5th Asian Film Awards
The 5th Asian Film Awards was given in a ceremony on 21 March 2011 as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.Nominees and Winners
Best Film
- Winner: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
- *Aftershock
- *Confessions
- *Let the Bullets Fly
- *Peepli Live
- *Poetry
Best Director
- Winner: Lee Chang-dong, Poetry
- *Feng Xiaogang, Aftershock
- *Jiang Wen, Let the Bullets Fly
- *Takashi Miike, 13 Assassins
- *Na Hong-jin, The Yellow Sea
- *Tetsuya Nakashima, Confessions
Best Actor
- Winner: Ha Jung-woo, The Yellow Sea
- *Chow Yun-fat, Let the Bullets Fly
- *Ge You, Sacrifice
- *Ethan Juan, Monga
- *Kōji Yakusho, 13 Assassins
Best Actress
- Winner: Xu Fan, Aftershock
- *Jeon Do-yeon, The Housemaid
- *Rinko Kikuchi, Norwegian Wood
- *Takako Matsu, Confessions
- *Michelle Yeoh, Reign of Assassins
Best Newcomer
- Winner: Mark Chao, Monga
- *Aarif Lee, Echoes of the Rainbow
- *Omkar Das Manikpuri, Peepli Live
- *T.O.P,
- *Zhou Dongyu, Under the Hawthorn Tree
- Winner: Sammo Hung, Ip Man 2
- *Huang Xiaoming, Sacrifice
- *Masaki Okada, Confessions
- *Ryoo Seung-bum, The Unjust
- *Yoo Hae-jin, Moss
- Winner: Youn Yuh-jung, The Housemaid
- *Yū Aoi, Ototo
- *Yoshino Kimura, Confessions
- *Carina Lau, Let the Bullets Fly
- *Shanty Paredes, Madame X
Best Screenwriter
- Winner: Lee Chang-dong, Poetry
- *Jiang Wen and Jiang Wen, Let the Bullets Fly
- *Pang Ho-cheung and Heiward Mak, Love in a Puff
- *Su Chao-Pin, Reign of Assassins
- *Park Hoon-Jung, The Unjust''
Best Cinematographer
- Winner: Mark Lee Ping Bin, Norwegian Wood)
- *Lee Mo-gae, I Saw the Devil
- *Hassan Kydyraliyev, The Light Thief
- *Kenny Tse Chung-to, The Stool Pigeon
- *Jake Pollock, Monga''
- Winner: Hayashida Yuji, 13 Assassins
- *James Sung-pong, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
- *Eros Eflin, Madame X
- *Huang Mei-Ching and Chen Po-Jen, Monga
- *Lee Hwo-kyoung, The Yellow Sea
Best Composer
- Winner: Indian Ocean, Peepli Live
- *Saito Kazuyoshi, Golden Slumbers
- *Sandee Chan, Monga
- *Peter Kam Pui-tat and Anthony Chue, Reign of Assassins
- *Jang Young-gyu and Lee Byung-hoon, The Yellow Sea''
Best Editor
- Winner: Nam Na-young, I Saw the Devil
- *Kenji Yamashita, 13 Assassins
- *Koike Yoshiyuki, Confessions
- *Hemanti Sarkar, Peepli Live
- *Meng Peicong, Under the Hawthorn Tree
- Winner: Phil Jones and Jiang Yan-ming, Aftershock
- *Kim Tae-hun and Ryu Hee-jung,
- *Phil Jones, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
- *Yamazaki Takashi, Space Battleship Yamato
- *Park Jung-ryul, The Man from Nowhere
Best Costume Designer
- Winner: William Chang Suk Ping, Let the Bullets Fly
- *Sawataishi Kazuhiro, 13 Assassins
- *Bruce Yu Ka-on, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
- *Yen-Khe Luguern, Norwegian Wood
- *Choi Se-yeon, The Housemaid
Special Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Raymond Chow
- Asian Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema: Kim Dong-ho
- The Asian Film Awards for 2010’s Top Grossing Asian Film: Feng Xiaogang, Aftershock
- Award for the Promotion of Asian CinemaBack: Fortissimo Films
People's Choice Awards
- Favorite Actor: Chow Yun-fat, Let the Bullets Fly
- Favorite Actress: Jeon Do-yeon, The Housemaid