4th Asian Film Awards

Nominees and winners

Best Film

• Winner: Mother (South Korea)
  • City of Life and Death (China)
  • Lola (Philippines)
  • Parade (Japan)
  • No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (Taiwan)
  • Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)

Best Director

• Winner: Lu Chuan, City of Life and Death (China)
  • Brillante Mendoza, Lola (Philippines)
  • Yonfan, Prince of Tears (Hong Kong/Taiwan)
  • Sono Sion, Love Exposure (Japan)
  • Bong Joon-ho, Mother (South Korea)
  • Asghar Farhadi, About Elly (Iran)

Best Actor

• Winner: Wang Xueqi, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)
  • Asano Tadanobu, Villon's Wife (Japan)
  • Huang Bo, Cow (China)
  • Song Kang-ho, Thirst (South Korea)
  • Matsumoto Hitoshi, Symbol (Japan)

Best Actress

• Winner: Kim Hye-ja, Mother (South Korea)
  • Li Bingbing, The Message (China)
  • Bae Doona, Air Doll (Japan)
  • Sandrine Pinna, Yang Yang (Taiwan)
  • Matsu Takako, Villon's Wife (Japan)

Best Newcomer

• Winner: Ng Meng Hui, At the End of Daybreak (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)
  • Zhu Xuan, Prince of Tears (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
  • Li Yuchun, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)
  • Kim Sae-ron, A Brand New Life (South Korea)
  • Sonam Kapoor, Delhi 6 (India)

Best Supporting Actor

• Winner: Nicholas Tse, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)
  • Eita, Dear Doctor (Japan)
  • Huang Xiaoming, The Message (China)
  • Won Bin, Mother (South Korea)
  • Tou Chung-hua, The Warrior and the Wolf (China)

Best Supporting Actress

• Winner: Kara Hui, At the End of Daybreak (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)
  • Yan Ni, Cow (China)
  • Kim Kkot-bi, Breathless (South Korea)
  • Ryōko Hirosue, Villon's Wife (Japan)
  • Sakura Ando, A Crowd of Three (Japan)

Best Screenwriter

• Winner: Bong Joon-ho and Park Eun-kyo, Mother (South Korea)
  • Hong Sang-soo, Like You Know It All (South Korea)
  • , Adrift (Vietnam)
  • Wai Ka-fai and Au Kin-yee, Written By (Hong Kong)
  • Asghar Farhadi, About Elly (Iran)

Best Cinematographer

• Winner: Cao Yu, City of Life and Death (China)
  • Cheng Siu-keung, Vengeance (Hong Kong)
  • Chung Chung-hoon, Thirst (South Korea)
  • Ly Thai Dung, Adrift (Vietnam)
  • Jake Pollock, Yang Yang (Taiwan)

Best Production Designer

• Winner: Alain-Pascal Housiaux and Patrick Deche, Face (Taiwan)
  • Kenneth Mak, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)
  • Hayashida Yuji, Yatterman (Japan)
  • Xiao Haihang, The Message (China)
  • Ryu Seong-hie, Thirst (South Korea)

Best Composer

• Winner: Lo Ta-Yu, Vengeance (Hong Kong)
  • Jang Young-gyu and Lee Byung-hoon, Running Turtle (South Korea)
  • Liu Tong, City of Life and Death (China)
  • Saito Kazuyoshi, Fish Story (film) (Japan)
  • Hoang Ngoc Dai, Adrift (Vietnam)

Best Editor

• Winner: Lee Chatametikool, Karaoke (Malaysia)
  • Kong Chi-leung and Chan Chi-wai, Overhead (Hong Kong)
  • Moon Sae-kyung, Mother (South Korea)
  • Kats Serraon, Lola (Philippines)
  • Tang Hua, Zhang Yifan and Du Yuan, Crazy Racer (China)

Best Visual Effects

• Winner: Yi Zeonhyoung, Thirst (South Korea)
  • Wang Jianxiong, Jimmy Chen and Li Liping, Crazy Racer (China)
  • Seshita Hiroyuki, Symbol (Japan)
  • Fujita Takuya and Nozaki Koji, Goemon (Japan)
  • Ng Yuen-fai, Tam Kai-kwan and Chas Chau Chi-shing, The Storm Warriors (Hong Kong)

Best Costume Designer

• Winner: Christian Lacroix, Anne Dunsford and Wang Chia-Hui, Face (Taiwan)
  • Dora Ng, Bodyguards and Assassins (Hong Kong)
  • Shim Hyun-soeb, The Sword with No Name (South Korea)
  • Tina Kalivas and Vaughan Alexander, Goemon (Japan)
  • Wada Emi, The Warrior and the Wolf (China)

Special awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Amitabh Bachchan (India)
• Asian Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema: Zhang Yimou (China)
• The Asian Film Awards for 2009’s Top-Grossing Film Director: John Woo, Red Cliff Part II (China)