Hong Kong launcheD first pan-Asian film awards
More than 30 films across the region competED for 10 prizes in the Asian Film Awards: best film, director, actress, actor, screenwriter, cinematographer, production designer, composer, editor and visual effects
NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTOR AWARD
Shah Rukh Khan ("Don"),
Gong Li ("Curse of the Golden Flower") and
fellow Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi ("The Banquet"),
Japan's Ken Watanabe ("Memories of Tomorrow"),
veteran Hong Kong actor Andy Lau ("A Battle of Wits") and
Taiwan's Chang Chen ("The Go Master").
AND AWARD GOES TO :o :o :o
Song Kang-ho FOR THE FILM ??THE HOST??
"The Host" -- a dark, thriller-cum-horror movie about a mutant squid-like monster and suffused with an undercurrent of anti-Americanism -- picked up awards for best picture, best actor, best cinematographer an
d best visual effects.