14th Asian Film Awards

14th Asian Film Awards
14th Asian Film Awards
Date	October 28, 2020
Site	Online
Highlights
Best Film	Parasite
Most awards	Parasite (4)
Most nominations	Parasite (10)
Television coverage
Network	YouTube
	← 13th; Asian Film Awards; 15th →;

The 14th Asian Film Awards was the 2020 edition of the Asian Film Awards. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was held online.^[1]^[2]

Winners and Nominees

Winners: ^[3]

Best Film	Best Director
Parasite Listen to the Universe So Long, My Son A Sun Thappad There Is No Evil	Wang Xiaoshuai – So Long, My Son Pema Tseden – Balloon Tsai Ming-liang – Days Bong Joon-ho – Parasite A Sun Nobuhiro Suwa – Voices in the Wind
Best Actor	Best Actress
Lee Byung-hun – The Man Standing Next Hamed Behdad – Castle of Dreams A Sun Masataka Kubota – First Love Tai Bo – Suk Suk Wang Jingchun – So Long, My Son	*Zhou Dongyu – Better Days* /** Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying – Happy Old Year Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 Mariko Tsutsui – A Girl Missing Yeo Yann Yann – Wet Season Yong Mei – So Long, My Son
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ryo Kase – To the Ends of the Earth // Choi Woo-shik – Parasite Jinpa – Balloon A Sun Ben Yuen – Suk Suk	A Sun Patra Au – Suk Suk Lee Jung-eun – Parasite Yūko Tanaka – One Night Zhou Ye – Better Days /
Best New Director	Best Newcomer
Hikari – 37 Seconds John Hsu – Detention Lee Sang-geun – Exit Sharipa Urazbayeva – Mariam / Norris Wong – My Prince Edward Liang Ming – Wisdom Tooth	*Jackson Yee – Better Days* /** Fandy Fan – We Are Champions Anong Houngheuangsy – Days Kim Hye-jun – Another Child Sakurako Konishi – First Love
Best Screenplay	Best Editing
Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won – Parasite Pema Tseden – Balloon Mohammad Davoudi, Mohsen Gharaie – Castle of Dreams Wang Xiaoshuai, A Mei – So Long, My Son A Sun	Yang Jin-mo – Parasite Zhang Yibo – Better Days / Lee Chatametikool – So Long, My Son Lai Hsiu-hsiung – A Sun Yasha Ramchandani – Thappad
Best Cinematography	Best Original Music
Dong Jinsong – The Wild Goose Lake / Lǚ Songye – Balloon Girish Gangadharan – Jallikattu Lim Won-geun – Time to Hunt Akiko Ashizawa – To the Ends of the Earth //	Karsh Kale, The Salvage Audio Collective – Gully Boy Prashant Pillai – Jallikattu Tomohiko Banse, Grandfunk, Wataru Sawabe – On-Gaku: Our Sound Jung Jae-il – Parasite Kim Tae-seong– Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Best Costume Designer	Best Production Design
Pacharin Surawatanapongs– Happy Old Year Dora Ng – Better Days / Sang-gyeong Jo – Forbidden Dream Arjun Bhasin, Poornamrita Singh – Gully Boy Masae Miyamoto – Kingdom	Ha-jun Lee – Parasite Suzanne Caplan Merwanji – Gully Boy Wenceslaus de Rozari – Gundala Dong Lv – So Long, My Son Ang Gao – The Wandering Earth
Best Visual Effects	Best Sound
Tomi Kijo, Renovatio Pictures – Detention Jong-hyun Jin – Ashfall Kaori Ootagaki – First Love Jeong-ho Hong – Parasite Yanlai Ding – The Wandering Earth	Yoshifumi Kureishi – *Listen to the Universe* Tae-young Choi – Ashfall Tae-young Choi – Parasite Danrong Wang – The Wandering Earth Yang Zhang – The Wild Goose Lake /

Presenters

Anthony Chen – presented Best New Director and Best Cinematography
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit – presented Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects
Johnny Huang Jingyu – presented Best Costume Design and Best Newcomer
Yang Ik-june – presented Best Original Music and Best Supporting Actor
Samal Yeslyamova – presented Best Sound and Best Actress
Koreeda Hirokazu
– presented Best Editing and Best Film
Lee Chang-dong – presented Best Screenplay and Best Director
Kara Wai – presented Best Supporting Actress
Yakusho Koji
– presented Best Actor

References

^ "The 14th Asian Film Awards Nominations Announced". afa-academy.com. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
^ Lee, Edmund (October 28, 2020). "Asian Film Awards 2020 winners: Parasite wins best picture but fails to dominate at online edition". South China Morning Post.
^ Sabastian Nadilo (October 28, 2020). "14th Asian Film Awards – Winners 2020". Asian Film Festivals. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "The 14th Asian Film Awards Nominations Announced". afa-academy.com. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.

[2] Lee, Edmund (October 28, 2020). "Asian Film Awards 2020 winners: Parasite wins best picture but fails to dominate at online edition". South China Morning Post.

[3] Sabastian Nadilo (October 28, 2020). "14th Asian Film Awards – Winners 2020". Asian Film Festivals. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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