Asian Pop-Up Cinema Award Recipients

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/2/26 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/2/26

Angel Aquino - Pinnacle Career Achievement Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/28/26 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/28/26

Choi Gang-hyun - Bright Star Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/21/26 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/21/26

Oh Ja-hun - Bright Star Award

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/20/26 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/20/26

Gigi Leung - Extraordinary Actors Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/13/25 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/13/25

Keizo Murase - Lifetime Achievement Award

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/12/25 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/12/25

Buffy Chen Yan-fei - Bright Star Award

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/4/25 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/4/25

Michelle Wai - Extraordinary Actors Award

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/20/25 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/20/25

Chen Bo Lin - Bright Star Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/20/24 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/20/24

Rebecca Pan - Lifetime Achievement Award

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/20/24 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 4/20/24

Carlos Chan - Bright Star Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 10/7/23 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 10/7/23

Lee Sun-Kyun - Award for Excellent Achievement in Film

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 9/23/23 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 9/23/23

Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam - Pinnacle Career Achievement Award

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 9/16/23 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 9/16/23

Ng Siu Hin - Bright Star Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 9/16/23 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 9/16/23

Rachel Leung - Bright Star Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 9/16/23 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 9/16/23

Ben Yuen - Pinnacle Career Achievement Award

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/31/23 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/31/23

Renci Yeung - Bright Star Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/18/23 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/18/23

Nahana - Career Achievement Award Recipient

Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/14/23 Asian Pop-Up Cinema 3/14/23

Aaron Kwok - Award for Excellent Achievement in Film

Our Awards

From Audience Choice Awards to recognizing new and established talent.

As a competitive festival, we celebrate the audience’s favorite films with the Audience Choice Awards. These are chosen at the end of each season by tallying audience votes.

Other awards designed to celebrate the achievements of filmmakers incudes:

Bright Star - A talent in their early or mid-career, who has demonstrated impact and popularity in the industry, and possesses the qualities to be elevated in the future.

Extraordinary Actors Award - A talent demonstrating a career-defining performance in a particular film showcased at the festival.

Pinnacle Career Achievement - A more established talent who has repeatedly delivered excellent and memorable works.

Award For Excellent Achievement In Film - On February 27, 2023, our festival announced a new “Award For Excellent Achievement in Film” celebrating talent -- both actors and filmmakers -- who are superstars in the industry. Their films are considered blockbusters because of their mainstream appeal, cultural impact and long-standing popularity with audiences.

Lifetime Achievement - A veteran with large body of strong and impactful works, who has also made long term influence & contributions to the film community.