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2nd Asian Film Awards

The 2nd Asian Film Awards were given in a ceremony on 17 March 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The top winner was Secret Sunshine from South Korea, which won Best Film, Best Director for Lee Chang-dong and Best Actress for Jeon Do-yeon. Secret Sunshine had been nominated for four awards.

Controversy
A reported Chinese media ban kept Lust, Caution lead actress Tang Wei from attending the ceremony. ==Winners and nominees==
Winners and nominees
Best FilmWinner: Secret Sunshine (South Korea) • Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Iran) • ''I Just Didn't Do It'' (Japan) • Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China) • The Sun Also Rises (China/Hong Kong) • The Warlords (China/Hong Kong) Best DirectorWinner: Lee Chang-dong, Secret Sunshine (South Korea) • Peter Chan, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong) • Jiang Wen, The Sun Also Rises (China/Hong Kong) • Ang Lee, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China) • Masayuki Suo, ''I Just Didn't Do It'' (Japan) • Zhang Lu, Desert Dream (South Korea) Best ActorWinner: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China) • Jack Kao, God Man Dog (Taiwan) • Ryō Kase, ''I Just Didn't Do It'' (Japan) • Jet Li, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong) • Joe Odagiri, Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Japan) • Song Kang-ho, Secret Sunshine (South Korea) Best ActressWinner: Jeon Do-yeon, Secret Sunshine (South Korea) • Joan Chen, The Home Song Stories (Singapore) • Kiki Kirin, Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Japan) • Yunjin Kim, Seven Days (South Korea) • Deepika Padukone, Om Shanti Om (India) • Tang Wei, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China) Best Supporting ActorWinner:Sun Honglei, Mongol (Mongolia/ Kazakhstan) • Chun Ho-jin, Skeletons in the Closet (South Korea) • Kaoru Kobayashi, Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Japan) • Mario Maurer, The Love of Siam (Thailand) • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Japan) Best Supporting ActressWinner: Joan Chen, The Sun Also Rises (China/Hong Kong) • Gong Hyo-jin, Happiness (South Korea) • Kim Hye-soo, Skeletons in the Closet (South Korea) • Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Ploy (Thailand) • Hiroko Yakushimaru, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Japan) Best ScreenwriterWinner: Au Kin-Yee and Wai Ka-Fai, Mad Detective (Hong Kong) • Im Sang-soo, The Old Garden (South Korea) • Peng Tao, Little Moth (China) • James Schamus and Wang Hui-Ling, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China) • Suo Masayuki, ''I Just Didn't Do It'' (Japan) Best CinematographerWinner: Liao Pen-jung, Help Me Eros (Taiwan) • Hooman Behmanesh, Those Three (Iran) • Chankit Chamnivikaipong, Ploy (Thailand) • Shanker Raman, Frozen (India) • Arthur Wong, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong) Best Production DesignerWinner: 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) • Pisut Pariwattanakit and Thanakorn Pongsuwan, Opapatika (Thailand) • Tsai Ming-liang, Help Me Eros (Taiwan) Best ComposerWinner: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Om Shanti Om (India) • The August Band, Flure, Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Chukiat Sakweerakul and Passakorn Wiroonsup, The Love of Siam (Thailand) • Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution (Taiwan/ China) • Xiao He, Mid-Afternoon Barks (China) • Ringo Shiina, Sakuran (Japan) Best EditorWinner: David Richardson, Eye in the Sky (Hong Kong) • Charliebebs Gohetia, Slingshot (Philippines) • Shogo Hirasawa, Maiko Haaaan!!! (Japan) • Lee Eun-soo, The Old Garden (South Korea) • Wenders Li, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong) Best Visual EffectsWinner: Ng Yuen Fai, The Warlords (China/Hong Kong) • Hyung Rae Shim, D-War (South Korea) • Thomas Duval, The Sun Also Rises (China/Hong Kong) • Seshita Hiroyuki, Dainipponjin (Japan) • Takashi Yamazaki, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Japan) ==References==
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