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2025 Asian Film Awards Nominations – Here Is The Full List

Looking for a complete list of nominees in the categories of best films, best actor, best actress, and best director, among others at the 18th Asian Film Awards? Your search ends here.

by Parvathy Ananthanarayanan
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All We Imagine As Light Team

Did you know that the 18th Asian Film Awards, which is Asia’s reputed cinema celebration has nominated South Korea’s horror hit Exhuma in 11 nomination categories? Well, check out the complete list of the awards’ 2025 nominees and also find out the reason for Exhuma taking center stage. For the unversed, directed by Jang Jae-hyun, this supernatural thriller has taken the interest of the audiences with its mix of feng shui and shamanistic traditions. Looks like a haunting tale of an ominous grave, isn’t it? Probably that’s one of the reasons that this critically acclaimed box office sensation, Exhuma even went on to become South Korea’s highest-grossing film of the year. Check out more about the Exhuma movie being listed in important categories and also which other films have been recognized in the Asian Film Awards 2025.

Here’s the list of 2025 Asian Film Award nominees:

BEST FILM

  • All We Imagine as Light (India, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
  • Black Dog (Mainland China)
  • Exhuma (South Korea)
  • Teki Cometh (Japan)
  • Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (Hong Kong)

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light
  • Guan Hu – Black Dog
  • Jang Jae-hyun – Exhuma
  • Rithy Panh – Meeting With Pol Pot
  • Yoshida Daihachi – Teki Cometh

BEST ACTOR

  • Eddie Peng – Black Dog
  • Choi Min-sik – Exhuma
  • Sean Lau – Papa
  • Nagatsuka Kyozo – Teki Cometh
  • Michael Hui – The Last Dance

BEST ACTRESS

  • Kani Kusruti – All We Imagine as Light
  • Sylvia Chang – Daughter’s Daughter
  • Kawai Yuumi – Desert of Namibia
  • Kim Go-eun – Exhuma
  • Shahana Goswami – Santosh

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Mitsuishi Ken – All the Long Nights
  • Ikematsu Sosuke – My Sunshine
  • Lee Kang-sheng – Stranger Eyes
  • Chu Pak Hong – The Last Dance
  • Philip Ng – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Maggie Li Lin Lin – All Shall Be Well
  • Divya Prabha – All We Imagine as Light
  • Lim Ji-yeon – Revolver
  • Takiuchi Kumi – Teki Cometh
  • Yang Kuei-Mei – Yen and Ai-Lee

BEST NEW DIRECTOR

  • Yamanaka Yoko – Desert of Namibia
  • Sora Neo – Happyend
  • Dong Zijian – My Friend An Delie
  • Sandhya Suri – Santosh
  • Truong Minh Quý – Viêt and Nam

BEST NEWCOMER

  • Lee Do-hyun – Exhuma
  • Kurihara Hayato – Happyend
  • Putthipong Assaratanakul – How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
  • Dylan So – Papa
  • Duy Bao Dinh Dao – Viêt and Nam

BEST SCREENPLAY

  • Wada Kiyoto, Miyake Sho – All the Long Nights
  • Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light
  • Jang Jae-hyun – Exhuma
  • Pierre Erwan Guillaume, Rithy Panh – Meeting With Pol Pot
  • Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • Yang Donglin – A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
  • Choi Yoon-sun – Exhuma
  • Dorjee Dradhul Gurung – Shambhala
  • Miyamoto Mari – Teki Cometh
  • Bruce Yu, Karen Yip – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • Huo Tingxiao, Li Chang – Black Dog
  • Pham Phong Lan – Don’t Cry, Butterfly
  • Seo Sung-kyung – Exhuma
  • Hayashida Yuji – The Box Man
  • Kenneth Mak, Chau Sai Hung Ambrose – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

BEST EDITING

  • Clément Pinteaux – All We Imagine as Light
  • Rithy Panh, Matthieu Laclau – Meeting With Pol Pot
  • William Chang Suk Ping – My Friend An Delie
  • Jojo Shek – Papa
  • Cheung Ka Fai – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Hong Kyeong-pyo – Harbin
  • Lv Songye – My Friend An Delie
  • Aziz Zhambakiyev – Shambhala
  • Shinomiya Hidetoshi – Teki Cometh
  • Cheng Siu Keung – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

  • Hi’Spec – All the Long Nights
  • Kim Tae-sung – Exhuma
  • Katsumoto Michiaki – The Box Man
  • Chu Wan Pin – The Last Dance
  • Kawai Kenji – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Danny Yin – Black Dog
  • Sato Fumiro, Kobari Yasuhiro – Black Ox
  • Tomi Kuo, Chiu Chun-Yi – Dead Talents Society
  • Kim Shin-chul, Daniel Son – Exhuma
  • Lin Chun Yue Jules, Ma Siu Fu, Garrett K Lam, Yee Kwok Leung – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

BEST SOUND

  • Zurab Kurmanbayev – Cadet
  • Kim Byung-in – Exhuma
  • Tu Duu-Chih, Tu Tse-Kang – Stranger Eyes
  • Yiu Chun Hin, Cheung Man Hoi, To Burnard Davy – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
  • Vincent Villa – Viêt and Nam

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