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‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards


Hamaguchi Ryusuke's pre-ceremony favorite 'Evil Does Not Exist' prevailed at the Asian Film Awards, which were otherwise evenly spread.

Best NewcomerWINNER: Tergel Bold-Erdene in “City of Wind” (Mongolia, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Qatar, Germany) Awat RATANAPINTHA in “Doi Boy” (Thailand, Cambodia)Yoyo TSE in “Fly Me to the Moon” (Hong Kong)WANG Yibo in “Hidden Blade” (China)SHIRATA Mihaya in “Last Shadow at First Light” (Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, The Philippines, Indonesia) Best Screenplay HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)SAKAMOTO Yuji for “Monster”Prasanna VITHANAGE and Anushka SENANAYAKE for “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)Jason YU for “Sleep” (South Korea) WINNER: Pema Tseden for “Snow Leopard” (China) Best EditingWINNER: KIM Sang-bum for “12.12: The Day” (South Korea) HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke, and YAMAZAKI Azusa for “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan)Matthieu LACLAU for “Only the River Flows” (China)A. Sreekar PRASAD for “Paradise” (Sri Lanka, India)Nick CHEUK, Keith CHAN Hiu Chun for “Time Still Turns the Pages” (Hong Kong)

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