The 17th Asian Film Awards has come to an end!
Hamaguchi Ryusuke's "Evil Does Not Exist" won the best film, Kore-eda Hirokazu won the best director for " monster ", Yakusho Koji and Jiang Qinqin won the best actor and actress, Zhang Yimou won the Lifetime Achievement Award, Zhao Liying won the AFA New Generation Award.
For Kore-eda Hirokazu, this is his third time winning the Asian Film Awards for Best Director.
has previously won the Best Director Award at the 3rd and 16th Asian Film Awards for "" and "The Broker". Now he is well-deserved to win this award for the third time.
Jiang Qinqin won the Asian Film Award for Best Actress for "The World of Grass and Trees".
At this year's Asian Film Awards, Jiang Qinqin was not only the award presenter, but also the Best Actress. This made her so excited that she shed tears on the stage. When
gave her acceptance speech, she did not expect it. She even said that director Gu Xiaogang spent all his money to make this movie.
When he said these words, the director Gu Xiaogang in the audience also covered his face and cried bitterly. It can be imagined that he devoted himself to this movie, just as Jiang Qinqin said, he gave it all.
Of course, Jiang Qinqin did not forget to thank her husband Chen Jianbin in the end. Moreover, her husband Chen Jianbin also starred in this film, and even blew a kiss to express his love.
"The World of Grass and Trees" tells the story of Moss Flower, who makes a living by picking tea in Hangzhou, and unfortunately falls into a fraud organization. His son Mu Lian, who is about to graduate from college, tries every means to save his mother.
This film was previously screened at the 36th Tokyo It premiered in the main competition section of the film festival. Not only was it shortlisted for the main competition section, but it also won the Akira Kurosawa Award. Now it has won the Best Actress Award at the Asian Film Awards. Although the film has not yet been released, people are already looking forward to it. It's endless.
For Jiang Qinqin, her performance has always been reassuring. Previously, she won the 23rd China TV Golden Eagle Award for the Most Popular Actress and the Audience's Favorite TV Series Actress for the first time with "Qiao's Courtyard" Actor, and the Outstanding Actress Award at the 26th China TV Drama Feitian Awards. Later, she won the Best Actress Award at the first Macau International Film Festival Golden Sheep Award for the movie " a spoon " and the 11th "Tokyo International Film Festival·China" Film Week" Best Actress Award.
Zhang Yimou won the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the film "Man Jiang Hong " directed by him also won the highest-grossing Asian Film Award in 2023.
Standing on the podium, Zhang Yimou said that his debut was not too big Earlier, he entered the film department of Beijing Film Academy at the age of 28 and directed his first film at the age of 38. Now that he has won this award, it is not the end, but the starting point.
He said he was surprised by the box office performance of "Man Jiang Hong" I am also very excited. The box office also reflects that many viewers like this movie. The reason why this movie is liked by everyone is the result of all the elements including photography, art, sound recording and so on.
received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Generally speaking, this is the 11th Lifetime Achievement Award that Zhang Yimou has received. Although
is already over 70 years old, he is obviously still able to fight and is as strong as ever. In the Spring Festival that just passed, the movie " Second" directed by Zhang Yimou "Shitiao" once again reaped both word-of-mouth and box office success. Although the film was not optimistic at the beginning, it unexpectedly fell all the way and won the single-day box office championship for many consecutive days. Now the box office has exceeded 2.3 billion, becoming Zhang Yimou The second highest-grossing film among the directed films.
entered the Spring Festival for the third time. It can be seen that Zhang Yimou has a more sophisticated grasp of the market. Although Zhang Yimou has been very productive in recent years, it is also of low quality. In the past six years, Zhang Yimou has He has made six films, namely " One Second ", " Solid as a Rock ", "Sniper", "Above the Cliff", "Riverside" and "Article 20".
These films not only won many awards, but also The box office is also constantly setting new highs.
Especially "Man Jiang Hong", which took over 4.5 billion in box office, became the domestic box office champion in 2023, and Zhang Yimou also became the director with the highest box office in 2023.
In recent years, Zhang Yimou has not only been very productive, but also has a variety of genres and styles, constantly challenging breakthroughs and trying innovations.
Zhang Yimou once said, "As long as conditions permit, I am willing to keep working hard and keep filming for our audience and our era."
Looking at it now, he is not only talking, but also putting it into action. While making movies, I also entered into TV series. Although
is 73 years old, his spirit is obviously worth learning by everyone, and it is even more admirable.
In addition, at the 17th Asian Film Awards, Zhao Liying also won the Asian Film Awards AFA New Generation Award.
And Zhao Liying also participated in Zhang Yimou's new movie "Article 20".
On the red carpet, Zhao Liying also expressed that she wanted to continue to cooperate with director Zhang Yimou, and also wanted to try a different role than before.
Although she is the queen of ratings hits, Zhao Liying is not satisfied. She has already embarked on the road of transformation, constantly improving herself, polishing her acting skills, and bringing excellent works to the public.
is now back on the big screen, which is even more impressive.
This time she challenged a hearing-impaired person, with no lines and not many roles, but she conquered the audience with her superb acting skills, once again letting people see her potential and plasticity.
Zhao Liying, who was on the podium, also said, "This honor is an incentive. It encourages me to film and perform well, and I will have the opportunity to participate in more good movies."
She has proven herself on the small screen, and also on the big screen. I have already been involved in it, and now I want to get higher recognition on the big screen. This award is undoubtedly a new beginning.
Just as the awards presenter Yu Dong said her most heroic words when introducing Zhao Liying, "I have no backer, I am just a mountain. I don't have the world, so I will conquer the world by myself!"
On the night of the Asian Film Awards, Domestic films and filmmakers have gained a lot. In the past year, from China to Asia as a whole, the film market has fully recovered, and there are constant masterpieces. Now in the new year, I believe it will get better and better!
