# 3rd Asian Film Awards

The 3rd Asian Film Awards was given in a ceremony on 23 March 2009 as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

## Nominees and Winners

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### Best Film

* Winner: Tokyo Sonata (Japan)
** Forever Enthralled (China)
** The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
** Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
** The Rainbow Troops (Indonesia)
** Red Cliff (China)

### Best Director

* Winner: Koreeda Hirokazu, Still Walking (Japan)
** Feng Xiaogang, If You Are the One (China)
** Kim Jee-woon, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
** Brillante Mendoza, Service (Philippines)
** Miyazaki Hayao, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
** John Woo, Red Cliff (China)

### Best Actor

* Winner: Masahiro Motoki, Departures (Japan)
** Ge You, If You Are the One (China)
** Ha Jung-woo, The Chaser (South Korea)
** Akshay Kumar, Singh Is Kinng (India)
** Kenichi Matsuyama, Detroit Metal City (Japan)
** Song Kang-ho, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)

### Best Actress

* Winner: Zhou Xun, The Equation of Love and Death (China)
** Fukatsu Eri, The Magic Hour (Japan)
** Jiang Wenli, And the Spring Comes (China)
** Deepika Padukone, Chandni Chowk To China (India)
** Yoshinaga Sayuri, Kabei - Our Mother (Japan)
** Zhao Wei, Painted Skin (China/Hong Kong)

### Best Newcomer

* Winner: Yu Shaoqun, Forever Enthralled (China)
** Matsuda Shota, Boys Over Flowers: the Movie (Japan)
** Sandrine Pinna, Miao Miao (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
** So Ji-sub, Rough Cut (South Korea)
** Xu Jiao, CJ7 (Hong Kong)
** Yanin Vismistananda, Chocolate (Thailand)

### Best Supporting Actor

* Winner: Jung Woo-sung, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
** Nick Cheung, Beast Stalker (Hong Kong)
** Lee Byung-hun, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
** Tsutsumi Shinichi, Suspect X (Japan)
** Wang Xueqi, Forever Enthralled (China)

### Best Supporting Actress

* Winner: Gina Pareño, Service (Philippines)
** Yū Aoi, Sex Is No Laughing Matter (Japan)
** Jaclyn Jose, Service (Philippines)
** Kiki Kirin, Still Walking (Japan)
** Kim Ji-young, Forever the Moment (South Korea)

### Best Screenwriter

* Winner: Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Max Mannix and Sachiko Tanaka, Tokyo Sonata (Japan/Hong Kong/the Netherlands)
** Na Hong-jin, The Chaser (South Korea)
** Li Qiang, And the Spring Comes (China)
** Tom Lin Shu-yu and Henry Tsai, Winds of September (Taiwan/ Hong Kong)
** Mitani Koki, The Magic Hour (Japan)

### Best Cinematographer

* Winner: Jola Dylewska, Tulpan (Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/Russia/Switzerland)
** Ato Shoichi, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)
** Cheng Siu-Keung, Sparrow (Hong Kong)
** Lee Mo-gae, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
** Wang Yu and Nelson Lik-wai Yu, 24 City (China)

### Best Production Designer

* Winner: Daniel Yan-kong Lee, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (China/Hong Kong/South Korea)
** Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Jodhaa Akbar (India)
** Kuwajima Towako, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)
** Bill Lui, Painted Skin (China/Hong Kong)
** Taneda Yohei, The Magic Hour (Japan)

### Best Composer

* Winner: Joe Hisaishi, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
** Dalpalan and Jang Young-gyu, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
** Hanno Yoshihiro and Lim Giong, 24 City (China)
** Henry Wan-man Lai, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (China/Hong Kong/South Korea)
** A.R. Rahman, Jodhaa Akbar (India)

### Best Editor

* Winner: Kim Sun-min, The Chaser (South Korea)
** Chan Ki-hop, Beast Stalker (Hong Kong)
** William Suk-ping Chang, Miao Miao (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
** Darya Danilova, Native Dancer (Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Cinema of Germany)
** Waluyo Ichwandiardono, The Rainbow Troops (Indonesia)

### Best Visual Effects

* Winner: Craig Hayes, Red Cliff (China)
** Kim Wook, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
** Yanagawase Masahide, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)

### Special Awards

* The Edward Yang New Talent Award:Wei Te-sheng (Taiwan) for Cape No. 7
* The Nielsen Box Office Award presented by The Hollywood Reporter: Priyanka Chopra (India)