Saturday, January 19, 2013

7th Asian Film Awards Nominations

Congratulations to Nora Aunor (Thy Womb) and Eddie Garcia (Bwakaw) for their nominations at the 7th Asian Film Awards! Last year The Philippines won Best Supporting Actress for Shamaine Buencamino's performance in Niño while Eugene Domingo bagged the People's Choice Award for her performance in Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank. We also won our first award for the same category for Gina Pareño's performance in Serbis. I hope we can also win this year!

Best Film

“Drug War” (Mainland China)
“Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2” (India)
“Mystery” (Mainland China)
“Outrage Beyond” (Japan)
“Pieta” (South Korea)

Best Director

Anurag Kashyap, “Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2” (India)
Abbas Kiarostami, “Like Someone in Love” (Japan/France/Iran)
Kim Ki-duk, “Pieta” (South Korea)
Takeshi Kitano, “Outrage Beyond” (Japan)
Lou Ye, “Mystery” (Mainland China)

Best Actor


Joseph Chang, “GF*BF” (Taiwan)
Choi Min-sik, “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (South Korea)
Eddie Garcia, “Bwakaw” (Philippines)
Tony Leung Ka-fai, “Cold War” (Hong Kong)
Liu Ye, “The Last Supper” (Mainland China)

Best Actress


Nora Aunor, “Thy Womb” (Philippines)
Cho Min-soo, “Pieta” (South Korea)
Golshifteh Farahani, “The Patience Stone” (Afghanistan)
Gwei Lun-mei, “GF*BF” (Taiwan)
Hao Lei, “Mystery” (Mainland China)

Best Newcomer

Chien Man-shu, “When a Wolf Falls in Love With a Sheep” (Taiwan)
Masahiro Higashide, “The Kirishima Thing” (Japan)
Huang Yu-siang, “Touch of the Light” (Taiwan)
Kim Sung-kyun, “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (South Korea)
Qi Xi, “Mystery” (Mainland China)

Best Supporting Actor

Ha Jung-woo, “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (South Korea)
Ryo Kase, “Like Someone in Love” (Japan/France/Iran)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, “The Answer Lies Within” (India)
Chapman To, “Diva” (Hong Kong)
Rhydian Vaughan, “GF*BF” (Taiwan)

Best Supporting Actress

Jun Ji-hyun, “The Thieves” (South Korea)
Kim Hye-soo, “The Thieves” (South Korea)
Li Lieh, “Together” (Taiwan)
Qin Lan, “The Last Supper” (Mainland China)
Makiko Watanabe, “Capturing Dad” (Japan)

Best Screenwriter

Anand Gandhi, “Ship of Theseus” (India)
Kohei Kiyasu, Daihachi Yoshida, “The Kirishima Thing” (Japan)
Mei Feng, Yu Fan, Lou Ye, “Mystery” (Mainland China)
Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan, Yu Xi, “Drug War” (Mainland China)
Yun Jong-bin, “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (South Korea)

Best Cinematographer

Touraj Aslani, “Rhino Season” (Iraqi Kurdistan/Turkey)
Choi Young-hwan, “The Thieves” (South Korea)
Rajeev Ravi, “Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2” (India)
Katsumi Yanagijima, “Like Someone in Love” (Japan/France/Iran)
Zhang Li, Ma Cheng, “The Last Supper” (Mainland China)
Best Production Designer

Cho Hwa-sung, “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (South Korea)
Bahman Ghobadi, Ali Daryai, “Rhino Season” (Iraqi Kurdistan/Turkey)
Wasiq Khan, “Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2” (India)
Man Lim-chung, “The Silent War” (Mainland China/Hong Kong)
Yee Chung-man, Eric Lam Chi-kiu, “The Last Tycoon” (Mainland China/Hong Kong)

Best Composer

Pritam Chakraborty, “Barfi!” (India)
Jo Yeong-wook, “Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” (South Korea)
Peyman Yazdanian, Johann Johannsson, “Mystery” (Mainland China)
Keiichi Suzuki, “Outrage Beyond” (Japan)
Koji Ueno, “The Floating Castle” (Japan)

Best Editor

Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ohta, “Outrage Beyond” (Japan)
Mototaka Kusakabe, “The Kirishima Thing” (Japan)
Valerie Loiseleux, “Rhino Season” (Iraqi Kurdistan/Turkey)
David Richardson, Allen Leung, “Drug War” (Mainland China)
Shin Min-kyung, “The Thieves” (South Korea)

Best Visual Effects

Chas Chau, Lewis Chan, Benson Poon, Johnny Lin, “When a Wolf Falls in Love With a Sheep” (Taiwan)
Kwak Tae-yong, Hwang Hyokyun, Lim Jung-hoon, “Doomsday Book” (South Korea)
Farbod Khoshtinat, “Rhino Season” (Iraqi Kurdistan/Turkey)
Lee In-ho, Je Young-ho, “Soar Into the Sun” (South Korea)
Katsuro Onoue, Tetsuo Oya, Atsuki Sato, Minami Tsujino, “The Floating Castle” (Japan)

Best Costume Designer

Chen Xue-bing, Zhong Jia-ni, “The Last Supper” (Mainland China)
Jessie Dai Mei-ling, Chan Chi-man, “The Last Tycoon” (Mainland China/Hong Kong)
Kwak Jung-ae, “A Werewolf Boy” (South Korea)
Man Lim-chung, “The Silent War” (Mainland China/Hong Kong)
Mitsuru Otsuka, Kazuta Matsunaga, Akihiko Inamura, “The Floating Castle” (Japan)

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