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{{Short description|2007 edition of award ceremony}}
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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 1
| award = Asian Film Awards
| image =
| caption = Official title card
| awarded_for = Excellence in [[Cinema of Asia|Asian cinema]]
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|3|20}}
| site = [[Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre]]
| award_org = {{Plainlist|
*[[Hong Kong International Film Festival]]}}
| presenting_org =
| host =
| best_picture = ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]''
| best_direction = [[Jia Zhangke]]
| best_direction_film = ''[[Still Life (2006 film)|Still Life]]''
| best_actor = [[Song Kang-ho]]
| best_actor_film = ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]''
| best_actress = [[Miki Nakatani]]
| best_actress_film= ''[[Memories of Matsuko]]''
| free_award_type =
| free_award =
| most_awards = 4 - ''The Host''
| most_nominations = 5 - ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]''
| network =
| duration =
| viewership =
| ratings =
| website = [http://www.afa-academy.com/ Asian Film Awards]
| last =
| next = [[2nd Asian Film Awards|2nd]]
}}

The '''1st [[Asian Film Awards]]''' were given on 20 March 2007 at the [[Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre]], on the opening night of the 31st [[Hong Kong International Film Festival]].

Given to films released in 2006 by [[film industry|film industries]] from [[Asian cinema|across Asia]], awards were given in 10 categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematographer, Best Production Designer, Best Composer, Best Editor and Best Visual Effects. Up to six nominees are honored in each category.

The most awards went to ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]'', directed by [[Bong Joon-ho]]. It had been nominated in five categories and won four: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematographer.<ref>{{cite web|first1=James|last1=Pomfret|title=Koreans win big at HK's first pan-Asian film awards|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/film-hongkong-film-dc-idUSHKG7714120070321?sp=true|agency=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=2008-01-19|date=20 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First Asian film awards shine HK film festival|url=http://www.newsgd.com/prdcorner/hkmacaoexpress/200703220004.htm|website=Guangdong News|accessdate=2016-04-02|date=22 March 2007}}</ref>

==Awards==

===Best Film===
*'''Winner''': ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]'' ([[Cinema of South Korea|South Korea]])
** ''[[Curse of the Golden Flower]]'' ([[Cinema of China|China]]/[[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]])
**''[[Exiled (2006 film)|Exiled]]'' (Hong Kong)
**''[[Love and Honor (2006 film)|Love and Honor]]'' ([[Cinema of Japan|Japan]])
**''[[Opera Jawa]]'' ([[Cinema of Indonesia|Indonesia]])
**''[[Still Life (2006 film)|Still Life]]'' (China)
**''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' (India)

===Best Director===
*'''Winner''': [[Jia Zhangke]], ''[[Still Life (2006 film)|Still Life]]'' ([[Cinema of China|China]])
**[[Hong Sang-soo]], ''[[Woman on the Beach]]'' ([[Cinema of South Korea|South Korea]])
**[[Jafar Panahi]], ''[[Offside (2006 Iranian film)|Offside]]'' ([[Cinema of Iran|Iran]])
**[[Johnnie To]], ''[[Exiled (2006 film)|Exiled]]'' ([[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]])
**[[Tsai Ming-liang]], ''[[I Don't Want to Sleep Alone]]'' ([[Cinema of Taiwan|Taiwan]])
**[[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]], ''[[Syndromes and a Century]]'' ([[Cinema of Thailand|Thailand]])

===Best Actor===
*'''Winner''': [[Song Kang-ho]], ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]'' ([[Cinema of South Korea|South Korea]])
**[[Chang Chen]], ''[[The Go Master]]'' ([[Cinema of China|China]])
**[[Rain (entertainer)|Rain]], ''[[I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], ''[[Don: The Chase Begins Again|Don]]'' ([[Cinema of India|India]])
**[[Andy Lau]], ''[[A Battle of Wits (2006 film)|A Battle of Wits]]'' (Japan / Hong Kong / China/ South Korea)
**[[Ken Watanabe]], ''[[Memories of Tomorrow]]'' (Japan)

===Best Actress===
*'''Winner''': [[Miki Nakatani]], ''[[Memories of Matsuko]]'' (Japan)
**[[Gong Li]], ''[[Curse of the Golden Flower]]'' (Hong Kong/China)
**[[Kim Hye-soo]], ''[[Tazza: The High Rollers]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Im Soo-jung (actress)|Im Soo-jung]], ''[[I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Rie Miyazawa]], ''[[Hana (film)|Hana]]'' (Japan)
**[[Zhang Ziyi]], ''[[The Banquet (2006 film)|The Banquet]]'' (Hong Kong/China)

===Best Screenwriter===
*'''Winner''': [[Mani Haghighi]], ''[[Men at Work (2006 film)|Men at Work]]'' (Iran)
**[[Hong Sang-soo]], ''[[Woman on the Beach]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Tetsuya Oishi (screenwriter)|Tetsuya Oishi]] and [[Shusuke Kaneko]], ''[[Death Note (2006 film)|Death Note]]'' (Japan)
**[[Sohn Jae-gon]], ''[[My Scary Girl]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Prabda Yoon]], ''[[Invisible Waves]]'' (Thailand)
**[[Zhang Cheng (screenwriter)|Zhang Cheng]], [[Yue Xiajun]], [[Ning Ha]], ''[[Crazy Stone (film)|Crazy Stone]]'' (China/Hong Kong)

===Best Cinematographer===
*'''Winner''': [[Kim Hyung-koo]], ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Andrew Lau]] and [[Lai Yiu Fai]], ''[[Confession of Pain]]'' (Hong Kong)
**[[Liao Pen-jung]], ''[[I Don't Want to Sleep Alone]]'' (Taiwan)
**[[Sayombhu Mukdeeprom]], ''[[Syndromes and a Century]]'' (Thailand)
**[[Wang Yu (cinematographer)|Wang Yu]], ''[[The Go Master]]'' (China)

===Best Production Designer===
*'''Winner''': [[Tim Yip]], ''[[The Banquet (2006 film)|The Banquet]]'' (China/Hong Kong)
**[[Cho Geun-hyun]], ''[[Forbidden Quest]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Towako Kuwajima]], ''[[Memories of Matsuko]]'' (Japan)
**[[Patrick Tam (film director)|Patrick Tam]] and [[Cyrus Ho]], ''[[After This Our Exile]]'' (Hong Kong)
**[[Emi Wada]], ''[[The Go Master]]'' (China)

===Best Composer===
*'''Winner''': [[Rahayu Supanggah]], ''[[Opera Jawa]]'' (Indonesia)
**[[Jeong Yong-jin]], ''[[Woman on the Beach]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Peter Kam]], ''[[Isabella (2006 film)|Isabella]]'' (Hong Kong)
**[[Lim Giong]], ''[[Still Life (2006 film)|Still Life]]'' (China)
**[[Tamiya Terashima]], ''[[Tales from Earthsea]]'' (Japan)

===Best Editor===
*'''Winner''': [[Lee Chatametikool]], ''[[Syndromes and a Century]]'' (Thailand)
**[[Kim Sun-min]], ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Angie Lam]], ''[[Dog Bite Dog]]'' (Japan / Hong Kong)
**[[Park Gok-ji]] and [[Jeong Jin-hee]], ''[[A Dirty Carnival]]'' (South Korea)
**[[Patrick Tam (film director)|Patrick Tam]], ''[[After This Our Exile]]'' (Hong Kong)

===Best Visual Effects===
*'''Winner''': The Orphanage, ''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host]]'' (South Korea)
**Angela Barson and Chung Chi-hang, ''[[Curse of the Golden Flower]]'' (Hong Kong/China)
**DTI (Digital Tetra Inc.), ETRI, ''[[The Restless (2006 film)|The Restless]]'' (South Korea)
**Ohya Tetsuo, Kamiya Makoto, Onoue Katsuro, ''[[The Sinking of Japan]]'' (Japan)
**Masahide Yanagawase, ''[[Memories of Matsuko]]'' (Japan)

===Special Awards===
*Box Office Star of Asia Award: [[Andy Lau]]
*Asian Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema: [[Josephine Siao Fong-fong]], presented by [[Luc Besson]]
*Asian Film Award for Excellence in Scholarship in Asian Cinema: [[David Bordwell]], presented by [[Johnnie To]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.asianfilmawards.asia}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160315071353/http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/2007/eng/nominations.htm 2007 Asian Film Awards: Nominations]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160315071607/http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/2007/eng/results.htm 2007 Asian Film Awards: Award Results]

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[[Category:Asian Film Awards ceremonies]]
[[Category:2006 film awards]]
[[Category:2007 in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:2007 in Asia|Film]]
[[Category:2007 in Chinese cinema|Hong Kong]]

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