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