The recently concluded Asian Side of the Doc has announced this year’s winning ideas.

Best Japan Pitch Award went to Beyond the Wave (Kyoko Miyake/Japan, Friedemann Hottenbacher/Germany), Best Asia Pitch Award went to Home Floating Away (Bin Li/ China), Best International Pitch Award was given to Love & Engineering (Tonislav Hristov & Kaarl Aho, Making Movies Oy/ Finland) and Best ASD Pitch Award was won by Home Floating Away (Bin Li/ China).

Held in Tokyo from March 19 to 22, the third Asia-Pacific / Europe documentary coproduction event saw 440 participants from 30 countries, including 131 Decision Makers, which represented an increase of 30 percent from 2011. New countries attending this year included Bhutan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Qatar.