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The best and the brightest from Asia's artistic industry gathered virtually to celebrate 2020's achievements amidst the continuing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe as the 2020 Asian Creative Academy Awards took place last December 3 and 4, 2020 at the newly-built 3D virtual AAA theatre in Singapore which was first shown to the public and considered by Bobby Tonelli as "Our Industry's Theatre Of Dreams".
Part of the Singapore Media Festival, the Asian Creative Academy Awards recognizes the works of excellence in content creation and media production across sixteen participating countries including the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Through the use of virtual tracking technology, the AAA Theatre was able to put performers and winners on the same stage despite being in different locations across the region.
The third edition of the prestigious award-giving body saw worldwide hit Netflix-exclusive Korean drama series "Crash Landing On You" being hailed as Best Drama Series and HBO Asia's original production "The Garden Of Evening Mists" named best feature film. On the other hand, Arjo Atayde made history as the first Filipino to win Best Actor In A Leading Role for his exemplary and outstanding portrayal as a barber-turned-hitman-turned governor in the iWant original series "Bagman". Here is the full list of winners in the third Asian Creative Academy Awards.
Best Feature Film - The Garden of Evening Mists (Astro Shaw & HBO Asia), Malaysia
Best Drama Series - Crash Landing on You (CJ ENM / Studio Dragon & CultureDepot / Netflix), South Korea
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Arjo Atayde for Bagman (ABS-CBN / iWant), Philippines
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Miller Khan for The Bridge Season 2 (Viu & Double Vision), Malaysia
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Yeo Yann Yann for Invisible Stories: Lian (HBO / WarnerMedia), Singapore
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lina Ng for Last Madame (Ochre Pictures/Mediacorp/meWatch), Singapore
Best Adaptation of an Existing Format - Pretty Little Liars (Viu & Cinema Collectiva), Indonesia
Best Cinematography - Elliot Sng, Kristy Campbell, Lau Hon Meng for The Islands That Made Us (IFA Media / CNA, Mediacorp), Singapore
Best Comedy Performance - Hirzi Zulkiflie for Comedy Central Stand Up, Asia! (Comedy Central / ViacomCBS), Singapore
Best Direction (Fiction) - Takumi Saitoh for Food Lore: Life In A Box (HBO / WarnerMedia), Japan
Best Editing - Dipin Verma, Carolyn Aquino Eguaras for Ed Stafford: First Man Out Season 2 (Beach House Pictures / Bilibili / Discovery Channel), Singapore
Best General Entertainment, Game or Quiz Programme - Couple or Not Thailand (Zense Entertainment, format by Can’t Stop Media / BBTV Channel 7), Thailand
Best Infotainment Programme - Lockdown: India Fights Coronavirus (National Geographic India), India
Best Lifestyle Programme - Remarkable Living SR 2 (Freestate Productions / CNA, Mediacorp), Singapore
Best Lifestyle, Entertainment Presenter/Host - Phanya Nirunkul for Wit Makes Miracle (Thai Broadcasting Company/ Workpoint Channel), Thailand
Best Music or Dance Programme - Times of Music (MX Player), India
Best Non Scripted Entertainment - Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls and Prime Minister Modi (Discovery Communications India), India
Best Original Programme By a Streamer/OTT - Queen (MX Player), India
Best Original Screenplay - Yeon Sang Ho for The Cursed (Studio Dragon/ Lezhin Studio/ CJ ENM), South Korea
Best Telenovela - Royal Nirvana (Jetsen Huashi Wangju (Changzhou) Cultural Media/ Youku), China
Best Theme Song or Title Theme - “Enemies of You” for Lake Pyar by Daniel Saw (Canal+ Myanmar Production Limited), Myanmar
Best Animated Programme or Series (2D or 3D) - A Whisker Away (Studio Colorido/Netflix), Japan
Best Branded Programme or Series - PETRONAS Land of Light Bulbs (Ensemble Worldwide – A division of IPG Mediabrands), Malaysia
Best Children’s Programme (One-Off/Series) - Lamput – The Chase (Cartoon Network, WarnerMedia APAC), India
Best Comedy Programme - Mr. Zoo (HJ Film/Leeyang Film / Little Big Pictures, Megabox Plus M), South Korea
Best Current Affairs Programme or Series - Man Woman and #MeToo (Discovery Channel India), India
Best Direction (Non-Fiction) - Sujata Kulshreshtha & Abhimanyu Tewari – INDIA 2050 (Wide Angle Films/ Discovery Channel India), India
Best Documentary Programme (One-Off) - The Australian Dream (GoodThing Productions & Passion Pictures), Australia
Best Documentary Series - Revelation (In Films / ABC), Australia
Best Immersive (360, VR) - HIGH (Chuan Pictures), Singapore
Best News or Current Affairs Presenter/Anchor - Danny Yeo – A Medical Journey (August Pictures/ Mediacorp / Channel U), Singapore
Best News Programme - Evening News (2020 Presidential Election) (Formosa Television), Taiwan
Best Preschool Programme - Bluey (Ludo Studio and ABC Kids), Australia
Best Promo or Trailer - The Driver (August Pictures /meWatch /Mediacorp), Singapore
Best Short Form Content - Three Trees (Kansai Television), Japan
Best Single Drama/Telemovie/Anthology Episode - 76 Horror Bookstore – Tin Can of Fear (Studio76 Original Productions / myVideo), Taiwan
Best Single News Story/Report - News Desk: Human Rights Abandoned at Sea (MBC), South Korea
Best Sound - Chen George/Lo Annie/Lin Jimmy –Yong-Jiu Grocery Store (Sanlih E- Television / Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific), Taiwan
Best Sports Programme (One-Off/Series) - KIZUNA: Ultimate Partnerships (NHK), Japan
Best Visual or Special FX in TV Series or Feature Film - Jumanji: The Next Level (Method Studios / Columbia Pictures), Australia
