# Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer

Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer has been awarded annually since 2009 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| 2009 | Yu Shaoqun | Forever Enthralled | simplified Chinese: 梅兰芳; traditional Chinese: 梅蘭芳 |
| 2009 | Matsuda Shota | Boys Over Flowers: the Movie | Japanese: 花より男子ファイナル (Hana yori dango: Fainaru) |
| 2009 | Sandrine Pinna | Miao Miao | Chinese: 渺渺 |
| 2009 | So Ji-sub | Rough Cut | Korean: 영화는 영화다 |
| 2009 | Xu Jiao | CJ7 | traditional Chinese: 長江七號; simplified Chinese: 长江七号 |
| 2009 | Yanin Vismistananda | Chocolate | Thai: ช็อคโกแลต |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| 2010 | Ng Meng Hui | At the End of Daybreak | 心魔 Sham Moh |
| 2010 | Sonam Kapoor | Delhi 6 | |
| 2010 | Kim Sae-ron | A Brand New Life | |
| 2010 | Li Yuchun | Bodyguards and Assassins | |
| 2010 | Zhu Xuan | Prince of Tears | |
| 2011 | / Mark Chao | Monga | |
| 2011 | Aarif Lee | Echoes of the Rainbow | |
| 2011 | Omkar Das Manikpuri | Peepli Live | |
| 2011 | Choi Seung-hyun (T.O.P) | 71: Into the Fire | |
| 2011 | Zhou Dongyu | Under the Hawthorn Tree | |
| 2012 | Ni Ni | The Flowers of War | |
| 2012 | Ko Chen-tung | You Are the Apple of My Eye | |
| 2012 | Eric Lin Hui-min | Starry Starry Night | |
| 2012 | Maeda Ohshiro | I Wish | 奇跡 |
| 2012 | Gita Novalista | The Mirror Never Lies | |
| 2013 | Qi Xi | Mystery | |
| 2013 | Jian Man-shu | When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep | |
| 2013 | Higashide Masahiro | The Kirishima Thing | 桐島、部活やめるってよ |
| 2013 | Huang Yu-siang | Touch of the Light | |
| 2013 | Kim Sung-kyun | Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | |
| 2014 | Jiang Shuying | So Young | 致我们终将逝去的青春 |
| 2014 | Babyjohn Choi | The Way We Dance | 狂舞派 |
| 2014 | Misaki Kinoshita | The Backwater | 共喰い Tomogui |
| 2014 | Keita Ninomiya | Like Father, Like Son | そして父になる Soshite Chichi ni Naru |
| 2014 | Yim Si-wan | The Attorney | 변호인 Byeonhoin |
| 2015 | Zhang Huiwen | Coming Home | 歸來 |
| 2015 | Zhan Huai-yun | Meeting Dr. Sun | 行動代號　孫中山 |
| 2015 | Do Kyung-soo | Cart | 카트 Kateu |
| 2015 | Hiroomi Tosaka | Hot Road | ホットロード |
| 2015 | Ivana Wong | Golden Chickensss | 金雞SSS |
| 2016 | Jessie Li | Port of Call | 踏血尋梅 |
| 2016 | Kim Seol-hyun | Gangnam Blues | 강남 1970 |
| 2016 | Lee Hong-chi | Thanatos, Drunk | 醉.生夢死 |
| 2016 | Ryōko Fujino | Solomon's Perjury | ソロモンの偽証 |
| 2016 | Vicky Kaushal | Masaan | |
| 2016 | Waruntorn Paonil | Snap | |
| 2017 | Kim Tae-ri | The Handmaiden | 아가씨 |
| 2017 | Takara Sakumoto | Rage | 怒り |
| 2017 | Firdaus Rahman | Apprentice | |
| 2017 | Tony Wu | Weeds on Fire | 點五步 |
| 2017 | Lin Yun | The Mermaid | 美人鱼 |
| 2018 | Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying | Bad Genius | ฉลาดเกมส์โกง |
| 2018 | Zhou Meijun | Angels Wear White | 嘉年华 |
| 2018 | Im Yoon-ah | Confidential Assignment | 공조 |
| 2018 | Ling Man-lung | Tomorrow Is Another Day | 黃金花 |
| 2018 | Akari Kinoshita | Wilderness | あゝ、荒野 |
| 2018 | Elane Zhong | Youth | 芳华 |
| 2019 | Huang Jingyu | Operation Red Sea | 红海行动 |
| 2019 | Erika Karata | Asako I & II | 寝ても覚めても |
| 2019 | Jeon Jong-seo | Burning | 버닝 |
| 2019 | Zhang Ying Xie | Cities of Last Things | 幸福城市 |
| 2019 | HUANG Yao | The Crossing | |
| 2019 | Peter Chan | Three Husbands | 三夫 |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
| 2020 | Jackson Yee | Better Days | 少年的你 |
| 2020 | Fandy Fan | We Are Champions [zh] | 下半場 |
| 2020 | Anong Houngheuangsy | Days | 日子 |
| 2020 | Kim Hye-jun | Another Child | 미성년 |
| 2020 | Sakurako Konishi | First Love | 初恋 |
| 2021 | Liu Haocun | One Second | 秒钟 |
| 2021 | Gong Seung-yeon | Aloners | 혼자 사는 사람들 |
| 2021 | Misaki Hattori | Midnight Swan | ミッドナイトスワン |
| 2021 | Rouhollah Zamani | Sun Children | خورشید |
| 2021 | Buffy Chen | The Silent Forest | 無聲 |
| 2022 | Mak Pui Tung | The Sparring Partner | 正義迴廊 |
| 2022 | Lee Ji-eun | Broker | 브로커 |
| 2022 | Louise Wong | Anita | 梅艷芳 |
| 2022 | Yang En You | Lighting Up the Stars | 人生大事 |
| 2022 | Park Ji-min | Return to Seoul | Retour à Séoul |