17th Asian Film Awards explained

Number:	17
Award:	Asian Film Awards
Awarded For:	Excellence in Asian cinema
Announced Date:	Nominations:
Site:	Xiqu Centre, Hong Kong
Presenting Org:	The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA)
Network:	YouTube
Last:	16th
Next:	18th

The 17th Asian Film Awards was held on March 10, 2024 at the Xiqu Centre, Hong Kong.^[1] The nominations were announced on January 12, 2024.^[2] The winners were announced on March 10, 2024 with Evil Does Not Exist winning the best film award.^[3]

Jury

• Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Jury President, director and writer

Winners and nominations

The nominations were announced on January 12, 2024 and led by Evil Does Not Exist and with six.^[4]

Evil Does Not Exist / Paradise Perfect Days Snow Leopard	Hirokazu Kore-eda – Monster Gu Xiaogang – Dwelling by the West Lake Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Evil Does Not Exist Kim Sung-su – Prasanna Vithanage – Paradise
Koji Yakusho – Perfect Days as Hirayama Hwang Jung-min – as Major General Chun Doo-gwang Tony Leung Chiu-wai – The Goldfinger as Henry Ching Shen Teng – Full River Red as Zhang Da Wu Kang-ren – Abang Adik as Chen Ah-bang	Jiang Qinqin – Dwelling by the West Lake as Tai Hua Jung Yu-mi – Sleep as Soo-jin Rinko Kikuchi – 658km, Yoko no Tabi as Yoko Audrey Lin – Trouble Girl as Xiao Xiao Zhou Dongyu – The Breaking Ice as Nana
Park Hoon – as Colonel Moon Il-pyeong Nakamura Shidō II – Kubi as Naniwa Mosuke Park Jeong-min – Smugglers as Jang Do-ri Jack Tan – Abang Adik as Zhang Wen-di Sean Wong – Time Still Turns the Pages as Eli Cheng Yau Kit	Rachel Leung – In Broad Daylight as Wong Siu-ling Go Min-si – Smugglers as Go Ok-bun Minami Hamabe – Godzilla Minus One as Noriko Ōishi Mariko Tsutsui – Last Shadow at First Light as Satomi Wanfang – Snow in Midsummer as Ah Eng
Nick Cheuk – Time Still Turns the Pages Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir – City of Wind Amanda Nell Eu – Tiger Stripes Phạm Thiên Ân – Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Dominic Sangma – Rapture	Tergel Bold-Erdene – City of Wind as Ze Awat Ratanapintha – Doi Boy as Sorn Mihaya Shirata – Last Shadow at First Light as Ami Wang Yibo – Hidden Blade as Mr. Ye Yoyo Tse – Fly Me to the Moon
Snow Leopard – Pema Tseden Evil Does Not Exist – Ryusuke Hamaguchi Monster – Yuji Sakamoto Paradise – Prasanna Vithanage and Anushka Senanayake / Sleep – Jason Yu	– Kim Sang-bum Evil Does Not Exist – Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Azusa Yamazaki Only the River Flows – Matthieu Laclau Paradise – A. Sreekar Prasad / Time Still Turns the Pages – Nick Cheuk and Keith Hiu Chun Chan
Snow Leopard – Matthias Delvaux – Lee Mo-gae Evil Does Not Exist – Yoshio Kitagawa Only the River Flows – Zhiyuan Chengma Qas – Azamat Dulatov	Evil Does Not Exist – Eiko Ishibashi Dwelling by the West Lake – Shigeru Umebayashi Qas – Akmaral Zykayeva Rapture – Anon Ch Momin //// Road to Boston – Lee Dong-june
The Goldfinger – Man Lim-chung / – Tim Yip Kubi – Kazuko Kurosawa Smugglers – Yoon Jung-hee Snow in Midsummer – Elaine Ng //	The Goldfinger – Eric Lam / Concrete Utopia – Cho Hwa-sung Monster – Keiko Mitsumatsu Only the River Flows – Menglun Zhang Snow Leopard – Daktse Drundrup
Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima Concrete Utopia – Eun Jae-hyun – Douglas Hans Smith, Joshua Bryer, and Jeremy Ball The Moon – Jin Jong-hyun The Wandering Earth 2 – Allen Wei, Ahdee Chiu, Ding Yanlai, and Eric Xu	Godzilla Minus One – Natsuko Inoue Concrete Utopia – Kim Suk-won and Kim Eun-jung – Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell – Vuong Gia Bao and Toh Xander /// Snow in Midsummer – Tu Duu-chih and Wu Shu-yao //
Lee Young-ae	Zhang Yimou
Metawin Opas-iamkajorn^[5]	To be announced

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
6
	Evil Does Not Exist
4	Paradise
	Snow Leopard
3	Concrete Utopia
	Dwelling by the West Lake
	Godzilla Minus One
	The Goldfinger
	Monster
	Only the River Flows
	Smugglers
	Snow in Midsummer
	Time Still Turns the Pages
2	Abang Adik
	City of Wind
	Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
	Kubi
	Last Shadow at First Light
	Perfect Days
	Qas
	Rapture
	Sleep

Notes and References

1. Web site: 17th Asian Film Awards: Press Conference Sets the Stage for Asian Cinema's Biggest Night on 10 March. Asian Film Awards Academy. January 12, 2024. February 12, 2024.
2. Web site: 'Evil Does Not Exist,' '12.12: The Day' Lead Asian Film Awards Nominations. Variety. January 11, 2024. February 12, 2024. Patrick. Frater.
3. Web site: ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards. Variety. March 10, 2024. March 11, 2024. Patrick. Frater.
4. Web site: Asian Film Awards 2024 nominations in full: Evil Does Not Exist and 12.12: The Day lead the field; 2 Hong Kong movies earn nods in 3 categories. South China Morning Post. January 12, 2024. February 12, 2024. Edmund. Lee.
5. Web site: 17th Asian Film Awards: Thai Star Win Metawin Snags Special Award as the Emerging Icon. Coming Soon. February 6, 2024. February 12, 2024. Arpitaadhya.