South Korean field workplace hit Exhuma and Hong Kong motion blockbuster Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In lead the nominations for the 18th Asian Movie Awards, with a jury led by martial arts icon Sammo Hung.
Supernatural thriller Exhuma, directed by Jang Jae-hyun, leads the pack with 11 nods adopted by Soi Cheang’s motion thriller Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In, which obtained 9 nominations.
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Each titles had been named in the very best movie class alongside Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Think about As Mild; Guan Hu’s Chinese language drama Black Canine, which scooped the Un Sure Regard award at Cannes; and Teki Cometh from Japan’s Daihachi Yoshida’s, which received a hat-trick of prizes together with greatest movie at Tokyo.
The winners might be introduced throughout a ceremony at Hong Kong’s Xiqu Centre on March 16, determined by a jury led by acclaimed Hong Kong star and director Hung, who additionally stars in Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In.
This 12 months, 30 movies from 25 international locations and areas have been shortlisted to compete throughout 16 award classes.
Exhuma, a supernatural horror wherein a demon is unleashed after a grave is exhumed, was South Korea’s highest-grossing movie of 2024, incomes $78m following its launch after premiering on the Berlinale. In addition to greatest movie, its 11 nods embody greatest director, greatest screenplay, greatest actor for Choi Min-sik and greatest actress for Kim Go-eun.
Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In additionally proved a field workplace sensation after premiering at Cannes final 12 months, rating second on the Hong Kong field workplace for 2024 with takings of $18.3m. Set in Hong Kong’s notorious Kowloon Walled Metropolis through the Eighties, a prequel and sequel are within the works.
Japan’s Teki Cometh and Mumbai-set All We Think about As Mild every obtained six nominations.
As beforehand introduced, the Asian Movie Awards Academy has appointed Dean Fujioka, the Japanese star of Fullmetal Alcemist, as ambassador of this 12 months’s awards alongside rising Asian stars as youth representatives that comprise Thailand’s Aokbab Chutimon (Unhealthy Genius), Taiwan’s Austin Lin (Marry My Lifeless Physique), Hong Kong’s Lo Chun Yip (Time Nonetheless Turns The Pages), and Japan’s Masaki Okada (Drive My Automotive).
The AFAs will precede the launch of Hong Kong Filmart, the most important movie market in Asia, which takes place from March 17-20.
Asian Movie Awards 2025 Nominations
Finest Movie
All We Think about As Mild (India-Fr-Neth-Lux)
Black Canine (China)
Exhuma (S-Kor)
Teki Cometh (Japan)
Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In (HK)
Finest Director
Payal Kapadia, All We Think about As Mild
Guan Hu, Black Canine
Jang Jae-hyun, Exhuma
Rithy Panh, Assembly With Pol Pot
Daihachi Yoshida, Teki Cometh
Finest Actor
Eddie Peng, Black Canine
Choi Min-sik, Exhuma
Sean Lau, Papa
Nagatsuka Kyozo, Teki Cometh
Michael Hui, The Final Dance
Finest Actress
Kani Kusruti, All We Think about As Mild
Sylvia Chang, Daughter’s Daughter
Kawai Yuumi, Desert Of Namibia
Kim Go-eun, Exhuma
Shahana Goswami, Santosh
Finest Supporting Actor
Mitsuishi Ken, All The Lengthy Nights
Ikematsu Sosuke, My Sunshine
Lee Kang-Sheng, Stranger Eyes
Chu Pak Hong, The Final Dance
Philip Ng, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Finest Supporting Actress
Maggie Li Lin Lin, All Shall Be Nicely
Divya Prabha, All We Think about As Mild
Lim Ji-yeon, Revolver
Takiuchi Kumi, Teki Cometh
Yang Kuei-Mei, Yen And Ai-Lee
Finest New Director
Yamanaka Yoko, Desert Of Namibia
Neo Sora, Happyend
Dong Zijian, My Buddy An Delie
Sandhya Suri, Santosh
Truong Minh Quý, Viet And Nam
Finest Newcomer
Lee Do-hyun, Exhuma
Hayato Kurihara, Happyend
Putthipong Assaratanakul, How To Make Hundreds of thousands Earlier than Grandma Dies
Dylan So, Papa
Duy Bao Dinh Dao, Viet And Nam
Finest Screenplay
Wada Kiyoto, Miyake Sho, All The Lengthy Nights
Payal Kapadia, All We Think about As Mild
Jang Jae-hyun, Exhuma
Pierre Erwan Guillaume, Rithy Panh, Assembly With Pol Pot
Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
Finest Modifying
Clément Pinteaux, All We Think about As Mild
Rithy Panh, Matthieu Laclau, Assembly With Pol Pot
William Chang Suk Ping, My Buddy An Delie
Jojo Shek, Papa
Cheung Ka Fai, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Finest Cinematography
Hong Kyeong-pyo, Harbin
LV Songye, My Buddy An Delie
Aziz Zhambakiyev, Shambhala
Shinomiya Hidetoshi, Teki Cometh
Cheng Siu Keung, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Finest Authentic Music
Hello’Spec, All The Lengthy Nights
Kim Tae-sung, Exhuma
Michiaki Katsumoto, The Field Man
Chu Wan Pin, The Final Dance
Kawai Kenji, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Finest Costume Design
Yang Donglin, A Tapestry Of A Legendary Land
Choi Yoon-sun, Exhuma
Dorjee Dradhul Gurung, Shambhala
Miyamoto Mari, Teki Cometh
Bruce Yu, Karen Yip, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Finest Manufacturing Design
Huo Tingxiao, Li Chang, Black Canine
Pham Phong Lan, Don’t Cry
Search engine optimisation Sung-kyung, Exhuma
Hayashida Yuji, The Field Man
Kenneth Mak, Chau Sai Hung Ambrose, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Finest Visible Results
Danny Yin, Black Canine
Sato Fumio, Kobri Yasuhiro, Black Ox
Tomi Kuo, Chiu Chun-yi, Lifeless Abilities Society
Kim Shin-chul, Daniel Son, Exhuma
Lin Chun Yue Jules, Ma Siu Fu, Garrett Ok Lam, Yee Kwok Leung, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Finest Sound
Zurab Kurmanbayev, Cadet
Kim Byung-in, Exhuma
Tu Duu-Chih, Tu Tse-Kang, Stranger Eyes
Yiu Chun Hin, Cheung Man Hoi, To Burnard Davy, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Vincent Villa, Viet and Nam
