2011 (5th) Asian Film Awards

Profile

• Award Show: Asian Film Awards
• Edition: 5th
• Period: March 21, 2011
• Location: Hong Kong

Nominees and Winners

Best Film

• Award Winner: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" - Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
• Nominees:
• "Aftershock" - Xiaogang Feng (China)
• "Confessions" - Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)
• "Let the Bullets Fly" - Wen Jiang (China)
• "Peepli Live" - Anusha Rizvi, Mahmood Farooqui (India)
• "Poetry" - Lee Chang-Dong (South Korea)
• "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" - Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)

Best Director

• Award Winner: Lee Chang-Dong - "Poetry" (South Korea)
• Nominees:
• Xiaogang Feng - "Aftershock" (China)
• Wen Jiang - "Let the Bullets Fly" (China)
• Lee Chang-Dong - "Poetry" (South Korea)
• Takashi Miike - "13 Assassins" (Japan)
• Na Hong-Jin - "The Yellow Sea" (South Korea)
• Tetsuya Nakashima - "Confessions" (Japan)

Best Actor

• Award Winner: Ha Jung-Woo - "The Yellow Sea" (South Korea)
• Nominees:
• Yun-Fat Chow - "Let the Bullets Fly" (China)
• You Ge - "Sacrifice" (China)
• Ha Jung-Woo - "The Yellow Sea" (South Korea)
• Ethan Ruan - "Monga" (Taiwan)
• Koji Yakusho - "13 Assassins" (Japan)

Best Actress

• Award Winner: Fan Xu - "Aftershock" (China)
• Nominees:
• Jeon Do-Yeon - "The Housemaid (South Korea)
• Rinko Kikuchi - "Norwegian Wood" (Japan)
• Takako Matsu - "Confessions" (Japan)
• Fan Xu - "Aftershock" (China)
• Michelle Yeoh - "Reign of Assassins" (China)

Best Newcomer

• Award Winner: Mark Chao - "Monga" (Taiwan)
• Nominees:
• Mark Chao - "Monga" (Taiwan)
• Aarif Lee - "Echoes of the Rainbow" (Hong Kong)
• Omkar Das Manikpuri - "Peepli Live" (India)
• T.O.P - "71: Into the Fire" (South Korea)
• Dongyu Zhou - "Under the Hawthorn Tree" (China)

Best Supporting Actor

• Award Winner: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo - "Ip Man 2" (Hong Kong)
• Nominees:
• Xiaoming Huang - "Sacrifice" (China)
• Sammo Hung Kam-Bo - "Ip Man 2" (Hong Kong)
• Masaki Okada - "Confessions" (Japan)
• Ryoo Seung-Bum - "The Unjust" (South Korea)
• Yu Hae-Jin - "Moss" (South korea)

Best Supporting Actress

• Award Winner: Yoon Yeo-Jung - "The Housemaid" (South Korea)
• Nominees:
• Yu Aoi - "About Her Brother" (Japan)
• Yoshino Kimura - "Confessions" (Japan)
• Carina Lau - "Let the Bullets Fly" (China)
• Shanty Parede - "Madame X" (Indonesia)
• Yoon Yeo-Jung - "The Housemaid" (South Korea)

Best Screenwriter

• Award Winner: Lee Chang-Dong - "Poetry" (South Korea)
• Nominees:
• Wen Jiang - "Let the Bullets Fly" (China)
• Heiward Mak, Ho-Cheung Pang - "Love in a Puff" (Hong Kong)
• Lee Chang-Dong - "Poetry" (South Korea)
• Chao-Bin Su - "Reign of Assassins" (China)
• Park Hoon-Jung - "The Unjust" (South Korea)

Best Cinematography

• Award Winner: Pin Bing Lee - "Norwegian Wood" (Japan)
• Nominees:
• Lee Mo-Gae - "I Saw the Devil" (South Korea)
• Jake Pollock - "Monga" (Taiwan)
• Pin Bing Lee - "Norwegian Wood" (Japan)
• Khasan Kydyraliyev - "The Light Thief " (Kyrgyzstan)
• Chung-to Tse - "The Stool Pigeon" (Hong Kong)

Best Production Design

• Award Winner: Yuji Hayashida - "13 Assassins" (Japan)
• Nominees:
• Yuji Hayashida - "13 Assassins" (Japan)
• James Choo - "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" (Hong Kong)
• Eros Efli - "Madame X" (Indonesia)
• Mei-Ching Huang, Po-Je Chen- "Monga" (Taiwan)
• Lee Hwo-kyoung - "The Yellow Sea" (South Korea)

Best Music Score

• Award Winner: Indian Ocean - "Peepli Live" (India)
• Nominees:
• Saito Kazuyoshi - "Golden Slumber" (Japan)
• Sandee Chan - "Monga" (Taiwan)
• Indian Ocean - "Peepli Live" (India)
• Peter Kam Pui-ta - "Reign of Assassins" (China)
• Jang Young-gyu, Lee Byung-hoo - "The Yellow Sea" (South Korea)

Best Editing

• Award Winner: Nam Na-Young - "I Saw the Devil" (South Korea)
• Nominees:
• Kenji Yamashita - "13 Assassins" (Japan)
• Yoshiyuki Koike - "Confessions" (Japan)
• Nam Na-Young - "I Saw the Devil" (South Korea)
• Hemanti Sarka - "Peepli Live" (India)
• Peicon Meng - "Under the Hawthorn Tree" (China)

Best Visual Effects

• Award Winner: Phil Jones - "Aftershock" (China)
• Nominees:
• Lee Hyuk, Park Eui-Dong, Ryu Hee-Jung - "71: Into the Fire" (South Korea)
• Phil Jones - "Aftershock" (China)
• Phil Jones - "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" (Hong Kong)
• Takash Yamazaki - "Space Battleship Yamato" (Japan)
• Park Jung-Ryul- "The Man From Nowhere" (South Korea)

Best Costume Design

• Award Winner: Wiliam Chang Suk-ping - "Let the Bullets Fly" (China)
• Nominees:
• Kazuhiro Sawataishi - "13 Assassins" (Japan)
• Bruce Yu Ka-on - "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" (Hong Kong)
• Wiliam Chang Suk-ping - "Let the Bullets Fly" (China)
• Yen-Khe Luguern - "Norwegian Wood" (Japan)
• Choi Se-Yeon - "The Housemaid (South Korea)