6th Asian Film Awards


The 6th Asian Film Awards is an intra-continental annually-presented award ceremony hosted during the Hong Kong International Film Festival to honour the best Asian films of 2011.
Awards were presented in 14 general categories. People's Choice Awards were also presented for Favorite Actor and Favorite Actress. In addition, three special awards were also given, the Lifetime Achievement Award, The Edward Yang New Talent Award and The Asian Film Award for 2011's Top Grossing Asian Film. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2012 and the ceremony took place on March 19, 2012.
The awards were held at the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center as part of the Entertainment Expo's Opening Gala. It was broadcast in aTV World on March 20 and in aTV Asia on March 22.

Jury

The jury for the awards consisted of 12 members from various countries; filmmakers, producers, critics and delegates from other international film festivals were a part of the jury.Eric Khoo
  • Ronald Arguelles John Badalu
  • Peggy Chiao Ishizaka Kenji Christian Jeune
  • Kong Rithdee Christoph Terhechte Jacob Wong
  • Patricia Cheng Cho Young-Chung
  • Xie Fei

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best FilmBest Director
'Nader and Simin, A Separation''

Special awards

; Lifetime Achievement Award
; The Edward Yang New Talent Award
  • Edwin
; The Asian Film Award for 2011's Top Grossing Asian FilmLet the Bullets Fly /

Films with multiple awards and nominations

; Multiple awards
These films won more than one award at the ceremony :Four : Nader and Simin, A SeparationThree : Wu XiaTwo : A Simple Life, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
; Multiple nominations
These films received more than one nomination at the awards :Eight : The Flying Swords of Dragon GateSix : Nader and Simin, A Separation, The Flowers of War, Seediq BaleFour : A Simple Life, Wu XiaThree : Lovely Man, The Front Line, The Woman in the Septic Tank, You Are the Apple of My Eye, You Don't Get Life a Second Time,Two : 11 Flowers, Chronicle of My Mother, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Overheard 2, Postcard, Starry Starry Night, The Dirty Picture, The Mirror Never Lies, The Outrage, War of the Arrows, ''White Vengeance''

Nations who received awards and nominations

;Awards
The awards tally includes People's Choice Awards and special awards.
;Nominations
The nominations tally includes People's Choice Awards nominations.
;Notes

Performers

Presenters