# 28th Hong Kong Film Awards

Ceremony for the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 19 April 2009 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Eric Tsang, Teresa Mo, Sandra Ng, Vincent Kok, Kay Tse, Denise Ho, Lam Chi Chung, Chin Kar-lok, Louis Fan, Tin Kai Man, Michelle Lo and Wong Cho Lam.

## Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Film Ip Man‡ The Way We Are Red Cliff CJ7 Painted Skin | Best Director Ann Hui — The Way We Are‡ Johnnie To — Sparrow John Woo — Red Cliff Benny Chan — Connected Wilson Yip — Ip Man |
| Best Screenplay Lou Shiu-Wa — The Way We Are‡ Susan Chan, Sylvia Chang and Mathias Woo — Run Papa Run Gordon Chan, Lau Ho-Leung and Abe Kwong — Painted Skin Jack Ng & Dante Lam — The Beast Stalker Ivy Ho — Claustrophobia | Best Actor Nick Cheung — The Beast Stalker‡ Louis Koo — Run Papa Run Simon Yam — Sparrow Tony Leung — Red Cliff Donnie Yen — Ip Man |
| Best Actress Nina Paw — The Way We Are‡ Prudence Liew — True Women For Sale Barbie Shu — Connected Zhou Xun — Painted Skin Karena Lam — Claustrophobia | Best Supporting Actor Liu Kai-Chi — The Beast Stalker‡ Zhang Fengyi — Red Cliff Stephen Chow — CJ7 Gordon Lam — Ip Man Louis Fan — Ip Man |
| Best Supporting Actress Chan Lai-Wun — The Way We Are‡ Nora Miao — Run Papa Run Zhao Wei — Red Cliff Race Wong — True Women For Sale Sun Li — Painted Skin | Best New Performer Xu Jiao — CJ7‡ Monica Mok — Ocean Flame Kitty Zhang — All About Women Jun Leung — The Way We Are Lin Chi-ling — Red Cliff |
| Best Cinematography Arthur Wong — Painted Skin‡ Tony Cheung — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon Cheng Siu-Keung — Sparrow Lü Yue and Zhang Li — Red Cliff O Sing Pui — Ip Man | Best Film Editing Yau Chi-Wai — Connected‡ David M. Richardson — Sparrow Angie Lam, Robert A. Ferretti and Yang Hong-Yu — Red Cliff Chan Ki-Hop — The Beast Stalker Cheung Ka-Fai — Ip Man |
| Best Art Direction Tim Yip — Red Cliff‡ Daniel Lee and Horace Ma — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon Kenneth Yee and Ben Lau — An Empress and the Warriors Bill Lui and Liu Jingping — Painted Skin Kenneth Mak — Ip Man | Best Costume Make Up Design Tim Yip — Red Cliff‡ Thomas Chong and Wong Ming-Na — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon William Chang — All About Women Kenneth Yee and Dora Ng — An Empress and the Warriors Ng Po-Ling — Painted Skin |
| Best Action Choreography Sammo Hung and Tony Leung Siu-Hung — Ip Man‡ Sammo Hung and Yuen Tak — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon Corey Yuen — Red Cliff Nicky Li — Connected Stephen Tung — Painted Skin | Best Original Film Score Taro Iwashiro — Red Cliff‡ Henry Lai Wan-man — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon Xavier Jamaux and Fred Avril — Sparrow Ikurō Fujiwara — Painted Skin Kenji Kawai — Ip Man |
| Best Original Film Song Painted Heart — Painted Skin‡ Composer: Ikurō Fujiwara Lyricist: Keith Chan Singer: Jane Zhang Flying with Dreams — An Empress and the Warriors Composer: Mark Lui Lyricist: Lin Xi Singers: Kelly Chen and Leon Lai Breaking Up is Ruthless — L For Love, L For Lies Composer: Andrew Chu Lyricist: Fang Jie Singer: Kary Ng Xin·Zhan ~RED CLIFF~ — Red Cliff Composer: Taro Iwashiro Lyricist: Francis Lee Singer: alan Eternal Love — Missing Composer: Kerman Lyricist: Ant Rice Factory Singers: Angelica Lee and Dilnur | Best Sound Design Wu Jiang and Roger Savage — Red Cliff‡ Chris Goodes and Sam Wong — Connected Kinson Tsang and Lai Chi-Hung — Painted Skin Phyllis Cheng, Nip Kei-Wing and David Wong — The Beast Stalker Kinson Tsang — Ip Man |
| Best Visual Effects Craig Hayes — Red Cliff‡ Eddy Wong, Victor Wong and Ken Law — CJ7 Ho Siu-Lun — Missing Ng Yuen-Fai, Chas Chau and Tam Kai-Kwan — Painted Skin Henri Wong — Ip Man | Best New Director Derek Kwok — The Moss‡ Heiward Mak — High Noon Ivy Ho — Claustrophobia |
| Best Asian Film Assembly (China)‡ If You Are the One (China) Cape No. 7 (Taiwan) Suspect X (Japan) Forever Enthralled (China) | Professional Achievement Ding Yue‡ |
| Lifetime Achievement Josephine Siao‡ |