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3rd Asian Film Awards

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The 3rd Asian Film Awards was given in a ceremony on 23 March 2009 as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Contents

Best Film

  • Winner: Tokyo Sonata (Japan)
  • Forever Enthralled (China)
  • The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
  • Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
  • The Rainbow Troops (Indonesia)
  • Red Cliff (China)
  • Best Director

  • Winner: Koreeda Hirokazu, Still Walking (Japan)
  • Feng Xiaogang, If You Are the One (China)
  • Kim Jee-woon, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
  • Brillante Mendoza, Service (Philippines)
  • Miyazaki Hayao, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
  • John Woo, Red Cliff (China)
  • Best Actor

  • Winner: Masahiro Motoki, Departures (Japan)
  • Ge You, If You Are the One (China)
  • Ha Jung-woo, The Chaser (South Korea)
  • Akshay Kumar, Singh is Kinng (India)
  • Kenichi Matsuyama, Detroit Metal City (Japan)
  • Song Kang-ho, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
  • Best Actress

  • Winner: Zhou Xun, The Equation of Love and Death (China)
  • Fukatsu Eri, The Magic Hour (Japan)
  • Jiang Wenli, And the Spring Comes (China)
  • Deepika Padukone, Chandni Chowk To China (India)
  • Yoshinaga Sayuri, Kabei - Our Mother (Japan)
  • Zhao Wei, Painted Skin (China/Hong Kong)
  • Best Newcomer

  • Winner: Yu Shaoqun, Forever Enthralled (China)
  • Matsuda Shota, Boys Over Flowers: the Movie (Japan)
  • Sandrine Pinna, Miao Miao (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
  • So Ji-sub, Rough Cut (South Korea)
  • Xu Jiao, CJ7 (Hong Kong)
  • Yanin Vismistananda, Chocolate (Thailand)
  • Best Supporting Actor

  • Winner: Jung Woo-sung, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
  • Nick Cheung, Beast Stalker (Hong Kong)
  • Lee Byung-hun, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
  • Tsutsumi Shinichi, Suspect X (Japan)
  • Wang Xueqi, Forever Enthralled (China)
  • Best Supporting Actress

  • Winner: Gina Pareno, Service (Philippines)
  • Aoi Yu, Sex Is No Laughing Matter (Japan)
  • Jaclyn Jose, Service (Philippines)
  • Kiki Kirin, Still Walking (Japan)
  • Kim Ji-young, Forever the Moment (South Korea)
  • Best Screenwriter

  • Winner: Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Max Mannix and Sachiko Tanaka, Tokyo Sonata (Japan/Hong Kong/the Netherlands)
  • Na Hong-jin, The Chaser (South Korea)
  • Li Qiang, And the Spring Comes (China)
  • Tom Lin and Henry Tsai, Winds of September (Taiwan/ Hong Kong)
  • Mitani Koki, The Magic Hour (Japan)
  • Best Cinematographer

  • Winner: Jola Dylewska, Tulpan (Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/Russia/Switzerland)
  • Ato Shoichi, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)
  • Cheng Siu-Keung, Sparrow (Hong Kong)
  • Lee Mo-gae, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
  • Wang Yu and Nelson Lik-wai Yu, 24 City (China)
  • Best Production Designer

  • Winner: Daniel Yan-kong Lee, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (China/Hong Kong/South Korea)
  • Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Jodhaa Akbar (India)
  • Kuwajima Towako, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)
  • Bill Lui, Painted Skin (China/Hong Kong)
  • Taneda Yohei, The Magic Hour (Japan)
  • Best Composer

  • Winner: Joe Hisaishi, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
  • Dalpalan and Jang Young-gyu, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
  • Hanno Yoshihiro and Lim Giong, 24 City (China)
  • Henry Wan-man Lai, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (China/Hong Kong/South Korea)
  • A.R. Rahman, Jodhaa Akbar (India)
  • Best Editor

  • Winner: Kim Sun-min, The Chaser (South Korea)
  • Chan Ki-hop, Beast Stalker (Hong Kong)
  • William Suk-ping Chang, Miao Miao (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
  • Darya Danilova, Native Dancer (Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Cinema of Germany)
  • Waluyo Ichwandiardono, The Rainbow Troops (Indonesia)
  • Best Visual Effects

  • Winner: Craig Hayes, Red Cliff (China)
  • Kim Wook, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
  • Yanagawase Masahide, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)
  • Special Awards

  • The Edward Yang New Talent Award:Wei Te-Sheng (Taiwan) for Cape No. 7
  • The Nielsen Box Office Award presented by the Hollywood Reporter: Priyanka Chopra (India)
  • References

    3rd Asian Film Awards Wikipedia