# 4th Asian Film Awards

The 4th Asian Film Awards was given in a ceremony on 22 March 2010 as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

## Nominees and winners
### 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)
** Ryōko Hirosue, 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 [fr], 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 Dung, 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)