The 11th annual Asian Film Awards (AFA)

Tadanobu ASANO wins Best Actor Award and
Tetsuo OHYA receives Best Visual Effects Award
at the11th Asian Film Awards
Organized by the Tokyo, Busan and Hong Kong International Film Festivals

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The 11th annual Asian Film Awards (AFA)  took place at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Kowloon, 　    Hong Kong on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The awards ceremony is hosted every year by the Asian  Film Awards Academy (AFAA), which consists of three major international film festivals in Asia, the  Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), the Busan International Film Festival and the Hong Kong      International Film Festival.

 Many nominees from Japan were on hand for the event, including director Koji FUKADA and actor  Tadanobu ASANO from Harmonium, actress Atsuko MAEDA (The Mohican Comes Home) and actor  Takara SAKUMOTO (Rage).

 Tetsuo OHYA received the Best Visual Effects Award for his work in Shin Godzilla and Tadanobu  ASANO won the Best Actor Award Award for his role in Harmonium, and expressed his happiness and  thanks in English from the stage.

 The Best Film Award was given to I Am Not Madame Bovary, directed by FENG Xiaogang.
 Internationally acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker TSUI Hark received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

 For the full winners list, please refer to the next page.

 The 11th AFA attracted participants from all over Asia, and was a great success.