4th Asian Film Awards

The 4th Asian Film Awards was given in a ceremony on 22 March 2010 as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

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)
 * Phan Đăng Di, 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)