2008 (2nd) Asian Film Awards

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Contents

1 Introduction
- 1.1 List of nominees and winners in all categories
2 Best Film
3 Best Director
4 Best Actor
5 Best Actress
6 Best Supporting Actor
7 Best Supporting Actress
8 Best Screenwriter
9 Best Visual Effects
10 Best Cinematographer
11 Best Production Designer
12 Best Composer
13 Best Editor
14 Best Visual Effects
15 Comments

Introduction

The second annual Asian Film Awards presented their awards on March 17, 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.The event had 2500 guests around the award and broadcast live on TVB Pearl (Television Broadcasts Limited), AFA’s official broadcaster, and re-transmitted by other international channels, the AFA’s red-carpet gala and award ceremony paid tribute to 33 nominated Asian films in 12 categories and bestowed two world renowned filmmakers with special accolades. The awards were presented by top regional celebrities and filmmakers.

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)
Zhang Lu | 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)
Tang Wei | Lust, Caution | (Taiwan) / (China) / (USA)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner

Sun Honglei | 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)
Tsai Ming-Liang | 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)

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