#SHOWBIZ: 'All That's Left Of You' comes out tops in MGGA awards
The annual awards took place at Zepp KL in Jalan Hang Tuah here last night.
It won Best Film, and its director Cherien Dabis won the Best Screenplay award.
Another movie about West Asia, Red Path, took home the Best Director award for Lotfi Achour and the New Hope Award.
Mahmood Bakri won the Best Actor award for the film To a Land Unknown, and Juli Grabenhenrich won the Best Actress award for Paternal Leave.
My Friend An Delie took home the Best Supporting Actor award for Han Haolin.
The Best Supporting Actress award went to Park Mi-Hyeon for the film Winter in Sokcho.
Isabelle Stachtchenko won Best Cinematography for Universal Language.
From Island To Island won the Audience Choice Award.
Hong Kong screen legend Thomas Tam, also known as Ti Lung, won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Indonesian screen legend Reza Rahadian won the Award for Excellence Achievement in Film.
The 2-hour MGGA 2025, hosted by Alvin Anthons and Chrystina Ng, also saw local celebrities Datuk Hans Isaac, Diana Danielle, Zizan Razak, Abhilash Chandra, Mimi Lana, and Syafiq Kyle serve as award presenters.
The 8th MGGA was held in conjunction with the 8th Malaysia International Film Festival from July 19 to 27, and both celebrate excellence in international and local filmmaking.
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