10th Asian Film Awards explained

Number:	10
Award:	Asian Film Awards
Date:	March 17, 2016
Site:	Macau
Best Film:	The Assassin
Most Wins:	The Assassin (8)
Most Nominations:	The Assassin (9)
Last:	9th
Next:	11th

The 10th Asian Film Awards are the 2016 edition of the Asian Film Awards. The ceremony was held at the Venetian Theatre in The Venetian Casino and Hotel in Macau.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Best Film	Best Director
The Assassin // Bajirao Mastani Mountains May Depart // Mr. Six Three Stories of Love Veteran	Hou Hsiao-hsien – The Assassin // Guan Hu – Mr. Six Hirokazu Koreeda – Our Little Sister Jia Zhangke – Mountains May Depart // Ryoo Seung-wan – Veteran
Best Actor	Best Actress
Lee Byung-hun – Inside Men Donnie Yen – Ip Man 3 Feng Xiaogang – Mr. Six John Arcilla – Heneral Luna Masatoshi Nagase – Sweet Bean //	Shu Qi – The Assassin Haruka Ayase – Our Little Sister Karena Lam – Zinnia Flower Kim Hye-soo – Coin Locker Girl Zhao Tao – Mountains May Depart //
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Tadanobu Asano – Journey to the Shore / Cheng Jen-shuo – Thanatos, Drunk Michael Ning – Port of Call Oh Dal-su – Assassination Zhang Jin – Ip Man 3	Zhou Yun – The Assassin // Anna Tsuchiya – Gonin Saga Cherry Ngan – Juri Ueno – The Beauty Inside Park So-dam – The Priests
Best Newcomer	Best Screenwriter
Jessie Li – Port of Call Kim Seol-hyun – Gangnam Blues Lee Hong-chi – Thanatos, Drunk Ryōko Fujino – Solomon's Perjury Vicky Kaushal – Masaan / Waruntorn Paonil – Snap	Jia Zhangke – Mountains May Depart // Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Ujita – Journey to the Shore / Philip Yung – Port of Call Ryoo Seung-wan – Veteran Vishal Bhardwaj – Talvar
Best Cinematographer	Best Production Designer
Mark Lee Ping Bin – The Assassin // Christopher Doyle – Port of Call Kim Woo-hyung – Assassination Pan Lou – Mr. Six Yasushi Sasakibara, Yoshiaki Yamamoto – Gonin Saga	Hwarng Wern-ying – The Assassin // Benjamin Padero, Carlo Tabije – Heneral Luna Cho Hwa-sung – Inside Men Harada Tetsuo – Kakekomi Ken Mak – Ip Man 3
Best Composer	Best Editor
Lim Giong – The Assassin // Amit Trivedi – Bombay Velvet Bang Jun-seok – The Throne Naoko Eto, Otomo Yoshihide – Journey to the Shore / Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Bajirao Mastani	William Chang, Chu Ka-yat, Liao Ching-sung, Wong Hoi, Philip Yung – Port of Call Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum – Veteran Rajesh G. Pandey – Bajirao Mastani Tu Yiran – Jian Bing Man Yasuyuki Ōzeki – Bakuman
Best Visual Effects	Best Costume Designer
Prasad Sutar – Bajirao Mastani Choi Jae-cheon, Jo Yong-seok, Lee Jeon-hyoung – Ellen Poon, Jason H. Snell, Tang Bingbing – Monster Hunt / Onoue Katsuro – Attack on Titan V. Srinivas Mohan –	Lee Ji-yeon, Shim Hyun-seob – The Throne Anju Modi, Maxima Basu – Bajirao Mastani Carlo Tabije – Heneral Luna Hwarng Wern-ying – The Assassin // Masae Miyamoto – Kakekomi
Best Sound	Highest-grossing Asian Film of 2015
Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih, Wu Shu-yao – The Assassin // Kim Suk-won, Park Joo-gang – Assassination George Lee Yiu-keung, Kinson Tsang, Yiu Chun Hin – Monster Hunt / Nishiyama Toru – The Inerasable Watanabe Shinji – Bakuman	Monster Hunt /
Lifetime Achievement Award	AFA Next Generation Award
Yuen Woo-ping Kirin Kiki	Yoo Ah-in
AFA 10th Anniversary Special Award	Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema Award
Feng Xiaogang	Li Qiankuan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frater. Patrick. The Assassin Sweeps 10th Asian Film Awards. Variety. 2016-03-18. 17 March 2016.
2. Web site: Park. So-jung. Lee Byung-hun named best actor at Asian Film Awards. Yonhap. 2016-03-18. 18 March 2016.
3. Web site: Beitler. Daniel. Asian Film Awards dominated by Chinese. Macau Daily Times. 2016-03-18. 18 March 2016.
4. Web site: Nominations Announcement of the 10th Asian Film Awards. Asian Film Awards. 2016-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160314064537/http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/press-room/nominations-announcement-of-the-10th-afa/. 2016-03-14. dead.
5. Web site: Chu. Karen. Asian Film Awards: The Assassin leads with Nine Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. 2016-02-05. 3 February 2016.
6. Web site: John Arcilla, 'Heneral Luna' gets Asian Film Awards nods. The Philippine Star. 2016-02-05. 5 February 2016.
7. Web site: 10th AFA Nominees and Winners . . 2016-04-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160522173334/http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/nominees-and-winners/10th-afa-nominees/ . 2016-05-22 .
8. Web site: ASIAN FILM AWARDS DOMINATED BY CHINESE. Macau Daily Times. March 18, 2016.
9. Web site: 亚洲电影大奖舒淇获影后 感谢药水和胶布. Fujian News. March 18, 2016. chinese.