"the assassin" also won a best foreign language film award from the 2015 florida film critics circle awards, a "best film not in the english language" award from the online film critics society (where it was also nominated for a best cinematography award for dp ping bin lee), and a best foreign language film award from the vancouver film critics circle in 2016. the film also won 2nd place for a best foreign language film award from the dallas-fort worth film critics association in 2015, 3rd place in a 2015 indiewire critics' poll for best director and best cinematography (ping bin lee), where it also received an 8th place for best film and a 9th place for best editing (chih-chia huang), and 2nd place for a best foreign language film award from the southeastern film critics association awards in 2015.