‘All We Imagine As Light’ Takes Top Honors At Asian Film Awards; Japanese Filmmaker Daihachi Yoshida Wins Best Director For ‘Teki Cometh’
deadline.comAll We Imagine As Light took home top honors at the 18th Asian Film Awards (AFA), winning the Best Film prize. Held at the Grand Theatre at the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong, this year’s AFA selection was overseen by legendary Hong Kong actor and AFA jury president Sammo Hung. “It is a special thing to win this award in Hong Kong, which is also a special place for cinema,” said All We Imagine As Light director Payal Kapadia. “Filmmaking is so challenging.
Every film that gets made is a prize. To find the financing and the right collaborators, to keep the vision intact, even distributing the movie — everything is a challenge.
But doing it with a wonderful crew makes everything easier.” Japanese filmmaker Daihachi Yoshida won Best Director for black-and-white absurdist comedy Teki Cometh.
Sean Lau won Best Actor for his role in Papa, directed by Philip Yung. Best Actress went to India’s Shahana Goswami from Santosh.
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