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
Source:Best Film
- Winner: Tokyo Sonata
- *Forever Enthralled
- *The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- *Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
- *The Rainbow Troops
- *''Red Cliff''
Best Director
- Winner: Koreeda Hirokazu, Still Walking
- *Feng Xiaogang, If You Are the One
- *Kim Jee-woon, The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- *Brillante Mendoza, Service
- *Miyazaki Hayao, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
- *John Woo, ''Red Cliff''
Best Actor
- Winner: Masahiro Motoki, Departures
- *Ge You, If You Are the One
- *Ha Jung-woo, The Chaser
- *Akshay Kumar, Singh Is Kinng
- *Kenichi Matsuyama, Detroit Metal City
- *Song Kang-ho, ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird''
Best Actress
- Winner: Zhou Xun, The Equation of Love and Death
- *Fukatsu Eri, The Magic Hour
- *Jiang Wenli, And the Spring Comes
- *Deepika Padukone, Chandni Chowk To China
- *Yoshinaga Sayuri, Kabei - Our Mother
- *Zhao Wei, ''Painted Skin''
Best Newcomer
- Winner: Yu Shaoqun, Forever Enthralled
- *Matsuda Shota, Boys Over Flowers: the Movie
- *Sandrine Pinna, Miao Miao
- *So Ji-sub, Rough Cut
- *Xu Jiao, CJ7
- *Yanin Vismistananda, ''Chocolate''
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner: Jung Woo-sung, The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- *Nick Cheung, Beast Stalker
- *Lee Byung-hun, The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- *Tsutsumi Shinichi, Suspect X
- *Wang Xueqi, ''Forever Enthralled''
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner: Gina Pareño, Service
- *Yū Aoi, Sex Is No Laughing Matter
- *Jaclyn Jose, Service
- *Kiki Kirin, Still Walking
- *Kim Ji-young, ''Forever the Moment''
Best Screenwriter
- Winner: Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Max Mannix and Sachiko Tanaka, Tokyo Sonata
- *Na Hong-jin, The Chaser
- *Li Qiang, And the Spring Comes
- *Tom Lin Shu-yu and Henry Tsai, Winds of September
- *Mitani Koki, ''The Magic Hour''
Best Cinematographer
- Winner: Jola Dylewska, Tulpan
- *Ato Shoichi, Paco and the Magical Book
- *Cheng Siu-Keung, Sparrow
- *Lee Mo-gae, The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- *Wang Yu and Nelson Lik-wai Yu, ''24 City''
Best Production Designer
- Winner: Daniel Yan-kong Lee, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
- *Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Jodhaa Akbar
- *Kuwajima Towako, Paco and the Magical Book
- *Bill Lui, Painted Skin
- *Taneda Yohei, ''The Magic Hour''
Best Composer
- Winner: Joe Hisaishi, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
- *Dalpalan and Jang Young-gyu, The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- *Hanno Yoshihiro and Lim Giong, 24 City
- *Henry Wan-man Lai, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
- *A.R. Rahman, ''Jodhaa Akbar''
Best Editor
- Winner: Kim Sun-min, The Chaser
- *Chan Ki-hop, Beast Stalker
- *William Suk-ping Chang, Miao Miao
- *Darya Danilova, Native Dancer
- *Waluyo Ichwandiardono, ''The Rainbow Troops''
Best Visual Effects
- Winner: Craig Hayes, Red Cliff
- *Kim Wook, The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- *Yanagawase Masahide, ''Paco and the Magical Book''
Special Awards
- The Edward Yang New Talent Award:Wei Te-sheng for Cape No. 7
- The Nielsen Box Office Award presented by The Hollywood Reporter: '''Priyanka Chopra'''