THE RESULTS OF THE 2ND. ASEAN FILM AWARDS ON 17TH. MARCH 2008, MONDAY AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE - Who were the winners? -

The Best Film of the year award

SECRET SUNSHINE A KOREAN MOVIE

for the 2nd. Asean Film Festival Awards

on 17th. March 2008.

Another year has passed by so quickly and before long the second Asian Film Awards is here again. It is said that all together there are 33 films have already competed in this film awards at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre last night, Monday - 17 March 2008. Who were the winner who took the awards home?

There were twelve (12) categories all together during the awards presentation that was held for the second time. The awards categories are for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film of the year, Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Screen Writer, Best Production Designer, Best Composer, Best Editor and Best Visual Effects.

The 2nd.Asian Film Awards is organized by the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the awards presentation went on well last night on Monday.

During the awards presentation that was announced earlier, a special award - the lifetime achievement award went to Japanese director Yoji Yamada

The results of the 2nd Asian Film Awards ceremony that was held on 17th March 2008 are as follows:

The winners are highlighted in gold colour for your view:

Best Actor:

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

Best Actress:

- Deepika Padukone, Om Shanti Om - India
- Tang Wei, Lust and Caution - Taiwan/China
- Joan Chen, The Home Song Stories - Singapore
- Jeon Do-yeon, Secret Sunshine - South Korea
- Kim Yunjin, Seven Days - South Korea
- Kiki Kirin, Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad - Japan

Best Supporting Actor:

- Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 - Japan
- Chun Ho-jin, Skeletons in the Closet - South Korea
- Sun Honglei, Mongol - Mongolia/Kazakhstan
- Mario Maurer, The Love of Siam - Thailand
- Kaoru Kobayashi, Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad - Japan

Best Supporting Actress:

- Joan Chen, The Sun Also Rises - China/Hong Kong
- Kim Hye-soo, Skeletons in the Closet - south Korea
- Kong Hyo-jin, Happiness - South Korea
- Ainya Sakujaroensuk, Ploy - Thailand
- Hiroko Yakushimaru, Always: Sunset on the Third Street 2 - Japan

Best Film Of The Year:

- Lust, Caution (Se Jie in Chinese) - Taiwan
- Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame - Iran
- I Just Didn't Do It - Japan

- Secret Sunshine - South Korea
- The Warlords - China/Hong Kong
- The Sun Also Rises - China, Hong Kong

Best Director:

- Ang Lee, Lust Caution - Taiwan/China
- Peter Chan, The Warlords - China/Hong Kong
- Jiang Wen, The sun Also Rises - China/Hong Kong
- Masayuki suo, I Just Didn't Do It - Japan
- Lee Chang-dong, Secret Sunshine - south Korea- Zhang Lu, Desert Dream' - South Korea

Best Cinematographer:

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

Best Screenwriter:

- Suo Masayuki, I Just Didn't do It - Japan
- James Schamus and Wang Hui-Ling, Lust Caution - Taiwan/China
- 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

Best Production Designer:

- Tsai Ming-liang, help Me Eros - Taiwan
- Pisut Pariwattankit and Thanakorn Pongsuwan, Opapatika - Thailand
- Cao Jiuping and Zhang Jian Qun, The Sun Also Rises - China/Hong Kong
- Kim Yu-jeong and Lee Min-bok, Epitaph (Gidam) - South Korea
- Iwaki Namiko, Sakuran - Japan

Best Composer:

- The August Band, Flure, Witwisit Hirunwongkul Chukiat Sakweerakul and Passakorn Wiroonsup, The Love of Siam - Thailand
- Alexandre Desplat, Lust Caution - Taiwan/China
- Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Om Shanti Om - India
- Xiao He, Mid-Afternoon Barks - China
- Ringo Shina, Sakuran - Japan

Best Editor:

- Lee Eun-soo, The Old Garden - South Korea
- Charliebebs Gohetia, Slingshot - Philippines
- Shogo Hirasawa, Maiko haaaan!!! - Japan
- Wenders Li, The Warlords
- Chin/Hong Kong- David M. Richardson, Eye in the Sky - Hong Kong

Best Visual Effects:

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

Congratulations to all the winners. The movie titled "Secret Sunshine," is a South Korean story about the mental breakdown of a piano teacher named Shin Ae,starring Jeon Do Yeon who has won the Best Actress Award. After the death of her husband in an accident, she moves to her husband's hometow to start a new life.

But the story did not end there. She has to face so many problems, etc... and the story continues...



"SECRET SUNSHINE" or "MILYANG" (directed by Chang-dong Lee in the year 2007 who also won the best director) WON THE BEST MOVIE FOR 2ND. ASIAN FILM AWARDS ON 17TH. MARCH 2008

This is good watch movie and won three awards: For the Best Actor, the Best Actress and the Best Movie at the 2nd Asian Film Awards announced Monday in Hong Kong, won the Best Movie, Best Director award went to Lee Chang-dong and best actress award went to Jeon Do-yeon.

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