Posted by editor@vimooz.com on January 22, 2009 under Awards, Foreign Film | 
South Korean Western “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” led the field with eight nominations when the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) announced the nominees for the third annual Asian Film Awards (AFA) Presentation Ceremony, which will take place in Hong Kong on March 23, 2009.
This event will be the Opening Gala of Entertainment Expo Hong Kong, and will coincide with the two flagship events of the HKIFFS, namely the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), and the 7th Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
And the nominees are:
Best film
“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
“Tokyo Sonata,” Japan/the Netherlands/Hong Kong
Director
Feng Xiaogang, “If You Are the One,” China
Kim Jee-woon, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” South Korea
Koreeda Hirokazu, “Still Walking,” Japan
Brillante Mendoza, “Service” the Philippines
Miyazaki Hayao/Frank Marshall, “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,” Japan
John Woo, “Red Cliff,” China
Actor
Ge You, “If You Are the One,” China
Ha Jung-woo, “The Chaser,” South Korea
Akshay Kumar, “Singh Is Kinng, India
Matsuyama Kenich, “Detroit Metal City,” Japan
Motoki Masahiro, “Departures,” Japan
Song Kang-ho, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” South Korea
Actress
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
Zhou Wei, “Painted Skin,” China/Hong Kong
Zhou Xun, “The Equation of Love and Death,” China
Best newcomer
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
JeeJa Yanin, “Chocolate,” Thailand
Yu Shaoqun, “Forever Enthralled,” China
Supporting actor
Nick Cheung, “Beast Stalker,” Hong Kong
Jung Woo-sung, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” South Korea
Lee Byung-hun, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” South Korea
Tsutsumi Shinichi, “Suspect X,” Japan
Wang Xueqi, “Forever Enthralled,” China
Supporting actress
Aoi Yu, “Sex Is No Laughing Matter,” Japan
Jaclyn Jose, “Service,” the Philippines
Kiki Kirin, “Still Walking,” Japan
Kim Ji-yeong, “Forever the Moment,” South Korea
Gina Pareno, “Service,” the Philippines
Screenwriter
Na Hong-jin, “The Chaser,” South Korea
Li Qiang, “And the Spring Comes,” China
Tom Lin/Henry Tsai, “Winds of September,” Taiwan/Hong Kong
Kurosawa Kiyoshi/Max Mannix/Tanaka Sachiko, “Tokyo Sonata,” Japan/the Netherlands/Hong Kong
Mitani Koki, “The Magic Hour,” Japan
Cinematographer
Ato Shoichi, “Paco and the Magical Book,” Japan
Cheng Siu-keung (HKSC), “Sparrow,” Hong Kong
Lee Mo-gae, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” South Korea
Jola Dylewska, “Tulpan,” Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/Russia/Switzerland
Wang Yu/Nelson Lik-wai YU, “24 City,” China
Production designer
Nitin Chandrakant DESAI, “Jodhaa Akbar,” India
Kuwajima Towako, “Paco and the Magical Book,” Japan
Daniel Yan-kong Lee, “Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon,” Hong Kong/South Korea/China
Bill Lui, “Painted Skin,” China/ Hong Kong
Taneda Yohei, “The Magic Hour,” Japan
Composer
Dalpalan/Jang Young-gyu, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” South Korea
Hanno Yoshihiro/ LIM Giong, “24 City,” China
Hisaishi Joe, “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,” Japan
Henry Wan-man Lai, “Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon,” Hong Kong/South Korea/China
A.R. Rahman, “Jodhaa Akbar,” India
Editor
Chan Ki-hop, “Beast Stalker,” Hong Kong
William Suk-ping Chang, “Miao Miao,” Taiwan/Hong Kong
Darya Daniolva, “Native Dancer,” Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany
Waluyo Ichwandiardono, “The Rainbow Troops,” Indonesia
Kim Sun-min, “The Chaser,” South Korea
Visual effects
Craig Hayes, “Red Cliff,” China
Kim Wook, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” South Korea
Yanagawase Masahide, “Paco and the Magical Book,” Japan
