# 13th Asian Film Awards

The 13th Asian Film Awards are the 2019 edition of the Asian Film Awards. The ceremony was held on March 17, 2019, at the TVB City in Hong Kong.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Shoplifters Burning Dying to Survive Jinpa Sanju | Lee Chang-dong – Burning Pema Tseden – Jinpa Rajkumar Hirani – Sanju Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters Fruit Chan – Three Husbands |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Kōji Yakusho – The Blood of Wolves Yoo Ah-in – Burning Xu Zheng – Dying to Survive Aaron Kwok – Project Gutenberg Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju | Samal Yeslyamova – Ayka Zhao Tao – Ash Is Purest White Han Ji-min – Miss Baek Sakura Ando – Shoplifters Chloe Maayan – Three Husbands |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| ZHANG Yu – Dying to Survive Kwon Hae-hyo – Hotel by the River Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing Vicky Kaushal – Sanju River Huang – Tracey | Kara Hui – Tracey Jin Seo-yeon – Believer Ding Ning – Cities of Last Things Xu Qing – Hidden Man Mayu Matsuoka – Shoplifters |
| Best New Director | Best Newcomer |
| Oliver Siu Kuen Chan – Still Human Yeo Siew Hua – A Land Imagined Rima Das – Bulbul Can Sing Phuttiphong Aroonpheng – Manta Ray Shinichirou Ueda – One Cut of the Dead Bai Xue – The Crossing | Huang Jingyu – Operation Red Sea Erika Karata – Asako I & II Jeon Jong-seo – Burning Zhang Ying Xie – Cities of Last Things HUANG Yao – The Crossing Peter Chan – Three Husbands |
| Best Screenplay | Best Editing |
| Jia Zhangke – Ash Is Purest White Oh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-dong – Burning Han Jianü, Zhong Wei, Wen Muye – Dying to Survive Felix Chong – Project Gutenberg Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi – Sanju | Shinya Tsukamoto – Killing Choi Chi Hung, Lam Chi Hang – Operation Red Sea Curran Pang – Project Gutenberg Zhou Xiaolin – Shadow Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum – The Spy Gone North |
| Best Cinematography | Best Original Music |
| Zhao Xiaoding – Shadow Hong Kyung-pyo – Burning Songye Lu – Jinpa Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit – Manta Ray Pankaj Kumar – Tumbbad | Haruomi Hosono – Shoplifters Dalpalan – Believer Lim Giong, Point Hsu – Jinpa A. R. Rahman, Atul Raninga, Sanjay Wandrekar – Sanju Loudboy – Shadow |
| Best Costume Designer | Best Production Design |
| Chen Minzheng – Shadow Dong Zhongmin, Uma Wang, Shuping Zhang – Hidden Man Lim Chung Man – Project Gutenberg Kazuhiro Sawataishi – Punk Samurai Slash Down Chae Kyung-hwa – The Spy Gone North | Horace Ma – Shadow Shin Jeom-hee – Burning Liu Qing – Hidden Man Keiko Mitsumatsu – Shoplifters Rakesh Yadav, Nitin Zihani Choudhary – Tumbbad |
| Best Visual Effects | Best Sound |
| Alex Lim Hung-Fung – Project Gutenberg Srinivas Mohan – 2.0 Wang Shaoshuai, Yang Yuejuan – Hidden Man Lee In-ho, Kang Tae-gyun – Operation Red Sea Katsuro Onoue – Punk Samurai Slash Down | Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan – Shadow Resul Pookutty, Amrit Pritam – 2.0 Lee Seung-chul – Burning Masaya Kitada – Killing Nopawat Likitwong, Sarunyu Nurnsai – Operation Red Sea |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | 2018 Highest Grossing Asian Film |
| Lee Chang-dong | Operation Red Sea |
| Excellence in Asian Cinema Award | AFA Next Generation Award |
| Yakusho Koji | Kim Jae-joong |