15th Asian Film Awards

The 15th Asian Film Awards was held on October 8, 2021, in Busan at Haeundae. Like 2020 edition it was staged with the 26th Busan International Film Festival in hybrid format that combines online and face-to-face participation. The award show was hosted by actress Kim Gyu-ri and broadcaster Lee Seung-guk.

In 15th edition of Asian Film Awards, 36 films from 8 Asian regions competed for 16 awards. Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Wife of a Spy (2020) won the best picture award at the ceremony streamed live on YouTube and Naver.

Nomination committee

 * Edmund LEE 🇭🇰 - South China Morning Post Film Editor
 * ICHIYAMA Shozo 🇯🇵 - Programming Director, Tokyo International Film Festival
 * JEONG Yeong-beom 🇰🇷 - President, Star J Entertainment
 * Kiki FUNG 🇭🇰 - Hong Kong International Film Festival Programme Consultant
 * DAN Kyoko 🇯🇵 - Film Coordinator, Marketing Consultant
 * ONDA Yasuko 🇯🇵 - Staff Writer, Yomiuri Newspaper
 * SHAN Dongbing 🇨🇳 - Managing Director, Delight Consultancy
 * Alex JIA 🇨🇳 - Vice President & CCO, WD Pictures
 * PARK Sun-young 🇰🇷 - Busan International Film Festival Programmer for Asian Cinema

Jury

 * Lee Chang-dong 🇰🇷 as Jury President - Director and writer
 * NAM Dong-chul 🇰🇷 - Busan International Film Festival Program Director, author of the Korean Film Weekly Cine 21
 * Janet WU Yanyan 🇨🇳 - Director, China Film Foundation – WuTianMing Film Fund for Young Talents
 * Jennifer JAO 🇹🇼 - Vice Chairman and Director, Taipei Film Commission
 * ISHIZAKA Kenji 🇯🇵 - Senior Programmer, Tokyo International Film Festival
 * Sabrina BARACETTI 🇮🇹 - President, Udine Far East Film Festival and Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche
 * Jacob WONG 🇭🇰 - Director, Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum, HKIFFS, Delegate for mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong of the Berlinale
 * Briccio SANTOS 🇵🇭 - President, Film ASEAN

Awards and nominations
Complete list of nominees:

Source Awardees:

Films with multiple nominations
The following films received multiple nominations: