently released woman prisoner as she visits her ex who was arrested in the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident but released before her. The film makes extens ...
'' ( Hsu Hsiao-ming,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
) ** Winner ''
Nostalgia for Home Country Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. The word ''nostalgia'' is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of (''nóstos''), meaning "homecoming", a Homeric word, ...
'' ( Nhat Minh Dang,
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner ''
Good Men, Good Women ''Good Men, Good Women'' () is a 1995 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, starring Annie Yi, Lim Giong, and Jack Kao. It is the last installment in the trilogy that began with ''A City of Sadness'' (1989) and continued with '' The Puppetma ...
'' ( Hou Hsiao-hsien,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
) ** Special Mention '' It's a Long Way to the Sea'' ( Jahnu Barua,
North India North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Cen ...
)


1997

*
Amiens International Film Festival Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of Am ...
** Winner ''
Somersault in a Coffin ''Somersault in a Coffin'' ( tr, Tabutta Rövaşata) is a 1996 Turkish film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about a homeless criminal and car thief. The film, which was released on , received awards at several international film festivals ...
'' (
Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for ''Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Scr ...
, Turkey) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' Focus'' ( Satoshi Izaka, Japan) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' Bad Movie'' (
Jang Sun-woo Jang Sun-woo (born 20 March 1952) is a South Korean film director. Life Jang attended Seoul National University and received a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Before his directorial debut, Jang made a name for himself by writing film crit ...
,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner '' 2 Duo'' (
Nobuhiro Suwa is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University. Biography Having graduated from Hiroshima ...
, Japan) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner ''
12 Storeys ''12 Storeys'' (十二樓 or ''Shí'èr lóu'' in Mandarin) is a 1997 Singaporean drama film written and directed by Eric Khoo. It features an ensemble cast of Jack Neo, Koh Boon Pin and Quan Yi Fong. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard sect ...
'' (
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,
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
) ** Special Mention ''
The Long Journey ''The Long Journey'' ( da, Den Lange Rejse) is a series of six novels by Danish author and poet Johannes V. Jensen, appearing between 1908 and 1922. The books deal with the author's theories on evolution, backdropped against a description of huma ...
'' ( Lê Hoàng, Vietnam)


1998

*
Amiens International Film Festival Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of Am ...
** Winner '' Walls Within'' (
Prasanna Vithanage Udaya Prasanna Vithanage ( si, ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 14 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of the third generation of the Sri Lankan cinema. He has directed eight feature ...
, Sri Lanka) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' The Pickpocket'' (
Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...
, China) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' The Power of Kangwon Province'' (
Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo (홍상수, born 25 October 1960) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Early life Hong's parents owned the film production company Cinetel Soul. Hong took the entrance exam and entered the theater department at Chun ...
,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
) ** Special Mention '' A Killing Story'' ( Yeo Kyun-Dong, South Korea) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''
Dance of the Wind Swara Mandal or Dance of the Wind is a 1997 HindiDance of the Wind
at NFDC drama, film co-writ ...
'' (
Rajan Khosa Rajan Khosa is an Indian writer-director-producer who has worked between the UK, Europe and India for much of his career. He is best known for his directorial venture ''Gattu'', which won at Berlin Film Festival. It won a Screen Award in India ...
, India) ** Special Mention '' Green Fish'' ( Lee Chang-dong,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' In the Navel of the Sea'' ( Marilou Diaz-Abaya, the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
) ** Special Mention '' Hold You Tight'' ( Stanley Kwan,
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...
) * Taiwan International Documentary Festival ** Winner '' Out for Love...Be Back Shortly'' ( Dan Katzir,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
) ** Special Mention '' Nadya's Village'' (
Seiichi Motohashi is a Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types o ...
,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
)


1999

*
Amiens International Film Festival Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of Am ...
** Winner '' Death On A Full Moon Day'' (
Prasanna Vithanage Udaya Prasanna Vithanage ( si, ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 14 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of the third generation of the Sri Lankan cinema. He has directed eight feature ...
, Sri Lanka) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner ''2H'' (Ying Li, China) ** Winner '' Dil Se..'' (
Mani Ratnam Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six ...
,
South India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union terr ...
) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner ''
The Bird Who Stops in the Air ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
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Jeon Soo-il Jeon Soo-il (born September 25, 1959) is a South Korean film director, film producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University in Busan, he studied Film Direction at Ecole Supérieure de ...
, South Korea) ** Special Mention '' The Uprising'' (
Park Kwang-Su Park Kwang-su (born January 22, 1955) is a South Korean filmmaker. He was born in Sokcho, Gangwon Province and grew up in Busan. Park joined the Yallasung Film Group as a student of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. Upon graduation, he fou ...
, South Korea) * Cinemanila International Film Festival ** Winner ''Birth of A Butterfly'' (
Mojtaba Raei Mojtaba or Mujtaba ( fa, مجتبی) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian male given name. It originates from the Arabic language, meaning the ''chosen''. The name has an Islamic background and is considerably popular among the Shiites and Sufism, Sufis ...
, Iran) ** Special Mention '' Fetch A Pail of Water'' (
Jeffrey Jeturian Jeffrey Jeturian (born November 4, 1959) is a Filipino director and production designer for both television and film. Jeturian won the Gawad Urian The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines held since 1977. It is given by ...
, the Philippines) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' Connection by Fate'' ( Wan Ren, Taiwan) ** Special Mention ''
Beshkempir ''Beshkempir'' (released as ''Beshkempir the Adopted Son'' in Anglophone countries, ''Le fils adoptif: Beshkempir'' in Francophone countries) is a 1998 Kyrgyz language film. Shot and produced in Kyrgyzstan, it is representative of the first wave ...
'' (
Aktan Abdykalykov Aktan Arym Kubat (; born March 26, 1957, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyzstan), also known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is a Kyrgyzstani director, screenwriter and actor. Member of the National Film Academy of the Kyrgyzstan, acting Member of the European Film A ...
, Kyrgyzstan) ** Special Mention '' The Power of the Kangwon-du Province'' (
Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo (홍상수, born 25 October 1960) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Early life Hong's parents owned the film production company Cinetel Soul. Hong took the entrance exam and entered the theater department at Chun ...
, South Korea) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''The Servant's Shirt'' (
Mani Kaul Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a reputed figure in Indian parallel cinema. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and ...
,
North India North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Cen ...
) *
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festival held biennially in Yamagata, Japan ( ). It was first held in October 1989, which makes it one of the longest running documentary film festivals in the world and ...
** Winner '' Shiro the White'' ( Katsuyuki Hirano, Japan) ** Special Mention '' Annyong-Kimchi'' ( Tetsuaki Matsue, Japan) ** Special Mention '' I Love (080)'' ( Yang Li-chou, Taiwan)


2000

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Amiens International Film Festival Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of Am ...
** Winner '' The Orphan of Anyang'' ( Wang Chao, China) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' The Lady of the House'' (
Rituparno Ghosh Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
) ** Winner ''
Nabbie's Love is a 1999 film written and directed by Yuji Nakae about Nanako Agarikinjo (Naomi Nishida) returning to Aguni Island (Okinawa) to visit her grandmother, Nabbie Agarikinjo, played by Tomi Taira. The film score is by Kenichiro Isoda, with two tr ...
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Yuji Nakae is a Japanese film director who specializes in films set in Okinawa, featuring Okinawan music, language, themes and atmosphere. He shared the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his debut film, '' Pineapple Tours'', which was an omn ...
, Japan) ** Special Mention '' Making Sun-Dried Red Peppers'' ( Jang Hee-Sun, South Korea) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' Chunhyang'' ( Im Kwon-taek, South Korea) *
Dhaka International Film Festival Dhaka International Film Festival ( bn, ঢাকা আন্তর্জাতিক চলচ্চিত্র উৎসব) is a biennial film festival held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1992, the festival was initially organized on ...
** Winner ''
Padadaya ''Padadaya (The Outcast)'' ( si, පාදඩයා, italic=yes) is a 1999 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed and produced by Linton Semage for Hiru Films. It stars Linton Semage and Shyamali Warusavitana in lead roles along with Saumya Liyana ...
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Linton Semage Linton Semage is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well a filmmaker. He is best known for his roles in movies such as '' Padadaya'' (1998), '' Sulang Kirilli'' (2002) and '' Mad Cowgirl'' (2006). He started his acting care ...
, Sri Lanka) ** Winner '' Saroja'' ( Somaratne Dissanayake, Sri Lanka) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Breaking the Silence'' (
Zhou Sun Zhou may refer to: Chinese history * King Zhou of Shang () (1105 BC–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty * Predynastic Zhou (), 11th-century BC precursor to the Zhou dynasty * Zhou dynasty () (1046 BC–256 BC), a dynasty of China ** West ...
, China) ** Special Mention ''
Spinning Gasing Spin or spinning most often refers to: * Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by hand spinning * Spin, the rotation of an object around a central axis * Spin (propaganda), an intentionally b ...
'' ( Teck Tan, Malaysia) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner '' Nang Nak'' (
Nonzee Nimibutr Nonzee Nimibutr ( th, นนทรีย์ นิมิบุตร, ; born in 1962 in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. Best known for his ghost thriller, '' Nang Nak'', he is generally cred ...
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Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
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Paper Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distribu ...
'' ( Ding Jiancheng,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner '' Yi Yi'' (
Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the ...
, Taiwan) ** Special Mention ''
Peppermint Candy ''Peppermint Candy'' () is a 1999 South Korean drama film by Lee Chang-dong, his second. The film opens with the implied suicide of the protagonist and uses reverse chronology to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life t ...
'' ( Lee Chang-dong, South Korea) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' Darkness and Light'' (
Chang Tso-chi Chang Tso-chi (; born 26 December 1961) is a Taiwanese film director. His 2002 film '' The Best Of Times'' was entered into the 59th Venice International Film Festival. His films won Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film two times, for '' Th ...
, Taiwan) ** Winner '' So Close to Paradise'' ( Wang Xiaoshuai, China) * Taiwan International Documentary Festival ** Winner '' Alone'' ( Dmitry Kabakov,
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
) ** Special Mention '' Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi'' ( Avi Mograbi,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
) ** Special Mention '' The Lost Kingdom'' ( Lee Hsiang-Hsiu,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
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Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
** Winner '' Platform'' (
Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...
, China) ** Special Mention ''
The Isle ''The Isle'' is a 2000 South Korean film written and directed by Kim Ki-duk, his fifth film, and the first to receive wide international acclaim for his now recognizable style. The film has gained notoriety for gruesome scenes that caused some v ...
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Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...
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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
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2001

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Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine'' (
Bahman Farmanara Bahman Farmanara ( fa, بهمن فرمان‌آرا, Bahman Farmānārā; born 23 January 1942) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Bahman Farmanara is the second son in a family of four brothers and one sister. The fa ...
,
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
) ** Special Mention ''Wharf of Widows'' ( Trong Ninh Luu,
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner '' What Time Is It There?'' ( Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan) ** Special Mention '' The Wrestlers'' (
Buddhadeb Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Bengali-language films like ''Bagh Bahadur'', '' Tahader Katha'', ''Charachar'' and ''Uttara''. Five of his films have won the National ...
, India) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner ''
Take Care of My Cat ''Take Care of My Cat'' () is a 2001 South Korean coming of age film, the feature debut of director Jeong Jae-eun. It chronicles the lives of a group of friends — five young women — a year after they graduate from high school, showing the h ...
'' ( Jeong Jae-eun, South Korea) ** Special Mention ''
Bad Guy A bad guy or villain is a type of character in fiction and other narratives. Bad Guy or Bad Guys or ''variation'', may also refer to: Film * ''Bad Guy'' (1937 film), a film starring Virginia Grey * ''Bad Guys'', a 1986 film starring Adam Bal ...
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Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...
, South Korea) ** Special Mention ''
Waikiki Brothers ''Waikiki Brothers'' is a 2001 South Korean film, set in the 1980s, about a group of high school friends who form a band. It was the opening film of the 2001 Jeonju International Film Festival. Plot Waikiki Brothers is a band going nowhere. Afte ...
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Yim Soon-rye Yim Soon-rye (born January 1, 1961) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She is considered one of the few leading female auteurs of Korean New Wave cinema. Career Education Born in 1961 in Incheon, Yim Soon-rye graduated from Hanyan ...
, South Korea) * Cinefan Asian Film Festival ** Winner ''
Demons A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, anime ...
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Mario O'Hara Mario Herrero O'Hara (April 20, 1946 – June 26, 2012) was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter known for his sense of realism often with dark but realistic social messages.Cinemanila International Film Festival ** Winner ''Batang West Side'' (
Lav Diaz Lavrente Indico Anciro Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. Frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on recor ...
, the Philippines) * Fajr International Film Festival ** Winner '' Going By'' (
Iraj Karimi Iraj ( fa, ایرج - ʾīraj; Pahlavi: ērič; from Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 airiia, literally "Aryan") is the seventh Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty, depicted in the ''Shahnameh''. Based on Iranian mythology, he is the youngest son of ...
, Iran) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Devils on the Doorstep'' (
Jiang Wen Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese actor, screenwriter, and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "Sixth Generation" that emerged in the 1990s. Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred wit ...
, China) ** Special Mention '' The Day Toshi was Born'' ( Hikaru Yoshikawa, Japan) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''
Daughters of the Sun ''Daughters of the Sun'' ( fa, دختران خورشید ''Dokhtaran-e khorshid'') is the harrowing and challenging tale of a young woman shorn of her femininity and sent as a boy to a squalid carpet workshop, where a young woman falls in love w ...
'' ( Maryam Shahriar,
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
) ** Special Mention '' The House of Guavas'' ( Dang Nhat Minh,
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
) * Jakarta International Film Festival ** Winner – Short Film '' The Greatest Day Dreamer'' ( Liew Wai Ming, Singapore) ** Special Mention ''
Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San ...
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Chung Fa Yang Chung may refer to: Surnames * Chung (surname) * Jeong (surname), Korean surname * Zhong (surname), or Chung, Chinese surname * Cheung, or Chung, Cantonese surname Geography * Chung, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran * C ...
, Taiwan) *
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner '' Under the Skin of the City'' ( Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Iran) ** Special Mention '' Firefly Dreams'' (
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, Japan) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' A Poet'' (
Garin Nugroho Garin Nugroho Riyanto (born 6 June 1961) is an Indonesian film director. Biography Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 6 June 1961. He was the fourth child of postal workers Soetjipto Amin and Mariah, who eventually ...
, Indonesia) ** Special Mention '' This is My Moon'' (
Asoka Handagama Asoka Handagama (born December 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He obtained his primary and secondary schooling in a provincial school and went on to study Mathematics at the University of Kelaniya where he was awarded a first class honours de ...
, Sri Lanka) *
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
** Winner ''
Secret Ballot The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This forestalls attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vo ...
'' ( Babak Payami,
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
) ** Winner '' Quitting'' ( Zhang Yang, China) *
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festival held biennially in Yamagata, Japan ( ). It was first held in October 1989, which makes it one of the longest running documentary film festivals in the world and ...
** Winner '' My Migrant Soul'' ( Yasmine Kabir, Bangladesh) ** Special Mention '' Pansy & Ivy'' ( Kye Un-kyoung, South Korea) ** Special Mention '' Mysterious Object at Noon'' (
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, ...
, Thailand)


2002

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Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' Chen Mo and Meiting'' ( Liu Hao, China) ** Special Mention '' Fish and Elephant'' ( Li Yu, China) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner ''
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Zhu Wen Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (), personal name Zhu Quanzhong () (December 5, 852 – July 18, 912), né Zhu Wen (), name later changed to Zhu Huang (), nickname Zhu San (朱三, literally, "the third Zhu"), was a Chinese military general, mona ...
, China) ** Special Mention '' Whispering Sands'' ( Nan T. Achnas, Indonesia) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' Road Movie'' ( Kim Insik, South Korea) * Cinefan Asian Film Festival ** Winner '' Lan Yu'' ( Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong) * Cinemanila International Film Festival ** Winner '' Hollywood Hong Kong'' (
Fruit Chan Fruit Chan Gor (; born 15 April 1959) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong people. He is well known for using amateur actors (such as Sam Lee in '' Made in H ...
, Hong Kong) ** Special Mention '' Harmful Insect'' ( Akihiko Shiota, Japan) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Eyes of a Beauty'' ( Hu Guan, China) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Wave'' ( Hiroshi Okuhara, Japan) ** Special Mention ''
Secret Ballot The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This forestalls attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vo ...
'' ( Babak Payami,
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
) *
Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
** Winner '' Mr. & Mrs. Iyer'' ( Aparna Sen, India) ** Special Mention '' Our Times'' ( Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Iran) ** Special Mention '' Obor Kalandia'' ( Sobi al-Zobaidi, Palestine) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' Eliana, Eliana'' (
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, Indonesia) ** Special Mention '' I-San Special'' ( Mingmongkol Sonakul, Thailand) * Taiwan International Documentary Festival ** Winner '' Sky-blue Hometown'' ( Kim So-young,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
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2003

* Bangkok International Film Festival ** Winner ''A Tale of a Naughty Girl'' (
Buddhadeb Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Bengali-language films like ''Bagh Bahadur'', '' Tahader Katha'', ''Charachar'' and ''Uttara''. Five of his films have won the National ...
, India) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner ''Blessing Bell'' ( Hiroyuki Tanaka, Japan) ** Special Mention '' Bird-Man Tale'' (
Garin Nugroho Garin Nugroho Riyanto (born 6 June 1961) is an Indonesian film director. Biography Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 6 June 1961. He was the fourth child of postal workers Soetjipto Amin and Mariah, who eventually ...
,
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner ''
Oasis In ecology, an oasis (; ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment'ksar''with its surrounding feeding source, the palm grove, within a relational and circulatory nomadic system.” The location of oases has been of critical imp ...
'' ( Lee Chang-dong, South Korea) ** Special Mention '' Letters in the Wind'' ( Ali Reza Aminal, Iran) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' Untold Scandal'' (
E J-yong E J-yong (; born September 5, 1966) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His feature films include ''An Affair'' (1998), '' Untold Scandal'' (2003), '' Dasepo Naughty Girls'' (2006), and '' Actresses'' (2009). Early life E J-yong ( ...
, South Korea) * Cinefan Asian Film Festival ** Winner '' Drifters'' ( Wang Xiaoshuai, China) * Cinemanila International Film Festival ** Winner ''
Divine Intervention Divine intervention is an event that occurs when a deity (i.e. God or a god) becomes actively involved in changing some situation in human affairs. In contrast to other kinds of divine action, the expression "divine ''intervention''" implies that ...
'' ( Elia Suleiman, Palestine) ** Special Mention '' Dekada '70'' ( Chito S. Rono, the Philippines) *
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner '' The Coast Guard'' (
Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...
, South Korea) *
Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
** Winner '' Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring'' (
Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...
, South Korea) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' 15 – The Movie'' (
Royston Tan Royston Tan (; born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short film ...
, Singapore) ** Special Mention '' Unknown Pleasures'' ( Jia Zhang-ke,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
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Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' Cry Woman'' ( Liu Bingjian, China)


2004

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Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' South of the Clouds'' (
Zhu Wen Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (), personal name Zhu Quanzhong () (December 5, 852 – July 18, 912), né Zhu Wen (), name later changed to Zhu Huang (), nickname Zhu San (朱三, literally, "the third Zhu"), was a Chinese military general, mona ...
, China) ** Special Mention ''
Final Solution The Final Solution (german: die Endlösung, ) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (german: Endlösung der Judenfrage, ) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during World War II. The "Final Solution to th ...
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Rakesh Sharma Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although th ...
, India) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner '' The River's End'' (
Behrooz Afkhami Behrouz Afkhami ( fa, بهروز افخمی; born October 24, 1956) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He is known for a style that utilizes Point of view shot, point of view camera techniques to portray stories of human drama. He was ...
, Iran) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner ''
3-Iron ''3-Iron'' (; lit. "Empty House") is a 2004 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-duk. An international co-production between South Korea and Japan, the film stars Jae Hee as a young drifter who develops a relationship ...
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Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...
, South Korea and Japan) ** Special Mention ''
So Cute ''So Cute'' () is a 2004 South Korean drama film about four men on the margins of society who fall in love with the same woman. It was selected to screen at the Pusan International Film Festival, the 2005 Brisbane International Film Festival and ...
'' ( Kim Su-hyeon,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
) * Cinemanila International Film Festival ** Winner ''
Min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Amtr ...
'' ( Ho Yuhang, Malaysia) *
Dhaka International Film Festival Dhaka International Film Festival ( bn, ঢাকা আন্তর্জাতিক চলচ্চিত্র উৎসব) is a biennial film festival held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1992, the festival was initially organized on ...
** Winner '' Swaraaj – The Little Republic'' ( Anwar Jamal, India) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Peep 'TV' Show'' ( Yutaka Tsuchiya, Japan) ** Honorable Mention '' Rewind'' ( Hak-son Kim, South Korea) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''The Missing'' ( Lee Kang-sheng,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
) ** Special Mention ''
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Diao Yi'nan Diao Yinan (; born 1969 in Xi'an, Shaanxi) is a Chinese director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for the widely acclaimed Chinese neo-noir film ''Black Coal, ...
China) *
Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
** Winner ''
Story Undone Story or stories may refer to: Common uses * Story, a narrative (an account of imaginary or real people and events) ** Short story, a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting * Story (American English), or storey (British ...
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Hassan Yektapanah Hassan Yektapanah (born 1963, in Tehran) is an Iranian (Persian) filmmaker and screenwriter. He started his career as an assistant director, first with Jafar Panahi on " The Mirror" (1997) and then on Abbas Kiarostami's film " Taste of Cherry" ( ...
, Iran) ** Winner '' The Hunter'' ( Serik Aprymov, Kazakhstan) * Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema ** Winner '' Listener's Choice'' (
Abdellatif Abdelhamid Abdellatif Abdelhamid ( ar, عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد, born January 5, 1954) is a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, and ...
, Syria) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' Ira Madiyama'' (
Prasanna Vithanage Udaya Prasanna Vithanage ( si, ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 14 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of the third generation of the Sri Lankan cinema. He has directed eight feature ...
, Sri Lanka) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''Cha no aji'' (
Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director best known for directing '' The Taste of Tea'' (2004), '' Funky Forest'' (2005), and ''Smuggler'' (2011). Career After graduating from Musashino Art University, Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began dir ...
, Japan) ** Special Mention '' Malenkije ljudi'' ( Nariman Turebajev, Kasahstan, France) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' The First Letter'' (
Abolfazl Jalili Abolfazl Jalili ( fa, ابوالفضل جلیلی , born 1957 in Saveh, Iran) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He belongs to the Iranian '' new wave'' movement. Jalili studied directing at the Iranian College of Dramatic Arts, then ...
, Iran)


2005

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Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner ''
This Charming Girl ''This Charming Girl'' (; lit. "Woman, Jeong-hae" or "Girl, Jeong-hae") is a South Korean drama film written and directed by Lee Yoon-ki. Plot Jeong-hae's life is as monotonous as her job at the post office. Her apartment, which is not far from ...
'' ( Lee Yoon-ki,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner '' Spying Cam'' ( Hwang Chul-min, South Korea) ** Special Mention '' Boat out of Watermelon Rinds'' ( Ahmet Ulucay, Turkey) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' The Unforgiven'' (
Yoon Jong-bin Yoon Jong-bin (; born December 20, 1979) is a South Korean film director. Career Yoon Jong-bin's Chung-Ang University graduation thesis film was '' The Unforgiven'', which portrayed masculine codes in the Korean military with honesty and sensiti ...
, South Korea) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Season of the Horse'' ( Ning Cai, Mongolia) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Sanctuary'' ( Ho Yuhang,
Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
) *
Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
** Winner '' So Much Rice'' ( Li Hongqi, China) ** Winner '' The Rising - Ballad of Mangal Pandey'' ( Ketan Mehta, India) * Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema ** Winner '' The Black and White Milk Cow'' (
Jin Yang Jin Yang (; ; born in Harbin) is a Chinese male pair skater. With current partner Peng Cheng, he is a two-time Four Continents medalist (silver in 2020, bronze in 2019), two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist ( 2018–19, 2019–20), and ...
, China) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner ''
Stray Dogs A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house. Free-ranging dogs include street dogs, village dogs, stray dogs, feral dogs, etc., and may be owned or unowned. The global dog population is estimated to be 900 million, of w ...
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Marzieh Meshkini Marzieh Meshkini ( fa, مرضیه مشکینی) (born 1969 in Tehran) is an Iranian cinematographer, film director and writer. She is married to filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who wrote the script for her debut film '' The Day I Became a Woman''. ...
, Iran) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''
Earth And Ashes ''Earth and Ashes'' ( fa, خاکستر و خاک) is a 2004 Afghan film directed by Atiq Rahimi, based on his book of the same name which was published in 2000. It was Afghanistan's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for ...
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Atiq Rahimi Atiq Rahimi ( fa, عتیق رحیمی) (born 26 February 1962 in Kabul) is a French- Afghan writer and filmmaker. Life Atiq Rahimi was born in 1962 in Kabul to a senior public servant and attended high school in Lycée Esteqlal. Following the ...
, Afghanistan) *
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
** Winner ''
13 Tzameti Thirteen or 13 may refer to: * 13 (number), the natural number following 12 and preceding 14 * One of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, 2013 Music * 13AD (band), an Indian classic and hard rock band Albums * ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013 * ...
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Géla Babluani Géla Babluani ( ka, გელა ბაბლუანი) is a Georgian–French film director. Babluani was born in Tbilisi, son of prominent director Temur Babluani. At 17 years of age, he and his three siblings were sent to study in France. ...
,
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' Two Great Sheep'' ( Liu Hao, China)


2006

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Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner ''
Dear Pyongyang ''Dear Pyongyang'' is a documentary film by Zainichi Korean director Yang Yong-hi () about her family. Shot in Osaka, Japan (Yang's hometown) and Pyongyang, North Korea, the film features Korean and Japanese dialogue with subtitles. The US rel ...
'' ( Yang Yong-hi, Japan) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner '' Blood Rain'' (
Kim Dae-seung Kim Dae-seung (born June 18, 1967) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career After graduating from Chung-Ang University with a degree in Film Studies, Kim Dae-seung first honed his filmmaking skills as a protege of legendary Korea ...
, South Korea) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner ''
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'' ( Roh Gyeong-tae, South Korea) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' 4:30'' (
Royston Tan Royston Tan (; born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short film ...
, Singapore) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''The Lost Hum'' (
Hiromasa Hirosue Hiromasa (written: 博正, 宏昌, 弘昌, 弘将, 浩正, 大将 or 太将) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese composer and music producer *, Japanese f ...
, Japan) ** Winner '' The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros'' (
Auraeus Solito Auraeus Solito, also known as Kanakan-Balintagos, is a Palawán- Filipino filmmaker and indigenous peoples rights advocate who comes from a lineage of shaman-kings from the Palawán tribe. He was one of the first to be born outside of his tribal l ...
, the Philippines) *
Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
** Winner '' Don't Look Back'' (
Kim Young-Nam Kim Young-nam (; born June 15, 1960, in Hampyeong, Jeollanam-do) is a retired South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic champion. Career Kim was a volleyball player before converting to wrestling in high school. In the 1984 S ...
, South Korea) ** Winner '' Bliss'' ( Sheng Zhimin, China) * Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema ** Winner '' Midnight My Love'' (
Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Kongdej Jaturanrasamee ( th, คงเดช จาตุรันต์รัศมี, born 1972) is a Thai screenwriter, film director and former musician. His screenplays include '' The Letter'', ''Tom-Yum-Goong'', '' Noo Hin: The Movie'' and ...
, Thailand) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' Todo todo teros'' ( John Torres, the Philippines) ** Special Mention ''
Taking Father Home ''Taking Father Home'' () is an Cinema of china#New Documentary Movement, independent Chinese film. It is the first feature from Chinese director Ying Liang. The entire movie was shot with a borrowed camera. The Chinese title directly translates a ...
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Ying Liang Ying Liang (; born 1977) is a Chinese independent film director and screenwriter. Biography Ying Liang graduated from the Department of Directing at the Chongqing Film Academy and Beijing Normal University. His short film ''The Missing House'' ...
, China) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''Kargaran Mashghoule Karand'' ( Mani Haghighi,
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' Gilane'' ( Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab, Iran)


2007

* Antalya Film Festival ** Winner '' Yumurta'' ( Semih Kaplanoğlu, Turkey) ** Winner '' Under the Bombs'' (
Philippe Aractingi Philippe Aractingi (born 1964, Beirut, Lebanon) is a film director and producer. He was born in Beirut, Aractingi is French people, Franco-Lebanese people, Lebanese. Early life At the age of 8, his father gave him his first camera. He lived on t ...
, Lebanon) *
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** Winner '' Pure Coolness'' ( Ernest Abdyjaparov, Kyrgyzstan) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner ''Faces of a Fig Tree'' (
Kaori Momoi is a Japanese actress. Life and career Momoi was born in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 12, she traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years, she returned to Tokyo. She graduated from Japan's Bungakuza School of ...
, Japan) ** Winner ''Tuli'' (
Auraeus Solito Auraeus Solito, also known as Kanakan-Balintagos, is a Palawán- Filipino filmmaker and indigenous peoples rights advocate who comes from a lineage of shaman-kings from the Palawán tribe. He was one of the first to be born outside of his tribal l ...
,
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner '' The Bet Collector'' (
Jeffrey Jeturian Jeffrey Jeturian (born November 4, 1959) is a Filipino director and production designer for both television and film. Jeturian won the Gawad Urian The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines held since 1977. It is given by ...
, the Philippines) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' With the Girl of Black Soil'' (
Jeon Soo-il Jeon Soo-il (born September 25, 1959) is a South Korean film director, film producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University in Busan, he studied Film Direction at Ecole Supérieure de ...
, South Korea) ** Winner ''
Hello Stranger "Hello Stranger" is a 1963 hit single by Barbara Lewis, which spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in ''Billboard'', crossing over to #3 on the pop chart. Original version "Hello Stranger" was written by Barbara Lewis herself, ...
'' ( Kim Donghyun, South Korea) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner ''
Swallow The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The ...
'' ( Abai Kulbai, Kazakhstan) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner ''
Owl and the Sparrow ''Owl and the Sparrow'' (''Cú và chim se sẻ'' in Vietnamese) is a 2007 film by Stephane Gauger that follows the fictional story of three Vietnamese individuals (a runaway child, a zoo keeper and a flight attendant) over a period of five days ...
'' ( Stephane Gauger, Vietnam) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition ''
Getting Home ''Getting Home'' () is a 2007 Chinese comedy/drama film directed by Zhang Yang and starring Chinese comedian Zhao Benshan. It is episodic and follows two workers in their 50s, Zhao (Zhao Benshan) and Liu (Hong Qiwen). The film opens when Liu un ...
'' ( Zhang Yang, China) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''
Ore Kadal ''Ore Kadal'' ('' en, The Sea Within'') is a 2007 Malayalam film written and directed by Shyamaprasad. The film examines the extra-marital relationship between an intellectual economist and a housewife. It stars Mammootty, Meera Jasmine, Nara ...
'' ( Shyamaprasad, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Fourteen'' (
Hiromasa Hirosue Hiromasa (written: 博正, 宏昌, 弘昌, 弘将, 浩正, 大将 or 太将) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese composer and music producer *, Japanese f ...
, Japan) ** Special Mention ''Dancing Bells'' ( Deepak Kumaran Menon, Malaysia) ** Special Mention '' How Is Your Fish Today?'' (
Xiaolu Guo Xiaolu Guo FRSL () born 20 November 1973) is a Chinese-born British novelist, memoirist and film-maker, who explores migration, alienation, memory, personal journeys, feminism, translation and transnational identities. Guo has directed a do ...
; China, UK) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Summer Heat'' ( Brillante Mendoza, the Philippines) *
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner ''
The Band's Visit ''The Band's Visit'' ( he, ביקור התזמורת, Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) is a 2007 comedy-drama film, directed and written by Eran Kolirin, and starring Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai and Uri Gavriel. It is an international co-prod ...
'' (''Bikur hatizmoret'') ( Eran Kolirin, Israel) *
Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
** Winner '' Those Three'' ( Naghi Nemati, Iran) * Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema ** Winner '' Dancing Bells'' ( Deepak Kumaran Menon, Malaysia) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' Crossing the Dust'' (
Shawkat Amin Korki Shawkat (variations include Shaukat, Shavkat, or Şevket, ar, شوكت) is a masculine Arabic given name of a Perso-Turkish origin, it is also used as a surname. It may refer to: People *Alia Shawkat, American actress best known from her role i ...
, Iraq) ** Winner '' Like A Virgin'' ( Lee Hae-young,
Lee Hae-jun Lee Hae-jun (born August 18, 1973) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed '' Like a Virgin'' (2006), '' Castaway on the Moon'' (2009), and '' My Dictator'' (2014). Career As screenwriter Lee Hae-jun studied adve ...
; South Korea) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''
The Unseeable ''The Unseeable'' ( th, เปนชู้กับผี; ; literally "Committing Adultery with Ghost") is a 2006 Thai horror film directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. This is the first film of another writer's screenplay by the director. The writer is ...
'' (
Wisit Sasanatieng Wisit Sasanatieng ( th, วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง; ; born June 28, 1963) is a Thai film director and screenwriter of Chinese descent. Best known for his colourful debut feature film, '' Tears of the Black Tiger'', he is ...
, Thailand) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner '' Mogari No Mori'' (
Naomi Kawase is a Japanese film director. She was also known as , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including ''Embracing'', about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and ''Katatsumori'', about ...
, Japan) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' Kantatar'' (
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Bappaditya Bandopadhyay or Bappaditya Banerjee ( bn, বাপ্পাদিত্য ব্যানার্জী; 28 August 1970 – 7 November 2015) was an Indian film director and poet. Career Bandopadhyay was the recipient of the Mo ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
)


2008

* Antalya Film Festival ** Winner '' Sonbahar'' ( Özcan Alper, Turkey) *
Asiatica Film Mediale This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...
** Winner '' Tokyo Sonata'' (
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific n ...
, Japan) ** Winner ''
Songs from the Southern Seas ''Songs from the Southern Seas'' or ''Song from the Southern Seas'' (russian: Песни южных морей) is a 2008 Kazakh, German, French and Russian film directed by Marat Sarulu and produced by Sain Gabdullin, Karsten Stoter, Benny Dresc ...
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, Kazakhstan) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' United Red Army'' ( Kōji Wakamatsu, Japan) ** Special Mention '' Paruthiveeran'' ( Ameer Sultan, India) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner '' Foster Child'' ( Brillante Mendoza, the Philippines) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' Members of the Funeral'' ( Baek Seung-bin, South Korea) ** Winner '' Treeless Mountain'' ( Kim Soyong, South Korea) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner '' Together with my Father'' ( Danyar Salamat, Kazakhstan) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Brutus, Ang Paglalakbay'' ( Tara Illenberger, the Philippines) *
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner '' Written'' (
Kim Byung-woo Kim Byung-woo (born 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Personal life Kim majored in Theater & Film at Hanyang University. Career Kim is known for making inventive and self-funded films. In 2001, he made his first five ...
, South Korea) ** Winner ''
Tulpan ''Tulpan'' ( kk, Тюльпан, ''Tıýlpan'') is a 2008 Kazakh drama film. It was directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy and distributed by Zeitgeist Films. ''Tulpan'' was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film ...
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Sergey Dvortsevoy Sergey Vladimirovich Dvortsevoy (born 1962) is a Kazakh filmmaker of Russian origin. His 2008 feature film ''Tulpan'', was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category. Dvortsevoy worked as an aviation ...
, Kazakhstan) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition '' My Marlon and Brando'' ( Hüseyin Karabey, Turkey) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition '' Adayalangal'' (
M.G. Sasi M. G. Sasi (born 17 January 1964) is a film and drama director from Kerala. His short film ''Kanavumalayilekku'' received National Film Award for Best Educational Film in 2002. His first feature film '' Atayalangal'' (2008) received the Kerala St ...
, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''
What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! ''What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!'' is a 2007 Taiwanese comedy film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Doze Niu, starring himself as struggling film director-producer "Doze Niu", in his feature film debut. Billed as "an honest outlook insi ...
'' ( Doze Niu,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
) ** Special Mention ''
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Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Children of God'' ( Yi Seung-jun, Korea) ** Winner ''Death in the Land of Enacantos'' (
Lav Diaz Lavrente Indico Anciro Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. Frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on recor ...
, the Philippines) *
Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
** Winner ''
Daytime Drinking ''Daytime Drinking'' () is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Noh Young-seok. On July 20, 2009, Funimation announced that it had acquired a license to distribute this film in North America. Plot On a drunken night out with his friends, a brok ...
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Noh Young-seok is a major form of classical Japanese dance- drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Developed by Kan'ami and his son Zeami, it is the oldest major theatre art that is still regularly performed today. Although the terms Noh and ...
, South Korea) * Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema ** Winner '' Bioscope'' ( K. M. Madhusudhanan, India) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' Tirador'' ( Brillante Mendoza, the Philippines) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner '' The Photograph'' ( Nan Triveni Achnas, Indonesia) ** Winner ''
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'' ( Yeo Joon Han, Malaysia) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner '' The Shaft'' ( Zhang Chi, China) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' The Old Barber'' (
Hasi Chaolu Hasi Chaolu is a Chinese-Mongolian film director. Career His 2006 film ''The Old Barber'' won Golden Peacock Award at IFFI (2006), and Best Film award at Pune International Film Festival (2007). His 2018 film ''Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaa ...
, China) ** Special Mention '' The Red Awn'' ( Cai Shangjun, China)


2009

* Antalya Film Festival ** Winner ''
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Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook ( ; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered as one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as world cinema in 21st century. ...
, South Korea) * Asian Film Festival Barcelona ** Winner ''
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'' ( Ivy Ho, Hong Kong) *
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** Winner '' The Gift to Stalin'' ( Rustem Abdrashov, Kazakhstan) ** Winner '' Jamila and the President '' ( Ratna Sarumpaet, Indonesia) * Bangkok International Film Festival ** Winner '' Independencia'' (
Raya Martin Raya Martin (born 1984) is a Filipino filmmaker. His works include '' Independencia''Abrams, Simon"Independencia" ''Slant Magazine'', 4 October 2009. Retrieved on 8 January 2015. and ''Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the Ci ...
, the Philippines) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' Doctor Ma's Country Clinic'' ( Cong Feng, China) ** Winner '' The Day After'' ( Lee Suk-Gyung, South Korea) *
Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, d ...
** Winner ''
About Elly ''About Elly'' ( fa, درباره الی, translit. ''Dar bāre-ye Elly'') is a 2009 Iranian drama film. The fourth film by filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the film examines middle class relationships in Iran. It received universal acclaim. Fa ...
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, Iran) ** Winner '' Agrarian Utopia'' ( Uruphong Rakasasad, Thailand) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner ''
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Park Chan-ok Park Chan-ok (born 1968) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She wrote and directed '' Jealousy Is My Middle Name'' (2003) and ''Paju'' (2009). Career Born in 1968, Park Chan-ok majored in Theater and Film Studies at Hanyang Unive ...
, South Korea) *
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is a film festival in the Philippines held annually during the month August at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and various cinemas. Its aim is the development and promotion of F ...
** Winner '' Baseco Bakal Boys'' ( Ralston Jover, the Philippines) * Cines del Sur ** Winner '' Flowers of the Sky'' (
Prasanna Vithanage Udaya Prasanna Vithanage ( si, ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 14 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of the third generation of the Sri Lankan cinema. He has directed eight feature ...
, Sri Lanka) ** Winner '' Before the Burial'' ( Behnam Behzadi, Iran) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Castaway on the Moon'' (
Lee Hae-jun Lee Hae-jun (born August 18, 1973) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed '' Like a Virgin'' (2006), '' Castaway on the Moon'' (2009), and '' My Dictator'' (2014). Career As screenwriter Lee Hae-jun studied adve ...
, South Korea) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition '' Jermal (Fishing Platform)'' ( Ravi Bharwani, Indonesia) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition '' Kerala Cafe'' ( Lal Jose,
Shaji Kailas Shaji Kailas (born 8 February 1965) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Malayalam cinema. Shaji got a breakthrough with the comedy film ''Dr. Pasupathy'' (1990). He is best known for his action films with main ...
, Revathi, Shyamaprasad,
Anwar Rasheed Anwar Rasheed is an Indian film director and producer who works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2005 with ''Rajamanikyam''.He continued to do successful action-comedy films, such as ''Chotta Mumbai'' (2007) and '' Annan Thambi'' (200 ...
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B. Unnikrishnan Unnikrishnan B (born 14 August 1970) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, distributor and exhibitor who works in the Malayalam film industry. Early life Unnikrishnan. B. was born on 14 August 1970 in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, ...
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Anjali Menon Anjali Menon is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Anjali has won international, national and state awards for her work and is best known for her feature films '' Manjadikuru,'' ''Kerala Cafe'' ( ...
, M. Padmakumar, Shankar Ramakrishnan,
Uday Ananthan Uday Ananthan is an Indian filmmaker who works in Malayalam cinema. He is best known for his 2007 film, '' Pranayakalam'', and ''Mrityunjayam'', a short film, which is part of the 2009 Malayalam anthology film, '' Kerala Cafe''. In July 2016, ...
; India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner '' The Land'' ( He Jia,
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Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Imburnal'' ( Sherad Anthony Sanchez, the Philippines) *
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner '' Breathless'' ( Yang Ik-june, South Korea) *
Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
** Winner ''
At the End of Daybreak ''At the End of Daybreak'' (Sum Moh) () is a Malaysian-Hong Kong film released on 5 November 2009. It was directed and written by Ho Yuhang and has runtime of 94 minutes. The film had its world premiere in August 2009 at the 62nd Locarno Internat ...
'' ( Ho Yuhang, Malaysia) ** Winner '' One Night in Supermarket'' ( Yang Qing, China) * Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema ** Winner '' The Long Night'' (
Hatem Ali Hatem Ali ( ar, حاتم علي) (2 June 1962 – 29 December 2020) was a Syrian television and Film, cinema Film director, director, Television writer, writer and actor. Biography Ali was born in Fiq, Syria, Fiq, Golan Heights, then his family ...
, Syria) ** Winner '' Khargosh'' ( Paresh Kamdar, India) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner '' Jalainur'' (
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, China) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly ''Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly'' ( id, Babi Buta yang Ingin Terbang) is a 2008 Indonesian drama film written, directed, and produced by Edwin. Starring fellow filmmaker Joko Anwar and Ladya Cheryl, it is Edwin's feature film debut after a stri ...
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, Indonesia) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner '' No One Knows About Persian Cats'' ( Bahman Ghobadi, Iran) * Third Eye Asian Film Festival ** Winner '' The Gift to Stalin'' ( Rustem Abdrashov, Kazakhstan) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' Dawn of the World'' ( Abbas Fahdel;
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, France)


2010

* Asian Film Festival Barcelona ** Winner '' Between Two Worlds'' (
Vimukthi Jayasundara Kala Keerthi Vimukthi Jayasundara ( si, විමුක්ති ජයසුන්දර) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker, critic and a visual artist. Jayasundara is the first Sri Lankan to win the Caméra d'Or, in 2005. Life and career Vimukthi Jay ...
, Sri Lanka) *
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** Winner '' Riding the Stallion of Dream '' ( Girish Kasaravalli, India) ** Winner '' Single Man'' (
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, China) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
** Winner '' Au Revoir Taipei'' (
Arvin Chen Arvin Chen (born 26 November 1978) is a Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter. He is best known for his film '' Au Revoir Taipei.'' Early life Chen was born and raised in the United States. His parents were immigrants from Taiwan. He was ...
,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
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Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner '' Dooman River'' ( Zhang Lu, South Korea and France) * Chongqing Independent Film and Video Festival ** Winner – Feature Film ''
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, China) ** Winner – Short Film '' The Unnamed'' ( Huang Yali, Taiwan) *
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is a film festival in the Philippines held annually during the month August at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and various cinemas. Its aim is the development and promotion of F ...
** Winner '' Sheika'' ( Arnel Mardoquio, the Philippines) * Cines del Sur ** Winner ''
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; Vietnam, France) * Didor International Film Festival ** Winner ''
The Other Bank ''The Other Bank'' ( ka, გაღმა ნაპირი) is a 2009 Georgian drama film directed by Giorgi Ovashvili. It was Georgia's submission to the List of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, 82nd Academy ...
'' ( George Ovashvili, Georgia) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Monga'' ( Doze Niu, Taiwan) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition ''
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'' ( Onir Anirban, India) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''
Veettilekkulla Vazhi ''Veettilekkulla Vazhi'' () is a 2010 Indian Malayalam adventure drama film written and directed by Dr. Biju. The film is about terrorist organizations operating in India and how they recruit young Keralites. It stars Prithviraj, Indrajith an ...
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Dr. Biju Bijukumar Damodaran, known mononymously as Dr. Biju, is an Indian homoeopathic doctor turned film director and screenwriter. He is best known for films such as '' Saira'' (2005), ''Veettilekkulla Vazhi'' (2010), '' Akasathinte Niram'' (2012), '' ...
, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Moscow'' ( Whang Cheol-mean,
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Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Clash'' ( Pepe Diokno, the Philippines) *
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner '' Son of Babylon'' (
Mohamed Al-Daradji Mohamed Al-Darraji (born 6 August 1978 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Dutch, Iraqi-Dutch film director. He studied theater in Iraq, and cinematography and directing in England. He is known for his drama films, which focus on political affairs in the ...
, Iraq) ** Winner '' Orion'' ( Zamani Esmati, Iran) *
Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform fo ...
** Winner ''
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, Indonesia) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner '' Mundane History'' (
Anocha Suwichakornpong Anocha Suwichakornpong ( th, อโนชา สุวิชากรพงศ์, born 1976) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and producer. She is Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University. Her ...
, Thailand) * Third Eye Asian Film Festival ** Winner ''
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'' ( Liu Jie, China) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner ''Animal Town'' (
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Vietnam International Film Festival The Vietnam Film Festival (Vietnamese: Liên hoan phim Việt Nam), founded in 1970, is a domestic film festival of Vietnam. It is considered as the major event of Cinema of Vietnam with awards for numerous categories ranging from feature film to ...
** Winner ''
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Boo Junfeng Boo Junfeng (Chinese: 巫俊锋; pinyin: wū jùn fēng; born 4 December 1983) is a Singaporean filmmaker. Boo's films, Sandcastle (2010) and Apprentice (2016) have been screen at the Cannes Film Festival, beginning with his debut, Sandcastle, ...
, Singapore)


2011

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Abu Dhabi Film Festival The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF; ar, مهرجان أبو ظبي السينمائي), formerly the Middle East International Film Festival, was an international film festival held in the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 20 ...
** Winner ''
Marathon Boy The Marathon Boy or Ephebe of Marathon is a Greek bronze sculpture found in the Aegean Sea in the bay of Marathon in 1925. The sculpture is conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens where it is dated to around 340–330 BC. The ...
'' ( Gemma Atwal; UK, India) *
Asiatica Film Mediale This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...
** Winner '' Dokhtar...Pedar...Dokhtar'' ( Panahbarkhoda Rezaee, Iran) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festi ...
** Winner '' The King of Pigs'' (
Yeon Sang-ho Yeon Sang-ho (born 25 December 1978) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He gained international popularity for working his Adult animation, adult animated films ''The King of Pigs'' (2011) and ''The Fake (2013 film), The Fake'' ( ...
, South Korea) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
** Winner ''
Heaven's Story is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Takahisa Zeze. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It has also won the Séquences Prize at the Fantasia I ...
'' (
Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director and screenwriter first known for his soft-core pornographic ''pink films'' of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the . In recent years, he ha ...
, Japan) ** Special Mention '' Ways of the Sea'' ( Sheron Dayoc, the Philippines) * Chongqing Independent Film and Video Festival ** Winner – Feature Film '' Old Dog'' (
Pema Tseden Pema Tseden (), also called Wanma Tsaidan (; born December 1969), is a Tibetan film director and screenwriter of Chinese citizenship. He is a member of the China Film Directors' Guild, China Film Association and Chinese Film Literature Associatio ...
, China) ** Winner – Short Film ''
Court Ladies A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...
'' ( Shen Chaofang, China) *
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is a film festival in the Philippines held annually during the month August at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and various cinemas. Its aim is the development and promotion of F ...
** Winner ''
Boundary Boundary or Boundaries may refer to: * Border, in political geography Entertainment * ''Boundaries'' (2016 film), a 2016 Canadian film * ''Boundaries'' (2018 film), a 2018 American-Canadian road trip film *Boundary (cricket), the edge of the pla ...
'' ( Benito Bautista, the Philippines) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner ''
The Lead The Lead (Chinese: 第一主角) is a 30-episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. The show is Channel 8's mid-year blockbuster ...
'' ( Zulfikar Musakov, Uzbekistan) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Hanaan'' ( Ruslan Pak, South Korea and Uzbekistan) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition '' At the End of It All'' ( Aditi Roy, India) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''
Adaminte Makan Abu ''Adaminte Makan Abu'' () is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language social drama film written, directed and co-produced by Salim Ahamed. It stars Salim Kumar and Zarina Wahab, with Mukesh, Kalabhavan Mani, Suraj Venjarammoodu, and Nedumudi Venu in ...
'' (
Salim Ahamed Salem Ahamed is an Indian film director, screen writer and producer. After working for a long time as a travel consultant, he joined as a creative director and script writer in a television channel. His directorial debut, '' Adaminte Makan Abu ...
, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''
Black Blood William Albert Haynes III (born July 10, 1953) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Billy Jack Haynes. Professional wrestling career Early career (1982–1984) Haynes started wrestling in 1982 at the ag ...
'' ( Zhang Miaoyan, China and France) ** Winner '' The Day I Disappeared'' ( Atousa Bandeh Ghiasabadi, Iran) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Single Man'' (
Hao Jie Hao Jie (born 16 October 1984) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 329, achieved on 21 May 2007. Her best doubles ranking was 307 on 1 ...
, China) *
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner ''
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ''Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'' ( tr, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da) is a 2011 internationally co-produced drama film, co-written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan based on the true experience of one of the film's writers, telling the story of a grou ...
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (, born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish photographer, filmmaker and actor best known for the Palme d'Or winning ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014). Early life Ceylan was born in Istanbul on 26 January 1959. His interes ...
; Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina) *
Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
** Winner '' Guerrilla'' (
Nasiruddin Yousuff Nasiruddin Yousuff is a Bangladeshi stage and film director. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film '' Guerrilla'' (2011). He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2010 for his contribution to B ...
, Bangladesh) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner '' Bunohan'' (
Dain Said Dain is a surname, and may refer to: * Alphonse Dain (1896–1964), French Hellenist * Claudia Dain, American author of romance novels * Guy Dain (1870–1966), British physician * Jack Dain (1912–2003), British–Australian Anglican bishop * Ki ...
, Malaysia) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''
Mourning Mourning is the expression of an experience that is the consequence of an event in life involving loss, causing grief, occurring as a result of someone's death, specifically someone who was loved although loss from death is not exclusively ...
'' ( Morteza Farshbaf, Iran) * Third Eye Asian Film Festival ** Winner '' Gangor'' (
Italo Spinelli Italo may refer to: *Italo-, a prefix indicating a relation to Italy or Italians Film *Italo (film), ''Italo'' (film), a 2014 comedy film *Italo crime, a genre of crime film Music genres *Italo disco *Italo dance *Italo house People *Italo All ...
; Italy, India) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' P.S.'' ( Elkin Tuychiev, Uzbekistan) *
Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
** Winner ''
No 89 Shimen Road No (and variant writings) may refer to one of these articles: English language * ''Yes'' and ''no'' (responses) * A determiner in noun phrases Alphanumeric symbols * No (kana), a letter/syllable in Japanese script * No symbol, displayed ...
'' ( Haolun Shu, Hong Kong)


2012

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Abu Dhabi Film Festival The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF; ar, مهرجان أبو ظبي السينمائي), formerly the Middle East International Film Festival, was an international film festival held in the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 20 ...
** Winner '' A World Not Ours'' ( Mahdi Fleifel; Palestine, UK, Lebanon, Denmark and United Arab Emirates) *
Asiatica Film Mediale This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...
** Winner '' Parviz'' (
Majid Barzegar Majid Barzegar ( fa, مجید برزگر; born March 6, 1973 in Hamedan) is an Iranian film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. He established his own film company Rainy pictures in 2005 with the aim of stimulating the independent ...
, Iran) *
Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra B ...
** Winner ''
Epilogue An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος ''epílogos'', "conclusion" from ἐπί ''epi'', "in addition" and λόγος ''logos'', "word") is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the w ...
'' ( Amir Manor, Israel) ** Winner '' Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head'' ( Susan Youssef, Palestine) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
** Winner ''
Modest Reception ''Modest Reception'' ( fa, پذیرایی ساده, Paziraie sadeh) is a 2012 Persian comedy film directed by Mani Haghighi. Cast * Taraneh Alidoosti - Leyla * Mani Haghighi - Kaveh *Saeed Changizian - Soldier * Esmaeel Khalaj - Old Man * Saber ...
'' ( Mani Haghighi, Iran) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festi ...
** Winner ''
Jiseul ''Jiseul'' () is a 2012 South Korean war drama film written and directed by Jeju Island native O Muel. The film is shot in black and white with the entire cast composed of local actors speaking their natural dialect. "Jiseul" means "potato" in Je ...
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O Muel O Muel (born Oh Kyung-heon in 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the award-winning film '' Jiseul'' in 2012. Career O Muel was born and raised on Jeju Island, and studied Korean painting at Jeju N ...
, South Korea) *
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is a film festival in the Philippines held annually during the month August at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and various cinemas. Its aim is the development and promotion of F ...
** Winner - Directors Showcase Competition ''
Bwakaw ''Bwakaw'' is a 2012 Philippine comedy drama film written and directed by Jun Lana. Eddie Garcia stars as a lonely gay man in his 70s who cares for a stray dog he named ''bwakaw''. The film was first screened as part of the 2012 Cinemalaya Philippi ...
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Jun Lana Rodolfo R. Lana Jr. (born October 10, 1972), known professionally as Jun Robles Lana, is a Philippines, Filipino filmmaker. The winner of 11 Palanca Awards, Palanca Awards for Literature, he became the youngest member of the Palanca Awards#Palan ...
, the Philippines) ** Winner - New Breed Competition '' Diablo'' ( Mes de Guzman, the Philippines) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner ''
Student A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution. In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...
'' ( Darejan Omirbaev, Kazakhstan) *
Hanoi International Film Festival The Hanoi International Film Festival (Vietnamese: Liên hoan phim quốc tế Hà Nội), short form as HANIFF is a biennial film festival held in Hanoi, Vietnam around October or November. Founded in 2010 as Vietnam International Film Festival, i ...
** Winner '' Night of Silence'' ( Reis Çelik, Turkey) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Apparition'' (
Isabel Sandoval Isabel Sandoval is a Filipina filmmaker and actress who lives in the United States. She directed the films ''Señorita'' (2011), ''Aparisyon'' (2012) and ''Lingua Franca (film), Lingua Franca'' (2019). She also directed a short film called ''Women ...
, credited as Vincent Sandoval, the Philippines) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition ''I. D.'' ( K. D. Kamal, India) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''
Ee Adutha Kalathu '' Ee Adutha Kaalathu'' ( en, In Recent Times) is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy crime film written by Murali Gopy and directed by Arun Kumar Aravind. The film marks the second directorial venture by Arun Kumar Aravind, after his ...
'' (
Arun Kumar Aravind Arun Kumar Aravind is an Indian film director, editor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Biography Arun Kumar Aravind, was better known as the editor of director Priyadarshan, owns to his credit a span of 10 years' ex ...
, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''
Sentimental Animal Sentimental, the adjectival form of sentimentality, may also refer to: Films * ''Sentimental'' (film), a 1981 Argentine film * ''Sentimental'', a 2020 Spanish comedy film also known as ''The People Upstairs'' Music Albums * ''Sentimental ...
'' ( Wu Quan, China) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner '' Florentina Hubaldo, CTE'' (
Lav Diaz Lavrente Indico Anciro Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. Frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on recor ...
, the Philippines) *
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
** Winner '' Beyond the Hill'' (
Emin Alper Emin Alper (born 13 August 1974, Karaman) is a Turkish filmmaker and historian. His directorial debut, ''Beyond the Hill'' won the Caligari Film Prize in the 62nd Berlinale and Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. His second feature ''Fren ...
; Turkey, Greece) *
Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
** Winner ''
11 Flowers ''11 Flowers'' () is a 2011 film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai Wang Xiaoshuai (; born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixt ...
'' ( Wang Xiaoshuai, China) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner '' The Love Songs of Tiedan'' (
Hao Jie Hao Jie (born 16 October 1984) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 329, achieved on 21 May 2007. Her best doubles ranking was 307 on 1 ...
, China) *
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
** Winner '' The Land of Hope'' (
Sion Sono Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Plac ...
; Japan, United Kingdom and Taiwan) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' August Drizzle'' ( Aruna Jayawardana, Sri Lanka) ** Special Mention ''
Return Ticket ''Return Ticket'' () is a 2011 Chinese drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified wi ...
'' ( Teng Yung-Shing; Taiwan, China) *
Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
** Winner '' Kalayaan'' (
Adolfo Alix Jr. Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr., also known as Adolf Alix Jr. (born October 17, 1978), is a Filipino screenwriter and film director. Biography He was born October 17, 1978 in Makati, Philippines. He graduated magna cum laude at the Pamantasan ng Lung ...
, the Philippines)


2013

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Abu Dhabi Film Festival The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF; ar, مهرجان أبو ظبي السينمائي), formerly the Middle East International Film Festival, was an international film festival held in the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 20 ...
** Winner ''
Harmony Lessons ''Harmony Lessons'' ( kk, Асланның сабақтары, ''Aslannyń sabaqtary''; russian: Уроки гармонии) is a 2013 Kazakh-German drama film directed by Emir Baigazin. It was awarded a Silver Bear for outstanding artistic con ...
'' ( Emir Baigazin; Kazakhstan, Germany, France) *
Asiatica Film Mediale This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...
** Winner '' Snow on Pines'' (
Payman Maadi Payman Maadi ( fa, پیمان معادی; born 1972), also known as Peyman Moadi, is an Iranian American actor, screenwriter and director. He is best known for starring in the films ''A Separation'' (2011) and '' About Elly'' (2009) by Iranian ...
, Iran) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
** Winner '' When I Saw You'' (
Annemarie Jacir Annemarie Jacir ( ar, آن ماري جاسر) is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and producer. Career Filmmaker She has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Two o ...
; Palestine and Jordan) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festi ...
** Winner '' Shuttlecock'' (
Lee Yubin Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese s ...
, South Korea) *
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is a film festival in the Philippines held annually during the month August at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and various cinemas. Its aim is the development and promotion of F ...
** Winner - Directors Showcase Competition '' The Bit Player'' (
Jeffrey Jeturian Jeffrey Jeturian (born November 4, 1959) is a Filipino director and production designer for both television and film. Jeturian won the Gawad Urian The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines held since 1977. It is given by ...
, the Philippines) ** Winner - New Breed Competition ''
Transit Transit may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Transit'' (1979 film), a 1979 Israeli film * ''Transit'' (2005 film), a film produced by MTV and Staying-Alive about four people in countries in the world * ''Transit'' (2006 film), a 2006 ...
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Hannah Espia Hannah Espia (born 15 May 1987) is a Filipina director best known for writing and directing the 2013 independent drama film ''Transit''. She married film editor Andrej Farba in 2017, and has directed three episodes (2020, 2023) of the series ''Al ...
, the Philippines) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner ''
The Little Brother ''The Little Brother'' is a 1917 American silent drama directed by Charles Miller and starring William Garwood and Australian actress Enid Bennett. The scenario was written by Lambert Hillyer based on a story by Lois Zellner. Cast *Enid Bennett ...
'' ( Serik Aprymov, Kazakhstan) ** Winner ''
Waiting for the Sea ''Waiting for the Sea'' (russian: В ожидании моря; ) is a 2012 film by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov with collaboration from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Germany, France, and Belgium. The film is set in the backdrop of the dried-up Aral Sea ...
'' (
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov (Russian language, Russian/ tg, Бахтиёр Худойназаров, fa, بختیار خدای‌نظرف) (May 29, 1965 – April 21, 2015) was a film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter from Tajikistan. ...
, Tadjikistan) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner ''
Monsoon Shootout ''Monsoon Shootout'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Amit Kumar and produced by Guneet Monga, Trevor Ingma, Martijn de Grunt, and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, and Vivek Rangachari, starri ...
'' (
Amit Kumar Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, inc ...
, India) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition '' Meghe Dhaka Tara'' (
Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, M.B.B.S. is an Indian film director, actor, and physician known for his work in Bengali language, Bengali-language films. Films directed by him include ''Chander Pahar (film), Ch ...
, India) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition '' CR No: 89'' ( P. P. Sudevan, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love ''What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love'' ( id, Yang Tidak Dibicarakan Ketika Membicarakan Cinta, stylized in all lowercase) is a 2013 Indonesian drama film written and directed by Mouly Surya. The film stars Nicholas Saputra, Ay ...
'' (
Mouly Surya Mouly Surya (born 10 September 1980) is an Indonesian film director and screenwriter. Beginning her career as assistant director and screenwriter in local film productions, Surya rose to prominence in 2008 for her directorial debut the psychol ...
, Indonesia) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner '' Flashback Memories 3D'' ( Matsue Tetsuaki, Japan) *
Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
** Winner ''
Television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
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Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (born 2 May 1973) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter. His films ''Third Person Singular Number'', ''Television'', ''No Bed Of Roses'' were critically acclaimed across the world and received numero ...
, Bangladesh) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner '' Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy'' (
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit ( th, นวพล ธำรงรัตนฤทธิ์, ; born 4 February 1984) is a Thai writer, screenwriter and film director. His notable work are "Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy" and "Heart Attack" which has won ...
, Thailand) * Pacific Meridian Film Festival ** Winner ''
Ilo Ilo ''Ilo Ilo'' (; literally: "Mom and Dad Are Not Home") is a 2013 Filipino-Singaporean-Taiwanese drama film. The debut feature of director Anthony Chen, the film features an international cast, including Singaporean actor Chen Tianwen, Malaysian a ...
'' (
Anthony Chen Anthony Chen (; born 18 April 1984) is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is known for directing the feature films ''Ilo Ilo'' (2013) and '' Wet Season'' (2019). His debut feature film, ''Ilo Ilo,'' won the Camer ...
, Singapore) * Tripoli Film Festival ** Winner '' Shakespeare Must Die'' ( Ing Kanjanavanit, Thailand) ** Winner '' Liberta'' ( Kan Lume, Singapore) *
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
** Winner '' Qissa'' (Anup Singh; India, Germany)"TIFF 2013: 12 Years a Slave wins film fest's top prize"
''
Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...
'', September 15, 2013. *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' With You Without You'' (
Prasanna Vithanage Udaya Prasanna Vithanage ( si, ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ) (born 14 March 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of the third generation of the Sri Lankan cinema. He has directed eight feature ...
, Sri Lanka) *
Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
** Winner ''
Harmony Lessons ''Harmony Lessons'' ( kk, Асланның сабақтары, ''Aslannyń sabaqtary''; russian: Уроки гармонии) is a 2013 Kazakh-German drama film directed by Emir Baigazin. It was awarded a Silver Bear for outstanding artistic con ...
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Abu Dhabi Film Festival The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF; ar, مهرجان أبو ظبي السينمائي), formerly the Middle East International Film Festival, was an international film festival held in the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 20 ...
** Winner ''
Iraqi Odyssey ''Iraqi Odyssey'' is a 2014 Swiss documentary film directed by Samir. It was one of seven films shortlisted by Switzerland to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. On 27 August 201 ...
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Samir Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...
, Iraq, Switzerland, Germany and United Arab Emirates) *
Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra B ...
** Winner – Asian Cinema Competition ''
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'' ( Aditya Vikram Sengupta, India) ** Winner – Kannada Cinema Competition '' December-1'' (
P. Sheshadri Pattabhiramaiah Sheshadri (born 23 November 1963) is an Indian film director who works in Kannada cinema. He is known for his films '' Munnudi'', ''Atithi'', '' Beru'', '' Tutturi'', '' Vimukthi'', '' Bettada Jeeva'', '' Bharath Stores'' and '' ...
, India) *
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
** Winner '' A Dream of Iron'' ( Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, South Korea) ** Winner '' Non-Fiction Diary'' ( Jung Yoon-suk, South Korea) *
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Prior to 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan. Inaugurated ...
** Winner ''
Wood Job! ''Wood Job!'' is a 2014 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi and based on the novel by Shion Miura. The film stars Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, and Hideaki Itō. The main theme song is "Happiest Fool", sung by Maia H ...
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Shinobu Yaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film '' Waterboys'' was particularly succ ...
, Japan) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festi ...
** Winner ''
Socialphobia ''Socialphobia'' () is a 2015 South Korean thriller/drama film starring Byun Yo-han, Lee Joo-seung, and Ryu Jun-yeol. It was co-written and directed by Hong Seok-jae in his directorial debut, based on a real-life story that explores the social i ...
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Hong Seok-jae Hong Seok-jae (born 1983) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Hong wrote and directed his thriller feature debut ''Socialphobia'' (2015), which won the NETPAC Award and DGK Award for Best Director at the 19th Busan International ...
, South Korea) * Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival ** Winner - Directors Showcase Competition '' Hustisya'' (
Joel Lamangan Joel Lamangan (born September 21, 1952) is a Filipino film director, television director and actor. His award-winning films includes '' The Flor Contemplacion Story'', ''Sidhi'', '' Deathrow'', ''Hubog'', '' Aishte Imasu 1941'', '' Blue Moon'' an ...
, the Philippines) ** Winner - New Breed Competition '' Bwaya'' ( Francis Pasion, the Philippines) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner ''
Adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...
'' ( Nariman Turebayev, Kazakhstan) *
Hanoi International Film Festival The Hanoi International Film Festival (Vietnamese: Liên hoan phim quốc tế Hà Nội), short form as HANIFF is a biennial film festival held in Hanoi, Vietnam around October or November. Founded in 2010 as Vietnam International Film Festival, i ...
** Winner '' The Coffin Maker'' (
Jason Paul Laxamana Jason Paul Laxamana (born September 21, 1987) is a Filipino filmmaker and writer. Early life and education Laxamana studied at the University of the Philippines Diliman, receiving a B.A. in Broadcast Communication. Career Laxamana's film, '' ...
, the Philippines) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner '' Titli'' (
Kanu Behl Kanu Behl (born 1980) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He assisted director Dibaker Banerjee on the cult hit ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' and co-wrote ''LSD: Love Sex aur Dhokha''. His dire ...
, India) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition '' Summer, Kyoto'' (
Hiroshi Toda is a Japanese mathematician, who specializes in stable and unstable homotopy theory. He started publishing in 1952. Many of his early papers are concerned with the study of Whitehead products and their behaviour under suspension and more general ...
, Japan) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''
Oraalppokkam Oraalppokkam is a Malayalam film written and directed by Sanalkumar Sasidharan. It is the first Malayalam movie which has been produced through online crowdfunding program. This is an initiative of Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi, a film society move ...
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Sanal Kumar Sasidharan Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (born 8 April 1977) is an Indian poet, lawyer, and filmmaker. Personal life Sanal Kumar Sasidharan was born in Perumkadavila village, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala on 8 April 1977. He graduated in Zoology from VT ...
, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner '' 28'' (
Prasanna Jayakody Prasanna Jayakody (In Sinhalese: ප්‍රසන්න ජයකොඩි) is a Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter, internationally recognized for his cinematic accomplishments in contemporary Sri Lankan cinema. His movies primarily ...
, Sri Lanka) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''
Tokyo Family is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yōji Yamada. It is a remake of the Japanese film ''Tokyo Story''. Plot The film is set in Tokyo and Ōsakikamijima, Hiroshima. Cast *Isao Hashizume as Shukichi Hirayama *Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Tomiko ...
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Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor''). Biography He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...
, Japan) *
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival The Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) is an annual film festival held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The festival has partnered with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema since its inaugural edition in 2006. It aims to introduce Asian c ...
** Winner '' The Naked DJ'' ( Kan Lume, Singapore) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''
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, the Philippines) * Pacific Meridian Film Festival ** Winner ''
A Hard Day ''A Hard Day'' (; lit. "Take It to the End") is a 2014 South Korean action thriller film written and directed by Kim Seong-hun, and starring Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Jin-woong. It was selected to compete in the Directors' Fortnight section of the ...
'' ( Kim Seong-hoon, South Korea) *
QCinema International Film Festival The QCinema International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Quezon City, Philippines. The festival showcases local and international films, documentaries, and short films, and gives grants to their creators. As of 2017, the venue ...
** Winner – Best Feature '' Ang Di Paglimot sa Alaala'' ( Carl Joseph Papa, the Philippines) ** Winner – Best Short Film '' Ang Nanay ni Justin Barber!'' ( Victor Villanueva, the Philippines) ** Special Mention '' Senior'' ( Jed Medrano, the Philippines) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''
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, Kyrgyzstan) *
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
** Winner '' Margarita, with a Straw'' (
Shonali Bose Shonali Bose (born 3 June 1965) is an Indian film director, writer and film producer. Having made her feature film debut in 2005, she has since won such accolades as a National Film Award, a Bridgestone Narrative Award, and a Sundance Mahindr ...
, India) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner '' The Ferry'' (Shi Wei (director), Shi Wei, China) *
Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
** Winner ''13 (2014 film), 13'' (Hooman Seyedi, Iran)


2015

* All Lights India International Film Festival ** Winner ''Mina Walking'' (Yosef Baraki, Canada and Afghanistan) * 20th Busan International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival ** Winner ''Communication & Lies'' (Lee Seung-Won (director), Lee Seung-Won, South Korea) * Busan International Short Film Festival ** Winner ''Ketchup (film), Ketchup'' (Yan Baishen, Guo Chunning (director), Guo Chunning; China) * 11th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival ** Winner – Short Film ''Wawa (film), Wawa'' (Angelie Mae Macalanda, the Philippines) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner ''Kunanbai'' (Doskhan Zholzhaksynov, Kazakhstan) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner ''The Kids (film), The Kids'' (Sunny Yu, Taiwan) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition ''Yona (film), Yona'' (Nir Bergman, Israel) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''Ottaal'' (Jayaraj, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Poet on a Business Trip'' (Ju Anqi, China) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Under the Sun'' (Seulki Ahn, Korea) *
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival The Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) is an annual film festival held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The festival has partnered with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema since its inaugural edition in 2006. It aims to introduce Asian c ...
** Winner ''Nay (2015 film), Nay'' (Djenar Maesa Ayu, Indonesia) *
Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
** Winner ''Blanka (film), Blanka'' (Kohki Hasei; Japan, Italy, Philippines) * Pacific Meridian Film Festival ** Winner ''Shadow Behind the Moon'' (
Jun Lana Rodolfo R. Lana Jr. (born October 10, 1972), known professionally as Jun Robles Lana, is a Philippines, Filipino filmmaker. The winner of 11 Palanca Awards, Palanca Awards for Literature, he became the youngest member of the Palanca Awards#Palan ...
, Philippines) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''Kaaka Muttai'' (M. Manikandan, India) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''Stranger (2015 film), Stranger'' (Yeremek Tursunov, Kazakhstan) * 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival ** Winner ''The Whispering Star'' (
Sion Sono Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Plac ...
, Japan) *
QCinema International Film Festival The QCinema International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Quezon City, Philippines. The festival showcases local and international films, documentaries, and short films, and gives grants to their creators. As of 2017, the venue ...
** Winner – Circle Competition for Filipino Films ''Sleepless (2015 film), Sleepless'' (Prime Cruz, the Philippines) ** Winner – DoQC Competition ''Crescent Rising (film), Crescent Rising'' ( Sheron Dayoc, the Philippines) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner ''The Monk (2014 film), The Monk'' (The Maw Naing, Myanmar) ** Special Mention Chen Shiang-chyi in ''Exit (2014 film), Exit'' (Chien Hsiang, Taiwan) * Yakutsk International Film Festival ** Winner ''God Johogoi'' (Sergei Potapov (director), Sergei Potapov, Russia)


2016

* All Lights India International Film Festival ** Winner ''Houra'' (Gholamreza Sagharchian, Iran) *
Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra B ...
** Winner – Asian Cinema Competition ''Under Heaven (film), Under Heaven'' (Dalmira Tilepbergen, Kyrgyzstan) ** Winner – Asian Cinema Competition ''Thithi (film), Thithi'' (Raam Reddy, India) ** Winner – Kannada Cinema Competition ''Child of Debt (film), Child of Debt'' (Umashankar Swamy, India) *
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Prior to 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan. Inaugurated ...
** Winner ''The Forest (2015 film), The Forest'' (Paul Spurrier, Thailand) * 21st Busan International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival ** Winner ''Merry Christmas Mr. Mo'' (Lim Dae-hyung, Korea) * 12th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival ** Winner – Feature Film ''Pamilya Ordinaryo'' (Eduardo Roy, Jr., the Philippines) ** Winner – Short Film ''Ang Maangas, Ang Marikit, at Ang Makata'' (Jose Ibarra Guballa, the Philippines) * Five Flavours Film Festival ** Winner ''Tharlo'' (
Pema Tseden Pema Tseden (), also called Wanma Tsaidan (; born December 1969), is a Tibetan film director and screenwriter of Chinese citizenship. He is a member of the China Film Directors' Guild, China Film Association and Chinese Film Literature Associatio ...
, China) *
Hanoi International Film Festival The Hanoi International Film Festival (Vietnamese: Liên hoan phim quốc tế Hà Nội), short form as HANIFF is a biennial film festival held in Hanoi, Vietnam around October or November. Founded in 2010 as Vietnam International Film Festival, i ...
** Winner ''The Green Carriage (2015 film), The Green Carriage'' (Oleg Asadulin, Russia) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner ''Knife in the Clear Water'' (Wan Xuebo, China) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition ''Cold of Kalandar'' (Mustafa Kara, Turkey) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''Kammatipaadam'' (Rajeev Ravi, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''The Plague at the Karatas Village'' ( Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Kazakhstan) * Iranian Film Festival Australia ** Winner ''Life and a Day'' (Saeed Roostaee, Iran) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Spy Nation'' (Choi Seung-ho (director), Choi Seung-ho, Korea) * Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival ** Winner ''Turah'' (Wicaksono Winsu Legowo, Indonesia) *
Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
** Winner ''Singing in Graveyards'' (Bradley Liew, Malaysia and the Philippines) ** Winner ''Lady of the Lake (2016 film), Lady of the Lake'' (Haobam Pawan Kumar, India) * Pacific Meridian Film Festival ** Winner ''Immortal (2015 film), Immortal'' (Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh, Iran) *
QCinema International Film Festival The QCinema International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Quezon City, Philippines. The festival showcases local and international films, documentaries, and short films, and gives grants to their creators. As of 2017, the venue ...
** Winner – Circle Competition for Filipino Films ''Baboy Halas'' (Bagane Fiola, the Philippines) ** Winner – QCShorts Competition ''Papa's Shadows'' (Inshallah Montero, the Philippines) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''Apprentice (film), Apprentice'' (
Boo Junfeng Boo Junfeng (Chinese: 巫俊锋; pinyin: wū jùn fēng; born 4 December 1983) is a Singaporean filmmaker. Boo's films, Sandcastle (2010) and Apprentice (2016) have been screen at the Cannes Film Festival, beginning with his debut, Sandcastle, ...
; Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Qatar) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''Duet (2016 film), Duet'' (David Nanesh, Iran) *
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
** Winner ''In Between (2016 film), In Between'' (Maysaloun Hamoud, Israel and France) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner ''Imbisibol'' (Lawrence Fajardo, the Philippines) ** Special Mention ''Wednesday, May 9'' (Vahid Jalilvand, Iran) *
Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
** Winner ''Blessed Benefit'' (Mahmoud al Massad; Jordan, Germany, Netherlands and Qatar)


2017

* Asian Film Festival Barcelona ** Winner ''Diamond Island (film), Diamond Island'' (Davy Chou; Cambodia, France, Germany, Thailand, Qatar) ** Special Mention ''Children of Genghis'' (Zolbayar Dorj, Mongolia) *
Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra B ...
** Winner – Kannada Cinema Competition ''Uppina Kagada'' (B. Suresha, India) *
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Prior to 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan. Inaugurated ...
** Winner ''The Village of No Return'' (Chen Yu-hsun; Taiwan, China) * 22nd Busan International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival ** Winner ''February (2017 film), February'' (Kim Joonghyun, South Korea) * 13th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival ** Winner – Feature Film ''Respeto'' (Treb Monteras II, Alberto Monteras II, the Philippines) ** Winner – Short Film ''Aliens Ata'' (Glenn Barit, the Philippines) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner ''Centaur (2016 film), Centaur'' (Aktan Arym Kubat, Kazakhstan) * Fajr International Film Festival ** Winner ''The Home (film), The Home'' (Asghar Yousefinejad, Iran) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner ''One Thousand Ropes'' (Tusi Tamasese, New Zealand) * International Film Festival & Awards Macao ** Winner ''Angels Wear White'' (Vivian Qu, Taiwan) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition ''Newton (film), Newton'' (Amit V Masurkar, India) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum'' (Dileesh Pothan, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Children are not Afraid of Death, Children are Afraid of Ghosts'' (Rong Guang Rong, China) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''The Painter's View'' (Kim Heecheol, South Korea) * Moscow International Film Festival ** Winner ''Ordinary Person'' (Kim Bong-han, South Korea) * Pacific Meridian Film Festival ** Winner ''Nearest and Dearest (2017 film), Nearest and Dearest'' (Ksenia Zueva, Russia) *
QCinema International Film Festival The QCinema International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Quezon City, Philippines. The festival showcases local and international films, documentaries, and short films, and gives grants to their creators. As of 2017, the venue ...
** Winner – Circle Competition for Filipino Films ''The Ashes and Ghost of Tayug 1931'' (Christopher Gozum, the Philippines) ** Winner – Asian Next Wave Competition ''Snow Woman'' (Kiki Sugino, Japan) ** Winner – RainbowQC Competition ''Beach Rats'' (Eliza Hittman, USA) ** Winner – QCShorts Competition ''Gikan Sa Ngitngit Nga Kinailadman'' (Kiri Dalena, the Philippines) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''Malila: The Farewell Flower'' (Anucha Boonyawatana, Thailand) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''Goodbye, Grandpa!'' (Yukihiro Morigaki, Japan) * 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival ** Winner ''The Great Buddha+'' (Huang Hsin-yao, Taiwan) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner ''Going the Distance (2016 film), Going the Distance'' (Harumoto Yujiro, Japan) *
Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
** Winner ''Out of Frame'' (Wai Lun Kwok, China)


2018

* Asian Film Festival Barcelona ** Winner ''A Tiger in Winter'' (Lee Kwang-kuk, South Korea) *
Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra B ...
** Winner – Asian Cinema Competition ''Excavator (film), Excavator'' (Lee Ju-Hyong, South Korea) ** Winner – Kannada Cinema Competition ''Beti (Daughter)'' (
P. Sheshadri Pattabhiramaiah Sheshadri (born 23 November 1963) is an Indian film director who works in Kannada cinema. He is known for his films '' Munnudi'', ''Atithi'', '' Beru'', '' Tutturi'', '' Vimukthi'', '' Bettada Jeeva'', '' Bharath Stores'' and '' ...
, India) * 23rd Busan International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival ** Winner ''House of Hummingbird'' (Kim Bora, South Korea) * 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival ** Winner – Feature Film ''Kung Paano Hinihintay Ang Dapithapon'' (Carlo Enciso Catu, the Philippines) ** Winner – Short Film ''Sa Saiyang Isla'' (Christian Candelaria, the Philippines) * Fajr International Film Festival ** Winner ''Hendi & Hormoz'' (Abbas Amini; Iran, Czech Republic) *
Hanoi International Film Festival The Hanoi International Film Festival (Vietnamese: Liên hoan phim quốc tế Hà Nội), short form as HANIFF is a biennial film festival held in Hanoi, Vietnam around October or November. Founded in 2010 as Vietnam International Film Festival, i ...
** Winner ''Student A'' (Lee Kyung-sup, South Korea) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner ''Still Human'' (Oliver Siu Kuen Chan, Hong Kong) * International Film Festival & Awards Macao ** Winner ''Suburban Birds'' (Qiu Sheng, China) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner ''Ee.Ma.Yau'' (Lijo Jose Pellissery, India) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Nervous Translation'' (Shireen Seno, the Philippines) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Adulthood (2018 film), Adulthood'' (Kim Inseon, South Korea) *
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival The Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) is an annual film festival held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The festival has partnered with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema since its inaugural edition in 2006. It aims to introduce Asian c ...
** Winner ''The Song of Grassroots'' (Yuda Kurniawan, Indonesia) * Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival ** Winner ''Trembling Mountain'' ( Kesang Tseten Lama, Nepal) *
Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
** Winner ''The Sweet Requiem'' (Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam; India) * Moscow International Film Festival ** Winner ''China's Van Goghs'' (Yu Haibo & Yu Tianqi Kiki; China, the Netherlands) * Pacific Meridian Film Festival ** Winner ''An Elephant Sitting Still'' (Hu Bo, China) *
QCinema International Film Festival The QCinema International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Quezon City, Philippines. The festival showcases local and international films, documentaries, and short films, and gives grants to their creators. As of 2017, the venue ...
** Winner – Circle Competition for Filipino Films ''Dog Days (2018 Filipino film), Dog Days'' (Timmy Harn, the Philippines) * Shaken Aimanov International Film Festival ** Winner ''The Secret of a Leader'' (Farkhat Sharipov, Kazakhstan) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''With All My Hypothalamus'' (Dwein Baltazar, the Philippines) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''Kejal (film), Kejal'' (Nima Salehiyar, Iran) *
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
** Winner ''The Third Wife'' (Ash Mayfair, Vietnam) ** Special Mention ''The Crossing (2018 film), The Crossing'' (Bai Xue (director), Bai Xue, China) * Ulju Mountain Film Festival ** Winner ''Trembling Mountain'' ( Kesang Tseten Lama, Nepal) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner ''The Taste of Rice Flower'' (Pengfei, China) ** Winner ''Mothers (2017 South Korean film), Mothers'' (Lee Dong-eun, South Korea) ** Special Mention ''A Letter to the President'' (Roya Sadat, Afghanistan) *
Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
** Winner ''The Fall (2018 film), The Fall'' (Zhou Lidong, China)


2019

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Asiatica Film Mediale This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...
** Winner ''Flavours of Flesh (Biriyaani)'' (Sajin Babu, India) *
Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra B ...
** Winner – Asian Cinema Competition ''Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum, Sivaranjini and other Women'' (Vasanth, India) ** Winner – Kannada Cinema Competition ''Nathicharami'' (Mansore, India) *
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Prior to 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan. Inaugurated ...
** Winner ''Gully Boy'' (Zoya Akhtar, India) * 24th Busan International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival ** Winner ''Moving On (2019 film), Moving On'' (Yoon Danbi, South Korea) * 15th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival ** Winner – Feature Film ''John Denver Trending'' (Arden Rod Condez, the Philippines) ** Winner – Short Film ''Disconnection Notice (film), Disconnection Notice'' (Glenn Averia, the Philippines) ** Special Mention – Short Film ''Sa Among Agwat'' (Don Senoc, the Philippines) * El Gouna Film Festival ** Winner ''Kabul, City in the Wind'' (Aboozar Amini; Afghanistan, Netherlands, Japan, Germany) * Eurasia International Film Festival ** Winner ''Beanpole (film), Beanpole'' (Kantemir Balagov, Russia) * Fajr International Film Festival ** Winner ''The Narrow Red Line'' (Farzad Khoshdast, Iran) * Hainan International Film Festival ** Winner ''Verdict (2019 film), Verdict'' (Raymund Ribay Gutierrez, the Philippines) *
Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...
** Winner ''Another Child'' (Kim Yoon-seok, South Korea) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Asian Competition ''Aani Maani'' (Fahim Irshad, India) ** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''Tress Under the Sun'' (
Dr. Biju Bijukumar Damodaran, known mononymously as Dr. Biju, is an Indian homoeopathic doctor turned film director and screenwriter. He is best known for films such as '' Saira'' (2005), ''Veettilekkulla Vazhi'' (2010), '' Akasathinte Niram'' (2012), '' ...
, India) ** Special Mention – Malayalam Competition ''Kumbalangi Nights'' (Madhu C Narayanan, India) * International Film Festival and Awards Macao ** Winner ''To Live to Sing'' (Johnny Ma, China) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Last Night I Saw You Smiling'' (Kavich Neang; Cambodia, France) * International Short and Independent Film Festival Dhaka ** Winner ''Fish Musing'' (Suborna Senjutee Tushee; India, Bangladesh) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''The Harvest (2019 film), The Harvest'' (Misho Antadze, Georgia) *
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival The Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) is an annual film festival held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The festival has partnered with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema since its inaugural edition in 2006. It aims to introduce Asian c ...
** Winner ''Aurora (2018 Kyrgyz film), Aurora'' (Bekzat Pirmatov, Kyrgyzstan) ** Winner ''Nakorn-Sawan (film), Nakorn-Sawan'' (Puangsoi Aksornsawang, Thailand) *
Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
** Winner ''Devi Aur Hero'' (Aditya Kripalani, India) * Moscow International Film Festival ** Winner ''The Sun Above Me Never Sets'' (Lyubov Borisova, Russia) * Pacific Meridian Film Festival ** Winner ''Great Poetry'' (Alexander Lungin, Russia) *
QCinema International Film Festival The QCinema International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Quezon City, Philippines. The festival showcases local and international films, documentaries, and short films, and gives grants to their creators. As of 2017, the venue ...
** Winner – Asian Next Wave Competition ''Suburban Birds'' (Qiu Sheng, China) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''My Prince Edward'' (Wong Yee-lam, Hong Kong) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''Golden Voices'' (Evgeny Ruman, Israel) *
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
** Winner ''1982 (2019 film), 1982'' (Oualid Mouaness; Lebanon, USA, Qatar, Norway) * Ulju Mountain Film Festival ** Winner ''Beloved (2019 film), Beloved'' (Yaser Talebi, Iran) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner ''A Family Tour'' (
Ying Liang Ying Liang (; born 1977) is a Chinese independent film director and screenwriter. Biography Ying Liang graduated from the Department of Directing at the Chongqing Film Academy and Beijing Normal University. His short film ''The Missing House'' ...
; Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia) * Warsaw Film Festival ** Winner ''Move the Grave'' (Seung-o Jeong, South Korea)


2020

* Asian Film Festival Barcelona ** Winner ''A Dark, Dark Man'' ( Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Kazakhstan) *
Asiatica Film Mediale This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...
** Winner ''No Choice'' (Reza Dormishian, Iran) *
Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra B ...
** Winner ''Happy Old Year'' (
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit ( th, นวพล ธำรงรัตนฤทธิ์, ; born 4 February 1984) is a Thai writer, screenwriter and film director. His notable work are "Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy" and "Heart Attack" which has won ...
, Thailand) *
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Prior to 2015, it was known as the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan. Inaugurated ...
** Winner ''I WeirDo'' (Liao Mingyi, Taiwan) *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...
** Winner ''Fighter (2020 film), Fighter'' (Jero Yun, South Korea) * Busan International Short Film Festival ** Winner ''Adam (2019 Singaporean film), Adam'' (Shoki Lin, Singapore) ** Winner ''Tiger and Ox'' (Kim Seunghee, South Korea) * Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival ** Winner – Short Film ''Tokwifi'' (Carla Pulido Ocampo, the Philippines) * El Gouna Film Festival ** Winner ''In Between Dying'' (Hilal Baydarov; Azerbaijan, Mexico, United States) *
International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental f ...
** Winner ''Nasir (film), Nasir'' (Arun Karthick; India, Netherlands, Singapore) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs'' (Pushpendra Singh, India) * Pacific Meridian Film Festival ** Winner ''In Deep Sleep'' (Maria Ignatenko, Russia) * Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''The Story of Southern Islet'' (Chong Keat Aun, Malaysia) * Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ** Winner ''Ulbolsyn'' ( Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Kazakhstan) *
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
** Winner ''Gaza mon amour'' (Tarzan Nasser & Arab Nasser; Palestine, France, Germany, Portugal, Qatar) * Ulju Mountain Film Festival ** Winner ''Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom'' (Pawo Choyning Dorji, Bhutan) *
Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (French: Festival international des cinémas d'Asie) is an annual special-interest film festival focusing on the cinemas of Asia. The festival is held annually in Vesoul, France. It was crea ...
** Winner ''Saturday Afternoon'' (
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (born 2 May 1973) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter. His films ''Third Person Singular Number'', ''Television'', ''No Bed Of Roses'' were critically acclaimed across the world and received numero ...
, Bangladesh) * Warsaw Film Festival ** Winner ''The Asadas'' (Ryota Nakano, Japan)


2021

* Busan International Short Film Festival ** Winner ''Georgia (2020 film), Georgia'' (Jayil Pak; South Korea, USA) * Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival ** Winner – Short Film ''The Little Planet'' (Arjanmar H. Rebeta, the Philippines) *
International Film Festival of Kerala The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy ...
** Winner – Malayalam Competition ''Musical Chair'' (Vipin Atley, India) * Fajr International Film Festival ** Winner ''Major (2021 film), Major'' (Ehsan Abdipour, Iran) *
Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent ...
** Winner ''Jazz Kissa Basie'' (Hoshino Tetsuya, Japan) *
Kolkata International Film Festival The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the third oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the W ...
** Winner ''The Salt In Our Waters'' (Rezwan Shahriar Sumit; Bangladesh, France) * Moscow International Film Festival ** Winner ''Mosul my Home'' (Adalet R. Garmiany, Iraq) * Ulju Mountain Film Festival ** Winner ''Bandar Band'' (Manijeh Hekmat, Iran)


2022

* Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Golden Horse Film Festival ** Winner ''Autobiography (film), Autobiography'' (Makbul Mubarak; Indonesia et.al)


See also

*Central Asian and Southern Caucasus Film Festivals Confederation *Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema *Toronto International Film Festival NETPAC Prize


References

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External links


Official website
Asian film awards Indian film awards