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Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)

Awards

The Assassin

36 wins & 75 nominations

BAFTA Awards

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers

  • Ping Bin Lee
    2015 Nominee Golden Camera 300
    • Main Competition Camera 300
    • Ping Bin Lee

Critics Choice Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Cannes Film Festival

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Winner Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Giong Lim
    2015 Winner Cannes Soundtrack Award
    • Giong Lim

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Art Direction/Production Design
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    2nd place

Hamburg Film Festival

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Nominee Art Cinema Award
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Golden Horse Film Festival

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Shu Qi at an event for The Transporter (2002)
    2015 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Leading Actress
    • Shu Qi
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Best Feature Film
  • Hai-Meng Hsieh
    2015 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Cheng Ah
    • T'ien-wen Chu
    • Hai-Meng Hsieh
  • Ping Bin Lee
    2015 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee

Satellite Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, International Film
    Taiwan
  • Wen-Ying Huang
    2016 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Costume Design
    • Wen-Ying Huang

Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Winner Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Chinese Language Film from the Two Coasts

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee KCFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Film

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Ping Bin Lee
    2016 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
    Taiwan
  • Ping Bin Lee
    2015 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    The jury presented the award, "As one of the best films of a master director, and an example of the martial arts genre which is elevated into the realm of art by its superb visual style."

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Nominee FIPRESCI Film of the Year
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Taiwan

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Foreign-Language Film
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Ping Bin Lee
    2015 Nominee SFFCC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee SFFCC Award
    • Best Foreign-Language Film

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Winner VFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Movie
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Ping Bin Lee
    2016 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee
  • Wen-Ying Huang
    2016 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Production Design
    • Wen-Ying Huang

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Asian Film Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Film
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Shu Qi at an event for The Transporter (2002)
    2016 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Actress
    • Shu Qi
  • Yun Zhou
    2016 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Yun Zhou
  • Ping Bin Lee
    2016 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Cinematographer
    • Ping Bin Lee

Shanghai Film Critics Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Winner Film of Merit

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Ping Bin Lee
    2015 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Achievement in Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Achievement in Directing
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Film
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Picture
    2nd place
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2nd place
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Cheng Ah
    • T'ien-wen Chu
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    • Hai-Meng Hsieh
  • Ping Bin Lee
    2016 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Ping Bin Lee
    2016 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    14th Place

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee Dorian Award
    • Foreign Language Film of the Year

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Chinese Film Media Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Winner China Film Media Award
    • Best Picture
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Winner China Film Media Award
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Mei Yong
    2016 Nominee China Film Media Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Mei Yong
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Film
  • Shu Qi at an event for The Transporter (2002)
    2016 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Actor
    • Shu Qi

Online Film & Television Association

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Taiwan

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Film
    10th place.
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    3rd place.

China Film Director's Guild Awards

  • 2016 Winner China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Cheng Ah
  • Shu Qi at an event for The Transporter (2002)
    2016 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Actress
    • Shu Qi
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Winner China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Director From Hong Kong or Taiwan
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Picture

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    Taiwan

Huading Award

  • Shu Qi at an event for The Transporter (2002)
    2016 Nominee Huading Award
    • Best Actress in a Motion Picture
    • Shu Qi

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Picture
    5th place.
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    4th place. Tied with László Nemes for Son of Saul (2015).
  • Ping Bin Lee
    2016 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee
    3rd place.
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Makeup and Hairstyling
    3rd place.
  • Wen-Ying Huang
    2016 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Production Design
    • Wen-Ying Huang
    4th place.

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best International Film (Foreign Language)

Guangzhou Student Film Festival

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Winner Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Film
    8th place.
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    3rd place.
  • Ping Bin Lee
    2015 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Ping Bin Lee
    3rd place.
  • 2015 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Editing
    • Paulie Chih-Chia Huang
    9th place.

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Phoenix Critics Circle

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2015 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best International Film

Gold Derby Awards

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Foreign Language Film
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    Taiwan

Gold Aries Award Macau International Film Festival

  • Shu Qi at an event for The Transporter (2002)
    2016 Nominee Gold Aries Award
    • Best Actress
    • Shu Qi
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee Gold Aries Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Cheng Ah
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    • T'ien-wen Chu
    • Hai-Meng Hsieh

Chinese Film (Ningbo·Cixi) Festival

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Winner CCF Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Iqiyi TV and Movie Awards

  • Chang Chen at an event for The Soul (2021)
    2015 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture
    • Chang Chen

International Cinephile Society (ICS) Cannes Awards

  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2015 Winner ICS Cannes Award
    • Palme d'Or
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Youth Film Manual Annual Award

  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2019 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Top 10 Chinese Films of The Decade
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Shu Qi at an event for The Transporter (2002)
    2016 Nominee Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Shu Qi
  • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    2016 Nominee Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • T'ien-wen Chu
    • Cheng Ah
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Shu Qi in The Assassin (2015)
    2016 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Top Ten Films

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