4th Asian Film Awards

Best Film

Winner: Mother (South Korea)

City of Life and Death (China)

Lola (Philippines)

Parade (Japan)

No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (Taiwan)

Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)

Best Director

Winner: Lu Chuan, City of Life and Death (China)

Brillante Mendoza, Lola (Philippines)

Yonfan, Prince of Tears (Hong Kong/Taiwan)

Sono Sion, Love Exposure (Japan)

Bong Joon-ho, Mother (South Korea)

Asghar Farhadi, About Elly (Iran)

Best Actor

Winner: Wang Xueqi, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)

Asano Tadanobu, Villon's Wife (Japan)

Huang Bo, Cow (China)

Song Kang-ho, Thirst (South Korea)

Matsumoto Hitoshi, Symbol (Japan)

Best Actress

Winner: Kim Hye-ja, Mother (South Korea)

Li Bingbing, The Message (China)

Bae Doona, Air Doll (Japan)

Sandrine Pinna, Yang Yang (Taiwan)

Matsu Takako, Villon's Wife (Japan)

Best Newcomer

Winner: Ng Meng Hui, At the End of Daybreak (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)

Zhu Xuan, Prince of Tears (Taiwan/Hong Kong)

Li Yuchun, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)

Kim Sae-ron, A Brand New Life (South Korea)

Sonam Kapoor, Delhi 6 (India)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Nicholas Tse, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)

Eita, Dear Doctor (Japan)

Huang Xiaoming, The Message (China)

Won Bin, Mother (South Korea)

Tou Chung-Hua, The Warrior and the Wolf (China)

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Kara Hui, At the End of Daybreak (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)

Yan Ni, Cow (China)

Kim Kkot-bi, Breathless (South Korea)

Hirosue Ryoko, Villon's Wife (Japan)

Sakura Ando, A Crowd of Three (Japan)

Best Screenwriter

Winner: Bong Joon-ho and Park Eun-kyo, Mother (South Korea)

Hong Sang-soo, Like You Know It All (South Korea)

Phan Đăng Di, Adrift (Vietnam)

Wai Ka-fai and Au Kin-yee, Written By (Hong Kong)

Asghar Farhadi, About Elly (Iran)

Best Cinematographer

Winner: Cao Yu, City of Life and Death (China)

Cheng Siu-keung, Vengeance (Hong Kong)

Chung Chung-hoon, Thirst (South Korea)

Ly Thai Dzung, Adrift (Vietnam)

Jake Pollock, Yang Yang (Taiwan)

Best Production Designer

Winner: Alain-Pascal Housiaux and Patrick Deche, Face (Taiwan)

Kenneth Mak, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)

Hayashida Yuji, Yatterman (Japan)

Xiao Haihang, The Message (China)

Ryu Seong-hie, Thirst (South Korea)

Best Composer

Winner: Lo Ta-Yu, Vengeance (Hong Kong)

Jang Young-gyu and Lee Byung-hoon, Running Turtle (South Korea)

Liu Tong, City of Life and Death (China)

Saito Kazuyoshi, Fish Story (film) (Japan)

Hoang Ngoc Dai, Adrift (Vietnam)

Best Editor

Winner: Lee Chatametikool, Karaoke (Malaysia)

Kong Chi-leung and Chan Chi-wai, Overhead (Hong Kong)

Moon Sae-kyung, Mother (South Korea)

Kats Serraon, Lola (Philippines)

Tang Hua, Zhang Yifan and Du Yuan, Crazy Racer (China)

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Yi Zeonhyoung, Thirst (South Korea)

Wang Jianxiong, Jimmy Chen and Li Liping, Crazy Racer (China)

Seshita Hiroyuki, Symbol (Japan)

Fujita Takuya and Nozaki Koji, Goemon (Japan)

Ng Yuen-fai, Tam Kai-kwan and Chas Chau Chi-shing, The Storm Warriors (Hong Kong)

Best Costume Designer

Winner: Christian Lacroix, Anne Dunsford and Wang Chia-Hui, Face (Taiwan)

Dora Ng, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)

Shim Hyun-soeb, The Sword with No Name (South Korea)

Tina Kalivas and Vaughan Alexander, Goemon (Japan)

Wada Emi, The Warrior and the Wolf (China)

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award: Amitabh Bachchan (India)

Asian Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema: Zhang Yimou (China)

The Asian Film Awards for 2009’s Top-Grossing Film Director: John Woo, Red Cliff Part II (China)