6th Asian Film Awards

The 6th Asian Film Awards is an intra-continental annually-presented award ceremony hosted during the Hong Kong International Film Festival to honour the best Asian films of 2011.

6th Asian Film Awards
Date	March 19, 2012
Site	Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center
Hosted by	Angela Chow Janet Hsieh
Highlights
Best Film	Nader and Simin, A Separation
Most awards	Nader and Simin, A Separation (4)
Most nominations	The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (8)
Television coverage
Network	aTV World, aTV Asia
Duration	1 hour, 30 minutes[1]
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Awards were presented in 14 general categories. People's Choice Awards were also presented for Favorite Actor and Favorite Actress. In addition, three special awards were also given, the Lifetime Achievement Award, The Edward Yang New Talent Award and The Asian Film Award for 2011's Top Grossing Asian Film. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2012^[2] and the ceremony took place on March 19, 2012.^[3]

The awards were held at the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center as part of the Entertainment Expo's Opening Gala.^[4] It was broadcast in aTV World on March 20 and in aTV Asia on March 22.^[1]

Jury

The jury for the awards consisted of 12 members from various countries; filmmakers, producers, critics and delegates from other international film festivals were a part of the jury.^[4]

Eric Khoo Ronald Arguelles John Badalu Peggy Chiao Ishizaka Kenji Christian Jeune

Kong Rithdee Christoph Terhechte Jacob Wong Patricia Cheng Cho Young-Chung Xie Fei

Legend

Bold - Jury President; Italics - delegate from film festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Berlinale and Tokyo International Film Festival

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Asghar Farhadi, winner of Best Director

Best Film	Best Director
Nader and Simin, A Separation Postcard The Flowers of War The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate / Seediq Bale You Don't Get Life a Second Time	Asghar Farhadi – Nader and Simin, A Separation Teddy Soeriaatmadja – Lovely Man Sono Sion – Guilty of Romance Tsui Hark – The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate / Wei Te-sheng – Seediq Bale Zhang Yimou – The Flowers of War
Best Actor	Best Actress
Donny Damara – Lovely Man Chen Kun – The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate / Andy Lau – A Simple Life Park Hae-il – War of the Arrows Yakusho Koji – Chronicle of My Mother	Deanie Ip – A Simple Life Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture Michelle Chen – You Are the Apple of My Eye Eugene Domingo – The Woman in the Septic Tank Leila Hatami – Nader and Simin, A Separation
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Lawrence Ko – Jump Ashin! Umin Boya – Seediq Bale Lee Je-hoon – The Front Line Mario Maurer – The Outrage	Shamaine Buencamino – Niño Gwei Lun-mei – The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate / Cris Horwang – Headshot Mitsushima Hikari – Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Yan Ni – 11 Flowers /
Best Newcomer	Best Screenwriter
Ni Ni – The Flowers of War Ko Chen-tung – You Are the Apple of My Eye Eric Lin Hui-min – Starry Starry Night // Maeda Ohshiro – I Wish Gita Novalista – The Mirror Never Lies	Asghar Farhadi – Nader and Simin, 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	Best Production Designer
Jake Pollock, Lai Yiu-fai – Wu Xia / Chin Ting-chan – Seediq Bale Vishwajit Karunarathna – Flying Fish Kim Woo-hyung – The Front Line Rachmat Syaiful – The Mirror Never Lies	Yee Chung-Man, Sun Li – Wu Xia / Suzanne Caplan Merwanji – You Don't Get Life a Second Time Ryu Seong-hie – The Front Line Taneda Yohei – Seediq Bale Yee Chung-Man, Ben Lau – The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate /
Best Composer	Best Editor
Chan Kwong-wing, Peter Kam, Chatchai Pongprapaphan – Wu Xia / Chen Qigang – The Flowers of War Ricky Ho – Seediq Bale A.R. Rahman – Rockstar Sakamoto Ryuichi – Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	Hayedeh Safiyari – Nader and Simin, A Separation Curran Pang – Overheard 2 Nelly Quettier – 11 Flowers / Anand Subaya – You Don't Get Life a Second Time Tang man-to – White Vengeance /
Best Visual Effects	Best Costume Designer
Wook Kim, Josh Cole, Frankie Chung – The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate / Haresh Hingorani, Keitan Yadav – Ra.One Kamiya Makoto – Gantz Xiao Yang, Chang Song, A Law, Li Ming-hsung, Li Jin-hui – Starry Starry Night // Yung Kwok-yin, Andy Kang – Wu Xia /	Yee Chung-Man, Lai Hsuan-wu – The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate / 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

People's Choice Awards

Favorite Actor	Favorite Actress
Andy Lau – A Simple Life Chen Kun – The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate / Donny Damara – Lovely Man Park Hae-il – War of the Arrows Yakusho Koji – Chronicle of My Mother	Eugene Domingo – The Woman in the Septic Tank Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture Michelle Chen – You Are the Apple of My Eye Leila Hatami – Nader and Simin, A Separation Deanie Ip – A Simple Life

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Ann Hui

The Edward Yang New Talent Award

• Edwin

The Asian Film Award for 2011's Top Grossing Asian Film

• Let the Bullets Fly /

Films with multiple awards and nominations

Multiple awards

These films won more than one award at the ceremony :

• Four : Nader and Simin, A Separation
• Three : Wu Xia
• Two : A Simple Life, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

Multiple nominations

These films received more than one nomination at the awards :

• Eight : The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
• Six : Nader and Simin, A Separation, The Flowers of War, Seediq Bale
• Four : A Simple Life, Wu Xia
• Three : Lovely Man, The Front Line, The Woman in the Septic Tank, You Are the Apple of My Eye, You Don't Get Life a Second Time,
• Two : 11 Flowers, Chronicle of My Mother, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Overheard 2, Postcard, Starry Starry Night, The Dirty Picture, The Mirror Never Lies, The Outrage, War of the Arrows, White Vengeance

Nations who received awards and nominations

Awards

The awards tally includes People's Choice Awards and special awards.

Nation	Number of awards
Hong Kong	&&&&&&&&&+9[c]
Mainland China[a]	&&&&&&&&&+7[c]
Iran	&&&&&&&&&+4
Indonesia	&&&&&&&&&+2
Philippines	&&&&&&&&&+2
Taiwan[b]	&&&&&&&&&+1

Nominations

The nominations tally includes People's Choice Awards nominations.

Nation	Number of nominations
Mainland China[a]	&&&&&&&&+24[d]
Hong Kong	&&&&&&&&+22[e]
Taiwan[b]	&&&&&&&&+12[f]
Japan	&&&&&&&&+10
India	&&&&&&&&&+7
Iran	&&&&&&&&&+6
Indonesia	&&&&&&&&&+5
South Korea	&&&&&&&&&+5
Philippines	&&&&&&&&&+4
Thailand	&&&&&&&&&+3
France[g]	&&&&&&&&&+2
Sri Lanka	&&&&&&&&&+1

Notes

a^ : The term "Mainland China" was used to refer to the People's Republic of China.

b^ : The term "Taiwan" was used to refer to the Republic of China.

c^ : 6 awards are shared between Hong Kong and Mainland China.

d^ : 18 nominations are shared with Hong Kong, France and Taiwan.

e^ : 16 nominations are shared with China and Taiwan.

f^ : 2 nominations are shared with China and Hong Kong.

g^ : France was included because of the co-production with China for the film, 11 Flowers, thus sharing 2 nominations with China.

Performers

• Khalil Fong — "Johnny B. Goode"
• Joanna Wang — "Apathy"
• GACKT — "Ghost"

Presenters

• Jia Zhangke & Josie Ho — presented Best Screenwriter
• Gwei Lun-mei & Wing Shya — presented Best Cinematographer
• Vivienne Tam & Shawn Yue — presented the Best Costume Designer
• Donny Damara & Daniel Lee — presented Best Production Designer
• Michelle Chen, Ko Chen-tung & Giddens Ko — presented Best Composer
• Lee Chang-dong — presented The Edward Yang New Talent Award
• Chen Daming & Zhang Jingchu — presented Best Visual Effects
• Umin Boya & Mario Maurer — presented Best Editor
• Wilfred Wong — presented People's Choice Awards for Favorite Actor & Favorite Actress
• Ng See-yuen — presented The Asian Film Award for 2011's Top Grossing Asian Film
• Andy Lau & Yoon Eun-hye — presented Best Newcomer
• Eugene Domingo & Qin Hailu — presented Best Supporting Actor
• Ananda Everingham & Karina — presented Best Supporting Actress
• Sylvia Chang & Deanie Ip — presented Lifetime Achievement Award
• Karen Mok & Joe Odagiri — presented Best Actor
• Gu Changwei & Xu Fan — presented Best Actress
• Lee Lieh & Lu Chuan — presented Best Director
• Eric Khoo & Siqin Gaowa — presented Best Film