Asia-Pacific Film Festival

Opening event of the 22nd Asia Pacific Film Festival held at the Busan Civic Center in 1976

The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (abbreviated APFF) is an annual film festival hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific.^[1] The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954.^[2][3]

History[]

The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954 as the Southeast Asian Film Festival. In addition to Japan, Hong Kong, the Federation of Malaya, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand participated. The festival was subsequently held in a different country each year, and its name was changed to the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.^[4]

Best Film winners[]

Year	Film	Country	Ref.
1994	Eat Drink Man Woman	Taiwan	[5]
1995	Siao Yu	Taiwan	[6]
1996	A Petal	South Korea	[7]
1997	Such a Life	Taiwan	[8]
1998	Daun di Atas Bantal	Indonesia	[9]
1999	Nang Nak	Thailand	[10]
2000	Sandy Lives	Vietnam	[11]
2001	What Time Is It There?	Taiwan	[12]
2002	Inochi	Japan	[13]
2003	A Little Monk	South Korea	[14]
2004	Taipai 21	Taiwan	[15]
2005	Taegukgi	South Korea	[16]
2006	The Unwanted Woman	Iran	[17]
2007	—	—	[18]
2008	—	—
2009	Rainbow Troops	Indonesia	[19]
2010
2011	Janala	India	[20]
2012	Life Without Principle	Hong Kong	[21]
2013	Like Father, Like Son	Japan	[22]
2014	—	—	[23]
2015	—	—	[24]
2016	—	—
2017	The Unnamed	Bangladesh	[25]
2018
2019
2020	Guang	Malaysia	[26]
"—" denotes festival was not held that year.

References[]

External links[]

• Asia-Pacific Film Festival on IMDb

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