2nd Asian Film Awards

{{Short description|2008 edition of award ceremony}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 2

| award = Asian Film Awards

| image =

| caption = Official title card

| awarded_for = Excellence in Asian cinema

| announced_date =

| presented_date = {{Start date|2008|3|17}}

| site = Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

| award_org = {{Plainlist|

• Hong Kong International Film Festival}}

| presenting_org =

| host =

| best_picture = Secret Sunshine

| best_direction = Lee Chang-dong

| best_direction_film = Secret Sunshine

| best_actor = Tony Leung Chiu-wai

| best_actor_film = Lust, Caution

| best_actress = Jeon Do-yeon

| best_actress_film= Secret Sunshine

| free_award_type =

| free_award =

| most_awards = 3 - Secret Sunshine

| most_nominations = 6 - Lust, Caution and The Warlords

| network =

| duration =

| viewership =

| ratings =

| website = [http://www.afa-academy.com/ Asian Film Awards]

| last = 1st

| next = 3rd

}}

The 2nd Asian Film Awards were given in a ceremony on 17 March 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The top winner was Secret Sunshine from South Korea, which won Best Film, Best Director for Lee Chang-dong and Best Actress for Jeon Do-yeon. Secret Sunshine had been nominated for four awards.Shackleton, Liz. 17 March 2008 [http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=37834&Category= Secret Sunshine lights up Asian Film Awards], Screen Daily' retrieved 2008-03-18Frater, Patrick. 17 March 2008. [http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/5710/1/ "Secret Sunshine" is AFA triple winner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319082104/http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/5710/1/ |date=2008-03-19 }}, Variety; retrieved 2008-03-18

The top nominees were Lust, Caution by Ang Lee and The Warlords by Peter Chan, both with six nominations each. Tony Leung Chiu Wai, star of Lust, Caution won Best Actor, while The Warlords won the award for best visual effects. The Sun Also Rises by Jiang Wen had five nominations, and it won the prize for Best Supporting Actress, Joan Chen, who was also nominated for best actress for The Home Song Stories. Japan's I Just Didn't Do It had four nominations.Lee, Min. 18 January 2008. ['Lust, Caution,' 'The Warlords' lead Asian Film Awards nominations], Associated Press via The Canadian Press; retrieved 2008-01-19Frater, Patrick. 17 January 2008. [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979207.html?categoryId=1983&cs=1 Lust, Caution', 'Warlords' top AFAs], Variety; retrieved 2008-01-19

For this year, the awards categories were expanded from 10 to 12 to include nominations for best supporting actor and best supporting actress. The awards were sponsored by Mission Hills Golf Club.