| Best Film | Best Director |
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- Mystery {{flagicon|China}}
- Drug War {{flagicon|China}}/{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
- Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 {{flagicon|India}}
- Outrage Beyond {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Pietà {{flagicon|South Korea}}
| - Takeshi Kitano – Outrage Beyond {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Anurag Kashyap – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 {{flagicon|India}}
- Abbas Kiarostami – Like Someone in Love {{flagicon|Japan}}/{{flagicon|France}}/{{flagicon|Iran}}
- Kim Ki-duk – Pietà {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Lou Ye – Mystery {{flagicon|China}}
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
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- Eddie Garcia – Bwakaw {{flagicon|Philippines}}
- Joseph Chang – Girlfriend, Boyfriend {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
- Choi Min-sik – Rules of the Time {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Tony Leung Ka-fai – Cold War {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
- Liu Ye – The Last Supper {{flagicon|China}}
| - Nora Aunor – Thy Womb {{flagicon|Philippines}}
- Cho Min-soo – Pietà {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Golshifteh Farahani – The Patience Stone {{flagicon|Afghanistan}}
- Gwei Lun-mei – Girlfriend, Boyfriend {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
- Hao Lei – Mystery {{flagicon|China}}
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| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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- Nawazuddin Siddiqui – The Answer Lies Within {{flagicon|India}}
- Ha Jung-woo – Rules of the Time {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Ryo Kase – Like Someone in Love {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Chapman To – Diva {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
- Rhydian Vaughan – Girlfriend, Boyfriend {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
| - Makiko Watanabe – Capturing Dad {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Jun Ji-hyun – The Thieves {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Kim Hye-soo – The Thieves {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Lee Lieh – Together {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
- Qin Lan – The Last Supper {{flagicon|China}}
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| Best Newcomer | Best Screenwriter |
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- Qi Xi – Mystery {{flagicon|China}}
- Jian Man-shu – When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
- Higashide Masahiro – The Kirishima Thing {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Huang Yu-siang – Touch of the Light {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
- Kim Sung-kyun – Rules of the Time {{flagicon|South Korea}}
| - Mei Feng, Yu Fan & Lou Ye – Mystery {{flagicon|China}}
- Anand Gandhi – Ship of Theseus {{flagicon|India}}
- Kōhei Kiyasu & Yoshida Daihachi – The Kirishima Thing {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan & Yu Xi – Drug War {{flagicon|China}}/{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
- Yoon Jong-bin – Rules of the Time {{flagicon|South Korea}}
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| Best Cinematographer | Best Production Designer |
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- Touraj Aslani – Rhino Season {{flagicon|Kurdistan}}/{{flagicon|Iraq}}
- Choi Young-hwan – The Thieves {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Rajeev Ravi – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 {{flagicon|India}}
- Yanagijima Katsumi – Like Someone in Love {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Zhang Li & Ma Cheng – The Last Supper {{flagicon|China}}
| - Bahman Ghobadi & Ali Daryai – Rhino Season {{flagicon|Kurdistan}}/{{flagicon|Iraq}}
- Cho Hwa-sung – Rules of the Time {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Wasiq Khan – Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 & 2 {{flagicon|India}}
- Man Lim-Chung – The Silent War – {{flagicon|China}}/{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
- Yee Chung-man & Eric Lam Chi-ki – The Last Tycoon {{flagicon|China}}/{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
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| Best Composer | Best Editor |
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- Pritam Chakraborty – Barfi! {{flagicon|India}}
- Jo Yeong-wook – Rules of the Time {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Peyman Yazdanian & Jóhann Jóhannsson – Mystery {{flagicon|China}}
- Keiichi Suzuki – Outrage Beyond {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Ueno Koji – The Floating Castle {{flagicon|Japan}}
| - Kusakabe Mototaka – The Kirishima Thing {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Takeshi Kitano & Ohta Yoshinori – Outrage Beyond {{flagicon|Japan}}
- Valerie Loiseleux – Rhino Season {{flagicon|Kurdistan}}/{{flagicon|Iraq}}
- David Richardson & Allen Leung – Drug War {{flagicon|China}}/{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
- Shin Min-kyung – The Thieves {{flagicon|South Korea}}
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| Best Visual Effects | Best Costume Designer |
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- Farbod Khoshtinat – Rhino Season {{flagicon|Kurdistan}}/{{flagicon|Iraq}}
- Chas Chau, Lewis Chan, Benson Poon & Johnny Lin – When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep {{flagicon|Taiwan}}
- Kwak Tae-yong, Hwang Hyo-kyun, Lim Jung-hoon – Doomsday Book {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Lee In-ho, Je Young-ho – Soar into the Sun {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Onoue Katsuro, Oya Tetsuo, Sato Atsuki & Tsujino Minami – The Floating Castle {{flagicon|Japan}}
| - Man Lim-chung – The Silent War {{flagicon|China}}/{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
- Chen Xue-bing & Zhong Jia-ni – The Last Supper {{flagicon|China}}
- Jessie Dai Mei-ling & Chan Chi-man – The Last Tycoon {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}}/{{flagicon|Hong Kong}}
- Kwak Jung-ae – A Werewolf Boy {{flagicon|South Korea}}
- Otsuka Mitsuru, Matsunaga Kazuta & Inamura Akihiko – The Floating Castle {{flagicon|Japan}}
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