[March 23, 2009] Tokyo Sonata, the intimate Japanese family drama by acclaimed director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, took home the Best Film prize at the 3rd Asian Film Awards (AFA), held on Monday, March 23, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. A total of 13 prizes were given out at the 3rd AFA in a star-studded ceremony presided over by masters of ceremony Terence Yin, Lisa S and Derek Li, and featuring honoured guests like Joan Chen, Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, Academy Award-winner Oliver Stone and AFA Jury President Michelle Yeoh. The winners of the 3rd Asian Film Awards are: BEST FILM Tokyo Sonata (Japan/The Netherlands/Hong Kong) BEST DIRECTOR KORE-EDA Hirokazu / Still Walking (Japan) BEST ACTOR MOTOKI Masahiro / Departures (Japan) BEST ACTRESS ZHOU Xun / The Equation of Love and Death (The Chinese Mainland) BEST NEWCOMER YU Shaoqun / Forever Enthralled (The Chinese Mainland) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR JUNG Woo-sung / The Good, the Bad, the Weird (South Korea) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Gina Pareño / Service (The Philippines) BEST SCREENWRITER KUROSAWA Kiyoshi/ Max MANNIX/ TANAKA Sachiko / Tokyo Sonata (Japan / The Netherlands / Hong Kong) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER Jola DYLEWSKA / Tulpan (Germany / Kazakhstan / Poland / Russia / Switzerland) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNER Daniel Yan-kong LEE / Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (Hong Kong / South Korea / The Chinese Mainland) BEST COMPOSER HISAISHI Joe / Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Japan) BEST EDITOR KIM Sun-min / The Chaser (South Korea) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Craig HAYES / Red Cliff (The Chinese Mainland) SPECIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ASIAN CINEMA Film Workshop THE EDWARD YANG NEW TALENT AWARD WEI Te-sheng, Director of Cape No.7 THE NIELSEN BOX OFFICE AWARD PRESENTED BY THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Priyanka CHOPRA.

The 3rd AFA presentation ceremony will be broadcast on TVB Pearl on March 24 at 8.30pm, and on Star TV from April 4 onwards.

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