Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer

Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer has been awarded annually since 2009 by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

Asian Film Awards for Best Newcomer
Awarded for	Best performance in Asian Cinema by a Newcomer
Presented by	Hong Kong International Film Festival Society
First award	2007
Final award	2022
Winner (2022)	Mak Pui Tung (Hong Kong)
Website	www.asianfilmawards.asia
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Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
2009[1]	Yu Shaoqun	Forever Enthralled	simplified Chinese: 梅兰芳; traditional Chinese: 梅蘭芳
	Matsuda Shota	Boys Over Flowers: the Movie	Japanese: 花より男子ファイナル (Hana yori dango: Fainaru)
	Sandrine Pinna	Miao Miao	Chinese: 渺渺
	So Ji-sub	Rough Cut	Korean: 영화는 영화다
	Xu Jiao	CJ7	traditional Chinese: 長江七號; simplified Chinese: 长江七号
	Yanin Vismistananda	Chocolate	Thai: ช็อคโกแลต

2010s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
2010	Ng Meng Hui	At the End of Daybreak	心魔 Sham Moh
	Sonam Kapoor	Delhi 6
	Kim Sae-ron	A Brand New Life	여행자
	Li Yuchun	Bodyguards and Assassins
	Zhu Xuan	Prince of Tears
2011	/ Mark Chao	Monga
	Aarif Lee	Echoes of the Rainbow
	Omkar Das Manikpuri	Peepli Live
	Choi Seung-hyun (T.O.P)	71: Into the Fire
	Zhou Dongyu	Under the Hawthorn Tree
2012	Ni Ni	The Flowers of War
	Ko Chen-tung	You Are the Apple of My Eye
	Eric Lin Hui-min	Starry Starry Night
	Maeda Ohshiro	I Wish	奇跡
	Gita Novalista	The Mirror Never Lies
2013	Qi Xi	Mystery
	Jian Man-shu	When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep
	Higashide Masahiro	The Kirishima Thing	桐島、部活やめるってよ
	Huang Yu-siang	Touch of the Light
	Kim Sung-kyun	Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time
2014	Jiang Shuying	So Young	致我们终将逝去的青春
	Babyjohn Choi	The Way We Dance	狂舞派
	Misaki Kinoshita	The Backwater	共喰い Tomogui
	Keita Ninomiya	Like Father, Like Son	そして父になる Soshite Chichi ni Naru
	Yim Si-wan	The Attorney	변호인 Byeonhoin
2015	Zhang Huiwen	Coming Home	歸來
	Zhan Huai-yun	Meeting Dr. Sun	行動代號　孫中山
	Do Kyung-soo	Cart	카트 Kateu
	Hiroomi Tosaka	Hot Road	ホットロード
	Ivana Wong	Golden Chickensss	金雞SSS
2016	Jessie Li	Port of Call	踏血尋梅
	Kim Seol-hyun	Gangnam Blues	강남 1970
	Lee Hong-chi	Thanatos, Drunk	醉.生夢死
	Ryōko Fujino	Solomon's Perjury	ソロモンの偽証
	Vicky Kaushal	Masaan
	Waruntorn Paonil	Snap
2017	Kim Tae-ri	The Handmaiden	아가씨
	Takara Sakumoto	Rage	怒り
	Firdaus Rahman	Apprentice
	Tony Wu	Weeds on Fire	點五步
	Lin Yun	The Mermaid	美人鱼
2018	Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying	Bad Genius	ฉลาดเกมส์โกง
	Zhou Meijun	Angels Wear White	嘉年华
	Im Yoon-ah	Confidential Assignment	공조
	Ling Man-lung	Tomorrow Is Another Day	黃金花
	Akari Kinoshita	Wilderness	あゝ、荒野
	Elane Zhong	Youth	芳华
2019	Huang Jingyu	Operation Red Sea	红海行动
	Erika Karata	Asako I & II	寝ても覚めても
	Jeon Jong-seo	Burning	버닝
	Zhang Ying Xie	Cities of Last Things	幸福城市
	HUANG Yao	The Crossing
	Peter Chan	Three Husbands	三夫

2020s

Year	Winner and nominees	English title	Original title
2020[2]	Jackson Yee	Better Days	少年的你
	Fandy Fan	We Are Champions [zh]	下半場
	Anong Houngheuangsy	Days	日子
	Kim Hye-jun	Another Child	미성년
	Sakurako Konishi	First Love	初恋
2021[3]	Liu Haocun	One Second	秒钟
	Gong Seung-yeon	Aloners	혼자 사는 사람들
	Misaki Hattori	Midnight Swan	ミッドナイトスワン
	Rouhollah Zamani	Sun Children	خورشید
	Buffy Chen	The Silent Forest	無聲
2022[4]	Mak Pui Tung	The Sparring Partner	正義迴廊
	Lee Ji-eun	Broker	브로커
	Louise Wong	Anita	梅艷芳
	Yang En You	Lighting Up the Stars	人生大事
	Park Ji-min	Return to Seoul	Retour à Séoul