7th Asian Film Awards explained

The 7th Asian Film Awards took place on 18 March 2013.^[1] In the 14 award categories, 30 films with 70 nominees from across Asia were recognized for their excellence in cinema. The nominees were announced by actor Andy Lau who also served as president of the judging panel. The ceremony was held at the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

Michelle Yeoh received the honour of the Lifetime Achievement award.^[2]

Jury

• Andy Lau (Hong Kong)
• Ronald Arguelles (Philippines)
• John Badalu (Indonesia)
• Patricia Cheng (Hong Kong)
• Kenji Ishizaka (Japan)
• Christian Jeune (France)
• Dai Jinhua (China)
• Eric Khoo (Singapore)
• Kong Rithdee (Thailand)
• Wen Tien-hsiang (Taiwan)
• Jacob Wong (Hong Kong)

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Best Film	Best Director
Mystery Drug War / Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 Outrage Beyond Pietà	Takeshi Kitano – Outrage Beyond Anurag Kashyap – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 Abbas Kiarostami – Like Someone in Love // Kim Ki-duk – Pietà Lou Ye – Mystery
Best Actor	Best Actress
Eddie Garcia – Bwakaw Joseph Chang – Girlfriend, Boyfriend Choi Min-sik – Tony Leung Ka-fai – Cold War Liu Ye – The Last Supper	Nora Aunor – Thy Womb Cho Min-soo – Pietà Golshifteh Farahani – The Patience Stone Gwei Lun-mei – Girlfriend, Boyfriend Hao Lei – Mystery
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Ha Jung-woo – Ryo Kase – Like Someone in Love Chapman To – Diva Rhydian Vaughan – Girlfriend, Boyfriend	Makiko Watanabe – Capturing Dad Jun Ji-hyun – The Thieves Kim Hye-soo – The Thieves Lee Lieh – Together Qin Lan – The Last Supper
Best Newcomer	Best Screenwriter
Qi Xi – Mystery Jian Man-shu – When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep Higashide Masahiro – The Kirishima Thing Huang Yu-siang – Touch of the Light Kim Sung-kyun –	Mei Feng, Yu Fan & Lou Ye – Mystery Anand Gandhi – Ship of Theseus Kōhei Kiyasu & Yoshida Daihachi – The Kirishima Thing Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan & Yu Xi – Drug War / Yoon Jong-bin –
Best Cinematographer	Best Production Designer
Touraj Aslani – Rhino Season / Choi Young-hwan – The Thieves Rajeev Ravi – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 Yanagijima Katsumi – Like Someone in Love Zhang Li & Ma Cheng – The Last Supper	Bahman Ghobadi & Ali Daryai – Rhino Season / Cho Hwa-sung – Wasiq Khan – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 Man Lim-Chung – The Silent War – / Yee Chung-man & Eric Lam Chi-ki – The Last Tycoon /
Best Composer	Best Editor
Pritam Chakraborty – Barfi! Jo Yeong-wook – Peyman Yazdanian & Jóhann Jóhannsson – Mystery Keiichi Suzuki – Outrage Beyond Ueno Koji – The Floating Castle	Kusakabe Mototaka – The Kirishima Thing Takeshi Kitano & Ohta Yoshinori – Outrage Beyond Valerie Loiseleux – Rhino Season / David Richardson & Allen Leung – Drug War / Shin Min-kyung – The Thieves
Best Visual Effects	Best Costume Designer
Farbod Khoshtinat – Rhino Season / Chas Chau, Lewis Chan, Benson Poon & Johnny Lin – When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep Kwak Tae-yong, Hwang Hyo-kyun, Lim Jung-hoon – Doomsday Book Lee In-ho, Je Young-ho – Soar into the Sun Onoue Katsuro, Oya Tetsuo, Sato Atsuki & Tsujino Minami – The Floating Castle	Man Lim-chung – The Silent War / Chen Xue-bing & Zhong Jia-ni – The Last Supper Jessie Dai Mei-ling & Chan Chi-man – The Last Tycoon / Kwak Jung-ae – A Werewolf Boy Otsuka Mitsuru, Matsunaga Kazuta & Inamura Akihiko – The Floating Castle

Special awards

Excellence in Asian Cinema Award

• Michelle Yeoh

The Asian Film Award for 2012’s Top Grossing Asian Film

• Lost in Thailand

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gangster, Mystery top AFA nominations. Patrick Frater. 2013-01-16. 2013-01-23. Film Business Asia.
2. Web site: 7th Asian Film Awards 2013 – Media Coverage and Winners List. Andrew Chan. 2013-03-25. 2013-03-25. HK Neo Reviews.
3. Web site: 7th Asian Film Awards Nominees and Winners - Complete List . January 16, 2013 . osuchin.info . Asian Film Awards . March 25, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130323053402/http://www.osuchin.info/2013/01/7th-asian-film-awards-nominees-winners.html . 2013-03-23 . dead .
4. Web site: 7th AFA Nominees and Winners . . March 25, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530131230/http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/category/nominees-and-winners/7th-afa-nominees-and-winners/ . 2013-05-30 . dead .
5. Web site: 7th – Asian Film Awards Academy . . October 26, 2023 . October 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231026082451/https://www.afa-academy.com/awards/7th/ . live.