2008 (2nd) Asian Film Awards
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Introduction
Winning 3 of the 12 prizes, South Korea’s Secret Sunshine was awarded Best Film, presented by the film’s lead actor Kang-ho Song and AFA 2008 winner Miki Nakatani. The film also won Best Director for Chang-dong Lee (presented by Joan Chen and Hollywood studio chief Harvey Weinstein) and Best Actress to Do-yeon Jeon.
The Best Actor award went to Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Lust, Caution); Best Supporting Actor to Sun Honglei (MONGOL); and Best Supporting Actress to Joan Chen (The Sun Also Rises).
Best Screenwriter was awarded to Au Kin-yee and Wai Ka-fai (MAD DETECTIVE); Best Cinematographer to Liao Pen-jung (HELP ME EROS); Best Visual Effects to Ng Yuen-fai (THE WARLORDS); Best Production Designer to Cao Jiu-ping and Zhang Jian-qun (THE SUN ALSO RISES); Best Editor to David Richardson (EYE IN THE SKY), and Best Composer to Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani (OM SHANTI OM).
In addition to the twelve categories, special tributes were also an integral part of the ceremony with visionary Japanese filmmaker Yuya Ishii receiving The Edward Yang New Talent Award from director Ann Hui and actor Chang Han, while renowned director Hou Hsiao-hsien honored Yoji Yamada with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
List of nominees and winners in all categories
Best Film
Winner
- Secret Sunshine | (South Korea)
Other Nominees
- Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame | (Iran)
- I Just Didn't Do It | (Japan)
- Lust, Caution | Taiwan/ China / USA
- The Sun Also Rises | (China) / (Hong Kong)
- The Warlords | (China) / (Hong Kong)
Best Director
Winner
- Chang-dong Lee | Secret Sunshine | (South Korea)
Other Nominees
- Peter Chan | The Warlords | (China) / (Hong Kong)
- Wen Jiang | The Sun Also Rises | (China) / (Hong Kong)
- Ang Lee | Lust, Caution | (Taiwan) / (China) / (USA)
- Masayuki Suo | I Just Didn't Do It | (Japan)
- Lu Zhang | Desert Dream | (South Korea) / (France)
Best Actor
Winner
- Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Lust, Caution | (Taiwan)/ (China) / (USA)
Other Nominees
- Jack Kao | God Man Dog | (Taiwan)
- Ryo Kase | I Just Didn't Do It | (Japan)
- Jet Li | The Warlords | (China) / (Hong Kong)
- Joe Odagiri | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | (Japan)
- Kang-ho Song | Secret Sunshine | (South Korea)
Best Actress
Winner
- Do-yeon Jeon | Secret Sunshine | (South Korea)
Other Nominees
- Joan Chen | The Home Song Stories | (Singapore) / (Australia)
- Kirin Kiki | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Japan
- Yunjin Kim | Seven Days | South Korea
- Deepika Padukone | Om Shanti Om | (India)
- Wei Tang | Lust, Caution | (Taiwan) / (China) / (USA)
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
- Honglei Sun | Mongol | (Mongolia) / (Kazakhstan)/ (Germany) / (Russia)
Other Nominees
- Ho-jin Jeon | Skeletons in the Closet | (South Korea)
- Kaoru Kobayashi | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Japan
- Mario Maurer | The Love of Siam | Thailand
- Shin'ichi Tsutsumi | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 | (Japan)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
- Joan Chen | The Sun Also Rises | (China) / (Hong Kong)
Other Nominees
- Hyo-jin Kong | Happiness | (South Korea)
- Hye-su Kim | Skeletons in the Closet | (South Korea)
- Apinya Sakuljaroensuk | Ploy | (Thailand)
- Hiroko Yakushimaru | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 | (Japan)
Best Screenwriter
Winner
- Ka-Fai Wai / Kin Yee Au | Mad Detective | (Hong Kong)
Other Nominees
- Sang-soo Im | The Old Garden | (South Korea)
- Tao Peng | Little Moth | (China)
- Masayuki Suo | I Just Didn't Do It | (Japan)
- Hui-Ling Wang / James Schamus | Lust, Caution | (Taiwan)/ (USA) / (China)
Best Visual Effects
Winner
- Yuen Fai Ng | The Warlords (China) / (Hong Kong)
Other Nominees
- Thomas Duval | The Sun Also Rises (China) / (Hong Kong)
- Hiroyuki Seshita | Dainipponjin (Japan)
- Hyung-rae Shim | D-War (South Korea)
- Takashi Yamazaki | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Japan)
Best Cinematographer
Winner
- Pen-jung Liao | Help Me Eros | (Taiwan)
Other Nominees
- Hooman BehmanesHh | Those Three | (Iran)
- Chankit Chamnivikaipong | Ploy | (Thailand)
- Shanker Raman | Frozen | (India)
- Arthur Wong | The Warlords | China / Hong Kong
Best Production Designer
Winner
- Jiuping Cao /Jian Qun Zhang | The Sun Also Rises | (China) / (Hong Kong)
Other Nominees
- Yu-Jeong Kim / Min-Bok Lee | Epitaph | (South Korea)
- Namiko Iwaki | Sakuran | (Japan)
- Pisut Pariwattanakit | Opaptika | (Thailand)
- Ming-liang Tsai | Help Me Eros | (Taiwan)
Best Composer
Winner
- Vishal Dadlani | Shekhar Ravjiani | Om Shanti Om (India)
Other Nominees
- Alexandre Desplat | Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
- Kitti Kuremanee | The Love of Siam (Thailand)
- Ringo Shiina | Sakuran (Japan)
- Xiao He | Mid-Afternoon Barks (China)
Best Editor
Winner
- David Richardson | Eye in the Sky (Hong Kong)
Other Nominees
- Charliebebs Gohetia | Slingshot (Philippines)
- Shogo Hirasawa | Maiko haaaan!!! (Japan)
- Eun-soo Lee | The Old Garden (South Korea)
- Wenders Li | The Warlords (China)
Best Visual Effects
Winner
- Yuen Fai Ng | The Warlords (China) / (Hong Kong)
Other Nominees
- Thomas Duval | The Sun Also Rises (China) / (Hong Kong)
- Hiroyuki Seshita | Dainipponjin (Japan)
- Hyung-rae Shim | D-War (South Korea)
- Takashi Yamazaki | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Japan)
