Here are the winners of 2009 Asian Film Awards, which was held last March 23, 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Best Film – Tokyo Sonata – Japan/the Netherlands/Hong Kong
Director – Koreeda Hirokazu, Still Walking – Japan
Actor – Motoki Masahiro, Departures – Japan
Actress – Zhou Xun, The Equation of Love and Death – China
Supporting Actor – Jung Woo-sung, The Good, the Bad, the Weird – South Korea
Supporting Actress – Gina Pareno, Service (Serbis) – the Philippines
Best Newcomer – Yu Shaoqun, Forever Enthralled – China
Screenwriter – Kurosawa Kiyoshi/Max Mannix/Tanaka Sachiko, Tokyo Sonata – Japan/the Netherlands/Hong Kong
Cinematographer – Jola Dylewska, Tulpan – Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/Russia/Switzerland
Production Designer – Daniel Yan-kong Lee, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon – Hong Kong/South Korea/China
Composer – Hisaishi Joe, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea – Japan
Editor – Kim Sun-min, The Chaser – South Korea
Visual effects – Craig Hayes, Red Cliff – China
The Nielsen Box Office Award by The Hollywood Reporter – Priyanka Chopra from India
Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema – Tsui Hark, Nansun Shi, Film Workshop Co. Ltd. – Hong Kong
Edward Yang New Talent Award – Wei Te-sheng – Taiwan