28th Hong Kong Film Awards
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Ceremony for the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 19 April 2009 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre is a multipurpose performance facility in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong. Located at Salisbury Road, it was founded by the former Urban Council and, after 2000, is administered by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong Government...

 and hosted by Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...

, Teresa Mo
Teresa Mo
Teresa Mo Sun-kwan is a Hong Kong actress. She started her career in 1970s, and joined TVB in 1981. She became famous for being cast in The Justice of Life, which was based on Stephen Chow's works...

, Sandra Ng
Sandra Ng
Sandra Ng Kwan-yu is a Hong Kong film and television actress.-Biography:The daughter of Ng Kam-chuen, Ng was born in Hong Kong, where she attended St. Stephen's Girls' College. Encouraged by her parents, she began her entertainment career at the age of 16. She is most known through her comic...

, Vincent Kok
Vincent Kok
Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu is a Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director.Kok is best known for his frequent collaborations with Stephen Chow, acting and co-writing with him the films Forbidden City Cop, From Beijing with Love and The God of Cookery in addition to producing and co-writing Chow's...

, Kay Tse
Kay Tse
Kay Tse is a Hong Kong Cantopop songwriter, recording-artist, entertainer and one of the premier Cantonese singers.Raised In Hong Kong, China. Tse made her debut to the music industry and was signed with Ban Ban Music in 2005 and released her debut album. She became a prominent figure in the...

, Denise Ho
Denise Ho
Denise Ho Wan-See, also known as HOCC, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer.-1996-2001:Denise Ho was born in Hong Kong and received her education in Canada and Diocesan Girls' Junior School, Hong Kong. She emigrated with her family to Montreal, Quebec at the age of 11. She studied and graduated High...

, Lam Chi Chung
Lam Chi Chung
Lam Chi-chung is a Hong Kong actor.-Actor:* The Haunting Lover * Flirting Scholar 2 * All's Well, Ends Wel 2010 * Just Another Pandora's Box * Here Comes Fortune * Chinese Paladin 3...

, Chin Kar-lok, Louis Fan, Tin Kai Man, Michelle Lo and Wong Cho Lam
Wong Cho Lam
Wong Cho Lam is a Hong Kong artiste currently working for TVB. He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor , DJ, television host, composer, lyricist, and singer. He graduated from The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts in 2003 with First Honors in Bachelor of Arts...

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Best Film

Winner Winning film Nominees
N/A Ip Man
Ip Man (film)
Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...

  • The Way We Are
    The Way We Are (film)
    The Way We Are is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui and starring Paw Hee-Ching, Chan Lai-wun, Leung Chun-lung and Idy Chan.- Plot :...

  • Red Cliff
  • CJ7
    CJ7
    CJ7 is a 2008 Hong Kong science fiction/comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the film. It was released on 31 January 2008 in Hong Kong. It was also released on 14 March 2008 in the United States....

  • Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....


Best Director

Winner Winning film Nominees
Ann Hui On Wah
Ann Hui
Ann Hui On-Wah is a Hong Kong film director, film producer and occasional screenwriter, one of the most critically acclaimed amongst the Hong Kong New Wave.-Early life:...

The Way We Are
The Way We Are (film)
The Way We Are is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui and starring Paw Hee-Ching, Chan Lai-wun, Leung Chun-lung and Idy Chan.- Plot :...

  • Johnnie To
    Johnnie To
    Johnnie To Kei-Fung, born 22 April 1955, is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas...

     — Sparrow
  • John Woo
    John Woo
    John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...

     — Red Cliff
  • Benny Chan — Connected
    Connected (film)
    Connected is a 2008 action-crime thriller film co-written and directed by Benny Chan. A co-production between Hong Kong and China, the film is a remake of the 2004 film Cellular...

  • Wilson Yip
    Wilson Yip
    Wilson Yip Wai-Shun is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. His films include Bio Zombie, The White Dragon, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Dragon Tiger Gate, Flash Point, Ip Man, and Ip Man 2.-Early career:...

     — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Screenplay

Winner Winning film Nominees
Lou Shiu Wa The Way We Are
The Way We Are (film)
The Way We Are is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui and starring Paw Hee-Ching, Chan Lai-wun, Leung Chun-lung and Idy Chan.- Plot :...

  • Susan Chan, Sylvia Chang
    Sylvia Chang
    Sylvia Chang is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.- Actress :...

     and Mathias Woo — Run Papa Run
    Run Papa Run
    Run Papa Run is a 2008 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang, and based on a novel by Benny Li. It was produced by JCE Movies Limited, with Jackie Chan serving as an executive producer...

  • Gordon Chan
    Gordon Chan
    Gordon Chan Kar-Seung , born in 1960, is an a Hong Kong film director, writer and producer. His most notable works include Beast Cops, Fist of Legend, Painted Skin, 2000 AD and Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen...

    , Lau Ho Leung and Abe Kwong — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....

  • Jack Ng & Dante Lam
    Dante Lam
    Dante Lam Chiu-Yin is a Hong Kong film director, an assistant director, actor, producer, writer, and action choreographer. In 2008 he won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director for his work on Beast Stalker.-Director:* Option Zero...

     — The Beast Stalker
  • Ivy Ho
    Ivy Ho
    Ivy Ho Sai-Hong is a Hong Kong screenwriter and film director.Ho's work has received high critical acclaim in Hong Kong. Perry Lam of Muse Magazine wrote, 'As a writer, Ho excels as a miniaturist...

     — Claustrophobia

Best Actor

Winner Winning film Nominees
Nick Cheung Ka-Fai
Nick Cheung
Nick Cheung Ka-fai is a Hong Kong actor. He is married to actress Esther Kwan and the two have a daughter together named Brittany.Cheung was a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for five years and changed his career as an actor with ATV...

The Beast Stalker
  • Louis Koo
    Louis Koo
    Louis Koo is a Hong Kong actor. He was once a notable local television series actor, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 for Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has focused on film...

     — Run Papa Run
    Run Papa Run
    Run Papa Run is a 2008 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang, and based on a novel by Benny Li. It was produced by JCE Movies Limited, with Jackie Chan serving as an executive producer...

  • Simon Yam
    Simon Yam
    Simon Yam Tat-Wah , born March 19, 1955, is a Hong Kong actor and film producer.-Background:The son of a former police officer of Shangdong heritage, his father was a Hong Kong Royal Police ship captain who was murdered by his colleague....

     — Sparrow
    Sparrow (film)
    Sparrow is a 2008 Hong Kong caper film produced and directed by Johnnie To. The film stars veteran Milkyway Image cast and crew alumni Simon Yam, Lam Ka-Tung, Law Wing-Cheong and Kenneth Cheung as a small gang of pickpockets, with each member being mysteriously approached by a beautiful Taiwanese...

  • Tony Leung
    Tony Leung Chiu Wai
    Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is a Hong Kong film actor and former TVB actor. A major film star since the 1990s, Leung has won nine Hong Kong Film Awards and three Golden Horse Best Actor awards...

     — Red Cliff
  • Donnie Yen
    Donnie Yen
    Donnie Yen is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film director and producer, action choreographer, and world wushu tournament medalist...

     — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Actress

Winner Winning film Nominees
Paw Hee-Ching
Paw Hee-Ching
Nina Paw Hee-Ching is a Hong Kong-based actress. She was born on July 20, 1949. Her parents are famous Chinese actor Bao Fong and Liu Su. Her younger brother Peter Pau is Academy Awards-winning and five-times Hong Kong Film Awards-winning cinematographer...

The Way We Are
The Way We Are (film)
The Way We Are is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui and starring Paw Hee-Ching, Chan Lai-wun, Leung Chun-lung and Idy Chan.- Plot :...

  • Prudence Liew
    Prudence Liew
    Prudence Liew Mei-Gwan is a multi-platinum selling Hong Kong pop singer and Golden Horse Award winning actress, having released 14 studio albums and appearing in numerous films.-Career start:...

     — True Women For Sale
    True Women For Sale
    True Women For Sale is a 2008 drama film directed by Herman Yau and starring Prudence Liew and Anthony Wong Chau Sang.-Plot:...

  • Barbie Hsu
    Barbie Hsu
    Barbie Hsu also known as Dà S |Mars]] with Vic Chou of F4. She has also acted in movies, her first being the Chinese movie The Ghost Inside. She also had a singing career prior to her acting career. She was in a duo group called "S.O.S." with her sister Dee Hsu. Their last album was called...

     — Connected
    Connected (film)
    Connected is a 2008 action-crime thriller film co-written and directed by Benny Chan. A co-production between Hong Kong and China, the film is a remake of the 2004 film Cellular...

  • Zhou Xun
    Zhou Xun
    Zhou Xun is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the "Four Young Dan actresses" in China in the early 2000s, along with Zhang Ziyi, Xu Jinglei and Zhao Wei.-Early life:...

     — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....

  • Karena Lam
    Karena Lam
    Karena Lam is a Hong Kong based award-winning actress and singer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Career :...

     — Claustrophobia

Best Supporting Actor

Winner Winning film Nominees
Liu Kai-Chi The Beast Stalker
  • Zhang Fengyi
    Zhang Fengyi
    Zhang Fengyi is a Chinese actor most famous for his role in Farewell My Concubine, as a Chinese stage actor dealing with China's changing political climate and the affections of his singing partner...

     — Red Cliff
  • Stephen Chow
    Stephen Chow
    Stephen Chow Sing-Chi is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter, film director and producer.- Professional career :Stephen Chow began as a temporary actor for TVB. He entered TVB in early 1980s, and was trained there, although he had few opportunities to appear in films. Chow graduated from...

     — CJ7
    CJ7
    CJ7 is a 2008 Hong Kong science fiction/comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the film. It was released on 31 January 2008 in Hong Kong. It was also released on 14 March 2008 in the United States....

  • Lam Ka-Tung
    Lam Ka-Tung
    Gordon Lam Ka-tung is a Hong Kong actor known for his supporting roles in films from the likes of Andrew Lau to Johnnie To.-Career:Lam graduated from TVB's 15th Artist Training Class in 1988. For the next seven to eight years, he was no more than an extra in most television productions...

     — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...

  • Fan Siu-Wong — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Supporting Actress

Winner Winning film Nominees
Chan Lai-Wun The Way We Are
The Way We Are (film)
The Way We Are is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui and starring Paw Hee-Ching, Chan Lai-wun, Leung Chun-lung and Idy Chan.- Plot :...

  • Nora Miao
    Nora Miao
    Nora Miao ); born February 8, 1952 ) is a Hong Kong actress who appeared in many kung-fu films in the 1970s. She was contracted to Golden Harvest, and spent her time making films in Hong Kong and in Taiwan, where she starred in several romance movies....

     — Run Papa Run
    Run Papa Run
    Run Papa Run is a 2008 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang, and based on a novel by Benny Li. It was produced by JCE Movies Limited, with Jackie Chan serving as an executive producer...

  • Zhao Wei
    Zhao Wei
    Zhao Wei is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao...

     — Red Cliff
  • Race Wong
    Race Wong
    Race Wong Yuen-Ling is a Hong Kong actress and a member of the Hong Kong-based Cantopop music group 2R alongside her sister Rosanne Wong. She is now a Singaporean resident.She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, English.-Album:...

     — True Women For Sale
    True Women For Sale
    True Women For Sale is a 2008 drama film directed by Herman Yau and starring Prudence Liew and Anthony Wong Chau Sang.-Plot:...

  • Sun Li — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....


Best New Performer

Winner Winning film Nominees
Xu Jiao
Xu Jiao
Xu Jiao is a newcomer actress from China, who is most notable for her comedic performance in the film CJ7. Despite being a girl she played a boy in the film.-Films:*CJ7 as Dicky Chow*Mulan as Young Hua Mulan...

CJ7
CJ7
CJ7 is a 2008 Hong Kong science fiction/comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the film. It was released on 31 January 2008 in Hong Kong. It was also released on 14 March 2008 in the United States....

  • Monica Mok — Ocean Flame
  • Kitty Zhang — All About Women
    All About Women
    All About Women , originally titled She Ain't Mean and Not All Women Are Bad, is a 2008 Chinese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Tsui Hark, who also edited the film, and co-wrote the story and screenplay with famed Korean filmmaker Kwak Jae-yong...

  • Jun Leung — The Way We Are
    The Way We Are (film)
    The Way We Are is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui and starring Paw Hee-Ching, Chan Lai-wun, Leung Chun-lung and Idy Chan.- Plot :...

  • Lin Chiling — Red Cliff

Best Cinematography

Winner Winning film Nominees
Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai
Arthur Wong
Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai is a nine time Hong Kong Film Awards-winning cinematographer, actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director.-Career:...

Painted Skin
Painted Skin (2008 film)
Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....

  • Tony Cheung — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon is a 2008 Hong Kong film loosely based on parts of the Chinese classical novel Romance of Three Kingdoms. It was directed by Daniel Lee with a reported budget of US$25 million...

  • Cheng Siu-Keung
    Cheng Siu-Keung
    Cheng Siu-Keung is a Hong Kong cinematographer, writer, and director. He is known for frequently collaborating with directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai as a cinematographer for their independent film production company, Milkyway Image.-Cinematographer:...

     — Sparrow
    Sparrow (film)
    Sparrow is a 2008 Hong Kong caper film produced and directed by Johnnie To. The film stars veteran Milkyway Image cast and crew alumni Simon Yam, Lam Ka-Tung, Law Wing-Cheong and Kenneth Cheung as a small gang of pickpockets, with each member being mysteriously approached by a beautiful Taiwanese...

  • Lü Yue
    Lü Yue
    Lü Yue is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. Born in Tianjin, Lü is today among the most important cinematographers of recent Chinese cinema, and is particularly well known for his collaborations with director Zhang Yimou with whom he served as director of photography in three films...

     and Zhang Li — Red Cliff
  • O Sing Pui — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Film Editing

Winner Winning film Nominees
Yau Chi-Wai Connected
Connected (film)
Connected is a 2008 action-crime thriller film co-written and directed by Benny Chan. A co-production between Hong Kong and China, the film is a remake of the 2004 film Cellular...

  • David M. Richardson — Sparrow
    Sparrow (film)
    Sparrow is a 2008 Hong Kong caper film produced and directed by Johnnie To. The film stars veteran Milkyway Image cast and crew alumni Simon Yam, Lam Ka-Tung, Law Wing-Cheong and Kenneth Cheung as a small gang of pickpockets, with each member being mysteriously approached by a beautiful Taiwanese...

  • Angie Lam, Robert A. Ferretti and Yang Hong Yu — Red Cliff
  • Chan Ki-Hop — The Beast Stalker
  • Cheung Ka-Fai
    Cheung Ka-Fai (film editor)
    Cheung Ka-fai is a Hong Kong film editor and actor.-Film editor:* A Better Tomorrow 2 * Thunder Cops II * The First Time is the Last Time * Mortuary Blues * Super Lady Cop...

     — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Art Direction

Winner Winning film Nominees
Tim Yip Red Cliff
  • Daniel Lee Yan-Kong
    Daniel Lee Yan-Kong
    Daniel Lee Yan-Kong is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, assistant director and art director.-Director:* What Price Survival * Black Mask * ...Till Death Do Us Part * Moonlight Express...

     and Horace Ma — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon is a 2008 Hong Kong film loosely based on parts of the Chinese classical novel Romance of Three Kingdoms. It was directed by Daniel Lee with a reported budget of US$25 million...

  • Yee Chung Man and Ben Lau — An Empress and the Warriors
    An Empress and the Warriors
    An Empress and the Warriors is a 2008 Hong Kong historical drama film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen, Leon Lai and Kou Zhenhai.-Plot:...

  • Bill Lui and Liu Jingping — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....

  • Kenneth Mak — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Costume Make Up Design

Winner Winning film Nominees
Tim Yip Red Cliff
  • Thomas Chong and Wong Ming-Na — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon is a 2008 Hong Kong film loosely based on parts of the Chinese classical novel Romance of Three Kingdoms. It was directed by Daniel Lee with a reported budget of US$25 million...

  • William Chang — All About Women
    All About Women
    All About Women , originally titled She Ain't Mean and Not All Women Are Bad, is a 2008 Chinese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Tsui Hark, who also edited the film, and co-wrote the story and screenplay with famed Korean filmmaker Kwak Jae-yong...

  • Yee Chung-Man
    Yee Chung-Man
    Kenneth Yee Chung-Man is a Chinese production designer, art director, costume designer and film director. He was awarded Best Costume and Make Up Design for Curse of the Golden Flower at the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2007....

     and Dora Ng
    Dora Ng
    Dora Ng Lei-Lo is a Hong Kong film costume and make up designer.-Filmography:* An Empress and the Warriors * CJ7 * The Secret of the Magic Gourd * The Matrimony * Happy Birthday...

     — An Empress and the Warriors
    An Empress and the Warriors
    An Empress and the Warriors is a 2008 Hong Kong historical drama film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen, Leon Lai and Kou Zhenhai.-Plot:...

  • Ng Po-Ling — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....


Best Action Choreography

Winner Winning film Nominees
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...

 
Tony Leung Siu-Hung
Ip Man
Ip Man (film)
Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...

  • Sammo Hung
    Sammo Hung
    Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...

     and Yuen Tak — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon is a 2008 Hong Kong film loosely based on parts of the Chinese classical novel Romance of Three Kingdoms. It was directed by Daniel Lee with a reported budget of US$25 million...

  • Corey Yuen
    Corey Yuen
    Corey Yuen Kwai is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and producer. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes.-Life and career:...

     — Red Cliff
  • Nicky Li — Connected
    Connected (film)
    Connected is a 2008 action-crime thriller film co-written and directed by Benny Chan. A co-production between Hong Kong and China, the film is a remake of the 2004 film Cellular...

  • Stephen Tung — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....


Best Sound Design

Winner Winning film Nominees
Wu Jiang
Roger Savage
Red Cliff
  • Chris Goodes and Sam Wong — Connected
    Connected (film)
    Connected is a 2008 action-crime thriller film co-written and directed by Benny Chan. A co-production between Hong Kong and China, the film is a remake of the 2004 film Cellular...

  • Kinson Tsang and Lai Chi-Hung — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....

  • Phyllis Cheng, Nip Kei-Wing and David Wong — The Beast Stalker
  • Kinson Tsang — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Visual Effects

Winner Winning film Nominees
Craig Hayes Red Cliff
  • Eddy Wong, Victor Wong and Ken Law — CJ7
    CJ7
    CJ7 is a 2008 Hong Kong science fiction/comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the film. It was released on 31 January 2008 in Hong Kong. It was also released on 14 March 2008 in the United States....

  • Ho Siu-Lun — Missing
  • Ng Yuen-Fai, Chas Chau and Tam Kai-Kwan — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....

  • Henri Wong — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Original Film Score

Winner Winning film Nominees
Taro Iwashiro Red Cliff
  • Henry Lai — Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
    Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon is a 2008 Hong Kong film loosely based on parts of the Chinese classical novel Romance of Three Kingdoms. It was directed by Daniel Lee with a reported budget of US$25 million...

  • Xavier Jamaux and Fred Avril — Sparrow
    Sparrow (film)
    Sparrow is a 2008 Hong Kong caper film produced and directed by Johnnie To. The film stars veteran Milkyway Image cast and crew alumni Simon Yam, Lam Ka-Tung, Law Wing-Cheong and Kenneth Cheung as a small gang of pickpockets, with each member being mysteriously approached by a beautiful Taiwanese...

  • Fujiwara Ikuro — Painted Skin
    Painted Skin (2008 film)
    Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....

  • Kenji Kawai
    Kenji Kawai
    , born April 23, 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, is a Japanese music composer, for motion pictures, anime movies, video games and televised programs. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other countries in Asia, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror,...

     — Ip Man
    Ip Man (film)
    Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...


Best Original Film Song

Winner Winning film Nominees
Painted Heart
Composer: Fujiwara Ikuro
Lyricist: Keith Chan
Chan Siu Kei
Chan Siu Kei is a renowned Chinese pop song lyricist and record producer. Since 1984, he has written over 3000 Cantonese and Mandarin songs, and won numerous awards from various electronic medias in Hong Kong and Mainland China, including Best Chinese Lyrics Awards and Best Chinese Song Awards...


Singer: Jane Zhang
Painted Skin
Painted Skin (2008 film)
Painted Skin is a 2008 supernatural fantasy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Betty Sun and Qi Yuwu....

  • Flying with DreamsAn Empress and the Warriors
    An Empress and the Warriors
    An Empress and the Warriors is a 2008 Hong Kong historical drama film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen, Leon Lai and Kou Zhenhai.-Plot:...

    • Composer: Mark Lui
      Mark Lui
      Mark Lui is a composer and producer of pop music based in Hong Kong.He is a Cantopop composers and producer in Hong Kong, well-known for employing Brit-pop-style in the Cantonese song he composes....

    • Lyricist: Lin Xi
    • Singers: Kelly Chen
      Kelly Chen
      Kelly Chen is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Kelly has also been known as a diva in Asia. She has a great success in Asia Entertainment industry with nearly 20 million record sales of 38 albums...

       and Leon Lai
      Leon Lai
      Leon Lai is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn."-Biography:...

  • Breaking Up is RuthlessL For Love, L For Lies
    • Composer: Andrew Chu
    • Lyricist: Fang Jie
    • Singer: Kary Ng
      Kary Ng
      Kary Ng is a pop rock singer in Hong Kong. She studied at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong. She had made references to her nickname "Lady K" in the album titles "Lady K Live" and "Lady K: Transformation"....

  • Xin·Zhan ~RED CLIFF~Red Cliff
    • Composer: Taro Iwashiro
    • Lyricist: Francis Lee
      Francis Lee (lyricist)
      Francis Lee, the lyricistBegan his writing career actually as a novelist and a literary critic, Francis Lee is now a critically acclaimed and platinum-record lyricist who can strike an amazing balance...

    • Singer: alan
      Alan Dawa Dolma
      Alan Dawa Dolma , professionally known as Alan , is a female Tibetan-Chinese singer active in the Japanese music industry....

  • Eternal LoveMissing
    • Composer: Kerman
    • Lyricist: Ant Rice Factory
    • Singers: Lee Sin-je and Dilnur

Best New Director

Winner Winning film Nominees
Derek Kwok The Moss
  • Heiward Mak — High Noon
  • Ivy Ho
    Ivy Ho
    Ivy Ho Sai-Hong is a Hong Kong screenwriter and film director.Ho's work has received high critical acclaim in Hong Kong. Perry Lam of Muse Magazine wrote, 'As a writer, Ho excels as a miniaturist...

     — Claustrophobia
    Claustrophobia (2009 film)
    Claustrophobia is an 2008 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Ivy Ho.-Synopsis:Pearl has quietly fallen in love with her boss Tom , who’s married with a family. Without warning, Tom asks Pearl to interview for another job. Wounded, Pearl demands that Tom terminate her. The gauntlet has been...


Best Asian Film

Winner Winning film Nominees
N/A Assembly
Assembly (film)
Assembly is a 2007 Chinese war-drama film written by Liu Heng and directed by Feng Xiaogang. It stars Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Yuan Wenkang, Tang Yan, Wang Baoqiang, Liao Fan, Hu Jun, Ren Quan and Li Naiwen....

(China)
  • If You Are the One
    If You Are the One
    If You Are the One is a 2008 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Ge You and Shu Qi. The film has been very successful at the Chinese box office, and has became one of Feng's top grossing films to date, and has earned over ¥364 million at the box office.-Plot:Qin...

    (China)
  • Cape No. 7
    Cape No. 7
    Cape No. 7 ) is a 2008 Taiwanese romance comedic music-drama film written and directed by Wei Te-Sheng, his first full-length motion picture. The film is in Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese with significant lines in Japanese. Before its commercial release, the film was world premiered on June 20,...

    (Taiwan)
  • Suspect X
    Suspect X
    is a 2008 Japanese mystery-thriller film based on the novel of the same name, directed by Hiroshi Nishitani. The film was a continuation of the popular Japanese serial drama Galileo and included the same cast...

    (Japan)
  • Forever Enthralled (China)

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