The Deauville Asian Film Festival (the Festival du film asiatique de Deauville) takes place annually in

Deauville Deauville () is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Major attractions include its harbour, race course, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino, and sumptuous hotels. The first Deauville Asian Film F ...

, France since 1999 and focuses on Asian cinema. A film competition was added to the festival in 2000 and a video competition in 2002.

Prize List

2000

* Lotus d'Or (Prix du Jury) ("Jury Prize"): '' Sur la Trace du Serpent'' ("'' Nowhere to Hide''"), directed by

Lee Myung-se Lee Myung-se (; born August 20, 1957) is a South Korean filmmaker. Lee began his career as an assistant producer under Bae Chang-ho for the films ''Hwang Jin-I'' (1986), ''Our Sweet Days of Youth'' (1988), and ''Dream'' (1990). At the 1991 Asia- ...

* Lotus du Public (Prix du Public) ("Popular Choice"): '' The Mistress'', directed by Crystal Kwok * Lotus de la Meilleure Photographie ("Best Photography"): Jeong Kwang-Seok and Song Haeng-ki, for '' Sur la Trace du Serpent'' ("'' Nowhere to Hide''") * Lotus de la Meilleure Actrice ("Best Actress"): Tao Hong, for '' Hei Yanjing'' ("'' Colors of the Blind''") directed by Chen Guoxing * Lotus du Meilleur Acteur ("Best Actor"):

Park Joong-hoon Park Joong-hoon (born March 22, 1966) is a South Korean actor. Early life and family Park was born and raised in Seoul. He was classmates with retired basketball legend Hur Jae at Yongsan High School and attended Chung-Ang University toge ...

, for '' Sur la Trace du Serpent'' ("'' Nowhere to Hide''") * Lotus du Meilleur Réalisateur:

, for '' Sur la Trace du Serpent'' ("'' Nowhere to Hide''")

2001

* Lotus d'Or (Prix du Jury) ("Jury Prize"): ''

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'', directed by

Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook ( ; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered as one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as world cinema in 21st century. ...

* Lotus du Public (Prix du Public) ("Popular Choice"): ''

'', directed by

* Lotus de la Meilleure Photographie ("Best Photography"): Takashiro Tsutai, for ''

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'', directed by Jinsei Tsuji * Lotus de la Meilleure Actrice ("Best Actress"):

Yu Nan Yu Nan (, born 5 September 1978) is a Chinese actress. Born in Dalian, Yu Nan studied at the Beijing Film Academy, where she graduated in 1999. Career Yu Nan started acting at the age of 4, playing role of a little girl with a handkerchief ti ...

, for '' Yue shi'', directed by

Wang Quan'an Wang Quan'an () (b. 1965) is a Sixth Generation Chinese film director. Wang was born in Yan'an, China. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1991. He had a ten-year relationship with actress and muse Yu Nan, which ended in 2009. Career ...

* Lotus du Meilleur Acteur ("Best Actor"): Song Kang-ho, for ''

'', directed by

* Lotus du Meilleur Réalisateur:

Tanit Jitnukul Tanit Jitnukul (Thai alphabet, Thai: ธนิตย์ จิตนุกูล, born in 1956 in Songkhla Province, Thailand) is a Cinema of Thailand, Thai film film director, director, screenwriter and film producer, producer. Among his films is ...

for ''

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'' * Lotus du Meilleur Réalisateur:

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and Huakun Zhang, for ''

The Cabbie ''The Cabbie'' () is a 2000 Taiwanese film directed by Chang Huakun and Chen Yi-wen. It was Taiwan's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast *Rie Miyaz ...

2002

* Lotus d'Or (Prix du Jury) ("Jury Prize"): '' Failan'', directed by

Song Hae-sung Song Hae-sung (born October 11, 1964) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Song made his feature film debut in 1999 with the time-traveling romance ''Calla'', starring Song Seung-heon and Kim Hee-sun, but didn't become more ...

* Lotus du Public (Prix du Public) ("Popular Choice"): '' Failan'', directed by

* Lotus de la Meilleure Photographie ("Best Photography"): '' Youyuan Jingmeng'' ("''

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''"), directed by Yonfan * Lotus de la Meilleure Actrice ("Best Actress"):

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for '' Pasir Berbisik'' ("'' Whispering Sands''") * Lotus du Meilleur Acteur ("Best Actor"):

Choi Min-sik Choi Min-sik (born April 27, 1962) is a South Korean actor. He received critical acclaim for his roles in '' Oldboy'' (2003), ''I Saw the Devil'' (2010) and '' The Admiral: Roaring Currents'' (2014). For his role in ''Oldboy'', he won the Best ...

for '' Failan'' * Lotus du Meilleur Réalisateur:

for '' Failan'' * Lotus du Meilleur Scénario: ''

The Rule of the Game ''The Rule of the Game'' is a 2002 Taiwanese black comedy film directed by Ho Ping and written by Kuo Cheng. The film focuses on a bunch of criminals and murderers whose paths crisscross in a small suburban town. According to director Ho Ping, ...

'', directed by

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* Lotus Numérique: '' Gipusu'' ('' Gips''), directed by

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* Lotus Numérique: '' Tokyo Gomi Onna'' ("''

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''"), directed by Ryuichi Hiroki

2003

* Lotus d'Or (Prix du Jury) ("Jury Prize"): ''

Blind Shaft ''Blind Shaft'' () is a 2003 in film, 2003 film about a pair of brutal con artists operating in the illegal coal mines of present-day North China, northern China. The film was written and Film director, directed by Li Yang (director), Li Yang (� ...

'', directed by Li Yang * Lotus du Public (Prix du Public) ("Popular Choice"): ''

'', directed by Li Yang * Lotus de la Meilleure Actrice ("Best Actress"): Rachel Sayidina and

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for '' Eliana, Eliana'' * Lotus du Meilleur Acteur ("Best Actor"):

Wang Baoqiang Wang Baoqiang (; born 29 May 1984) is a Chinese actor, martial artist and director. His debut role was that of Yuan Fengming in the movie '' Blind Shaft'', for which he shared the Best New Performer prize at the 2003 Golden Horse Awards. Early ...

for ''

'' * Lotus du Meilleur Réalisateur: Li Yang for ''

'' * Lotus numérique: '' Koboreru Tsuki'' ("'' Moon Overflowing''"), directed by Ryota Sakamaki * Lotus Air France, Décerné par la Presse: ''

2004

* Lotus du Meilleur Film (Grand Prix): ''Une Femme Coréenne'' ("''

A Good Lawyer's Wife ''A Good Lawyer's Wife'' () is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film is about the various affairs of members of a dysfunctional South Korean family. Plot Ju Yeong-jak (Hwang Jung-min) is a successful lawyer who wor ...

''"), directed by

Im Sang-soo Im Sang-soo (born April 27, 1962) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He has twice been invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, with '' The Housemaid'' in 2010 and '' The Taste of Money'' in 2012. Early l ...

* Lotus du Public (Prix du Public) ("Popular Choice"): ''Voyageurs and Magiciens'' ("''

Travellers and Magicians ''Travellers and Magicians''; Wylie: ''chang hub thengs gcig gi 'khrul snang''; literally: "''once upon a time hallucinating on a sip of wine''" is a 2003 Bhutanese Dzongkha-language film written and directed by Khyentse Norbu, writer and directo ...

''"), directed by

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* Lotus Action Asia (Grand Prix Action Asia): ''

Ong-bak ''Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior'' ( th, องค์บาก, ), also known in the United States as ''Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior'' is a 2003 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew, featured stunt choreography by Panna Rittikrai and star ...

'', directed by

Prachya Pinkaew Prachya Pinkaew ( th, ปรัชญา ปิ่นแก้ว; ; born September 2, 1962) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include '' Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior'' and '' Tom-Yum-Goong'', both martial arts films ...

2005

* Lotus du Meilleur Film (Grand Prix): '' Mengyou Hawaii'' ("'' Holiday Dreaming''"), directed by Fun-chun Hsu * Lotus du Jury (Prix du Jury) ("Jury Prize"): ''

This Charming Girl ''This Charming Girl'' (; lit. "Woman, Jeong-hae" or "Girl, Jeong-hae") is a South Korean drama film written and directed by Lee Yoon-ki. Plot Jeong-hae's life is as monotonous as her job at the post office. Her apartment, which is not far from ...

'', directed by

Lee Yoon-ki Lee Yoon-ki (; born 1965), is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Lee Yoon-ki earned his MA in business administration/economics at the University of Southern California. After returning to Korea, he worked as a producer and di ...

* Lotus du Meilleur Scénario (Prix du Groupe Lucien Barrière): ''

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'', directed by

Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...

* Lotus Action Asia (Grand Prix Action Asia): ''

Arahan ''Arahan'' () is a 2004 South Korean action film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan and starring his brother Ryoo Seung-bum along with Yoon So-yi, Ahn Sung-ki and Jung Doo-hong. The film was a relative commercial success, selling over 2 million tickets ...

'', directed by

Ryoo Seung-wan Ryoo Seung-wan (born December 15, 1973) is a South Korean film director. Early life Ryoo Seung-wan was born in 1973 in Onyang, a small town in South Chungcheong Province. With the choice of domestic films mostly limited to propaganda and hoste ...

* Lotus Air France (Prix de la Critique Internationale): '' Mengyou Hawaii'' ("'' Holiday Dreaming''"), directed by Fun-chun Hsu * Lotus Première (Prix du Magazine Première): ''

Electric Shadows ''Electric Shadows'' is a 2004 Chinese film directed by Xiao Jiang. The English title of the film is the literal translation for the Chinese term for movies or "dian ying" (電影). ''Electric Shadows'' is the debut film of director Xiao Jiang, on ...

'', directed by

Xiao Jiang Xiao Jiang () (born 1972) is the stage name of female Chinese film director Jia Yan,. Jia graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1995. Jia Yan worked primarily in television, directing three TV movies before joining the China Film Group as a ...

2006

* Lotus du Meilleur Film ("Best Film"): ''

Dam Street ''Dam Street'' () is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Li Yu. ''Dam Street'' is Li's second feature film, after 2001's '' Fish and Elephant'' and was produced by screenwriter Fang Li's Laurel Films and Sylvain Bursztejn's French company, Rosem Fil ...

'', Li Yu * Lotus du Jury ("Jury Prize"): '' Piteopaeneui Gongshik'' ("'' The Peter Pan Formula''") directed by Cho Chang-ho * Lotus de la Critique Internationale: '' Citizen Dog'' * Lotus du Meilleur Scénario: ''

Cherm ''Midnight My Love'' ( th, เฉิ่ม or ''Cherm'', literally "old-fashioned person") is a 2005 Thai romantic drama film written and directed by Kongdej Jaturanrasamee and starring Petchtai Wongkamlao and Woranut Wongsawan. The film features ...

'' ("'' Midnight My Love''") *Lotus Action Asia (Grand Prix Action Asia): ''

A Bittersweet Life ''A Bittersweet Life'' (; lit. "The Sweet Life") is a 2005 South Korean neo-noir action drama film written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It stars Lee Byung-hun as Sun-woo, a hitman who becomes targeted by his boss after he spares the latter's che ...

'' directed by

Kim Jee-woon Kim Jee-woon (; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Kim started out directing theater but has worked with increasing levels of success in cinema, showing accomplished acting and a detailed stylization in ...

2007

* Lotus du Meilleur Film ("Best Film"): ''

Syndromes and a Century ''Syndromes and a Century'' ( th, แสงศตวรรษ ''S̄æng ṣ̄atawǎat'', literally ''Light of the Century'') is a 2006 Thai drama film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film was among the works commissioned fo ...

'' directed by

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, ...

* Lotus du Jury ("Jury Prize"): ''

King and the Clown ''The King and the Clown'' (, lit. ''The King's Man'') is a 2005 South Korean historical drama film, starring Kam Woo-sung, Lee Joon-gi, and Jung Jin-young. It was adapted from the 2000 stage play, ''Yi'' ("You") about Yeonsangun of Joseon, a Jo ...

'' directed by

Lee Joon-ik Lee Joon-ik (born September 21, 1959) is a South Korean film director and producer. He is best known for directing and producing ''King and the Clown'' (2005), one of the highest grossing Korean films of all time. Other notable films include ...

* Lotus Air France (Prix de la Critique Internationale) ("International Critics' Prize): ''

Ad-lib Night ''Ad-lib Night'' (; lit. "A Very Special Guest") is the third film by South Korean director Lee Yoon-ki. A group of boys from the country who have come to Seoul to find the runaway daughter of a dying man to be with him on his death bed. The film ...

'' directed by

* Lotus Action Asia: ''

Dog Bite Dog '' Dog Bite Dog '' () is a 2006 Hong Kong action crime thriller film directed by Soi Cheang and starring Edison Chen as a brutal Cambodian assassin, desperately trying to evade the police, led by Sam Lee, after completing an assignment in Hong ...

'' directed by Soi Cheang

2008

* Lotus du Meilleur Film ("Best Film"): '' With a Girl of Black Soil'' directed by

Jeon Soo-il Jeon Soo-il (born September 25, 1959) is a South Korean film director, film producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University in Busan, he studied Film Direction at Ecole Supérieure de ...

* Lotus du Jury ("Jury Prize"): '' Flower in the Pocket'' directed by Seng Tat Liew and ''

Wonderful Town ''Wonderful Town'' is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein. The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and act ...

'' directed by

Aditya Assarat Aditya Assarat ( th, อาทิตย์ อัสสรัตน์, born 1972) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, producer and cinematographer. Biography Early career Aditya Assarat was born in Bangkok. He left Thailand at th ...

* Lotus Air France (Prix de la Critique Internationale) ("International Critics' Prize): '' With a Girl of Black Soil'' directed by

2009

* Lotus du Meilleur Film ("Best Film"): '' Breathless'' directed by

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* Lotus du Jury ("Jury Prize"): ''

All around us is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Ryōsuke Hashiguchi and starring Lily Franky and Tae Kimura. Cast *Lily Franky *Tae Kimura *Mitsuko Baisho *Susumu Terajima * Tamae Ando *Minori Terada *Akira Emoto *Norito Yashima *Seiichi Tanabe *Ryo Kase * R ...

'' directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi and '' The Shaft'' directed by Zhang Chi * Lotus Air France (Prix de la Critique Internationale) ("International Critics' Prize): '' Breathless'' directed by

* Lotus Action Asia: ''

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'' directed by

Na Hong-jin Na Hong-jin (, born 1974) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. Na has won a multitude of awards with his films and most known for violent thriller and horror characteristics in his films. Na first became recognised after ...

2010

* Lotus du Meilleur Film ("Best Film"): ''

Judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

'' directed by

Liu Jie Liu Jie (; 17 February 1915 – 23 September 2018) was a Chinese communist politician. From 1960 to the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution he was minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building which was responsible for the nuclear industry. S ...

* Lotus du Jury ("Jury Prize"): ''

Au Revoir Taipei ''Au Revoir Taipei'' () is a 2010 Taiwanese romantic comedy film set in Taipei and is Arvin Chen's feature directorial debut. It won the NETPAC Award at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival and was considered a box office success in Taiwan ...

'' directed by

Arvin Chen Arvin Chen (born 26 November 1978) is a Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter. He is best known for his film ''Au Revoir Taipei.'' Early life Chen was born and raised in the United States. His parents were immigrants from Taiwan. He wa ...

and ''

Paju Paju () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Paju was made a city in 1997; it had previously been a county (''gun''). The city area of Paju is ,"Paju (Gyeonggi-do Province)." ''Naver Encyclopedia of Knowledge''. Naver, 2015. 4 Mar. 2016. ...

'' directed by

Park Chan-ok Park Chan-ok (born 1968) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She wrote and directed '' Jealousy Is My Middle Name'' (2003) and ''Paju'' (2009). Career Born in 1968, Park Chan-ok majored in Theater and Film Studies at Hanyang Unive ...

* Lotus Air France (Prix de la Critique Internationale) ("International Critics' Prize): '' My Daughter'' directed by Charlotte Lim Lay Kuen * Lotus Action Asia: ''

The Sword with No Name ''The Sword with No Name'' (; ) is a 2009 South Korean film based on a fictionalized account of Empress Myeongseong. The film sold 1,671,387 tickets nationwide. Plot Mu-myeong is a bounty hunter during the Joseon Dynasty who lives day-to-day by ca ...

'' directed by Kim Yong-gyun

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