Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” was Sunday night named as the perfect image on the Asian Movie Awards.

The seventeenth version of the prizes was held on the Xiqu Centre, a part of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.

Whereas “Evil Does Not Exist” and Korean blockbuster “12.12: The Day” had dominated the nominations with six every, together with these in the perfect movie class, the prizes on Sunday had been rather more evenly distributed. No title collected greater than two prizes.

Exterior, crowds did not be muted by the March drizzle, although VIP friends got escorts with purple umbrellas.

Filmmaker and trade attendance was additionally sturdy. These noticed on the crimson carpet and pre-event cocktails included: Lee Yong Kwan (former chair of the Busan movie competition), Tom Yoda, Udine competition heads Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, Anthony Chen, Stanley Kwan, Rina Damayanti, Hong Kong distributor Winnie Tsang, Andrew Lau, Mabel Cheung.

Chinese language celebrity Fan Bingbing made an unannounced look on stage to current the perfect actor award — which she accurately described as probably the most aggressive — to Yakusho Koji, who gained the identical award in Cannes final yr for the Wim Wenders-directed “Good Days.”

The AFAs kicked off a month of frantic movie exercise in Hong Kong. They preceded Hong Kong FilMart, the most important movie rights market in Asia, and the HAF movie undertaking market. On the finish of the month Hong Kong Worldwide Movie Pageant will swing into motion.

ASIAN FILM AWARDS 2024 WINNERS

Greatest Movie
“12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
WINNER: “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
“Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)
“Good Days” (Japan)
“Snow Leopard” (China)

Greatest Director
KIM Sung-soo for “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
GU Xiaogang for “Dwelling by the West Lake” (China)
HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
WINNER: KORE-EDA Hirokazu for “Monster” (Japan)
Prasanna VITHANAGE for “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)

Greatest New Director
Khagvadulam PUREV-OCHIR for “Metropolis of Wind” (France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar, Germany)
PHAM THIEN An for “Contained in the Yellow Cocoon Shell” (Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain)
Dominic SANGMA for “Rapture” (India, China, Switzerland, Qatar, Netherlands)
Amanda Nell EU for “Tiger Stripes” (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar)
WINNER: Nick CHEUK for “Time Nonetheless Turns the Pages” (Hong Kong)

Greatest Actor
HWANG Jung-min in “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
WU Kang-Ren in “Abang Adik” (Malaysia)
SHEN Teng in “Full River Crimson” (China)
WINNER: YAKUSHO Koji in “Good Days” (Japan)

Tony LEUNG Chiu Wai in “The Goldfinger” (Hong Kong, China)

Greatest Actress
WINNER: JIANG Qinqin in “Dwelling by the West Lake” (China)
JUNG Yu-mi in “Sleep” (South Korea)
ZHOU Dongyu in “The Breaking Ice” (China, Singapore)
Audrey LIN in “Hassle Lady” (Taiwan)
KIKUCHI Rinko in “658km Yoko” (Japan)

Greatest Supporting Actor
WINNER: PARK Hoon in “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
Jack TAN in “Abang Adik” (Malaysia)
NAKAMURA Shido in “Kubi” (Japan)
PARK Jung-min in “Smugglers” (South Korea)
Sean WONG in “Time Nonetheless Turns the Pages” (Hong Kong)

Greatest Supporting Actress
HAMABE Minami in “Godzilla Minus One” (Japan)
WINNER: Rachel LEUNG in “In Broad Daylight” (Hong Kong)
TSUTSUI Mariko in “Final Shadow at First Gentle” (Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, The Philippines, Indonesia)
GO Min-si in “Smugglers” (South Korea)
WAN Fang in “Snow in Midsummer” (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)

Greatest Newcomer
WINNER: Tergel Daring-Erdene in “Metropolis of Wind” (Mongolia, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar, Germany)
Awat RATANAPINTHA in “Doi Boy” (Thailand, Cambodia)
Yoyo TSE in “Fly Me to the Moon” (Hong Kong)
WANG Yibo in “Hidden Blade” (China)
SHIRATA Mihaya in “Final Shadow at First Gentle” (Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, The Philippines, Indonesia)

Greatest Screenplay
HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
SAKAMOTO Yuji for “Monster”
Prasanna VITHANAGE and Anushka SENANAYAKE for “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)
Jason YU for “Sleep” (South Korea)
WINNER: Pema Tseden for “Snow Leopard” (China)

Greatest Modifying
WINNER: KIM Sang-bum for “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke, and YAMAZAKI Azusa for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
Matthieu LACLAU for “Solely the River Flows” (China)
A. Sreekar PRASAD for “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)
Nick CHEUK, Keith CHAN Hiu Chun for “Time Nonetheless Turns the Pages” (Hong Kong)

Greatest Cinematography
LEE Mo-gae for “12.12: The Day” (South Korea)
KITAGAWA Yoshio for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
CHENGMA Zhiyuan for “Solely the River Flows” (China)
Azamat DULATOV for “Qas” (Kazakhstan)
WINNER: Matthias DELVAUX for “Snow Leopard” (China)

Greatest Unique Music
UMEBAYASHI Shigeru for “Dwelling by the West Lake” (China)
WINNER: ISHIBASHI Eiko for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)
Akmaral MERGEN for “Qas” (Kazakhstan)
Anon Ch Momin for “Rapture” (India, China, Switzerland, Qatar, Netherlands)
LEE Dong-june for “1947 Highway to Boston” (South Korea)

Greatest Costume Design
Tim YIP for “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” (China)
KUROSAWA Kazuko for “Kubi” (Japan)
YOON Jung-hee for “Smugglers” (South Korea)
Elaine NG for “Snow in Midsummer” (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore)
Winner: MAN Lim Chung for “The Goldfinger” (Hong Kong, China)

Greatest Manufacturing Design
CHO Hwa-sung for “Concrete Utopia” (South Korea)
MITSUMATSU Keiko for “Monster” (Japan)
ZHANG Menglun for “Solely the River Flows” (China)
Daktse Drundrup for “Snow Leopard” (China)
WINNER: Eric LAM for “The Goldfinger” (Hong Kong, China)

Greatest Visible Results
EUN Jae-hyun for “Concrete Utopia” (South Korea)
Douglas Hans SMITH for “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” (China)
Winner: YAMAZAKI Takashi, SHIBUYA Kiyoko, TAKAHASHI Masaki, NOJIMA Tatsuji for “Godzilla Minus One” (Japan)
JIN Jong-Hyun for “The Moon” (South Korea)
Allen WEI, Ahdee CHIU, DING Yanlai, Eric XU for “The Wandering Earth II” (China)

Greatest Sound
KIM Hyun-sang for “Concrete Utopia” (South Korea)
YANG Jiang, ZHAO Nan for “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” (China)
WINNER: INOUE Natsuko for “Godzilla Minus One” (Japan)
Vuong Gia Bao, Xander TOH for “Contained in the Yellow Cocoon Shell” (Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain)
TU Duu-Chih, WU Shu-Yao for “Snow in Midsummer” (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore).

AFA Subsequent Era Award

WINNER: ZHAO Liying, actor (China)

Excellence in Asian Cinema

LEE Younger-ae, actor (Korea) and SUZUKI Ryuhei, actor (Japan)

Asia Rising Star Award:

Win Metawin, actor (Thailand)

Highest Grossing Asian Movie: “Full River Crimson” dir. ZHANG Yimou (China)

Lifetime Achievement Award: ZHANG Yimou, director (China)