3rd Asian Film Awards

The 3rd Asian Film Awards was given in a ceremony on 23 March 2009 as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Nominees and Winners
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Best Film

 * Winner: Tokyo Sonata (Japan)
 * Forever Enthralled (China)
 * The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
 * Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
 * The Rainbow Troops (Indonesia)
 * Red Cliff (China)

Best Director

 * Winner: Koreeda Hirokazu, Still Walking (Japan)
 * Feng Xiaogang, If You Are the One (China)
 * Kim Jee-woon, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
 * Brillante Mendoza, Service (Philippines)
 * Miyazaki Hayao, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
 * John Woo, Red Cliff (China)

Best Actor

 * Winner: Masahiro Motoki, Departures (Japan)
 * Ge You, If You Are the One (China)
 * Ha Jung-woo, The Chaser (South Korea)
 * Akshay Kumar, Singh Is Kinng (India)
 * Kenichi Matsuyama, Detroit Metal City (Japan)
 * Song Kang-ho, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)

Best Actress

 * Winner: Zhou Xun, The Equation of Love and Death (China)
 * Fukatsu Eri, The Magic Hour (Japan)
 * Jiang Wenli, And the Spring Comes (China)
 * Deepika Padukone, Chandni Chowk To China (India)
 * Yoshinaga Sayuri, Kabei - Our Mother (Japan)
 * Zhao Wei, Painted Skin (China/Hong Kong)

Best Newcomer

 * Winner: Yu Shaoqun, Forever Enthralled (China)
 * Matsuda Shota, Boys Over Flowers: the Movie (Japan)
 * Sandrine Pinna, Miao Miao (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
 * So Ji-sub, Rough Cut (South Korea)
 * Xu Jiao, CJ7 (Hong Kong)
 * Yanin Vismistananda, Chocolate (Thailand)

Best Supporting Actor

 * Winner: Jung Woo-sung, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
 * Nick Cheung, Beast Stalker (Hong Kong)
 * Lee Byung-hun, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
 * Tsutsumi Shinichi, Suspect X (Japan)
 * Wang Xueqi, Forever Enthralled (China)

Best Supporting Actress

 * Winner: Gina Pareño, Service (Philippines)
 * Yū Aoi, Sex Is No Laughing Matter (Japan)
 * Jaclyn Jose, Service (Philippines)
 * Kiki Kirin, Still Walking (Japan)
 * Kim Ji-young, Forever the Moment (South Korea)

Best Screenwriter

 * Winner: Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Max Mannix and Sachiko Tanaka, Tokyo Sonata (Japan/Hong Kong/the Netherlands)
 * Na Hong-jin, The Chaser (South Korea)
 * Li Qiang, And the Spring Comes (China)
 * Tom Lin Shu-yu and Henry Tsai, Winds of September (Taiwan/ Hong Kong)
 * Mitani Koki, The Magic Hour (Japan)

Best Cinematographer

 * Winner: Jola Dylewska, Tulpan (Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/Russia/Switzerland)
 * Ato Shoichi, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)
 * Cheng Siu-Keung, Sparrow (Hong Kong)
 * Lee Mo-gae, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
 * Wang Yu and Nelson Lik-wai Yu, 24 City (China)

Best Production Designer

 * Winner: Daniel Yan-kong Lee, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (China/Hong Kong/South Korea)
 * Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Jodhaa Akbar (India)
 * Kuwajima Towako, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)
 * Bill Lui, Painted Skin (China/Hong Kong)
 * Taneda Yohei, The Magic Hour (Japan)

Best Composer

 * Winner: Joe Hisaishi, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan)
 * Dalpalan and Jang Young-gyu, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
 * Hanno Yoshihiro and Lim Giong, 24 City (China)
 * Henry Wan-man Lai, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (China/Hong Kong/South Korea)
 * A.R. Rahman, Jodhaa Akbar (India)

Best Editor

 * Winner: Kim Sun-min, The Chaser (South Korea)
 * Chan Ki-hop, Beast Stalker (Hong Kong)
 * William Suk-ping Chang, Miao Miao (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
 * Darya Danilova, Native Dancer (Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Cinema of Germany)
 * Waluyo Ichwandiardono, The Rainbow Troops (Indonesia)

Best Visual Effects

 * Winner: Craig Hayes, Red Cliff (China)
 * Kim Wook, The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea)
 * Yanagawase Masahide, Paco and the Magical Book (Japan)

Special Awards

 * The Edward Yang New Talent Award:Wei Te-sheng (Taiwan) for Cape No. 7
 * The Nielsen Box Office Award presented by The Hollywood Reporter: Priyanka Chopra (India)