1st Asian Film Awards
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The 1st Asian Film Awards
were given on 20 March 2007 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
, on the opening night of the 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival
.
Given to films released in 2006 by film industries
from across Asia
, awards were given in 10 categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematographer, Best Production Designer, Best Composer, Best Editor and Best Visual Effects. Up to six nominees are honored in each category.
The most awards went to The Host
, directed by Bong Joon-ho
. It had been nominated in five categories and won four: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematographer.
Asian Film Awards
The Asian Film Awards are presented annually by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society to recognize excellence of film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema.-History:...
were given on 20 March 2007 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre is one of the two major convention and exhibition venues in Hong Kong, along with AsiaWorld-Expo. It is located in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island. Built along the Victoria Harbour, it is linked by covered walkways to nearby hotels and commercial...
, on the opening night of the 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hong Kong International Film Festival
The Hong Kong International Film Festival is a platform for filmmakers, film professionals and filmgoers from all over the world to launch and experience new film work. There are seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and parties celebrating the festival community...
.
Given to films released in 2006 by film industries
Film industry
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew...
from across Asia
Asian cinema
Asian cinema refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Asia, and is also sometimes known as Eastern cinema. More commonly however, it is used to refer to the cinema of Eastern, Southeastern and Southern Asia. West Asian cinema is sometimes classified as part of Middle...
, awards were given in 10 categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematographer, Best Production Designer, Best Composer, Best Editor and Best Visual Effects. Up to six nominees are honored in each category.
The most awards went to The Host
The Host (film)
The Host is a 2006 South Korean monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay, along with Baek Chul-hyun....
, directed by Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.-Biography:He was born in Daegu in 1969 and decided to become a filmmaker while in middle school, perhaps influenced by an artistic family He majored in sociology in Yonsei University in the late 1980s and was a member of the film club...
. It had been nominated in five categories and won four: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematographer.
Best Film
- Winner: The HostThe Host (film)The Host is a 2006 South Korean monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay, along with Baek Chul-hyun....
(South Korea)- Curse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden Flower is a 2006 Chinese epic drama film directed by Zhang Yimou.With a budget of US$45 million, it was at the time of its release the most expensive Chinese film to date, surpassing Chen Kaige's The Promise...
(ChinaCinema of ChinaThe Chinese-language cinema has three distinct historical threads: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. Since 1949 the cinema of mainland China has operated under restrictions imposed by the Communist Party of China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and...
/Hong KongCinema of Hong KongThe cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
) - ExiledExiledExiled is a 2006 Hong Kong action crime drama film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and starring Anthony Wong, Roy Cheung, Francis Ng, and Simon Yam. The action takes place in contemporary Macau.-Plot:...
(Hong Kong) - Love and HonorLove and Honoris a 2006 film set in Japan of the Edo period. It is the final film in Yoji Yamada's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy .-Plot:Shinnojo, a low level samurai, lives with his pretty, dutiful and loyal wife Kayo...
(JapanCinema of JapanThe has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
) - Opera JawaOpera JawaOpera Jawa is a 2006 Indonesian-Austrian musical film directed by Garin Nugroho that features traditional Javanese classical music and dance in a setting of opera that is inspired by the "The Abduction of Sita" episode from the Ramayana.The film was commissioned for Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope...
(IndonesiaCinema of IndonesiaThough the cinema of Indonesia has a long history, the industry is currently struggling and developing.-Colonial era:The first film made in Indonesia was the 1926 silent film, Loetoeng Kasaroeng, by Dutch directors G. Kruger and L. Heuveldorp...
) - Still Life (China)
- Sivaji (film) (India)
- Curse of the Golden Flower
Best Director
- Winner: Jia ZhangkeJia ZhangkeJia Zhangke is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yuan....
, Still Life (ChinaCinema of ChinaThe Chinese-language cinema has three distinct historical threads: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. Since 1949 the cinema of mainland China has operated under restrictions imposed by the Communist Party of China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and...
)- Hong Sang-sooHong Sang-sooHong Sang-soo is a South Korean film director. Hong's directorial debut, The Day a Pig Fell into the Well , was praised by South Korean critics for its originality and won international film prizes...
, Woman on the BeachWoman on the BeachWoman on the Beach is the seventh feature film by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, and was released in 2006.- Plot :Film director and screenwriter Kim Jung-rae asks his friend Won Chang-wook to drive with him from the homes in Seoul to the resort town of Shinduri, on the western coast of South...
(South Korea) - Jafar PanahiJafar PanahiJafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker and is one of the most influential filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave movement. He has gained recognition from film theorists and critics worldwide and received numerous awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Bear at the...
, OffsideOffside (film)Offside is a 2006 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, about girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their sex. Female fans are not allowed to enter football stadiums in Iran on the grounds that there will be a high risk of violence or verbal abuse...
(IranCinema of IranThe cinema of Iran is a flourishing film industry with a long history. Many popular commercial films are annually made in Iran, and Iranian art films win praise around the world....
) - Johnnie ToJohnnie ToJohnnie 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...
, ExiledExiledExiled is a 2006 Hong Kong action crime drama film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and starring Anthony Wong, Roy Cheung, Francis Ng, and Simon Yam. The action takes place in contemporary Macau.-Plot:...
(Hong KongCinema of Hong KongThe cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
) - Tsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liang is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese Cinema, along with earlier contemporaries such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang...
, I Don't Want to Sleep AloneI Don't Want to Sleep AloneI Don't Want to Sleep Alone is a 2006 Malaysian-Taiwanese romantic-drama film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang...
(TaiwanCinema of TaiwanThe history of Chinese-language cinema has three separate threads of development: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of Mainland China and Cinema of Taiwan . Taiwanese cinema grew up outside of the Hong Kong mainstream and the censorship of the People's Republic of China.Taiwanese cinema is deeply rooted...
) - Apichatpong WeerasethakulApichatpong WeerasethakulApichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004...
, Syndromes and a CenturySyndromes and a CenturySyndromes and a Century is a 2006 Thai drama film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film was among the works commissioned for Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope festival in Vienna to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
(ThailandCinema of ThailandThe cinema of Thailand dates back to the early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn's 1897 visit to Bern, Switzerland was recorded by Francois-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. The film was then brought to Bangkok, where it was exhibited...
)
- Hong Sang-soo
Best Actor
- Winner: Song Kang-hoSong Kang-hoSong Kang-ho is a leading South Korean film actor.- Career:Song Kang-ho never professionally trained as an actor, beginning his career in social theater groups after graduating from Kimhae High School...
, The HostThe Host (film)The Host is a 2006 South Korean monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay, along with Baek Chul-hyun....
(South Korea)- Chang ChenChang ChenChang Chen is a Taiwanese actor, born in Taipei, Taiwan. His name is sometimes seen in the Western order . He is the son of a Taiwanese actor Chang Kuo Chu and brother of a Taiwanese actor, Chang Han .-Career:...
, The Go MasterThe Go MasterThe Go Master is a 2006 biopic by director Tian Zhuangzhuang of the renowned twentieth century Go master Wu Qingyuan, better known by his adopted Japanese name of Go Seigen...
(ChinaCinema of ChinaThe Chinese-language cinema has three distinct historical threads: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. Since 1949 the cinema of mainland China has operated under restrictions imposed by the Communist Party of China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and...
) - Rain, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OKI'm a Cyborg, But That's OKI'm a Cyborg, But That's OK is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy directed by Park Chan-wook.-Plot:The film takes place mostly in a mental institution filled with an eclectic menagerie of patients...
(South Korea) - Shah Rukh Khan, DonDon- People :* Don , a short form of the masculine given name Donald in English, also a masculine given name in Irish* Don , a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian title, given as a mark of respect* Don, a crime boss...
(IndiaCinema of IndiaThe cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...
) - Andy LauAndy LauAndy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
, A Battle of WitsA Battle of Wits (2006 film)A Battle of Wits is a 2006 Hong Kong film based on a Japanese historical novel, written by Ken'ichi Sakemi. A manga series was written by Hideki Mori, also based on the novel. Directed by Jacob Cheung, the film starred Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Wang Zhiwen, Fan Bingbing, Nicky Wu and Choi Siwon...
(Japan / Hong Kong / China/ South Korea) - Ken WatanabeKen Watanabeis a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best...
, Memories of TomorrowMemories of Tomorrowis a 2006 Japanese drama film starring Ken Watanabe, Higuchi Kanako and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The film is based on a novel of the same title published by Hiroshi Ogiwara in 2004.-Plot:...
(Japan)
- Chang Chen
Best Actress
- Winner: Miki Nakatani, Memories of MatsukoMemories of Matsukois a 2006 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada.It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award with an...
(Japan)- Gong LiGong LiGong Li is a Chinese film actress. Gong first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Zhang Yimou and is credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to Europe and the United States....
, Curse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden Flower is a 2006 Chinese epic drama film directed by Zhang Yimou.With a budget of US$45 million, it was at the time of its release the most expensive Chinese film to date, surpassing Chen Kaige's The Promise...
(Hong Kong/China) - Kim Hye-suKim Hye-su-Career:Kim Hye-su debuted in the 1986 film Ggambo when she was a first year high school student. Over two decades she amassed a sizeable filmography of leading and supporting roles, notably in the TV dramas Did We Really Love? with Bae Yong Joon and Revenge and Passion with Ahn Jae Wook, as well...
, Tazza: The High RollersTazza: The High RollersTazza: The High Rollers is a 2006 South Korean film based on Huh Young-man's manhwa . The story involves a group of grifters involved in the Korean card game called Hwatu ....
(South Korea) - Im Su-jeongIm Su-jeongSu-Jeong Lim, also known as Im Soo-jung is a South Korean actress.-Career:Im Soo-jung made her debut in 1998 as a cover model for teen magazines. She soon moved onto dramas and films, but it was Kim Ji-woon's 2003 stylish horror A Tale of Two Sisters that first drew her critical notice and...
, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OKI'm a Cyborg, But That's OKI'm a Cyborg, But That's OK is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy directed by Park Chan-wook.-Plot:The film takes place mostly in a mental institution filled with an eclectic menagerie of patients...
(South Korea) - Rie MiyazawaRie Miyazawais a Japanese actress and former model.- Life and career :Rie Miyazawa was born in Tokyo and raised by her mother. Since her debut at age 11 in an advertisement for Kit Kat, she has many films, television shows, commercials, stage appearances and photo books to her credit. She starred in the...
, HanaHana (film)Hana - the Tale of a Reluctant Samurai, known in Japan as , is a 2006 Japanese black comedy by director Hirokazu Koreeda.-Story:The story takes place in the year 1702. It concerns a young samurai, Sozaemon, who has come from Matsumoto to Edo to take his revenge against his father's killer and...
(Japan) - Zhang ZiyiZhang ZiyiZhang Ziyi is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is coined by the media as one of the Four Young Dan actresses in the Film Industry in China, along with Zhao Wei, Xu Jinglei, and Zhou Xun...
, The Banquet (Hong Kong/China)
- Gong Li
Best Screenwriter
- Winner: Mani HaghighiMani HaghighiMani Haghighi is an Iranian filmmaker, screen writer and actor. He is the grandson of the writer and filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan.-Education:...
, Men at WorkMen at Work (film)Men at Work is a 1990 American action comedy film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring Estevez and his real life brother Charlie Sheen.-Plot:...
(Iran)- Hong Sang-sooHong Sang-sooHong Sang-soo is a South Korean film director. Hong's directorial debut, The Day a Pig Fell into the Well , was praised by South Korean critics for its originality and won international film prizes...
, Woman on the BeachWoman on the BeachWoman on the Beach is the seventh feature film by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, and was released in 2006.- Plot :Film director and screenwriter Kim Jung-rae asks his friend Won Chang-wook to drive with him from the homes in Seoul to the resort town of Shinduri, on the western coast of South...
(South Korea) - Tetsuya Oishi and Shusuke KanekoShusuke Kanekois a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter.-Career:Shūsuke Kaneko began his career in film with Nikkatsu's Roman Porno film series, in which he served as assistant director to Kōyū Ohara. The series also gave Kaneko his directorial debut with writer Kōichirō Uno's, Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging ,...
, Death NoteDeath Noteis a manga created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. The main character is Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a god of death, or a shinigami, named Ryuk...
(Japan) - Sohn Jae-gon, My Scary GirlMy Scary GirlMy Scary Girl is a 2006 South Korean film, written and directed by Son Jae-gon.- Plot :29 old Hwang Dae-woo is a successful university lecturer of English, yet due to his awkward and shy nature around women, has yet to engage in any romantic relationship...
(South Korea) - Prabda YoonPrabda YoonPrabda Yoon is a Thai writer, novelist, artist, graphic designer, magazine editor, screenwriter and translator. He is the son of Nation Multimedia Group executive and editor Suthichai Yoon....
, Invisible WavesInvisible WavesInvisible Waves is a 2006 crime film by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, with screenplay by Prabda Yoon, cinematography by Christopher Doyle, and starring Tadanobu Asano – all people that Pen-Ek had worked with on his previous film, Last Life in the Universe...
(Thailand) - Zhang ChengZhang ChengZhang Cheng , style name Zhongsi , was a military general of Eastern Wu during the late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history...
, Yue Xiajun, Ning Ha, Crazy StoneCrazy StoneCrazy Stone is a 2006 mainland Chinese black comedy film directed by Ning Hao and produced by Andy Lau. It was immensely popular, earning 6 million RMB in its first week and more than 23 million RMB in total box office in Mainland China, despite its low budget and cast of unknowns...
(China/Hong Kong)
- Hong Sang-soo
Best Cinematographer
- Winner: Kim Hyung-goo, The HostThe Host (film)The Host is a 2006 South Korean monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay, along with Baek Chul-hyun....
(South Korea)- Andrew LauAndrew LauAndrew Lau Wai-Keung is a Hong Kong cinematographer and filmmaker. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film...
and Lai Yiu Fai, Confession of PainConfession of PainConfession of Pain is a 2006 Hong Kong crime/drama film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, and starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi and Xu Jinglei.-Plot summary:...
(Hong Kong) - Liao Pen-jung, I Don't Want to Sleep AloneI Don't Want to Sleep AloneI Don't Want to Sleep Alone is a 2006 Malaysian-Taiwanese romantic-drama film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang...
(Taiwan) - Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Syndromes and a CenturySyndromes and a CenturySyndromes and a Century is a 2006 Thai drama film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film was among the works commissioned for Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope festival in Vienna to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
(Thailand) - Wang YuWang Yu (cinematographer)Wang Yu is a Chinese cinematographer who has worked with some of China's most important directors, including Tian Zhuangzhuang, Lou Ye, and Li Yu...
, The Go MasterThe Go MasterThe Go Master is a 2006 biopic by director Tian Zhuangzhuang of the renowned twentieth century Go master Wu Qingyuan, better known by his adopted Japanese name of Go Seigen...
(China)
- Andrew Lau
Best Production Designer
- Winner: Tim Yip, The BanquetThe BanquetThe Banquet, released on DVD in the United States as Legend of the Black Scorpion, is a 2006 Chinese wuxia drama film. The film was directed by Feng Xiaogang and stars Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu and Zhou Xun. It is a loose adaption of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, and features themes of...
(China/Hong Kong)- Cho Keun-hyun, Forbidden QuestForbidden QuestForbidden Quest is a 2006 South Korean drama. The story recounts part of the life of a scholar, during the Joseon Dynasty, who begins to write erotic novels, and becomes the lover of the King's favorite concubine...
(South Korea) - Towako Kuwajima, Memories of MatsukoMemories of Matsukois a 2006 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada.It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award with an...
(Japan) - Patrick Tam and Cyrus Ho, After This Our ExileAfter This Our ExileAfter This Our Exile is a 2006 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Tam.-Plot:In hopeless pursuit of happiness, Shing is a man who desperately attempts to hold on to the dwindling threads of his family. Once a man who had a dream, Shing has become a deadbeat gambler whose marriage is failing with...
(Hong Kong) - Emi WadaEmi Wadais a renowned Japanese costume designer.She has created costumes for the Akira Kurosawa film Ran, which earned her an Academy Award for costume design, the Peter Greenaway film Prospero's Books, and the Zhang Yimou films Hero and House of Flying Daggers...
, The Go MasterThe Go MasterThe Go Master is a 2006 biopic by director Tian Zhuangzhuang of the renowned twentieth century Go master Wu Qingyuan, better known by his adopted Japanese name of Go Seigen...
(China)
- Cho Keun-hyun, Forbidden Quest
Best Composer
- Winner: Rahayu SupanggahRahayu SupanggahRahayu Supanggah is an Indonesian composer of more than 100 pieces, known mostly for his part in the international collaboration Realizing Rama and the music score composed for Robert Wilson's I La Galigo. His compositions for Opera Jawa won the Asian Film Award in 2007. Since 2007 he is resident...
, Opera JawaOpera JawaOpera Jawa is a 2006 Indonesian-Austrian musical film directed by Garin Nugroho that features traditional Javanese classical music and dance in a setting of opera that is inspired by the "The Abduction of Sita" episode from the Ramayana.The film was commissioned for Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope...
(Indonesia)- Jeong Yong-jin, Woman on the BeachWoman on the BeachWoman on the Beach is the seventh feature film by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, and was released in 2006.- Plot :Film director and screenwriter Kim Jung-rae asks his friend Won Chang-wook to drive with him from the homes in Seoul to the resort town of Shinduri, on the western coast of South...
(South Korea) - Peter KamPeter KamPeter Kam Pui-Tat is a music composer for Hong Kong films including The Warlords and Bodyguards and Assassins.Peter is a four-time winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards.-External links:...
, IsabellaIsabella (film)Isabella is a 2006 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung and starring Chapman To, Isabella Leong and Anthony Wong. It played in competition at the 56th annual Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for best film music...
(Hong Kong) - Lim GiongLim GiongLim Giong is a musician, artist, DJ, composer, songwriter, music producer, music director and also an actor.Now, he is a leading figure on the Taiwanese experimental electronic music scene....
, Still Life (China) - Tamiya Terashima, Tales from EarthseaTales from EarthseaTales from Earthsea is a collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in 2001. The stories are set in the Earthsea world....
(Japan)
- Jeong Yong-jin, Woman on the Beach
Best Editor
- Winner: Lee ChatametikoolLee ChatametikoolLee Chatametikool is a Thai film editor and sound editor. He is a frequent collaborator with Apichatpong Weerasethakul and other Thai independent directors, but has also worked on commercial films, including the hit Thai horror film, Shutter....
, Syndromes and a CenturySyndromes and a CenturySyndromes and a Century is a 2006 Thai drama film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film was among the works commissioned for Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope festival in Vienna to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
(Thailand)- Kim Sun-min, The HostThe Host (film)The Host is a 2006 South Korean monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay, along with Baek Chul-hyun....
(South Korea) - Angie Lam, Dog Bite DogDog Bite DogDog Bite Dog is a 2006 Hong Kong action crime thriller directed by Soi Cheang and starring Edison Chen as a brutal Cambodian assassin, desperately trying to evade police after completing an assignment in Hong Kong...
(Japan / Hong Kong) - Park Gok-ji and Jeong Jin-hee, A Dirty CarnivalA Dirty CarnivalA Dirty Carnival is a South Korean neo-noir mob film directed by Yoo Ha that is the fourth feature film for him. Released in 2006, this film sold 1.6 million tickets.- Plot :...
(South Korea) - Patrick Tam, After This Our ExileAfter This Our ExileAfter This Our Exile is a 2006 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Tam.-Plot:In hopeless pursuit of happiness, Shing is a man who desperately attempts to hold on to the dwindling threads of his family. Once a man who had a dream, Shing has become a deadbeat gambler whose marriage is failing with...
(Hong Kong)
- Kim Sun-min, The Host
Best Visual Effects
- Winner: The Orphanage, The HostThe Host (film)The Host is a 2006 South Korean monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay, along with Baek Chul-hyun....
(South Korea)- Angela Barson and Chung Chi-hang, Curse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden Flower is a 2006 Chinese epic drama film directed by Zhang Yimou.With a budget of US$45 million, it was at the time of its release the most expensive Chinese film to date, surpassing Chen Kaige's The Promise...
(Hong Kong/China) - DTI (Digital Tetra Inc.), ETRI, The RestlessThe Restless (2006 film)The Restless is a 2006 fantasy South Korean film directed by Jo Dong-oh, starring Kim Tae-hee and Jeong Woo-seong. The film's Korean title, Joongchun, is literally translated as "Midheaven".-Plot summary:...
(South Korea) - Ohya Tetsuo, Kamiya Makoto, Onoue Katsuro, The Sinking of Japan (Japan)
- Masahide Yanagawase, Memories of MatsukoMemories of Matsukois a 2006 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada.It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award with an...
(Japan)
- Angela Barson and Chung Chi-hang, Curse of the Golden Flower
Special Awards
- Box Office Star of Asia Award: Andy LauAndy LauAndy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
- Asian Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema: Josephine Siao Fong-fong, presented by Luc BessonLuc BessonLuc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:...
- Asian Film Award for Excellence in Scholarship in Asian Cinema：David BordwellDavid BordwellDavid Bordwell is an American film theorist and film historian. Since receiving his PhD from the University of Iowa in 1974, he has written more than fifteen volumes on the subject of cinema including Narration in the Fiction Film , Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema , Making Meaning , and On the...
, presented by Johnnie ToJohnnie ToJohnnie 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...