2nd Asian Film Awards - nominees

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Winners:

Best film
"Secret Sunshine"

Best director
Lee Chang-dong "Secret Sunshine"

Best actor
Tony Leung Chiu-wai "Lust, Caution"

Best actress
Jeon Do-yeon "Secret Sunshine"

Best supporting actor
Sun Honglei "Mongol"

Best supporting actress
Joan Chen "The sun Also Rises"

Best screenwriter
Au Kin-yee and Wai Ka-fai "Mad Detective"

Best cinematographer
Liao Pen-jung "Help me Eros"

Best production designer
Cao Jiu-ping and Zhang Jian-qun "The sun Also Rises"

Best composer
Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani

Best editor
David Richardson "Eye in the sky"

Best visual effects
Ng Yuen-fai "The Assembly"

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Mad Detective, nominated here in the screenwriting category, would made an excellent TV cop drama.

'When Officer Wong mysteriously disappears in the woods, his colleague Chi-Wai, who emerged unscathed from the incident, falls under suspicion. Young Inspector Ho is assigned to investigate, and, stymied, turns to his idol Bun, who was retired from the force after his crazy working methods began to degenerate into apparently unstable lunacy. Bun sees things: call them delusions, mystical visions or breathtakingly accurate intuitions. To and Wai take these visions and incorporate them into the film's graphic play with a visual brio that is as thrilling as it is astonishing.'
-from VIFF.org

Bun can see (or thinks he can see) peoples different personalities and as a result uses this to chase down the killer. It's a great film, and lots of fun.

Yes, Johnnie To has never ceased to surprise me even when he reunites with his ex-partner Wai Ka-fai. He is the most creative director at the moment.

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Mad Detective, nominated here in the screenwriting category, would made an excellent TV cop drama.

'When Officer Wong mysteriously disappears in the woods, his colleague Chi-Wai, who emerged unscathed from the incident, falls under suspicion. Young Inspector Ho is assigned to investigate, and, stymied, turns to his idol Bun, who was retired from the force after his crazy working methods began to degenerate into apparently unstable lunacy. Bun sees things: call them delusions, mystical visions or breathtakingly accurate intuitions. To and Wai take these visions and incorporate them into the film's graphic play with a visual brio that is as thrilling as it is astonishing.'
-from VIFF.org

Bun can see (or thinks he can see) peoples different personalities and as a result uses this to chase down the killer. It's a great film, and lots of fun.

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This is part of HK Int'l Film Fest '08 which will be held in March.


Best film
"Lust, Caution" (Taiwan/China/USA)
"The Warlords" (Hong Kong/China)
"The Sun Also Rises" (China)
"Secret Sunshine" (South Korea)
"I Just Didn't Do It" (Japan)
"Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame" (Iran)

Best director
Ang Lee, "Lust, Caution" (Taiwan/China/U.S.)
Peter Chan, "The Warlords," (Hong Kong/China)
Jiang Wen, "The Sun Also Rises" (China)
Zhang Lu, "Desert Dream" (China)
Lee Chang-Dong, "Secret Sunshine" (South Korea)
Suo Masayuki, "I Just Didn't Do It" (Japan)

Best actor
Jack Kao, "God Man Dog" (Taiwan)
Song Kang-ho, "Secret Sunshine" (South Korea)
Kase Ryo, "I Just Didn't Do It" (Japan)
Joe Odagiri, "Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad" (Japan)
Tony Leung Chi-Wai, "Lust, Caution"
Jet Li, "Warlords" (Hong Kong/China)

Best actress
Jeon Do-Yeon, "Secret Sunshine" (South Korea)
Joan Chen, "The Home Song Diaries" (China)
Tang Wei, "Lust, Caution" (China)
Kiki Kirin, "Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad" (Japan)
Kim Yunjin, "Seven Days" (South Korea)
Deepika Padukone, "Om Shanti Om" (India)

Best supporting actor
Chun Ho-Jin, "Skeletons in the Closet" (South Korea)
Kobayashi Kaoru, "Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad" (Japan)
Mario Maurer, "Love of Siam" (Thailand)
Sun Honglei, "Mongol" (Mongolia)
Tsutsumi Shin'ichi, "Always: Sunset on Third Street 2" (Japan)

Best supporting actress
Joan Chen, "The Sun Also Rises" (China)
Kong Hyo-Jin, "Happiness" (South Korea)
Kim Hye-Soo, "Skeletons in the Closet" (South Korea)
Apinya Sakujaroensuk, "Ploy" (Thailand)
Yakushimaru Hiroko, "Always: Sunset on Third Street 2" (Japan)

Best screenwriter
Au Kin Yee and Wai Ka-Fai, "The 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/U.S.)
Suo Masayuki, "I Just Didn't Do It" (Japan)

Best cinematographer
Hooman Behmanesh, "Those Three" (Iran)
Chankit Chamnivikaipong, "Ploy" (Thailand)
Liao Pen-Jung, "Help Me Eros" (Taiwan)
Shanker Raman, "Frozen"(India)
Arthur Wong, "The Warlords"(China/Hong Kong)

Best production designer
Cao Jiuping and Zhang Jian Qun, "The Sun Also Rises" (China/Hong Kong)
Kim Yu-Jeong and Lee Min-Bok, "Epitaph" (South Korea)
Iwaki Namiko, "Sakuran" (Japan)
Pisut Pariwattanakit and Thanakorn Pongsuwan, "Opapatika" (Thailand)
Tsai Ming-Liang, "Help Me Eros" (Taiwan)

Best composer
The August Band, Flure, Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Chukiate Sakveerakul, Passakorn Wiroonsup, "Love of Siam" (Thailand)
Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, "Om Shanti Om" (India)
Alexandre Desplat, "Lust, Caution" (Taiwan/China/Hong Kong)
Xiao He, "Mid-Afternoon Barks," China
Shiina Ringo, "Sakuran," Japan

Best editor
Charliebebs Gohetia, "Slingshot," The Philippines
Hirasawa Shogo, "Maiko Haaaan!!!" Japan
Lee Eun-Soo, "The Old Garden," South Korea
Wenders Li, "The Warlords," China/Hong Kong
David Richardson, "Eye in the Sky," Hong Kong

Best visual effects
Thomas Duval, "The Sun Also Rises," China/Hong Kong
Hyung Rae Shim, "D-War," South Korea
Ng Yuen Fai, "The Warlords," China/Hong Kong
Seshita Hiroyuki, "Dainipponjin," Japan
Yamazaki Takashi, "Always: Sunset on Third Street 2," Japan