The Asian Film Awards Academy has announced a series of events surrounding the annual Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. The upcoming activities include a joint masterclass featuring veteran filmmakers Kurosawa Kiyoshi from Japan and Fruit Chan from Hong Kong, who will share their filmmaking experiences and artistic concepts. Thai star Metawin Opas-Iamkajorn, popularly known as Win from the '2gether' series and film, will be honored with the AFA Rising Star Award, and the world premiere of his new film 'Under Parallel Skies' will take place during the event.
Additionally, there will be six themed panel discussions with actors Wan Fang, Rachel Leung, Yoyo Tse, Tergel Bold-Erdene, Awat Ratanapintha, and Shirata Mihaya, along with filmmakers and industry professionals such as Nick Cheuk, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, Dominic Sangma, Tim Yip, Eric Lam, Man Lim Chung, Mitsumatsu Keiko, Elaine Ng, Zhang Menglun, Keith Chan Hiu Chun, Matthieu Laclau, Yamazaki Azusa, Kitagawa Yoshio, and Chengma Zhiyuan.
