12th Asian Film Awards explained

Number:	12
Award:	Asian Film Awards
Date:	March 17, 2018
Site:	The Venetian Macao, Macau
Best Film:	Youth^[1]
Most Wins:	Legend of the Demon Cat (4)^[2]
Most Nominations:	Legend of the Demon Cat (6)^[3]
Last:	11th
Next:	13th

The 12th Asian Film Awards are the 2018 edition of the Asian Film Awards. The ceremony was held on March 17, 2018, at the Venetian Hotel in Macau.^[4] ^[5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
*Youth* Angels Wear White Newton The Day After The Third Murder	Yuya Ishii – The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue Chen Kaige – Legend of the Demon Cat Sylvia Chang – Love Education Ann Hui – Our Time Will Come Hong Sang-soo – The Day After Feng Xiaogang – Youth
Best Actor	Best Actress
Louis Koo – Paradox Kim Yoon-seok – Sukollawat Kanarot – Rajkummar Rao – Newton Duan Yihong – The Looming Storm	Sylvia Chang – Love Education Yū Aoi – Birds Without Names Marsha Timothy – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Kim Min-hee – The Day After Zhou Dongyu – This Is Not What I Expected
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Yang Ik-june – Wilderness Yoo Hae-jin – A Taxi Driver Geng Le – Angels Wear White Tian Zhuangzhuang – Love Education Eddie Peng – Our Time Will Come	Kitty Zhang – Legend of the Demon Cat Choi Hee-seo – Anarchist from Colony Hana Sugisaki – Blade of the Immortal Wu Yanshu – Love Education Suzu Hirose – The Third Murder
Best New Director	Best Newcomer
Dong Yue – The Looming Storm Vivian Qu – Angels Wear White Anucha Boonyawatana – Huang Hsin-yao – The Great Buddha + Derek Hui – This Is Not What I Expected Yoshiyuki Kishi – Wilderness	Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying – Bad Genius Zhou Meijun – Angels Wear White Im Yoon-ah – Confidential Assignment Ling Man-lung – Tomorrow Is Another Day Akari Kinoshita – Wilderness Elane Zhong – Youth
Best Screenplay	Best Editing
Mayank Tewari, Amit V Masurkar – Newton Hwang Seong-gu – Anarchist from Colony Tanida Hantaweewatana, Vasudhorn Piyaromina, Nattawut Poonpiriyai – Bad Genius Sylvia Chang, You Xiaoying – Love Education Yan Geling – Youth	Shin Min-kyung – The King Li Nien-hsiu – Mon Mon Mon Monsters Mary Stephen, Kwong Chi-leung – Our Time Will Come Hirokazu Kore-eda – The Third Murder Zhang Qi – Youth
Best Cinematography	Best Original Music
Kim Ji-yong – The Fortress Cao Yu – Legend of the Demon Cat Yunus Pasolang – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Nagao Nakashima – The Great Buddha+ Takimoto Mikiya – The Third Murder	Joe Hisaishi – Our Time Will Come Jo Yeong-wook – A Taxi Driver Wen Zi – Angels Wear White Lin Sheng Xiang – The Great Buddha+ Taro Iwashiro – Wilderness
Best Action Film	Best Costume Design
*Paradox* Blade of the Immortal The Thousand Faces of Dunjia	Chen Tongxun – Legend of the Demon Cat Shim Hyun-sup – Anarchist from Colony Rama Rajamouli, Prashanti Tipirneni – Yuya Maeda – Blade of the Immortal Shirley Chan – The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Best Production Design	Best Visual Effects
Tu Nan, Lu Wei – Legend of the Demon Cat Lee Mok-won – Frans Paat – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Yohei Taneda – The Third Murder Ben Luk – This Is Not What I Expected	Norio Ishii – Legend of the Demon Cat Jin Jong-hyun – Ankur Sachedev – Shingo Kobayashi – Gintama Huang Mei-cing, Pao Cheng-hsun – Mon Mon Mon Monsters Jang Seong-ho, Park Young-soo, Son Oh-young – The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Best Sound	AFA Next Generation Award
Tu Du-chih, Wu Shu-yao – The Great Buddha+ Wang Gang – Khikmawan Santosa – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Tu Du-chih, Wu Shu-yao, Tu Chun-tang – Mon Mon Mon Monsters Choi Tae-young – The Fortress	Im Yoona – Confidential Assignment ^[6]
Excellence In Asian Cinema Award	Lifetime Achievement Award
Kara Hui	Sylvia Chang
2017 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award
*Wolf Warrior 2*

Notes and References

Web site: Frater. Patrick. Asian Film Awards: ‘Youth’ Wins Top Prize From ‘Demon Cat’. Variety. 17 March 2018.
Web site: Asian Film Awards: Louis Koo Wins First Award, Feng Xiaogang's 'Youth' Takes Best Film. The Hollywood Reporter. en.
Web site: 'Legend Of The Demon Cat' leads Asian Film Awards nominations. Screen Daily.
Web site: Louis Koo receives best actor nomination at the Asian Film Awards. South China Morning Post. January 11, 2018. en.
Web site: Frater. Patrick. ‘Demon Cat’ Leads Chinese-Dominated Asian Film Awards Nominations. Variety. January 11, 2018. 11 January 2018.
Web site: "Youth" wins best film at 12th Asian Film Awards - Xinhua English.news.cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20180318182604/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/18/c_137047299.htm. dead. March 18, 2018. www.xinhuanet.com.