Tokyo Sonata, the intimate Japanese family drama by acclaimed director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, took home the Best Film prize at the 3rd Asian Film Awards (AFA), held on Monday, March 23, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
A total of 13 prizes were given out at the 3rd AFA in a star-studded ceremony presided over by masters of ceremony Terence Yin, Lisa S and Derek Li, and featuring honoured guests like Joan Chen, Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, Academy Award-winner Oliver Stone and AFA Jury President Michelle Yeoh.
The winners of the 3rd Asian Film Awards are:
BEST FILM
Tokyo Sonata (Japan/The Netherlands/Hong Kong)
BEST DIRECTOR
KORE-EDA Hirokazu / Still Walking (Japan)
BEST ACTOR
MOTOKI Masahiro / Departures (Japan)
BEST ACTRESS
ZHOU Xun / The Equation of Love and Death (The Chinese Mainland)
BEST NEWCOMER
YU Shaoqun / Forever Enthralled (The Chinese Mainland)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JUNG Woo-sung / The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gina Pareño / Service (The Philippines)
BEST SCREENWRITER
KUROSAWA Kiyoshi/ Max MANNIX/ TANAKA Sachiko / Tokyo Sonata (Japan / The Netherlands / Hong Kong)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Jola DYLEWSKA / Tulpan (Germany / Kazakhstan / Poland / Russia / Switzerland)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Daniel Yan-kong LEE / Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (Hong Kong / South Korea / The Chinese Mainland)
BEST COMPOSER
HISAISHI Joe / Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
BEST EDITOR
KIM Sun-min / The Chaser (South Korea)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Craig HAYES / Red Cliff (The Chinese Mainland)
SPECIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ASIAN CINEMA
Film Workshop
THE EDWARD YANG NEW TALENT AWARD
WEI Te-sheng, Director of Cape No.7
THE NIELSEN BOX OFFICE AWARD PRESENTED BY THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Priyanka CHOPRA
