Asian Film Awards Articles
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES Tops Asian Film Awards 2011
Michelle Yeoh in John Woo and Su Chao-Bin's Reign of Assassins Best Film AFTERSHOCK, China CONFESSIONS, Japan LET THE BULLETS FLY, China PEEPLI LIVE, India POETRY, South Korea * UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES, Thailand Best Director FENG Xiaogang, AFTERSHOCK, China JIANG Wen, LET THE BULLETS FLY, China * LEE Chang-dong, POETRY, South Korea MIIKE Takashi, 13 ASSASSINS, Japan NA Hong-jin, THE [...]
Amitabh Bachchan, Zhang Yimou, John Woo: Asian Film Awards 2010 Winners
MOTHER Wins Top Asian Film Award The Asian Film Awards' first Best Costume Designer prize was presented by Donatella Versace to Christian Lacroix, Anne Dunsford and Wang Chia-Hui for Tsai Ming-liang's French-Taiwanese Face (above). Another Face victory: the movie was much praised for its look (though not for its storyline): was in the Best Production Designer category: the winners were Alain-Pascal Housiaux, Patrick Dechesne and [...]
Bong Joon-ho's MOTHER Tops Asian Film Awards 2010
Kim Hye-ja in Mother Bong Joon-ho's unusual drama-thriller Mother received top honors at the 2010 Asian Film Awards. Hosted by model and veejay Lisa S., the event took place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on Monday evening. Mother, the tale of a devoted mother who'll stop at nothing to prove her mentally handicapped son is innocent of a heinous crime, was chosen [...]
Zhang Yimou to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2010 Asian Film Awards
Zhang Yimou, whose Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, and Hero were nominated for Academy Awards, will receive a lifetime achievement award at the next Asian Film Awards ceremony. The awards presentation will take place during the Hong Kong Film Festival in March 2010. Zhang, 58, has been making movies since the late '80s. His first film, Red Sorghum, starred Gong Li, with whom the [...]