The 2nd Asian Film Awards were given in a ceremony on 17 March 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The top winner was Secret Sunshine from South Korea, which won Best Film, Best Director for Lee Chang-dong and Best Actress for Jeon Do-yeon. Secret Sunshine had been nominated for four awards.[1][2]
| 2nd Asian Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in Asian cinema |
| Awarded by | |
| Presented on | March 17, 2008 |
| Site | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre |
| Official website | Asian Film Awards |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Secret Sunshine |
| Best Direction | Lee Chang-dong Secret Sunshine |
| Best Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai Lust, Caution |
| Best Actress | Jeon Do-yeon Secret Sunshine |
| Most awards | 3 - Secret Sunshine |
| Most nominations | 6 - Lust, Caution and The Warlords |
The top nominees were Lust, Caution by Ang Lee and The Warlords by Peter Chan, both with six nominations each. Tony Leung Chiu Wai, star of Lust, Caution won Best Actor, while The Warlords won the award for best visual effects.[1] The Sun Also Rises by Jiang Wen had five nominations, and it won the prize for Best Supporting Actress, Joan Chen, who was also nominated for best actress for The Home Song Stories.[1] Japan's I Just Didn't Do It had four nominations.[3][4]
For this year, the awards categories were expanded from 10 to 12 to include nominations for best supporting actor and best supporting actress.[3] The awards were sponsored by Mission Hills Golf Club.
Controversy
editA reported Chinese media ban kept Lust, Caution lead actress Tang Wei from attending the ceremony.[5]
Winners and nominees
editBest Film
edit- Winner: Secret Sunshine (South Korea)
Best Director
edit- Winner: Lee Chang-dong, Secret Sunshine (South Korea)
Best Actor
edit- Winner: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China)
- Jack Kao, God Man Dog (Taiwan)
- Ryō Kase, I Just Didn't Do It (Japan)
- Jet Li, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong)
- Joe Odagiri, Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Japan)
- Song Kang-ho, Secret Sunshine (South Korea)
Best Actress
edit- Winner: Jeon Do-yeon, Secret Sunshine (South Korea)
- Joan Chen, The Home Song Stories (Singapore)
- Kiki Kirin, Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Japan)
- Yunjin Kim, Seven Days (South Korea)
- Deepika Padukone, Om Shanti Om (India)
- Tang Wei, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China)
Best Supporting Actor
edit- Winner:Sun Honglei, Mongol (Mongolia/ Kazakhstan)
Best Supporting Actress
edit- Winner: Joan Chen, The Sun Also Rises (China/Hong Kong)
- Gong Hyo-jin, Happiness (South Korea)
- Kim Hye-soo, Skeletons in the Closet (South Korea)
- Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Ploy (Thailand)
- Hiroko Yakushimaru, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Japan)
Best Screenwriter
edit- Winner: Au Kin-Yee and Wai Ka-Fai, Mad Detective (Hong Kong)
- Im Sang-soo, The Old Garden (South Korea)
- Peng Tao, Little Moth (China)
- James Schamus and Wang Hui-Ling, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China)
- Suo Masayuki, I Just Didn't Do It (Japan)
Best Cinematographer
edit- Winner: Liao Pen-jung, Help Me Eros (Taiwan)
- Hooman Behmanesh, Those Three (Iran)
- Chankit Chamnivikaipong, Ploy (Thailand)
- Shanker Raman, Frozen (India)
- Arthur Wong, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong)
Best Production Designer
edit- Winner: Cao Jiuping and Zhang Jian Qun, The Sun Also Rises (China/Hong Kong)
- Kim Yu-jeong and Lee Min-bok, Epitaph (Gidam) (South Korea)
- Iwaki Namiko, Sakuran (Japan)
- Pisut Pariwattanakit and Thanakorn Pongsuwan, Opapatika (Thailand)
- Tsai Ming-liang, Help Me Eros (Taiwan)
Best Composer
edit- Winner: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Om Shanti Om (India)
- The August Band, Flure, Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Chukiat Sakweerakul and Passakorn Wiroonsup, The Love of Siam (Thailand)
- Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China)
- Xiao He, Mid-Afternoon Barks (China)
- Ringo Shiina, Sakuran (Japan)
Best Editor
edit- Winner: David M. Richardson, Eye in the Sky (Hong Kong)
- Charliebebs Gohetia, Slingshot (Philippines)
- Shogo Hirasawa, Maiko Haaaan!!! (Japan)
- Lee Eun-soo, The Old Garden (South Korea)
- Wenders Li, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong)
Best Visual Effects
edit- Winner: Ng Yuen Fai, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong)
- Hyung Rae Shim, D-War (South Korea)
- Thomas Duval, The Sun Also Rises (China/Hong Kong)
- Seshita Hiroyuki, Dainipponjin (Japan)
- Takashi Yamazaki, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Japan)
References
edit- ^ a b c Shackleton, Liz. 17 March 2008 Secret Sunshine lights up Asian Film Awards, Screen Daily' retrieved 2008-03-18
- ^ Frater, Patrick. 17 March 2008. "Secret Sunshine" is AFA triple winner Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, Variety; retrieved 2008-03-18
- ^ a b Lee, Min. 18 January 2008. ['Lust, Caution,' 'The Warlords' lead Asian Film Awards nominations], Associated Press via The Canadian Press; retrieved 2008-01-19
- ^ Frater, Patrick. 17 January 2008. Lust, Caution', 'Warlords' top AFAs, Variety; retrieved 2008-01-19
- ^ Frater, Patrick. 16 March 2008. No time for Tang Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, Variety Asia; retrieved 2008-03-18