3rd Asian Film Awards (2009) winners

The Philippines' Serbis (English title: Service), which stars Coco Martin (photo), was up for three awards in two categories in the 3rd Annual Asian Film Awards and it luckily won one of them during the awarding ceremonies held Monday, March 23, 2009, in Hong Kong.

Gina Pareño was hailed Best Supporting Actress for the movie beating fellow Filipina Jacly Jose and three other contenders coming from Japan and South Korea.

Already a multi-awarded actress locally, this is already Gina's 6th international acting award.

She was previously honored as Best Actress (for Kubrador) in the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in India, also in the Amiens International Film Festival in France as well as in the 33rd Brussels International Independent Film Festival in Belgium and another one for Serbis in the Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asian-Pacific Countries held in Russia.

Gina's "Rehas" episode in Maalaala Mo Kaya also gave her a Best Actress trophy during the 12th Asian Television Awards.

Serbis, which has been tagged as the local version of Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, was also nominated as Asian Film Awards' Best Film but lost to Japan's Tokyo Sonata.

Japan was the night's big winner reaping five awards followed by South Korea, Hong Kong and China.

Here's the complete list of nominees and winners in the 2009 Asian Film Awards (winners are highlighted):

Best Film
Tokyo Sonata - Japan/the Netherlands/Hong Kong
Forever Enthralled - China
The Good, the Bad, the Weird - South Korea
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Japan
The Rainbow Troops - Indonesia
Red Cliff - China

Director
Brillante Mendoza, Service (Serbis) - the Philippines
Feng Xiaogang, If You Are the One - China
Kim Jee-woon, The Good, the Bad, the Weird - South Korea
Koreeda Hirokazu, Still Walking - Japan
Miyazaki Hayao/Frank Marshall, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Japan
John Woo, Red Cliff - China

Actor
Song Kang-ho, The Good, the Bad, the Weird - South Korea
Ge You, If You Are the One - China
Ha Jung-woo, The Chaser - South Korea
Akshay Kumar, Singh Is Kinng - India
Matsuyama Kenich, Detroit Metal City - Japan
Motoki Masahiro, Departures - Japan

Actress
Zhou Xun, The Equation of Love and Death - China
Fukatsu Eri, The Magic Hour - Japan
Jiang Wenli, And the Spring Comes - China
Deepika Padukone, Chandni Chowk To China - India
Yoshinaga Sayuri, Kabei -- Our Mother - Japan
Zhou Wei, Painted Skin - China/Hong Kong

Supporting Actor
Nick Cheung, Beast Stalker - Hong Kong
Jung Woo-sung, The Good, the Bad, the Weird - South Korea
Lee Byung-hun, The Good, the Bad, the Weird - South Korea
Tsutsumi Shinichi, Suspect X - Japan
Wang Xueqi, Forever Enthralled - China

Supporting Actress
Kiki Kirin, Still Walking - Japan
Aoi Yu, Sex Is No Laughing Matter - Japan
Jaclyn Jose, Service (Serbis) - the Philippines
Kim Ji-yeong, Forever the Moment - South Korea
Gina Pareno, Service (Serbis) - the Philippines

Best Newcomer
JeeJa Yanin, Chocolate - Thailand
Matsuda Shota, Boys Over Flowers: the Movie - Japan
Sandrine Pinna, Miao Miao - Taiwan/Hong Kong
So Ji-sub, Rough Cut - South Korea
Xu Jiao, CJ7 - Hong Kong
Yu Shaoqun, Forever Enthralled - China

Screenwriter
Na Hong-jin, The Chaser - South Korea
Li Qiang, And the Spring Comes - China
Tom Lin/Henry Tsai, Winds of September - Taiwan/Hong Kong
Kurosawa Kiyoshi/Max Mannix/Tanaka Sachiko, Tokyo Sonata - Japan/the Netherlands/Hong Kong
Mitani Koki, The Magic Hour - Japan

Cinematographer
Ato Shoichi, Paco and the Magical Book - Japan
Cheng Siu-keung (HKSC), Sparrow - Hong Kong
Lee Mo-gae, The Good, the Bad, the Weird - South Korea
Jola Dylewska, Tulpan - Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/Russia/Switzerland
Wang Yu/Nelson Lik-wai YU, 24 City - China

Production Designer
Nitin Chandrakant DESAI, Jodhaa Akbar - India
Kuwajima Towako, Paco and the Magical Book - Japan
Daniel Yan-kong Lee, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon - Hong Kong/South Korea/China
Bill Lui, Painted Skin - China/ Hong Kong
Taneda Yohei, The Magic Hour - Japan

Composer
Dalpalan/Jang Young-gyu, The Good, the Bad, the Weird - South Korea
Hanno Yoshihiro/ LIM Giong, 24 City - China
Hisaishi Joe, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Japan
Henry Wan-man Lai, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon - Hong Kong/South Korea/China
A.R. Rahman, Jodhaa Akbar - India

Editor
Chan Ki-hop, Beast Stalker - Hong Kong
William Suk-ping Chang, Miao Miao - Taiwan/Hong Kong
Darya Daniolva, Native Dancer - Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany
Waluyo Ichwandiardono, The Rainbow Troops - Indonesia
Kim Sun-min, The Chaser - South Korea

Visual effects
Craig Hayes, Red Cliff - China
Kim Wook, The Good, the Bad, the Weird - South Korea
Yanagawase Masahide, Paco and the Magical Book - Japan

The Nielsen Box Office Award by The Hollywood Reporter: Priyanka Chopra from India

Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema: Tsui Hark, Nansun Shi, Film Workshop Co. Ltd. - Hong Kong

Edward Yang New Talent Award: Wei Te-sheng - Taiwan