2009 Annual Asian Film Awards Winners

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 24, 2009 under Awards, Film Festival, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article

Image from “Tokyo Sonata”

Japanese films were the big winners at the third annual Asian Film Awards, taking home four of the top five prizes including “Tokyo Sonata,” winning best film.

Winners:

Best film: “Tokyo Sonata” (Japan)

Best director: Hirokazu Koreeda, “Still Walking”

Best actress: Zhou Xun, “The Equation of Love and Death”

Best actor: Masahiro Motoki, “Departures”

Best supporting actor: Jung Woo-sung, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”

Best cinematographer: Jola Dylewska, “Tulpan”

Best production designer: Daniel Lee, “Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon”

Best composer: Joe Hisaishi, “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea”

Best editor: Kim Sun-min, “The Chaser”

Best visual effects: Craig Hayes, “Red Cliff”

Best screenwriter: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, “Tokyo Sonata”

Best newcomer: Yu Shaoqun, “Forever Enthralled”

Asian Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema: Tsui Hark, Nansun Shi, Film Workshop Co. Ltd.

The Nielsen Box Office Award: Priyanka Chopra

Edward Yang New Talent Award: Wei Te-sheng

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