Asian Film Awards Nominations 2012

Nominations for the 6th annual Asian Film Awards were announced in Hong Kong today — Update, 3/19: The winners are in bold.

Best Film

• A Separation (Iran)
• Postcard (Japan)
• The Flowers of War (Mainland China)
• Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Hong Kong/Mainland China)
• Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Taiwan)
• You Don’t Get Life a Second Time (India)

Best Director

• Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
• Teddy Soeriaatmadja, Lovely Man
• Sono Sion, Guilty of Romance
• Tsui Hark, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
• Wei Te-sheng, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
• Zhang Yimou, The Flowers of War

Best Actor

• Chen Kun, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
• Donny Damara, Lovely Man
• Andy Lau, A Simple Life
• Park Hae Il, War of the Arrows
• Yakusho Koji, Chronicle of My Mother

Best Actress

• Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture
• Michelle Chen, You Are the Apple of My Eye
• Eugene Domingo, The Woman in the Septic Tank
• Leila Hatami, A Separation
• Deanie Ip, A Simple Life

Best Newcomer

• Ko Chen-tung, You Are the Apple of My Eye
• Eric Lin Hui-min, Starry Starry Night
• Maeda Ohshiro, I Wish
• Ni Ni, The Flowers of War
• Gita Novalista, The Mirror Never Lies

Best Supporting Actor

• Umin Boya, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
• Lawrence Ko, Jump! Ashin
• Lee Je-hoon, The Front Line
• Mario Maurer, The Outrage

Best Supporting Actress

• Shamaine Buencamino, Niño
• Gwei Lun-mei, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
• Cris Horwang, Headshot
• Mitsushima Hikari, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
• Yan Ni, 11 Flowers

Best Screenwriter

• Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
• Shindô Kaneto, Postcard
• Liu Heng, Yan Geling, The Flowers of War
• Alan Mak, Felix Chong, Overheard 2
• Chris Martinez, The Woman in the Septic Tank

Best Cinematographer

• Chin Ting-chang, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
• Vishvajith Karunarathna, Flying Fish
• Kim Woo-hyung, The Front Line
• Jake Pollock, Lai Yiu-fai, Wu Xia
• Rahmat Syaiful, The Mirror Never Lies

Best Production Designer

• Suzanne Caplan Merwanji, You Don’t Get Life a Second Time
• Ryu Seong-hee, The Front Line
• Taneda Yohei, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
• Yee Chung-man, Ben Lau, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
• Yee Chung-man, Sun Li, Wu Xia

Best Composer

• Chan Kwong-wing, Peter Kam, Chatchai Pongprapaphan, Wu Xia
• Chen Qigang, The Flowers of War
• Ricky Ho, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
• AR Rahman, Rockstar
• Sakamoto Ryuichi, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Best Editor

• Curran Pang, Overheard 2
• Nelly Quettier, 11 Flowers
• Hayedeh Safiyari, A Separation
• Anand Subaya, You Don’t Get Life a Second Time
• Tang Man-to, White Vengeance

Best Visual Effects

• Ritesh Aggarwal, Ra. One
• Kamiya Makoto, Gantz
• Wook Kim, Josh Cole, Frankie Chung, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
• Xiao Yang, Chang Song, A Law, Li Ming-hsung, Li Jin-hui, Starry Starry Night
• Yung Kwok-yin, Andy Kang, Wu Xia

Best Costume Designer

• Amano Kyoko, Emura Kouichi, Milocrorze: A Love Story
• William Chang Suk-ping, The Flowers of War
• Mok Kwan-kit, Wong Ming-ha, White Vengeance
• Noppadol Techo, The Outrage
• Yee Chung-man, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

The Edward Yang New Talent Award: Edwin (Indonesia)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Ann Hui (Hong Kong)

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