Hong Kong Film Awards

[GeneChing]

Thought about putting this in the Warlords (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46453) thread, but then thought Lust Caution (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48284), and even pondered RH3 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47031).


'Protege,' 'The Warlords' top contenders at Hong Kong Film Awards
The Associated Press
Published: February 2, 2008

HONG KONG: "Protege," the story of a drug dealer's downfall, and the historical epic "The Warlords" were among the leading contenders in the nominations list announced Saturday by the Hong Kong Film Awards, one of Chinese film's top honors.

Derek Yee's "Protege" was nominated in 15 out of 17 possible categories and Peter Chan's "The Warlords," about the friendship between three mercenaries in 19th century China, received 13 nominations.

Both movies are up for both best movie and best director honors.

Also up for best movie are Ann Hui's "Postmodern Life of My Aunt," Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai's "Mad Detective" and Yau Nai-hoi's police thriller "Eye in the Sky."

Both Jet Li and Andy Lau were nominated for best actor in "The Warlords," competing against Aaron Kwok ("The Detective"), a two-time best actor winner at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards.

China's Zhang Jingchu, who appeared in "Rush Hour 3," is competing for top acting honors for her performance in "Protege," against compatriot Siqin Gaowa, the star of "Postmodern Life of My Aunt," and Taiwan's Rene Liu, who was nominated for "Kidnap."

A glaring absence is Oscar-winning Taiwanese director Ang Lee's spy thriller "Lust, Caution," one of the most discussed Chinese-language movies last year.

It didn't qualify for any of the major categories at the Hong Kong event because not enough locals worked on the film, even though the movie stars Hong Kong's Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

"Lust, Caution" was nominated for best Asian movie instead, a category for non-Hong Kong movies.

The nominations reflect a Chinese movie industry whose talent is gravitating toward fewer and larger productions.

Many of the most prominent nominees worked on each other's films.

Lau starred in both "The Warlords" and "Protege." Chan directed "The Warlords" but also served as one of the producers for "Protege." To co-directed "Mad Detective" but also co-produced "Eye in the Sky."

[GeneChing]

They're lovin' Painted Skin (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47527) in Asia. That's great for our man, Donnie Yen (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=119).

Karena Lam "Snoops" Hong Kong Film Awards (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090105/ten-370-karena-lam-snoops-hong-kong-film-2fbb342.html)
Channel NewsAsia - Tuesday, January 6

Movie "Claustrophobia", starring Ekin Cheng and Karena Lam, found itself qualifying for the preliminary voting in the coming Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) even before the movie's official launch. According to reports, the movie has made five screenings in November last year; therefore meeting the entry criteria. Female lead, Lam, now stands a chance for the "Best Actress" award against acclaimed China actress Zhou Xun. The latter is made eligible with her work in "Painted Skin" and "All about Women" screened in 2008.

The annual HKFA will be held in April this year. Qualifying works, including Hong Kong and regional Asian films in 2008 have been announced. Preliminary selection will commence soon.

Directed by former winner of "Best Screenplay" in HKFA, Ivy Ho, "Claustrophobia" is set for official release on Feb 12 in Hong Kong. Film distributor explains that the film has had five screenings back in Nov 2008 in AMC cinemas, hence qualifying for entry.

According to the HKFA general rules, criteria includes: having a film no less than 60 minutes; being commercially released in Hong Kong; screenings must fall between calendar year of assessment; and have at least five screenings in a single week.

Besides Zhou, Lam might also find herself running against Prudence Liew and Monica Mok for the award.

[GeneChing]

Good for Lau Kar-leung. He's always been one of my heroes.

Kung fu filmmaker Lau nabs lifetime honour (http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/04/09/lau-kungfu-film-award.html)
Last Updated: Friday, April 9, 2010 | 12:06 PM ET

Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker and fight choreographer Lau Kar-leung, best known for directing kung fu classics such asThe 36th Chamber of Shaolin, will be celebrated for his contribution to cinema at the upcoming Hong Kong Film Awards this month.

Lau is this year's recipient of the lifetime achievement prize for his "outstanding achievements in martial arts film, which made martial arts film into an important asset in the heritage of Hong Kong cinema," organizers announced Friday.

The 73-year-old Lau will be presented the honour at the 29th edition of the awards gala, set for April 18.

Lau was born into both kung fu and filmmaking. His father studied under a student of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung and also consulted on, choreographed the action for and starred in early kung fu movies.

Over a career spanning five decades, Lau progressed from being a martial arts stuntman in films with his father to choreographing fights in movies and directing his own.

His work spans classics such as 36 Chambers, Heroes of the East, Dirty Ho and My Young Auntie, which he helmed for the legendary Shaw Brothers studio, to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II to consulting for the 2005 Tsui Hark film Seven Swords.

[GeneChing]

Bodyguards and Assassins (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53158)

'Bodyguards and Assassins' dominates HK awards (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWCb-CN_Yv6WVwDzeoyhBHux8ZnAD9F5PVOO0)
By MIN LEE (AP) – 16 hours ago

HONG KONG — An action thriller about a group of volunteers who protect modern China's founding father from imperial assassins dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards, winning best film and seven other awards.

"Bodyguards and Assassins" also clinched best director for Hong Kong filmmaker Teddy Chen.

"Echoes of the Rainbow," a nostalgic look back at 1960s Hong Kong, won best script for director Alex Law. Veteran Simon Yam, who plays a quiet, hardworking cobbler in the movie, was named best actor at Sunday's ceremony.

Wai Ying-hung was crowned best actress for portraying a single mother whose son faces rape charges in "At the End of Daybreak."

Best supporting actor went to Nicholas Tse, who was a rickshaw driver in "Bodyguards and Assassins." Michelle Ye won best supporting actress for "Accident," in which she is part of a criminal team that masquerades murders as accidents.

Producer Huang Jianxin hailed "Bodyguards and Assassins" as a successful Hong Kong-China co-production that packages a Hong Kong story for mainland audiences at a time when the two industries are increasingly integrated. The fusing of the two film cultures has sometimes made for bland kung fu and historical epics that have appalled critics.

Set in 1906 Hong Kong, Chen's movie is about a scrappy team of volunteers who shepherd revolutionary Sun Yat-sen to a key meeting with his allies, fending off scores of assassins dispatched by the Chinese empress. It was a big box office hit in the mainland, earning 300 million Chinese yuan ($44 million).

"This movie is based on Hong Kong subject matter. It's a Hong Kong story. But it was embraced and praised by mainland audiences ... so I want to say co-productions can be well done, as long as we work hard at them and earn the trust of the audience," Huang said.

While "Bodyguards and Assassins" was an example of Hong Kong-mainland co-operation, "Echoes of the Rainbow" endeared fans with a strictly local flavor. Law used his childhood memories to tell the touching story of cobbler and wife struggling to make ends meet while caring for a cancer-stricken son in British-ruled Hong Kong. The family drama became a huge source of local pride after winning the Crystal Bear for youth-themed movies at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year.

Law thanked Yam and co-star Sandra Ng for taking a pay cut to help him tell a deeply personal story.

"I could not afford you at all, but you helped me realize this dream," Law said.

"Echoes of the Rainbow" won best new actor for Aarif Lee, who also performed the movie's theme song — named best original song.

Yam demonstrated his versatility by being nominated for two films in the best actor category. He also played a violent husband who murders his whole family in Ann Hui's "Night and Fog."

Comparing himself to a Hong Kong snack, Yam thanked the filmmakers behind both of this nominated performances, saying," This pineapple bun can create a murder, but the same pineapple bun can also produce a moving story."

Veteran Hong Kong actress Wai completed a clean sweep of the awards season. Her performance in "At the End of Daybreak" also earned her acting honors at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards last year and at the recent Asian Film Awards. It also marked a remarkable comeback for Wai, who struggled with a career downturn and depression.

"I'm not ashamed to tell you that I had at one point given up on my life. I really couldn't see how my future would pan out. But now I'm very confident. I know I belong to the movies. I know I belong to acting," a tearful Wai said.

Organizers observed a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the massive earthquake in China's western Qinghai province last week.

A group of young boys paid tribute to late kung fu star Bruce Lee ahead of what would have been his 70th birthday on Nov. 27 by donning his trademark yellow jumpsuit and performing with nunchakus - two-stick weapons he popularized in the West.

Director and martial arts choreographer Lau Kar-leung, whose credits include "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin" and "Drunken Master II," was presented with the lifetime achievement award.


Kungfu thriller "Bodyguards and Assassins" dominates HK Film Awards (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/entertainment/2010-04/19/c_13257292.htm)
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Hong Kong actors Wai Ying-hung and Simon Yam pose for pictures at the backstage after winning the Best Actress and Best Actor awards at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards held in Hong Kong, south China, April 18, 2010. (Xinhua Photo)

HONG KONG, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Kungfu thriller "Bodyguards and Assassins", which tells a story of a group of men in early-20th- century Hong Kong who protected Sun Yat-sen from assassination, clinched best film and best director at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday.

"Bodyguards and Assassins" tells a story about a group of volunteers who tried their best and sacrificed their lives to protect the founding father of the Republic of China from assassins.

Hong Kong filmmaker Teddy Chen, who made this film out of ten years' waiting and efforts, won the best director award.

Best supporting actor went to Nicholas Tse, who was a rickshaw driver in "Bodyguards and Assassins".

Besides the action thriller, local favorite "Echoes of the Rainbow", the first Hong Kong film that won a crystal bear at the 60th Berlin Film Festival this year, also shone at the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony Sunday night.

With a nostalgic lookback at 1960s Hong Kong, the low-budget film also played a dark horse at local box office this year.

The film won the best script for Director Alex Law, who told the story of his elder brother died young in the film.

He expressed his gratitude for his life partner and the film's producer Mabel Cheung, who became well-known in 1987 for their award-winning "An Autumn's Tale" featuring a love story of Chinese immigrants in New York city.

Veteran Simon Yam, who plays a quiet, hardworking father in the film, was crowned the best actor.

"One should always adhere to his belief," he quoted lines from the film to encourage Hong Kong filmmakers.

As the first best actress in the history of Hong Kong Film Awards 28 years ago, local veteran Wai Ying-hung burst into tears after she was named best actress once again for portraying a single mother whose son faces rape charges in "At the End of Daybreak".

Hong Kong actress Michelle Ye won best supporting actress for " Accident

[GeneChing]

More on Chollywood to come....;)


Hong Kong's beleaguered film sector hopes for rebirth (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jkWmfUcE3VUqAywjv7RUIW1sbDUA)
By Peter Brieger (AFP) – 13 hours ago

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's beleaguered film industry was a global powerhouse just two decades ago, pumping out 300 movies a year and boasting a fan base that stretched across Asia.

Led by up-and-coming action stars Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat along with director John Woo, the city's film sector was among the world's most prolific by the late eighties, trailing only Hollywood and Bollywood.

Woo -- whose later directorial credits include "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II" -- won acclaim for his gritty 1992 cop thriller "Hard Boiled", which became synonymous with the wildly popular Hong Kong action genre.

"That's when Hong Kong film was in its golden age," said director Mabel Cheung, who jointly produced the drama "Echoes of the Rainbow", which won the Berlin International Film Festival's Crystal Bear Award in February.

"There was a big market for Hong Kong films with all of these big names back then who were just starting. It was a very exciting time."

As the Hong Kong Film Awards drew to a close Sunday night, Cheung and others said they hoped the hard-hit sector would enjoy a revival by tapping the mainland Chinese market.

The industry's swift and brutal fall from grace came as Hollywood lured away Woo and other film giants, moviegoers at home and abroad grew tired of the city's formulaic action plots and illicit piracy hammered profits.

Some of Hong Kong's traditional markets, including Taiwan, Korea and Malaysia, also began developing their own cinema sectors, another blow to its once-mighty film industry, which splashed onto the international scene in the early seventies with late Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee's martial arts blockbusters.

By 2003, the sector was a shell of its former self with spiralling box office receipts and producing just 55 films a year.

"Audiences got tired of the same film over and over again," Cheung said.

"They demanded new ideas. For a while, Hong Kong films lost direction."

Now there are early signs Hong Kong's film sector may claw back some of its former glory with a new generation of directors eager to make a name for themselves, experts said.

"There is new blood pumping into an old industry and there is a general trend worldwide that people want to see local films," said Jacob Wong, curator of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

The number of Hong Kong productions -- estimated to contribute about 4.25 billion US dollars annually to the local economy -- has been rising in recent years and the government is pouring money into a film development fund.

"That's how 'Echoes of the Rainbow' got made," Cheung said, referring to the fund. "Otherwise, it might not have seen the light of day."

Hong Kong's stylistic filmmaking still holds wide appeal, Wong said, pointing to American director Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning 2006 film "The Departed", which was a remake of the 2002-2003 "Infernal Affairs" trilogy.

Another homegrown success story, "Bodyguards and Assassins", was one of the best-selling movies on the Chinese mainland last year, he said.

"It's not a watershed, although it marks a turning point," Wong added.

Still, the industry's future success depends largely on whether it can become a major player in the fast-growing mainland Chinese market, observers said.

"The (industry) is coming back because of the huge market in China," said Brian Chung, chief executive of the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association.

"There are maybe 5,000 movie screens in China right now. In five years, there will be 10,000. More screens means more money."

Hong Kong directors, who are already accustomed to tailoring films to different markets, have an edge over mainland producers, who often have a less international outlook, and are familiar with Chinese audiences' tastes, Chung said.

"The advantage Hong Kong directors have is that they can make a commercial film better than a director in China," he told AFP.

"The Chinese director treats the work as art, but the Hong Kong director will think of the film as a product suitable for the market."

There is also room for the Hong Kong and mainland film sectors to join forces with co-productions such as 2008 historical war epic "Red Cliff", which smashed Chinese box-office records, observers said.

Wong, from the film festival society, agreed that Hong Kong directors should focus on places "where people use chopsticks", but said producing a film in censorship-heavy mainland China can limit what sort of films get made.

"I'm cautiously optimistic about the industry," he said. "But I'm pessimistic about quality."

Perry Lam, editor of Hong Kong arts and culture magazine Muse, is not convinced the mainland market will be enough to ensure the industry can turn itself around.

"One can easily find cogent reasons for arguing that the future of Hong Kong cinema lies in embracing the Chinese market," Lam said.

"Nevertheless, I smell more desperation than inspiration in the latest race to make the Hong Kong cinema mainland-friendly."

[GeneChing]

Sounds like this was a great awards for the kung fu film genre. Hopefully this will elicit growth.

Slaying the competition (http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=45767)
by Sharon Wong

A HISTORICAL action thriller revolving around a motley group of volunteers who give their lives to protect Dr Sun Yat Sun during his visit to Hongkong grabbed top honours at the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards 2010 last Sunday night.

Bodyguards and Assassins took home eight awards including best film, best director for Teddy Chen, as well as best action choreography, best supporting actor, best cinematography, best costume and make-up design, best art direction and best original film score.

Producer Peter Chan was especially moved to receive the best film award, this being his first award as a producer. He said most know him as a director despite the fact that he has produced numerous movies. Thus, winning this award is extra meaningful.

Echos of the Rainbow, which takes a nostalgic look at 1960s Hongkong, bagged four awards including best actor for Simon Yam, best new performer for Aarif Lee, best screenplay as well as the best original film song.

For Kara Hui (aka Wai Yin Hung), who took home the best actress award, the win was especially meaningful as Hui was the first recipient of the award at the first Hong Kong Film Awards 28 years ago!

Hui won this time for her stirring performance as a single mother fighting to free her son who is charged with rape in At the End of Daybreak.

The lifetime achievement award went to veteran martial artiste Lau Kar-leong, who was lauded with an impressive three-tiered lion dance.

Lau reminisced on the beginnings of kung fu as an art in films and revealed a little-known fact – that he is the fourth generation disciple of the legendary Wong Fei Hung.

"He [Wong] left me a legacy – kung fu," he said, to thunderous applause.

He and his wife later presented the award for best action choreography, which went to Stephen Tung and Lee Tat-chiu for Bodyguards and Assassins.

The night also saw a series of songs extolling the virtues of kung fu and as a tribute to Bruce Lee as well as displays of the art including a performance by a group of little Bruce Lee-wannabes.

Prior to the announcement of the best original film song winner (which was won by Echos of the Rainbow), the nominated songs were presented by their respective singers - Aarif Lee for Echos of the Rainbow; Chris Lee for Bodyguards and Assassins; A-lan for Red Cliff 2; Stefanie Sun for Mulan; and The Pancakes for McDull Kung Fu Ding Ding Dong.

Kudos to all the stars who graced the event as well as the presenters, especially Lau Ching-wan and Nick Cheung, who poked fun at their friends and themselves and were hilarious without being overboard.

This year, there was also an unofficial award for best dressed couple, which went to Nicholas Tse, who appeared in fiery red and Denise Ho who looked elegant in a sexy little off-shoulder black number.

While Ho lost out the best supporting actress award to Michelle Yip for her role in Accident, Tse received his second best supporting actor award (he took home the same award at the recent Asian Film Awards) for his brilliant performance as a rickshaw driver in Bodyguards and Assassins.

The organising committee also turned serious at one point to observe a minute of silence for all the victims of recent disasters.

[GeneChing]

Nice to see so many martial arts films recognized this year. This trend is why I started my Chollywood Rising (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57225) column in our print magazine last year. I was hoping that the trend I was seeing wasn't just my own martial myopia.

* February 8, 2011, 6:26 PM HKT
‘Detective Dee’ Tops HK Film Award Nominees (http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2011/02/08/detective-dee-tops-hk-film-award-nominees/)

Director Tsui Hark’s Tang Dynasty-era whodunit leads this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards race with 13 nominations, including best film and best director.

“Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame” also received a nod for best actress — Carina Lau — as well as two best-supporting actor nominations for Tony Leung Ka-fai and Deng Chao, and a string of technical recognitions.

The US$15 million production made extensive use of computer graphics to re-create a bustling palace and metropolis in 7th-century China.

“Reign of Assassins,” a Ming Dynasty-era martial-arts film from Taiwanese director Su Chao-pin (with co-director John Woo) starring Michelle Yeoh, received 11 nominations, while “Ip Man 2,” director Wilson Yip’s sequel to the 2008 film on the life of the legendary kung-fu master starring Donnie Yen, received 10. Both films were nominated for best film and best director.

Rounding out the best-film nominations: “Gallants,” a rollicking homage to 1970s Hong Kong kung-fu movies from co-directors Derek Kwok and Clement Cheng; and director Dante Lam’s police-action film “The Stool Pigeon.” Both films were also nominated in the best-director category.

Best-actor nominations went to Chow Yun-fat (“Confucius”), Jacky Cheung (“Crossing Hennessy”), Tong Leung Ka-fai (“Bruce Lee, My Brother”), Nick Cheung Ka-fai (“The Stool Pigeon”) and Nicholas Tse (“The Stool Pigeon”).

Best actress nominations include Fiona Sit (“Break Up Club”), Tang Wei (“Crossing Hennessy”), Miriam Yeung (“Love in a Puff”), Ms. Lau (“Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”) and Josie Ho (“Dream Home”).

The nominations for the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards were announced Tuesday afternoon. The awards ceremony will take place on April 17 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

A full list of the nominees:

Best Film

“Gallants”
“Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
“Ip Man 2”
“Reign of Assassins”
“The Stool Pigeon”

Best Director

Derek Kwo Tsz-kin and Clement Cheng, “Gallants”
Tsui Hark, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Yip Wai-shun, “Ip Man 2”
Su Chao-pin, “Reign Of Assassins”
Dante Lam Chiu-yin, “The Stool Pigeon”

Best Screenplay

Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui and Barbara Wong, “Break Up Club”
Ivy Ho, “Crossing Hennessy”
Derek Kwok Tsz-kin, Clement Cheng and Frankie Tam Kwong-yuen, “Gallants”
Pang Ho-cheung and Heiward Mak, “Love In A Puff”
Jack Ng, “The Stool Pigeon”

Best Actor

Chow Yun-fat, “Confucius”
Jacky Cheung, “Crossing Hennessy”
Tony Leung Ka-fai, “Bruce Lee, My Brother”
Nick Cheung Ka-fai, “The Stool Pigeon”
Nicholas Tse, “The Stool Pigeon”

Best Actress

Fiona Sit, “Break Up Club”
Tang Wei, “Crossing Hennessy”
Miriam Yeung, “Love in a Puff”
Carina Lau, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Josie Ho, “Dream Home”

Best Supporting Actor

Teddy Robin, “Gallants”
Tony Leung Ka-fai, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Deng Chao, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Wang Xueqi, “Reign of Assassins”
Liu Kai-chi, “The Stool Pigeon”

Best Supporting Actress

Mimi Chu, “Crossing Hennessy”
Paw Hee-ching, “Crossing Hennessy”
Susan Shaw, “Gallants”
Zhang Jing-chu, “City Under Siege”
Candice Yu, “Once a Gangster”

Best New Performer

Jing Boran, “Hot Summer Days”
Byron Pang, “Amphetamine”
Hanjin Tan, “Bruce Lee, My Brother”
Dennis To, “Ip Man 2”
Dennis To, “The Legend Is Born — Ip Man”

Best Cinematography

Peter Pau, “Confucius”
Chan Chi-ying and Chan Chor-keung, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Jason Kwan, “Merry-Go-Round”
Poon Hang-sang, “Ip Man 2”
Horace Wong, “Reign of Assassins”

Best Film Editing

Yau Chi Wai, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Cheung Ka-fai, “Ip Man 2”
Cheung Ka-fai, “Reign of Assassins”
Kong Chi-leung, “Triple Tap”
Chan Ki-hop and Matthew Hui, “The Stool Pigeon”

Best Art Direction

Lin Chao-xiang and Mao Huai-qing, “Confucius”
Silver Cheung, “Bruce Lee, My Brother”
James Choo, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Kenneth Mak, “Ip Man 2”
Yang Bai-gu and Simon So, “Reign of Assassins”

Best Costume and Make-Up Design

Yee Chung-man, “Confucius”
Stanley Cheung, “Bruce Lee, My Brother”
Bruce Yu Ka-on, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Dora Ng Li-lo, “Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen”
Emi Wada, “Reign of Assassins”

Best Action Choreography

Yuen Tak, “Gallants”
Sammo Hung, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Sammo Hung, “Ip Man 2”
Donnie Yen, “Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen”
Stephen Tung, “Reign Of Assassins”

Best Original Score

Mak Chun-hung, “Break Up Club”
Teddy Robin and Tommy Wai, “Gallants”
Peter Kam Pui-tat, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Kenji Kawai, “Ip Man 2”
Peter Kam Pui-tat, “Reign pf Assassins”

Best Sound Design

Wang Dan-rong and Zhao Nan, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Kinson Tsang and George Lee, “Ip Man 2”
Kinson Tsang, “Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen”
Tu Duu-chih, “Dream Home”
Kinson Tsang, “The Stool Pigeon”

Best Visual Effects

Lee Yong-gi and Nam Sang-woo, “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame”
Henri Wong, “Ip Man 2”
Victor Wong, “Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen”
Andrew Lin, Ho Pui-kin, Leung Wai-kit and Ng Yuen-fai, “Dream Home”
Foo Sing Choong, “Reign of Assassins”

Best New Director

Ivy Ho, “Crossing Hennessy”
Felix Chong Man-keung, “Once a Gangster”
Freddie Wong Kwok-shiu, “The Drunkard”

Best Asian Film
“Under The Hawthorn Tree”

“Seven Days in Heaven”
“Confessions”
“After Shock”
“Monga”

Correction

“Reign of Assassins” received 11 nominations. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said it received 10.

[GeneChing]

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52870) 13 nominations
Reign of Assassins (Jianyu Jianghu) (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54260) 11 nominations
Ip Man 2 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56421) 10 nominations

I still gotta see Gallants (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57614).


'Detective,' 'Assassins' top Hong Kong nominees (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFWCk2nJ83ggLhY4JUF9wMTVNeIQ?docId=a97993219 0f046e48d1ef86a3a58d938)
(AP) – 1 day ago

HONG KONG (AP) — Director Tsui Hark's new costume drama, former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh's latest kung fu thriller and Donnie Yen's second biopic of Bruce Lee's kung fu master were the top nominees in the Hong Kong Film Awards shortlist announced on Tuesday.

Tsui's "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" was nominated in 13 categories. The Hong Kong filmmaker's latest picture was also nominated for the top Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival last year.

"Reign of Assassins," which stars Yeoh as a killer who uses plastic surgery to escape her past, is up for 11 awards. Yen's portrayal of a famed Hong Kong martial arts teacher, "Ip Man 2," had 10 nominations.

The three pictures are contending for best movie honors against the kung fu comedy "Gallants" and the Dante Lam police thriller "The Stool Pigeon."

Lam, Tsui and "Ip Man 2" director Wilson Yip are vying for the best director trophy against Taiwanese filmmaker Su Chao-pin, who made "Reign of Assassins," and Derek Kwok and Clement Cheng, the two-man team behind "Gallants."

Hong Kong veteran Chow Yun-fat is among the best actor nominees, shortlisted for his role as the ancient Chinese sage Confucius in last year's biopic. He is competing against Chinese pop legend Jacky Cheung, who played a shopkeeper who dodges matchmaking attempts in the romantic comedy "Crossing Hennessy," and Tony Leung Ka-fai, who starred as the father in "Bruce Lee, My Brother," a biopic that focuses on the late kung fu icon's youth.

"The Stool Pigeon" was double-nominated in the category, with both Nick Cheung and Nicholas Tse in the running for their roles as a police inspector and an informant.

The best actress competition pits Chinese actress Tang Wei against Hong Kongers Carina Lau, Miriam Yeung, Fiona Sit and Josie Ho. Tang played Jacky Cheung's love interest in "Crossing Hennessy" — her first role since being catapulted to fame by her starring role in Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's 2007 World War II-era spy thriller "Lust, Caution."

Lau played a Chinese empress in "Detective Dee," a murder mystery that features the real-life Tang Dynasty detective, Di Renjie. Yeung portrayed a cosmetics saleswoman who has a romance with a fellow smoker in "Love in a Puff." Sit starred alongside Jackie Chan's son, Jaycee, in the romance "Break Up Club," while Ho, the daughter of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho, played a serial killer upset by Hong Kong's expensive real-estate prices in "Dream Home."

The winners will be announced in an awards ceremony on April 17.

Along with Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony is one of the Chinese-language industry's top events, closely watched because this southern Chinese territory remains a leading hub for film talent despite the rapid growth of the mainland industry.

[GeneChing]

It's all about Gallants (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57614) & Dee (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52870).

Winners at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/04/17/entertainment/e090238D12.DTL)
By The Associated Press
Sunday, April 17, 2011

(04-17) 09:02 PDT , (AP) --

Winners at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards, announced late Sunday:

Best film: "Gallants"

Best director: Tsui Hark, "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame"

Best screenplay: Pang Ho-cheung and Heiward Mak, "Love In a Puff"

Best actor: Nicholas Tse, "The Stool Pigeon"

Best actress: Carina Lau, "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame"

Best supporting actor: Teddy Robin, "Gallants"

Best supporting actress: Susan Shaw, "Gallants"

Best new performer: Hanjin Tan, "Bruce Lee, My Brother"

Best cinematography: Peter Pau, "Confucius"

Best film editing: Cheung Ka-fai, "Ip Man 2"

Best art direction: James Choo, "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame"

Best costume and make-up design: Bruce Yu, "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame"

Best action choreography: Sammo Hung, "Ip Man 2"

Best original film score: Teddy Robin and Tommy Wai, "Gallants"

Best original film song: "Here to Stay," music, lyrics and performed by Jun Kung

Best sound design: Wang Danrong and Zhao Nan, "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame"

Best visual effects: Lee Yong-gi and Nam Sang-woo, "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame"

Best new director: Felix Chong, "Once a Gangster"

Best Asian film: "Confessions" (Japan)

Professional achievement: Willie Chan

Lifetime achievement: Terry Lai

[GeneChing]

I poached all the HKFA posts off the Asian Film Festivals and Awards thread (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48392) to make this new thread.


Bullet, War lead HK Awards nominations (http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/bullet-war-lead-hk-awards-nominations)
By Patrick Frater
Wed, 06 February 2013, 10:55 AM (HKT)

The Bullet Vanishes 消失的子彈 (pictured), and Cold War 冷戰 (2000) grabbed the lion's share of nominations for the Hong Kong Film Awards. The Silent War 聽風者 and The Viral Factor 逆戰 were close behind.

Bullet Vanishes claimed 12 nominations, Cold War 11, Silent War 8 and Viral Factor 7. Also not far off were Vulgaria 低俗喜劇 and Motorway 車手, with six each.

Best film nominations were bestowed on Vulgaria, Motorway, Bullet, Viral Factor and Cold War.

There were personal triumphs for ZHOU Xun 周迅, who collected two nominations for best actress in The Great Magician 大魔術師 and Silent War, and for writer-director PANG Ho-cheung 彭浩翔, who earned six nominations for Vulgaria and a further three for Love in the Buff 春嬌與志明.


HONG KONG FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2013

Best Film
The Bullet Vanishes
Cold War
Motorway
The Viral Factor
Vulgaria

Best Director
Soi CHEANG 鄭保瑞 (Motorway)
Pang Ho-cheung (Love In The Buff)
LO Chi-leung 羅志良 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Dante LAM 林超賢 (The Viral Factor)
Longman LEUNG 梁樂民, Sunny LUK 陸劍青 (Cold War)

Best Screenplay
Pang Ho-cheung, LAM Chiu-wing 林超榮, Jody LUK 陸以心 (Vulgaria)
Pang Ho-cheung, Jody Luk (Love in the Buff)
Lo Chi-leung, YEUNG Sin-ling 楊倩玲 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Longman Leung, Sunny Luk (Cold War)
Alan MAK 麥兆輝, Felix CHONG 莊文強 (The Silent War)

Best Actor
Nick CHEUNG 張家輝 (Nightfall 大追捕)
Chapman TO 杜汶澤 (Vulgaria)
Lau Ching-wan (The Bullet Vanishes)
Tony LEUNG Ka-fai 梁家輝 (Cold War)
Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai 梁朝偉 (The Silent War)

Best Actress
Zhou Xun (The Great Magician)
Miriam YEUNG 楊千嬅 (Love in the Buff)
Sammi CHENG 鄭秀文 (Romancing in Thin Air)
Elanne KWONG 江若琳 (Love Lifting 高舉・愛 (2011))
Zhou Xun (The Silent War)

Best Supporting Actor
Ronald CHENG 鄭中基 (Vulgaria)
LIU Kai-chi 廖啟智 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Gordon LAM 林家棟 (Cold War)
Chapman To (Diva)
Alex MAN 萬梓良 (The Bounty 懸紅)

Best Supporting Actress
Susan SHAW 邵音音 (Vulgaria)
Dada CHAN 陳靜 (Vulgaria)
JIANG Yiyan 江一燕 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Elaine JIN 金燕鈴 (The Viral Factor)
Mavis FAN 范曉萱 (The Silent War)

Best New Performer
ZHANG Lanxin 張藍心 (CZ12 十二生肖)
Joyce FENG 馮文娟 (The Last Tycoon 大上海)
Jayden YUAN 袁曉超 (Taichi Zero 太極１　從零開始, Taichi Hero 太極２　英雄崛起)
Alex Tsui 徐家傑 (Cold War)

Best Cinematography
Andrew LAU 劉偉強, Jason KWAN 關智耀 (The Last Tycoon)
CHAN Chi-ying 陳志英 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Kenny TSE 謝忠道 (The Viral Factor)
Jason Kwan, Kenny Tse (Cold War)
Anthony PUN 潘耀明 (The Silent War)

Best Film Editing
YAU Chi-wai 邱志偉 (CZ12)
David RICHARDSON, Allen LEUNG 梁展綸 (Motorway)
KWONG Chi-leung 鄺志良, Ron CHAN 陳忠明 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Azrael CHUNG 鍾煒釗 (The Viral Factor)
Kwong Chi-leung, WONG Hoi 黃海 (Cold War)

Best Art Direction
YEE Chung-man 奚仲文, Eric LAM 林子僑 (The Last Tycoon)
Timothy YIP 葉錦添 (Taichi Zero, Taichi Hero)
LAU Sai-wan 劉世運 (The Guillotines)
Silver CHEUNG 張世宏, LEE Kin-wai 李健威 (The Bullet Vanishes)
MAN Lim-chung 文念中 (The Silent War)

Best Costume & Make Up Design
Yee Chung-man, Jessie TAI 戴美玲 (The Great Magician)
Timothy Yip (Taichi Zero, Taichi Hero)
Dora NG 吳里璐 (The Guillotines 血滴子)
Stanley CHEUNG 張世傑 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Man Lim Chung (The Silent War)

Best Action Choreography
Jackie CHAN 成龍, HE Jun 何鈞 (CZ12)
Sammo HUNG 洪金寶 (Taichi Zero, Taichi Hero)
CHIN Ka-lok 錢嘉樂, WONG Wai-fai 黃偉輝, Thomson NG 吳海棠 (Motorway)
Dante Lam, Chin Ka-lok, Wong Wai-fai, Thomas Ng (The Viral Factor)
Chin Ka-lok & Wong Wai-fai (Cold War)

Best Original Film Score
Comfort CHAN 陳光榮, Yu Peng (The Last Tycoon)
TEDDY Robin 泰迪羅賓, Tommy WAI 韋啟良 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Peter KAM 金培達 (Cold War)
Eman LAM 林二汶 & Veronica LEE 李端嫻 (Diva)
Comfort Chan (The Silent War)

Best Original Film Song
The Last Tycoon
The Guillotines
Romancing in Thin Air
Lan Kwai Fong 2 喜愛夜蒲２
Diva

Best Sound Design
Kinson TSANG 曾景祥 (The Guillotines)
Benny Chu & Steve Miller (Motorway)
Phyllis CHENG 鄭穎園 (The Bullet Vanishes)
Kinson Tsang (The Viral Factor)
Kinson Tsang (Cold War)

Best Visual Effects
HAN Yeong-u 한영우, Victor WONG 黃宏逹, Patrick Chui, Jang Seong-ho (CZ12)
Chas CHAU 邱志盛, Kim HO 何培堅, NG Yuen-fai 吳炫輝 , A Law 老Ａ (Tai Chi Zero, Tai Chi Hero)
Victor Wong (The Guillotines)
Law Wai-ho & Hellowing Cheung (Motorway)
Cecil Cheng (Cold War)

Best New Director
Roy CHOW 周顯揚 (Nightfall)
Brian TSE 謝立文 (McDull, the Pork of Music 麥兜當當伴我心 )
Andrew FUNG 馮志強 (The Bounty)

Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan
Back to 1942 一九四二
Gf*Bf 女朋友 男朋友
Love Is Not Blind 失戀３３天 (2011)
Painted Skin: The Resurrection 畫皮Ⅱ
Love 愛

[GeneChing]

Here are our threads on the nominees:
Grandmaster (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?53227-The-Grandmaster)
Journey to the West (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?61200-Stephan-Chow-s-Journey-to-the-West-Conquering-Demons)
Unbeatable (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?66180-Unbeatable-激戰)
Young Detective Dee (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?66536-Young-Detective-Dee-Rise-of-the-Sea)
Did I miss any?


Grandmaster leads HK Film Award nominations (http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/grandmaster-leads-hk-film-award-nominations)
By Kevin Ma
Thu, 06 February 2014, 09:15 AM (HKT)

Nominations for the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards were announced yesterday in Hong Kong. The Grandmaster 一代宗師 leads the pack with a total of 14 nominations out of 19 categories.

WONG Kar-wai 王家衛's martial arts epic's nominations include Best Actor (Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai 梁朝偉), Best Actress (ZHANG Ziyi 章子怡), Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.

This is the most number of nominations a Wong Kar-wai film has received at the awards.

Joining The Grandmaster in the Best Picture category are Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 西游　降魔篇, The White Storm 掃毒, The Way We Dance 狂舞派 and Unbeatable 激戰.

Unbeatable received the second highest number of nominations with 11, including Best Director (Dante LAM 林超賢), Best Actor (Nick CHEUNG 張家輝), Best Supporting Actor (Eddie PENG 彭于晏), Best Supporting Actress (Crystal LEE 李馨巧) and Best Screenplay. This is the fourth Best Director nomination for Lam, after Beastcops 野獸刑警 (1998), The Stool Pigeon 線人 (2010) and The Viral Factor 逆戰 (2012).

Juno MAK 麥浚龍's Rigor Mortis 殭屍 received nine nominations, including Best Actress (Nina PAW 鮑起靜), Best Supporting Actor (Anthony CHAN 陳友), Best Supporting Actress (Kara HUI 惠英紅) and Best New Director.

A late entry to the qualifying list (thanks to early previews during the Christmas holidays), firefighter drama As the Light Goes Out 救火英雄 earned eight nominations, including Best Director (Derek KWOK 郭子健), Best Cinematography, Best Editing and other technical awards.

Also receiving eight nominations is Benny CHAN 陳木勝's The White Storm. In addition to Best Picture, the film is also nominated for Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Helena LAW 羅蘭) and two Best Actor nominations for stars Louis KOO 古天樂 and LAU Ching-wan 劉青雲.

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon 狄仁杰之神都龍王 also received eight nominations, mostly in the technical categories.

With a total of six nominations, The Way We Dance is the first Film Development Fund of Hong Kong 香港電影發展基金-produced film to receive a Best Picture nomination. However, the film did not receive a Best Director or a Best Screenplay nomination. Director Adam WONG 黃修平 did receive a Best New Director nomination, despite this being his third feature-length film.

Johnnie TO 杜琪峰's Drug War 毒戰 (2012) received only one nomination in the Best Director category. To's Blind Detective 盲探 received three nominations: Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Sammi CHENG 鄭秀文) and Best Original Song.


HONG KONG FILM AWARDS — PARTIAL LIST OF NOMINEES
Best Picture

The Grandmaster
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
The Way We Dance
The White Storm
Unbeatable

Best Director

Wong Kar-wai; The Grandmaster
Johnnie To; Drug War
Benny Chan; The White Storm
Derek Kwok; As the Light Goes Out
Dante Lam; Unbeatable

Best Screenplay

ZOU Jingzhi 鄒靜之, XU Haofeng 徐浩峰, Wong Kar-wai; The Grandmaster
Robert CHOU 周智勇, ZHANG Ji 張冀, Aubrey LAM 林愛華; American Dreams in China 中國合伙人
XUE Xiaolu 薛曉路; Finding Mr. Right 北京遇上西雅圖
WAI Ka-fai 韋家輝, YAU Nai-hoi 游乃海, Ryker CHAN 陳睿, YU Xi 余曦; Blind Detective
Jack NG 吳煒倫, FUNG Chi-fung 馮志豐, Dante Lam; Unbeatable

Best Actor

Tony Leung Chiu-wai; The Grandmaster
Louis Koo; The White Storm
Lau Ching-wan; The White Storm
Anthony WONG 黃秋生; Ip Man: The Final Fight 葉問　終極一戰
Nick Cheung; Unbeatable

Best Actress

Zhang Ziyi; The Grandmaster
TANG Wei 湯唯; Finding Mr. Right
Cherry NGAN 顏卓靈; The Way We Dance
Sammi Cheng; Blind Detective
Nina Paw; Rigor Mortis

Best Supporting Actor

Max ZHANG 張晉; The Grandmaster
TONG Dawei 佟大為; American Dreams in China
HUANG Bo 黃渤; Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
Eddie Peng; Unbeatable
Anthony Chan; Rigor Mortis

Best Supporting Actress

DU Juan 杜鵑; American Dreams in China
Carina LAU 劉嘉玲; Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Helena Law; The White Storm
Crystal Lee; Unbeatable
Kara Hui; Rigor Mortis

Best New Performer

Du Juan; American Dreams in China
Fish LIEW 廖子妤; Doomsday・Party 末日派對
Kenny LIN 林更新; Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
BabyJohn CHOI 蔡瀚億; The Way We Dance
Angel CHIANG 蔣家旻; A Secret Between Us 第一次不是你

Best New Director

Adam Wong; The Way We Dance
Alan YUEN 袁錦麟; Firestorm 風暴
Juno Mak; Rigor Mortis

Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan

Rock Me to the Moon 一首搖滾上月球
Lost in Thailand 人再囧途之泰囧 (2012)
The Last Supper 最後の晩餐 (2004)
Touch of the Light 逆光飛翔 (2012)
So Young 致我們終將逝去的青春

[GeneChing]

A few months late with this, but there you have it.


33rd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards (http://www.lovehkfilm.com/features/hkfa_2013.htm)

Awarded on April 13th, 2014 in Hong Kong

Best Picture
Winner:
• The Grandmaster
Nominees:
- Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
- Unbeatable
- The Way We Dance
- The White Storm

Best Director
Winner:
• Wong Kar-Wai (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Derek Kwok Chi-Kin (As the Light Goes Out)
- Johnnie To Kei-Fung (Drug War)
- Dante Lam Chiu-Yinn (Unbeatable)
- Benny Chan Muk-Sing (The White Storm)

Best Actor
Winner:
• Nick Cheung Ka-Fai (Unbeatable)
Nominees:
- Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (The Grandmaster)
- Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (Ip Man - The Final Fight)
- Louis Koo Tin-Lok (The White Storm)
- Lau Ching-Wan (The White Storm)

Best Actress
Winner:
• Zhang Ziyi (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Sammi Cheng Sau-Man (Blind Detective)
- Tang Wei (Finding Mr. Right)
- Bau Hei-Jing (Rigor Mortis)
- Cherry Ngan Cheuk-Ling (The Way We Dance)

Best Supporting Actor
Winner:
• Zhang Jin (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Tong Dawei (American Dreams in China)
- Huang Bo (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)
- Anthony Chan (Rigor Mortis)
- Eddie Peng Yu-Yan (Unbeatable)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner:
• Kara Hui Ying-Hung (Rigor Mortis)
Nominees:
- Du Juan (American Dreams in China)
- Kara Hui Ying-Hung (Rigor Mortis)
- Law Lan (The White Storm)
- Carina Lau Ka-Ling (Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon)

Best Screenplay
Winner:
• Zou Jingzhi, Xu Haofeng, Wong Kar-Wai (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Zhou Zhiyong, Zhang Ji, Aubrey Lam Oi-Wah (American Dreams in China)
- Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Ryker Chan, Yu Xi (Blind Detective)
- Xue Xiaolu (Finding Mr. Right)
- Jack Ng Wai-Lun, Fung Chi Fung, Dante Lam Chiu-Yin (Unbeatable)

Best New Performer
Winner:
• Babyjohn Choi (The Way We Dance)
Nominees:
- Du Juan (American Dreams in China)
- Fish Liew (Doomsday Party)
- Angel Chiang Ka-Man (A Secret Between Us)
- Lin Gengxin (Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon)

Best Cinematography
Winner:
• Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Jason Kwan Chi-Yiu (As the Light Goes Out)
- Ng Kai-Ming (Rigor Mortis)
- Kenny Tse Chung-To (Unbeatable)
- Anthony Pun Yiu-Ming (The White Storm)

Best Editing
Winner:
• William Cheung Suk-Ping, Benjamin Courtines, Poon Hung-Yiu (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Wong Hoi (As the Light Goes Out)
- Kwong Chi-Leung, Ron Chan (Firestorm)
- Azrael Chung Wai-Chiu (Unbeatable)
- Yau Chi-Wai (The White Storm)

Best Art Direction
Winner:
• William Cheung Suk-Ping, Alfred Yau Wai-Ming (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Eric Lam (As the Light Goes Out)
- Eric Lam (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)
- Irving Cheung (Rigor Mortis)
- Ken Mak (Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon)

Best Costume & Make-Up Design
Winner:
• William Cheung Suk-Ping (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Dora Ng Lei-Lo (American Dreams in China)
- Bruce Yu Ka-On, Lee Pik-Kwan (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons)
- Miggy Cheng, Phoebe Wong, Kittichon Kunratchol (Rigor Mortis)
- Bruce Yu Ka-On, Lee Pik-Kwan (Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon)

Best Action Choreography
Winner:
• Yuen Woo-Ping (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Chin Kar-Lok (Firestorm)
- Ling Chi-Wah (Unbeatable)
- Yuen Bun (Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon)

Best Original Film Score
Winner:
• Shigeru Umebayashi, Nathaniel Mechaly (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Teddy Robin, Tommy Wai (As the Light Goes Out)
- Henry Lai (Unbeatable)
- Day Tai, Afuc Chan (The Way We Dance)
- Kenji Kawai (Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon)

Best Original Song
Winner:
• 狂舞吧 (from The Way We Dance)
Composer: Day Tai
Lyrics: Saville Chan
Performer: DoughBoy, Shimica Wong
Nominees:
- 愛最大 (As the Light Goes Out)
Composer: Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung
Lyrics: Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, Qiao Xing,
Kit@24 Herbs, Phat@24 Herbs
Performer: Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, 24 Herbs
- Love is Blind (from Blind Detective)
Composer: Hal Foxton Beckett, Marc Baril
Lyrics: Lam Jik
Performer: Andy Lau Tak-Wah, Sammi Cheng Sau-Man
- 心照一生 (from The White Storm)
Composer: RubberBand
Lyrics: RubberBand、Tim Lui
Performer: RubberBand
- 新秩序 (from Young And Dangerous: Reloaded)
Composer: Paul Wong Koon-Chung
Lyrics: Paul Wong Koon-Chung
Performer: Paul Wong Koon-Chung

Best Sound Design
Winner:
• Robert Mackenzie, Traithep Wongpaiboon (The Grandmaster)
Nominees:
- Phyllis Cheng (As the Light Goes Out)
- Benny Chu, Steve Miller (Rigor Mortis)
- Phyllis Cheng (Unbeatable)
- Kinson Tsang King-Cheung Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon)

Best Visual Effects
Winner:
• Enoch Chan (Rigor Mortis)
Nominees:
- Henri Wong, Hugo Kwan, Walter Wong (As the Light Goes Out)
- Yee Kwok-Leung, Lai Man-Chun, Ho Kwan-Yeung, Garrett K. Lam (Firestorm)
- Pierre Buffin (The Grandmaster)
- Wook Kim (Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon)

Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan
Winner:
• So Young (CHINA)
Nominees:
- The Last Supper (CHINA)
- Lost In Thailand (CHINA)
- Rock Me To The Moon (TAIWAN)
- Touch Of The Light (TAIWAN)

Best New Director
Winner:
• Adam Wong Sau-Ping (The Way We Dance)
Nominees:
- Alan Yuen Kam-Lun (Firestorm)
- Juno Mak Chun-Lung (Rigor Mortis)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner:
• Zhang Xin-Yan (director, producer)

[GeneChing]

So I really came by this thread today to review Lost in Thailand. It's not really a martial arts film per se, even though there is a finale fight, so I didn't think it really deserved it's own thread. It was more because it was such a significant film for China.

I found it very entertaining but it doesn't translate well just because it's Asian cinema. You have to know who Fan Bingbing is. It's a classic buddy travel flick complete with a villain close on their tails. It had some really good moments, surprising in the way that Asian cinema can be, kitchy in that very same way. It's a little long-winded at times, but it got a good chuckle out of me and it captures modern Thailand magnificently (although my opinion of Thailand is based on just a few weeks spent there in '97). There's some innovative cinematography too. But by Hollywood standards, it's not mind-blowing on any level, just a typical buddy travel flick - only the buddies are Chinese and the travel is in Thailand. There's even a sword fight (well, more of a ratchet fight, but that totally counts). It's a must-see for anyone watching Asian cinema now as it had such impact, but I wouldn't really recommend it otherwise. You got to be into the genre to want to check it out.

[GeneChing]

Overhe3rd leads HK Film Award nominations
 (http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/overhe3rd-leads-hk-film-award-nominations%E2%80%A8)
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By Kevin Ma
Fri, 06 February 2015, 10:30 AM (HKT)
Awards News

Alan MAK 麥兆輝 and Felix CHONG 莊文強's Overh3ard 竊聽風雲３ is the forerunner at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards 香港電影金 with 11 nominations in 10 categories.

The crime drama, about a land war that breaks out in a rural village, has nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (LAU Ching-wan 劉青雲) and two Best Supporting Actor nominations (Kenneth TSANG 曾江 and Alex FONG Chung-sun 方中信).

Three years ago, Overheard 2 竊聽風雲２ (2011) scored nine nominations at the HKFA, but it went home empty-handed.

Two films from Edko Films Ltd 安樂影片有限公司, The Golden Era 黃金時代 and Rise of the Legend 黃飛鴻　英雄有夢, grabbed ten nominations each. The former – a biopic about writer Xiao Hong 蕭紅 – was nominated in most of the major categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (TANG Wei 湯唯) and Best Screenplay.

Aside from a Best Actor nomination for Eddie PENG 彭于晏 – his first in the category – nine of Rise of the Legend's ten nominations are in the technical categories, including Best Action Choreography, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects.

Apocalyptic thriller The Midnight After 那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角開往大埔的紅ＶＡＮ has received eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (LAM Suet 林雪) and Best Supporting Actress (Kara HUI 惠英紅). Last month, it won the Best Film and Best Director prizes from the Hong Kong Film Critics' Society (HKFCS) 香港電影評論學會.

Aberdeen 香港仔 received seven nominations – the highest number of nominations ever earned for a film by PANG Ho-cheung 彭浩翔. The family drama is nominated for Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (NG Man-tat 吳孟達), Best New Actor and three technical awards. Pang was not nominated for Best Director.

Pang's romantic comedy Women Who Flirt 撒嬌女人最好命 also secured a Best Actress nomination for ZHOU Xun 周迅.

Rounding out the Best Picture category is Peter CHAN 陳可辛's Dearest 親愛的. The child abduction drama earned four additional nominations: Best Director, Best Actor (HUANG Bo 黃渤), Best Actress (Vicki ZHAO 趙薇) and Best Screenplay.

Ivana WONG 王菀之 set a new HKFA record for the highest number of nominations received by an individual with a total of five. The singer-songwriter received three Best New Actor nominations for each of her supporting film roles in 2014: Matt CHOW 鄒凱光's Golden Chickensss 金雞ｓｓｓ, Lawrence CHENG 鄭丹瑞's Break Up 100 分手１００次 and Patrick KONG 葉念琛's Delete My Love ＤＥＬＥＴＥ愛人. She also received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Golden Chickensss and a Best Original Song nomination as the performer of Break Up 100's main theme.

Despite having a 30-year career that includes an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary, Ruby YANG 楊紫燁 is nominated for a Best New Director award for My Voice, My Life 爭氣, which is only her second feature-length film. She is joined in the category by Amos WHY 黃浩然 (for Dot 2 Dot 點對點) and David LEE 李光耀 (for Insanity 暴瘋語).

Any director who has made only one or two feature films is eligible for the Best New Director award at the HKFA.

This year's Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan nominees are ZHANG Yimou 張藝謀's Coming Home 歸來, DIAO Yi'nan 刁亦男's Black Coal, Thin Ice 白日焰火, Doze NIU 鈕承澤's Paradise in Service 軍中樂園, CHIANG Chin-lin 江金霖's Café. Waiting. Love 等一個人咖啡 and NING Hao 寧浩's No Man's Land 無人區 (2013).

The 34th Hong Kong Film Awards will be held on 19 Apr 2015.


NOMINEES OF THE 34TH HONG KONG FILM AWARDS

Best Film
Golden Era
Aberdeen
Dearest
Overh3ard
The Midnight After

Best Director
Ann Hui — Golden Era
Felix Chong and Alan Mak — Overh3ard
Peter Chan — Dearest
Fruit Chan — Midnight After
Dante Lam — Demon Within

Best Screenplay
Overh3ard
Dearest
Aberdeen
The Golden Era
The Midnight After

Best Actor
Huang Bo — Dearest
Eddie Peng — Rise of the Legend
Daniel Wu — That Demon Within
Lau Ching-wan — Overh3ard
Lau Ching-wan — Insanity

Best Actress
Tang Wei — The Golden Era
Zhou Xun — Women Who Flirt
Vicki Zhao — Dearest
Sandra Ng — Golden Chickensss
Charlene Choi — Sara

Best Supporting Actor
Ng Man Tat — Aberdeen
Kenneth Tsang — Overh3ard
Lam Suet — The Midnight After
Wang Baoqiang — Kung Fu Jungle
Alex Fong — Overh3ard

Best Supporting Actress
Fiona Sit — Girls
Nina Paw — Insanity
Hao Lei — The Golden Era
Ivana Wong — Golden Chickensss
Kara Hui — The Midnight After

Best New Actor
Jessica Choi — Aberdeen
Ivana Wong — Golden Chickensss
Ivana Wong — Delete My Love
Ivana Wong — Break Up 100
Candy Cheung — Dot 2 Dot

Best New Director
Ruby Yang — My Voice, My Life
Amos Why — Dot 2 Dot
David Lee — Insanity

Best Cinematography
The Golden Era
Rise of the Legend
The Midnight After
Overh3ard
The Crossing Part 1

Best Editing
Rise of the Legend
The Golden Era
The Crossing Part 1
That Demon Within
Overh3ard

Best Visual Effects
Kung Fu Jungle
The Monkey King
That Demon Within
Rise of the Legend
The Midnight After

Best Action Choreography
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
Rise of the Legend
The FourL Final Battle
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
Kung Fu Jungle

Best Art Direction
The Crossing Part 1
Overh3ard
The Golden Era
Rise of the Legend
Aberdeen

Best Sound Effects
The Crossing Part 1
Overh3ard
Kung Fu Jungle
Rise of the Legend
That Demon Within

Best Costume
The Golden Era
Rise of the Legend
The Monkey King
The Crossing Part 1
Overh3ard

Best Original Score
Aberdeen
The Crossing Part 1
The Golden Era
Rise of the Legend
The Midnight After

Best Original Song
Break Up 100
Aberdeen
Rise of the Legend
Insanity
Golden Chickensss

Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan
Coming Home
Black Coal Thin Ice
No Man's Land
Café. Waiting. Love
Paradise in Service

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Nominated films discussed here:
The FourL Final Battle (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?67980-The-Four-3)
Kung Fu Jungle (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?67782-Kung-Fu-Jungle)
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?67027-Once-Upon-a-Time-in-Shanghai)
The Monkey King (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?58025-Monkey-King-IMAX-3D-featuring-Donnie-Yen)
Rise of the Legend (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?66443-Rise-of-the-Legend-黃飛鴻)
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?66748-The-White-Haired-Witch-Of-Lunar-Kingdom-白发魔女传之明月天国)

[GeneChing]

Best Action Choreography: Kung Fu Jungle (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?67782-Kung-Fu-Jungle) 一個人的武林
Best Visual Effects: Rise of the Legend (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?66443-Rise-of-the-Legend-黃飛鴻)



Golden Era tops Hong Kong Film Awards (http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/golden-era-tops-hong-kong-film-awards)

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By Kevin Ma

Mon, 20 April 2015, 09:50 AM (HKT)
Awards News

The Golden Era 黃金時代 was the top winner at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards 香港電影金 last night, taking prizes in five categories including Best Film.

Despite early signs pointing to a major awards haul for "local power" film The Midnight After 那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角開往大埔的紅ＶＡＮ, Ann HUI 許鞍華's China-produced biopic went home with Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume & Make-up.

Overh3ard 竊聽風雲３ became the most successful film of the franchise at the Awards with three wins: Best Actor (LAU Ching-wan 劉青雲), Best Supporting Actor (Kenneth TSANG 曾江) and Best Screenplay. The first film of the series won Best Editing five years ago.

The biggest individual winner of the night was singer-songwriter Ivana WONG 王菀之, who won both Best New Performer and Best Supporting Actress for her role as a Mainland prostitute in Lunar New Year comedy Golden Chickensss 金雞ｓｓｓ. However, her theme song for Break Up 100 分手１００次 lost the Best Original Song award to Aberdeen 香港仔.

Despite its wins at the Hong Kong Film Critics' Society (HKFCS) 香港電影評論學會's awards, Fruit CHAN 陳果's The Midnight After went home with only one prize, for Best Original Score.

With ten nominations, Rise of the Legend 黃飛鴻　英雄有夢 also went home with only one award, for Best Visual Effects.

Repeating her HK Film Critics Society win, Vicki ZHAO 趙薇 defeated popular favourite Charlene CHOI 蔡卓妍 in the Best Actress category for her role in Peter CHAN 陳可辛's Dearest 親愛的.

Overall, the award ceremony was mired with numerous technical problems.

Two of the three hosts were first-time presenters that had difficulty delivering their scripts (as they admitted on stage). At least two segments — including TSUI Hark 徐克's Professional Achievement award presentation to LEE Kwan-long 李坤龍 — were abruptly cut off. Local broadcaster TVB interrupted two musical performances to go to commercial breaks.


34TH HONG KONG FILM AWARD WINNERS

Best Picture: The Golden Era
Best Director: Ann Hui; The Golden Era
Best Actress: Vicki Zhao; Dearest
Best Actor: Lau Ching-wan; Overh3ard
Best Supporting Actor: Kenneth Tsang; Overh3ard
Best Supporting Actress: Ivana Wong; Golden Chickensss
Best Screenplay: Alan Mak and Felix Chong; Overh3ard
Best New Director: David LEE 李光耀; Insanity 暴瘋語
Best New Performer: Ivana Wong; Golden Chickensss
Best Cinematography: WANG Yu 王昱; The Golden Era
Best Editing: The Crossing: Part 1 太平輪　上集
Best Art Direction: The Golden Era
Best Costume & Make-up: The Golden Era
Best Action Choreography: Kung Fu Jungle 一個人的武林
Best Original Film Score: The Midnight After
Best Original Song: Aberdeen
Best Sound Design: The Crossing: Part 1
Best Visual Effects: Rise of the Legend
Best Film From Mainland and Taiwan: Coming Home
Professional Achievement Award: Lee Kwan-long

[GeneChing]

Hong Kong and Taiwan film awards won't be broadcast live in the mainland this year, because politics (http://shanghaiist.com/2016/02/23/mainland_media_boycotts_hk_film_awards.php)

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Yet more drama has arisen between the mainland and Hong Kong with China announcing a media boycott of the Hong Kong Film Awards being held on April 3rd, but won't be shown on either CCTV or Tencent. The sudden decision apparently comes as a response to the dystopian HK film Ten Years getting nominated for "Best Film."

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Set 10 years in the future, the film depicts a dystopian Hong Kong under Communist Party rule, where shops are attacked by soldiers for selling banned materials and activists self-immolate as a statement for independence. SCMP has called the film "a reminder of the power of independent, intelligent filmmaking as a vehicle for social and political critique."

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Despite limited showings, Ten Years has grossed HK$6 million -- a decent profit considering its modest HK$600,000 budget. The film has struck a chord with Hong Kong audiences, who "left packed screenings in tears."
But needless to say, Beijing was not entertained, the Global Times lambasted the film as a "virus of the mind" and even blamed it for the Mong Kok riots earlier this month.
On Friday, CCTV and Tencent notified the Hong Kong Film Awards Association of their cancellations, the latter even in spite of already paying HK$4 million for webcast rights. Chairman Derek Yee Tung-Sing expects a loss of at least HK$4 million, reports Mingpao.
"It is very strange. What are they afraid of?" remarked Ng Ka-leung, one of the film's five directors, on China's about-face. "It is a small independent film and now with all this attention, it makes people even more curious."

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But apparently the mainland isn't stopping at just Hong Kong -- according to China Digital Times, word is that Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Awards in November will also be snubbed from broadcasting in China, in the Tsai Ing-wen's rise to presidency. Here's the announcement from the CCP's publicity department and SAPPRFT:


Due to social changes in Hong Kong and Taiwan this year, and to prevent the negative influence of speech, film, and television which do not conform to the national condition, all major websites and mobile apps must suspend live and relay broadcasts of the Hong Kong Film Awards in April and of Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards at the end of the year. Major media may continue to report on the Hong Kong and Taiwan awards. (February 21, 2016)

For the last 3 years the event was live-casted in China through Sina, but a spokesman from the awards show admits plans for this year are indeed up in the air, although they are "in the process of negotiation with other mainland portals."
Even more ominously, screenings of Ten Years in Hong Kong have now mysteriously ceased -- but fortunately for its directors the film's international rights have now been bought by Golden Scene, so it should escape being stifled altogether.
Check out the trailer here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4zebygSaZE


Contact the author of this article or email tips@shanghaiist.com with further questions, comments or tips.
By Shanghaiist in News on Feb 23, 2016 4:00 PM

Now I want to see [I]Ten Years. :rolleyes:

[GeneChing]

Hong Kong Film Industry Weakens, While China’s Strengthens (http://en.yibada.com/articles/113051/20160331/hong-kong-film-industry-weakens-while-china-s-strengthens.htm)
Hong Kong Film Industry Weakens, While China’s Strengthens
Vittorio Hernandez | Mar 31, 2016 10:19 AM EDT

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2013 Hong Kong Film Awards - Awards Room (Photo : Getty Images)

There is less interest in the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA), and it has nothing to do with China Central Television and Tencent not broadcasting the awards night on April 3.
Even within the special administrative region (SAR), enthusiasm of Hong Kong media for the awards night is waning. Proof of this are the lesser space that the press has given to report on the forthcoming event, reported Global Times.
There are no predictions on who would be the winners and no interview either with nominees. As it is, reception to the film festival was already cold in 2015, but it just turned colder this year. In contrast, while not only the award’s night but Hong Kong’s movie industry is weakening, the opposite is true in mainland where movies like “The Mermaid” are breaking box office records.
Even Hollywood movies, such as “The Revenant” and “Zootopia” are also doing well in the mainland, while the popularity of American films in Southeast Asia, once a dollar earner for Hong Kong film producers, negatively affected the movie industry in the SAR.
Derek Yee, chairman of the 35th HKFA, admitted that the Hong Kong movie industry appears to be “an already aging man at the age of 34.” Yee said that to boost the film festival, the organizers thought of expanding by allowing non-Hong Kong films to participate, but there is too much competition with similar film festivals.
Yee cited the mainland’s Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards and Hong Kong’s International Film Festival’s Asian Film Awards as examples.
The 34th HKFA in 2015 was actually a foretaste of the growing strength of mainland films when actress Zhao Wei won the Best Actress Award, while “The Golden Era” got most of the awards.
The reason behind CCTV and Tencent’s decision not to broadcast the 35th HKFA is "Ten Years," a movie about life in the mainland by 2025 under tight control of the Communist Party of China, is a nominee for the Best Picture, reported Reuters.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLD0mofwEbA


Not sure what's nominated this year. I should look that up. Or maybe I'll just wait until next week, for the results.

[GeneChing]

Hong Kong film awards: Ten Years wins top prize amid China anger (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/04/hong-kong-film-awards-ten-years-wins-top-prize-amid-china-anger)
Micro-budget film about growing anxiety that Beijing is eroding the city’s freedoms wins best film after proving popular with the local audience

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Executive producer Andrew Choi speaks in front of directors and cast members of movie Ten Years after winning best film at the Hong Kong film awards. Photograph: Reuters
Agence France-Presse
Sunday 3 April 2016 20.11 EDT

A controversial movie about the future of Hong Kong won the top prize at the city’s film awards on Sunday, after being a local box office hit but antagonising Beijing over its portrayal of the semi-autonomous territory in 2025.

Ten Years scooped the best film prize at the Hong Kong film awards, following a short cinema release that was widely believed to have been curtailed for political reasons.

The film is made up of a series of five vignettes that tap residents’ worst fears for the future of the southern Chinese city as Beijing’s grip tightens.

The film had only a short general release, while some cinemas refused to screen it altogether, and it raised hackles on the mainland with China’s state-run Global Times newspaper describing it as “totally absurd” and a “virus of the mind”.

The film’s producer Andrew Choi said after the awards ceremony: “The meaning of this prize is that it shows Hong Kong still has hope. It reminds us that we could have courage to be creative. I would like to thank everyone who has watched it.”

Major China-based TV channels pulled out from broadcasting the awards on the mainland, with the nomination of Ten Years widely believed to be the reason.

But one of the film’s directors, Ng Ka-leung, said he was not concerned by Beijing’s opinion, only by what his fellow Hong Kongers thought of the film.

“If you ask me what Beijing might feel towards us, I would say it doesn’t really matter. The movie was made for Hong Kong people. We are open-minded to anyone who likes it or not. We just hope that Hong Kong people can share our feelings. We would like people to think about the future of Hong Kong,” he said.

The chairman of the Hong Kong film awards, Derek Yee, acknowledged the controversy that had arisen from the film’s nomination.

“President Roosevelt said one thing: ‘the only thing we have to fear is fear itself’,” Yee said before announcing the winner of the best film category.

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People watch Ten Years next to the Quarry Bay wet markets in Hong Kong. Photograph: Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images

Since its release at the end of December, the movie, made for just HK$500,000 ($64,000), has earned an unexpected HK$6m, but its run stopped despite still playing to packed theatres.

On Friday thousands flocked to watch the film at various community screenings across the city, as the buzz around the movie continued long after its cinema release ended.

The five-part film, each directed by different people, examines different elements of a future Hong Kong, where there is growing anxiety that Beijing is eroding the freedoms enshrined in the 1997 handover deal between Britain and China.

In one, young children in military uniforms prowl the street looking for subversive behaviour, another shows the erosion of the local language Cantonese.

In the final short, a protester self-immolates outside the British consulate – a scene that moved many viewers to tears.

Hong Kong police thriller Port of Call also won big at the awards, scooping seven prizes including best actor for singer Aaron Kwok and best actress for newcomer Jessie Li.

Full list of winners
Best Film: Ten Years

Best Actor: Aaron Kwok (Port Of Call)

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Best Actress: Jessie Li (Port Of Call)

Best Director: Tsui Hark (The Taking Of Tiger Mountain)

Best Screenplay: Philip Yung Tsz Kwong (Port Of Call)

Best Supporting Actor: Michael Ning (Port Of Call)

Best Supporting Actress: Elaine Jin (Port Of Call)

Best New Performer: Michael Ning (Port Of Call)

Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle (Port Of Call)

Best Film Editing: Cheung Ka Fai (Ip Man 3)

Best Art Direction: William Chang Suk Ping, Yau Wai Ming (Office)

Best Costume and Make Up Design: Yee Chung Man (Monster Hunt)

Best Action Choreography: Li Chung Chi (SPL 2: A Time For Consequences)

Best Sound Design: Kinson Tsang, George Lee Yiu Keung, Yiu Chun Hin (The Taking Of Tiger Mountain)

Best Visual Effects: Jason Snell, Ellen Poon, Tang Bingbing (Monster Hunt)

Best New Director: Raman Hui (Monster Hunt)

Best Original Film Score: Dayu Lo, Chan Fai Young (Office)

Best Original Film Song: We Almost Fly (She Remembers, He Forgets)

Best Film From the Mainland and Taiwan: The Assassin

The Assassin (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?48362-The-Assassin)
Monster Hunt (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?68878-Monster-Hunt)
Ip Man 3 (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1277)
The Taking Of Tiger Mountain (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1197)

But wait! There's more...

[GeneChing]

This made me lol for realz. You gotta imagine some PRC fan pirating this because it was banned and then going 'WTH?' :p


Channing Tatum romcom boosted by Chinese download blunder (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/what-to-see/channing-tatum-romcom-boosted-by-chinese-download-blunder/)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/comedy/2016/04/08/10yearssummary-large_trans++eo_i_u9APj8RuoebjoAHt0k9u7HhRJvuo-ZLenGRumA.jpg
Film fans got the wrong 10 Years: Channing Tatum's rom-com and not Hong Kong thriller
Martin Chilton, culture editor
8 APRIL 2016 • 1:08PM

Oh dear. Thousands of Chinese film fans wanting to watch a controversial Hong Kong Dystopian movie have been mistakenly ordering a Channing Tatum comedy.

Unfortunately, the film about the bleak future of Hong Kong and Tatum's school reunion rom-com share the same name: 10 Years. The new 10 Years ( 十年) is set in 2025, a future in which Hong Kong is patrolled by children dressed in military uniforms and where self-immolation is a standard mode of protest against Chinese rule. The film won the city's "best movie" prize at the weekend, sparking interest on the mainland.

But as people in China rushed to get the film from popular Chinese download site zimuzu.tv, they instead mistakenly ordered the one about cheerleader romances being reignited as High School pals re-unite after a decade. The Channing Tatum film then shot to No1 on the zimuzu.tv charts.

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Channing Tatum CREDIT: REX FEATURES

China has had a media blackout of the Hong Kong film's success and directors have said they believe political pressure was behind the difficulty in getting it shown in Hong Kong cinemas, where it received a short run despite full houses.

Let's hope people enjoyed the Tatum one (although it has only a 60% rating on rotten tomatoes) and take comfort from the fact that there is a long history of films sharing the same name. As an Alfred Htch**** fan you might want to be careful when ordering Notorious, just in case you find that what turns up is not the Cary Grant classic but the Biggie Smalls biopic of the same name about the late rapper.


Five films with the same name but different plots

The Kid (1921 and 2000) The iconic Charlie Chaplin comedy about a tramp should not be confused with Bruce Willis hanging out with his younger self.

Notorious (1946 and 2009) An Alfred Hitch**** masterpiece or a Biggie Smalls biopic. You pays your money...

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Crash (1996 and 2005) A David Cronenberg film about sexual weirdness and car-crash fetishes v Paul Haggis's clever film about race relations in Los Angeles.

Deep Blue Sea (1999) and The Deep Blue Sea (2012) Killer sharks and an OTT Samuel L Jackson or Rachel Weisz having hanky panky with pilot Tom Hiddleston. Either way there are a lot of white teeth on show.

Twilight (1998 and 2008) What a difference a decade can make. Paul Newman as an ageing private detective or the teen vampire romance movie.

[GeneChing]

...Trivisa


Hong Kong Film Awards: Crime Thriller 'Trivisa' Bags 5 Wins (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hong-kong-film-awards-crime-thriller-trivisa-bags-5-wins-992319)
11:05 PM PDT 4/9/2017 by Karen Chu

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'Trivisa'

This year's awards marked the emergence of a new generation of local filmmakers.
Crime thriller Trivisa led the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards with five wins.

The Johnnie To and Yau Nai-hoi-produced film swept the best film, best director, best screenplay and best film editing categories, and leading man Gordon Lam — who played the King of Thieves in '90s Hong Kong — took home his first best actor award. This was the feature debut for two of the film's directors, Frank Hui and Vicky Wong, while the third, Jevons Au, helmed a part of last year's controversial omnibus best film winner, Ten Years. This is the second consecutive year newcomer Au has contributed to the direction of the best film winner.

This year's awards mark the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, as not only did Trivisa win with its three new helmers, but also Mad World and Weeds on Fire, which were the directorial debuts of Wong Chun and Steve Chan, respectively. Both films were made for US$257,000 as winners of the First Film Initiative, sponsored by Hong Kong government department CreateHK. Mad World nabbed three awards while Weeds on Fire took two.

Director Wong Chun of Mad World was named best new director, and the film's best-supporting actor and actress, Eric Tsang and Elaine Jin, won in their respective categories. Tsang noted that it has been 25 years since the first time he went on stage to take home the best actor statuette for director Peter Chan's Alan & Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye, and he additionally won best supporting actor in 1997 for Comrades: Almost a Love Story, also by Chan. Whereas Jin, who has been nominated 10 times at the Hong Kong Film Awards, won for the fourth time with her portrayal of a temperamental ailing mother taken care of by her bipolar son.

Best Actress winner Kara Wai, for drama Happiness, was also a repeat victor. Wai was named best actress at the first ever Hong Kong Film Awards 36 years ago for her role in My Young Auntie, and subsequently won best actress again for the 2009 film At the End of Daybreak, and took a best-supporting actress award for the 2014 horror pic Rigor Mortis. Wai tearfully revealed in her acceptance speech that she paid tribute in her role as a cognitive disorder patient in Happiness to her late mother, who suffered from Alzheimer disease.

List of Winners at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards

Best Film - Trivisa

Best Director - Frank Hui, Jevons Au, Vicky Wong, Trivisa

Best Screenplay - Trivisa

Best Actor - Gordon Lam, Trivisa

Best Actress - Kara Wai, Happiness

Best Supporting Actor - Eric Tsang, Mad World

Best Supporting Actress - Elaine Jin, Mad World

Best New Performer - Tony Wu, Weeds on Fire

Best Cinematography - See You Tomorrow

Best Film Editing - Trivisa

Best Art Direction - See You Tomorrow

Best Costume and Makeup Design - The Monkey King 2

Best Action Choreography - Operation Mekong

Best Original Film Score - Soul Mate

Best Original Film Song - Weeds on Fire

Best Sound Design - Cold War 2

Best Visual Effects - The Monkey King 2

Best New Director -Wong Chun, Mad World

Best Film From Mainland and Taiwan -Godspeed

I think the only winning film we've discussed here is The Monkey King 2 (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?67299-Monkey-King-2). I thought about starting a thread on Operation Mekong and Cold War 2, but never got around to either. :o

[GeneChing]

Our Time Will Come wins five awards, including best film, at star-studded Hong Kong Film Awards (http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2141806/fans-and-stars-gear-hong-kong-film-awards-our-time-will)
Wartime drama had 11 nominations going into city’s equivalent of the Oscars
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 15 April, 2018, 7:52pm
UPDATED : Monday, 16 April, 2018, 1:07am
Raymond Yeung

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Ann Hui On-wah’s wartime epic Our Time Will Come was the big winner at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday evening, bagging five awards out of 11 nominations, including best film and best director.

Meanwhile, three of the four recipients of best actor and actress awards – whether in a leading or supporting role – were maiden winners, including Teresa Mo Sun-kwan, who finally got the nod in her third nomination for best actress.

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Jackie Chan (left) and actress Zhou Wei (right) on the red carpet. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Paradox , which earned Louis Koo Tin-lok his first best actor trophy, took home three prizes, while Chasing the Dragon and Tomorrow is Another Day snatched two each.

Hundreds of local and overseas fans swarmed the entrance to the Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sunday, the biggest night in the city’s film industry calendar, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars on the red carpet.

Organisers of Hong Kong’s equivalent of the Oscars were hoping to see less political tension this year, after their live broadcasts of the past two events were partially censored in mainland China over films deemed sensitive.

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Zhou Xun (left) in Our Time Will Come. Photo: Handout

The patriotic undertones of Our Time Will Come, based on the heroics of a resistance group fighting Japanese occupation in wartime Hong Kong, were not expected to stir controversy however.

Already named best picture of 2017 by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society, the espionage thriller also helped Hui, who turns 71 in May, get the best director nod for the sixth time.

Fellow director Sylvia Chang Ai-chia was left disappointed after the film she directed and starred in, relationship drama Love Education , went home with only best screenplay after securing nine nominations.

But it was all smiles for Koo, who was presented the best actor trophy by Indian superstar Aamir Khan for his performance in Paradox.

“I have been thinking how we can all make Hong Kong film thrive,” Koo said in a heartfelt speech. “Hongkongers must be united … the industry needs your support.”

Also a first-time winner, Mo shed tears as she walked onto the stage to receive the top actress award for the first time.

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Director Ann Hui On-wah (third from left) and actress Deanie Ip (fourth from left) on the red carpet. Photo: Edward Wong

The 57-year-old, who has starred in numerous comedies, played the mother of an autistic and mentally handicapped teenager in Tomorrow is Another Day.

The awards this year were broadcast live – with simultaneous English translation – to audiences in 30 territories around the world, including a number of South American countries.

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Song Ning (left) and Lang Yueting star in Love Education. Photo: Handout

Once again, coverage by mainland Chinese media will be a focal point. The best film at the 35th edition of the awards, Ten Years , touched a raw nerve with Beijing authorities for its dystopian portrayal of Hong Kong’s future sociopolitical development under the Chinese Communist Party. The segment during which the result was announced was completely taken off the air.

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Trivisa , winner the following year, was also censored during the ceremony, believed to be due in part to the fact co-director Jevons Au Man-kit had also directed one of five short films which made up Ten Years.

THREADS:
Paradox (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?70354-Sha-Po-Lang-3-Paradox)
Hong Kong Film Awards (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?65254-Hong-Kong-Film-Awards)

[GeneChing]

Our Time Will Come wins big at Hong Kong Film Awards, director Ann Hui says her 'heart can't bear it' (http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/our-time-will-come-wins-big-at-hong-kong-film-awards-director-ann-hui-says)

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Hong Kong director Ann Hui (left) and actress Deanie Ip posing with their Best Director and Best Supporting Actress awards.PHOTO: REUTERS
PUBLISHED APR 16, 2018, 2:26 PM SGT UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

HONG KONG - Our Time Will Come, Ann Hui's wartime drama, won Best Film at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, and Hui was honoured as Best Director for the sixth time.

The movie, about the little-known resistance movement of leftist guerillas in Hong Kong during the Second Sino-Japanese War, collected five prizes in total, including Best Art Direction, Best Score and a third Best Supporting Actress award for Deanie Ip.

And Sunday proved third time lucky for Louis Koo and Teresa Mo, who finally won Best Actor and Best Actress in their third attempts, said Ming Pao Daily News.

Koo's win, for his portrayal of a police negotiator looking for his missing daughter in Thailand in Paradox, was expected. So was Mo's, for her portrayal of a housewife taking care of an autistic son in Tomorrow Is Another Day.

On stage, Koo clenched his fists, sighed, and produced a note from his pocket, said Ming Pao. He said he had been reflecting on "how Hong Kong people are to make Hong Kong movies", especially when veteran director, writer and actor Chor Yuen was honoured with a lifetime achievement award earlier in the evening.

He remembered Chor giving him a piece of advice on the set of a TVB show, which "I have been learning from till today": "Remember to never give up on any scene, and any line of dialogue. Go over it once and again and yet again because you can't give up making a good movie."

Thanking his family, Koo, 47, also said: "I'm a full-grown adult who still lives with my family. Every morning my mother wakes me up. I can't not live with my family because a person needs his family's support, just as Hong Kong cinema needs everyone's support to do better."


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Mo said she did not prepare a speech because she was afraid she would be disappointed again. She thanked her bosses; "everyone who voted for me"; close friends including actresses Ada Choi, Candice Yu and Margie Tsang; her two daughters; and her husband, director Tony Au.

Mo, 58, said of Au, 64: "He helped me a lot with this movie and gave me a lot of opinions. I know you're not satisfied, but I want to tell you, 'I got it,' and I promise to do better in future."

Hui, surprised to win Best Director again, said: "I don't want to be nominated again, my heart can't bear it."

The 70-year-old thanked her cast and crew, "especially guest actor Ray Lui, for supporting me in my wish to film Hong Kong history".

Besides Our Time Will Come, Wilson Yip's action thriller Paradox and Sylvia Chang's generational drama Love Education had come to the ceremony as strong contenders. In addition to Best Actor, Paradox won Best Action Choreography for Sammo Hung and Best Sound Design. Love Education won Best Screenplay for Chang.

The crime drama Chasing The Dragon went home with cinematography and editing awards.

Philip Keung was named Best Supporting Actor for the bomb disposal thriller Shock Wave. Theatre actor Ling Man Lung won Best New Performer for his role as the autistic son in Tomorrow Is Another Day and theatre actress Kearen Pang, Best New Director for an adaptation of her one-woman play 29+1.

In an emotional acceptance speech, Keung, 51, said: "It's really me. I've never had good luck. But in recent years, I've met many good people, prosperous people, so many that I was scared I would die."

He thanked a list of people, including his co-star Andy Lau, director Herman Yau, and his boss Louis Koo.

Chor, 83, made a rare public appearance on Sunday, accompanied by his wife, actress Nan Hong, and their young granddaughter, said Ming Pao. Despite rumours that he was suffering from a degenerative brain disease, he gave quite a speech.

"In being given this prize, I'm being forced to say, 'I am not worthy,'" said the director of Shaw movies such as Killer Clans (1976) and Death Duel (1977).

Recalling his ups and downs, he said: "I once broke the Hong Kong box office record. The company signed a new contract with me, increased my pay by 10 times, and made me the luckiest director.

"Ten years later, after shooting a few poorer films, I wanted to shoot Demi-Gods And Semi-Devils. On the opening day of the shoot, Mona Fong came to tear up the notice and tell me not to shoot. She said, 'Who let you shoot? Will you pay for the loss? Chor Yuen doesn't understand the art of film at all.' I then became the most embarassing director of Shaw Brothers Studio."

Life is made of cheers and tears, and he believes in constantly looking ahead, he said. "I'm so old that I'm no longer working. This time I've got my senior citizen card, and it should be okay to 'pay no mind to thousands of things in the world, but laugh quietly twice or thrice in an idle moment'."

THREADS:
Paradox (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?70354-Sha-Po-Lang-3-Paradox)
Hong Kong Film Awards (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?65254-Hong-Kong-Film-Awards)
Chasing the Dragon (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?69767-Chasing-the-Dragon)

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baW2nDn29oc

THREADS:
Paradox (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?70354-Sha-Po-Lang-3-Paradox)
Hong Kong Film Awards (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?65254-Hong-Kong-Film-Awards)
Sammo Hung (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?55110-Sammo-Hung)

[GeneChing]

Um...speaking of Trivisa (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?48392-Asian-Film-Festivals-and-Awards&p=1299834#post1299834)


A Crackdown on Film Props Angers Hong Kong’s Cinephiles (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/world/asia/hong-kong-film-counterfeit-money-trivisa.html)

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The cast and crew of “Trivisa” at the Hong Kong Film Awards last year. On Thursday, two people involved in the film’s production were given suspended sentences for possession of counterfeit money — bills the defendants said were merely props.Credit Anthony Wallace/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

By Mike Ives and Tiffany May
June 1, 2018

HONG KONG — Counterfeit money is hidden. Police uncover the stash. Justice is served.

It may sound like a film noir plot, but the fake bills had been used as props in an award-winning crime thriller filmed in Hong Kong. And the two suspects — who received suspended four-month sentences on Thursday — were not hardened criminal counterfeiters but members of a film production crew.

The question, local cinephiles say why the police even bothered to seek charges.

They say the case illustrates how onerous rules are needlessly hampering a local industry whose golden age of Bruce Lee kung fu films and Wong Kar-wai dramas seems long past, and which is now struggling to compete against rising competition from studios in South Korea and mainland China.

“It’s hypocritical,” Kevin Ma, the founder of Asia in Cinema, a news site for the regional industry, said of the convictions. Even as Hong Kong officials talk of supporting local filmmakers, he said, “they have these really weird, arcane laws that prevent the industry from putting in serious production values.”

In a statement, the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers called the sentence “unprecedented in the history of film industries around the world.” And the Hong Kong Film Arts Association said it was concerned because local laws governing the industry were hopelessly outdated and full of “gray areas that make it exceedingly easy for people in the industry to become accidentally entrapped.”

The two men convicted on Thursday, Cheung Wai-chuen and Law Yun-lam, are veterans of Hong Kong’s film industry who were charged in late 2015 with having more than 230,000 counterfeit notes in Hong Kong dollars and other currencies, according to local news reports. The police had found the bills in a vehicle and an office associated with the production crew. The fake currency lacked the proper permits for storage and transportation, authorizations that the film’s producers were responsible for securing.

The money was used on the set of “Trivisa,” a thriller about three criminals in the lead-up to the former British colony’s 1997 handover to China. “Trivisa” won five awards at the 2017 Hong Kong Film Awards, including best film, but it was later banned on the Chinese mainland — perhaps, observers said, because of scenes that show the criminals bribing Chinese officials.

“You could just go to it as a crime movie, but I’m sure it echoes what a lot of people feel about the handover and how the new boss is China, and not the U.K.,” said Ross Chen, founder of the website Love HK Film and a member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.

Hong Kong’s Film Services Office regulates and promotes the city’s film industry. In a statement Friday, the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, which oversees the film services office, said that it received occasional enquiries on the use of prop money, and that it tried to “provide assistance” and “help resolve any problems.”

For many in the local film industry, the case is emblematic of how Hong Kong, a semiautonomous city of about seven million, is struggling to maintain its cultural influence at a time when Beijing’s soft power is increasingly dominant.

The film industry is perhaps best known for 1970s-era kung fu movies starring Bruce Lee and acclaimed ’90s-era dramas by the director Wong Kar-wai. But after reaching box-office highs in 1992, revenue plummeted about 80 percent over the next 15 years, to around $28 million in 2007, according to government figures. A rebound in 2015, reached about 30 percent of the 1992 peak.

Mr. Chen, of the film critics society, said that the idea that the counterfeiting charges were motivated by mainland politics seemed far-fetched to him, but he thought the film had plenty of critics in the mainland, especially because of its portrayals of some Chinese officials as corrupt.

He added that he did not consider the sentences on Thursday as “punishment” for the film’s politically sensitive elements, though he did find them severe. “At worst, you’d think the prop makers should just get a warning, if not a small fine,” he said.

On Thursday, one of the defendants questioned the timing of the sentence.

“You’ve watched movies for years, and those of you who are enforcing the law have seen the issue but you didn’t say anything,” Mr. Cheung said to reporters outside the courthouse. “Why are you only speaking up now?”

Film industries around the world have tight rules governing the creation and use of fake currency in movies, and this is not the first legal case to arise from trying to use fake money that looks as realistic as possible. Anyone who prints fake money in Hong Kong must apply for permission. They must also make bills with “easily identifiable elements” to show that they are not real, Hong Kong’s acting secretary for financial services and the treasury, Joseph Chan, said in January.

Cheung Kit-yee, the judge in the “Trivisa” counterfeiting case, said that while the bills on the set were marked with the word “props,” it was clear only upon careful inspection, local news outlets reported. She said there was a risk that the bills could be used illegally.

But Mr. Ma, the film journalist, said that the case was just the latest example of local filmmakers cutting corners because they were unable to navigate the local bureaucracy. He said a few had even filmed car chases on local roads after failing to secure official permission to have them closed.

There is more than a hint of irony in the case, Mr. Ma said. One of the best-known moments in Hong Kong cinema is a scene in the 1986 film “A Better Tomorrow,” where the gangster Brother Mark, played by Chow Yun-fat, lights his cigarette with a counterfeit $100 bill.

(this story is just so odd, it needed to be posted somewhere).

[GeneChing]

‘Project Gutenberg’ Sweeps Hong Kong Film Awards With 7 Wins (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hong-kong-film-awards-2019-winners-list-1201971)
7:42 PM PDT 4/14/2019 by Karen Chu

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The action drama about counterfeiting U.S. banknotes by writer-director Felix Chong and starring Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok received 17 nominations.

Banknote forgery drama Project Gutenberg swept the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards, taking home seven statuettes including for best film, cinematography, art direction, costume and makeup design, film editing and director and screenplay for writer-helmer Felix Chong.

Chong, who won the best new director award for Once a Gangster in 2011, is famed for his scriptwriting work with long-time collaborator Alan Mak on Infernal Affairs and he has been nominated nine times in the best screenplay category. Project Gutenberg, which took 13 years to make it to the big screen, marked his third win as screenwriter and the first time he was awarded as the sole writer.


Starring Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok, Project Gutenberg received 17 nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards and grossed $187 million in China last year.

Besides Project Gutenberg, this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards recognized the talents of emerging directors. All the acting category award winners, bar best actress, won for performances in films by first-time directors.

Anthony Wong, who has previously been named best actor for his work in films, on television, and on the stage, was crowned best actor for his portrayal of a wheelchair-bound man who needed around-the-clock care in Still Human, the directorial debut of Oliver Chan, who also won best new director at the awards. It was the fifth time Wong has been honored with a Hong Kong Film Award, as he has garnered the best actor accolade for The Untold Story in 1994 and Beast Cops in 1999, and best-supporting actor award for Infernal Affairs in 2003 and Initial D in 2006. Filipino actress-singer Crisel Consunji, who played the domestic worker who looked after Wong’s character in the film, received the best new performer award.

Likewise, the best supporting actor and actress winners shone in a film by a first time director. Acting veterans Kara Wai and Ben Yuen were named best supporting actress and supporting actors, respectively, for their work in transgender drama Tracey by helmer Jun Li. Kara Wai has been presented with five Hong Kong Film Awards before, including the first ever best actress award at the inaugural edition in 1982 for My Young Auntie.

Meanwhile, Chinese actress Chloe Maayan was named best actress for her first starring role, in director Fruit Chan’s Three Husbands, the concluding chapter of his “prostitute trilogy”.

2018 was a difficult year for the Hong Kong film industry, with only 54 homegrown films released. But the bright side was that a third of the films were by new directors.

Both Kara Wai and Anthony Wong spoke about giving fledgling filmmakers a hand in their acceptance speeches. Wai urged her filmmaking colleagues to support new directors for the ongoing survival of the local film industry, while Wong talked about forgoing his paycheck to star in Still Human, which was made with a HK$3.25 million ($418,000) budget under the government-sponsored First Film Initiative.

List of 38th Hong Kong Film Awards Winners

Best Film

Project Gutenberg

Best Director

Felix Chong, Project Gutenberg

Best Actor

Anthony Wong, Still Human

Best Actress

Chloe Maayan, Three Husbands

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Yuen, Tracey

Best Supporting Actress

Kara Wai, Tracey

Best New Performer

Crisel Consunji, Still Human

Best New Director

Oliver Chan, Still Human

Best Screenplay

Project Gutenberg

Best Cinematography

Project Gutenberg

Best Art Direction

Project Gutenberg

Best Costume & Makeup Design

Project Gutenberg

Best Film Editing

Project Gutenberg

Best Visual Effects

Operation Red Sea

Best Sound Design

Operation Red Sea

Best Action Choreography

Operation Red Sea

Best Original Film Song

Men On The Dragon

Best Original Film Score

Men On The Dragon

Best Film From Mainland And Taiwan

Dying To Survive

I think the only winner that we dedicated a thread to here was Operation Red Sea (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?70858-Operation-Red-Sea).

[GeneChing]

I actually had the down-low on this last week. I got together with Daniel Wu (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?67844-Into-The-Badlands&p=1313445#post1313445) just prior to him leaving for Hong Kong for this. He tipped me off that it was going to happen and even gave me the short version of what the plot will entail. I gotta watch Gen-X Cops again now.


Benny Chan’s GEN-X COPS Cast Announces Third Installment To The Franchise (https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/benny-chans-gen-x-cops-cast-announces-third-installment-to-the-franchise/)
by Lee B. Golden III April 17, 2019 in News

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In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the 1999 cop actioner, Gen-X Cops, a new installment was confirmed with actors Daniel Wu, Stephen Fung, Nicholas Tse and Sam Lee on hand at Sunday’s Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony.

According to Isaac Chambers over at Far East Films, Benny Chan is plotting to reprise once more as director as he did for the 1999 original which featured the quartet with actors Eric Tsang and Toru Nakmura about an underdog veteran inspector who recruits next-generation rookie cops to tackle the city’s youthful criminal underbelly in search of a vengeful terrorist.

Chan followed suit in 2000 with Gen-Y Cops (a.k.a. Metal Mayhem) which returned Lee and Fung and also starred actress Maggie Q and pre-Marvel actor Paul Rudd with actor Edison Chen then leading the cast. Given the events of the first film and lack of current details, it’s not yet clear as to what kind of sequel this will become, while the actors from Gen-X Cops have all but kept up their careers in film and TV pretty well.

Fung has up to six solo feature film directing credits to his name and serves among other executive producers on upcoming Netflix series, Wu Assassins, and also on Daniel Wu’s out-going three-season lead actor run on AMC’s Into The Badlands; The two have also shared sets on Fung’s Devil Face/Angel Heart, as well as Enter The Phoenix and family action spy comedy, House Of Fury, both exec produced by action legend Jackie Chan.


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Fung also co-starred in Wong Jing’s My Schoolmate – The Barbarian and in Wilson Yip’s 2002 with Nicholas Tse who has since ended his recent stint as a TV chef and will be joining action star Donnie Yen for Benny Chan’s Raging Fire, now in production.

Fung’s 2007 cop actionwr with Chan on Invisble Target also shares credit with Sam Lee whose credits also include Xu Zheng’s record-breaking Lost In Hong Kong, and directing duo Kwok Ka Hei and Ambrose Kwok’s upcoming martial arts drama, Unleashed.


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THREADS
Gen X Cops 3 (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?71277-Gen-X-Cops-3)
Hong Kong Film Awards (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?65254-Hong-Kong-Film-Awards)

[GeneChing]

May 6, 2020 2:31am PT
‘Better Days’ Dominant at Closed Door Edition of Hong Kong Film Awards (https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/better-days-hong-kong-film-awards-coronavirus-1234599252/)
By Vivienne Chow

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Chinese romantic crime drama “Better Days” directed by Hong Kong’s Derek Tsang, scooped eight awards at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards, including best film, best director, best screenplay and best actress. Critically acclaimed elderly gay drama “Suk Suk” took the best actor and best supporting actress awards, organizers announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Winners, however, were unable to give acceptance speeches on stage as the awards ceremony was cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic. The results were announced instead via a 25-minute live streaming event hosted by awards chairman Derek Yee.

Dressed in black tie, Yee appeared to be sitting in a dimly lit VIP cinema among the awards statuettes, yet to be presented to the recipients. He said despite the cancellation of the star-studded awards ceremony, organizers kept the polling going and received 1,675 votes from industry practitioners, about 57% of registered voters.

“Better Days” was yanked by mainland authorities from the Berlinale last year, but later became a box office sensation. It also earned awards for acting star Zhou Dongyu and China pop sensation Jackson Yee, and for best original film song for “Fly,” written by Ellen Joyce Loo, the Hong Kong singer-songwriter who died of suicide in 2018, age 32.

Action drama “Ip Man 4: The Finale” emerged as the biggest winner of craft awards, with prizes for film editing, sound design and Yuen Wo-ping’s action choreography.

2020 Hong Kong Film Awards Winners
Best Film
“Better Days” Produced by: Jojo Yuet-chun Hui

Best Director
Derek Kwok-cheung Tsang (“Better Days”)

Best Actor
Tai Bo (“Suk Suk”)

Best Actress
Zhou Dongyu (“Better Days”)

Best Screenplay
Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan, Xu Yimeng (“Better Days”)

Best New Performer
Jackson Yee (“Better Days”)

Best New Director
Norris Wong Yee Lam (“My Prince Edward”)

Best Costume & Makeup Design
Dora Ng (“Better Days”)

Best Art Direction
Cheung Siu Hong (“***ara”)

Best Film Editing
Cheung Ka Fai (“Ip Man 4: The Finale”)

Best Cinematography
Yu Jing Pin (“Better Days”)

Best Supporting Actor
Cheung Tat Ming (“i’m livin’ it”)

Best Supporting Actress
Patra Au Ga Man (“Suk Suk”)

Best Action Choreography
Yuen Wo Ping (“Ip Man 4: The Finale”)

Best Visual Effects
Yee Kwok Leung, Ma Siu Fu, Leung Wai Man, Ho Man Lok (“The White Storm 2: Drug Lords”)

Best Sound Design
Lee Yiu Keung George, Yiu Chun Hin (“Ip Man 4: The Finale”)

Best Original Film Song
“Fly” (from “Better Days”). Composer: Ellen Joyce Loo. Lyrics: Ellen Joyce Loo, Wu Qing Feng. Vocal artist: Yoyo Sham.

Best Original Film Score
Eman Lam (“My Prince Edward”)

Best Asian Chinese-Language Film
“An Elephant Sitting Still”

THREADS
HKFA (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?65254-Hong-Kong-Film-Awards)
covid (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?71666-Coronavirus-(COVID-19)-Wuhan-Pneumonia)
Ip Man 4 (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?69747-Ip-Man-4-The-Finale)

[GeneChing]

See All The Winners At The 2023 Hong Kong Film Awards (https://www.voguehk.com/en/article/art-lifestyle/hong-kong-film-awards-2023-winners/)
The best of the industry
by KAITLYN LAI

16 APR 2023


Best Film

WINNER: To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self

The Sparring Partner

Warriors of the Future

Detective VS. Sleuths

The Narrow Road

Best Director

WINNER: Wai Ka Fai, Detective VS. Sleuths

Ho Cheuk Tin, The Sparring Partner

Lam Sum, The Narrow Road

Mabel Cheung, William Kwok, To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self

Sunny Chan, Table For Six

Best Screenplay

WINNER: Wai Ka Fai, Ryker Chan, Mak Tin Shu, Detective VS. Sleuths

Frankie Tam Kwong Yuen, Oliver Yip, Thomas Leung, The Sparring Partner

Lau Kok Rui, The Sunny Side Of The Street

Fean Chung Chu Fung, The Narrow Road

Sunny Chan, Table For Six

Best Actor

WINNER: Sean Lau, Detective VS. Sleuths

Mak Pui Tung, The Sparring Partner

Yeung Wai Lun, The Sparring Partner

Anthony Wong, The Sunny Side Of The Street

Louis Cheung Kai Chung, The Narrow Road

Best Actress

WINNER: Sammi Cheng, Lost Love

Louisa So, The Sparring Partner

Teresa Mo, Mama’s Affair

Angela Yuen, The Narrow Road

Sylvia Chang, A Light Never Goes Out

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER: Michael Hui, Where the Wind Blows

Jan Lamb, The Sparring Partner

Law Wing Cheong, Mama’s Affair

Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Table For Six

Peter Chan Charm Man, Table For Six

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER: Ivana Wong, Table For Six

Harriet Yeung, The Sparring Partner

Patra Au, The Narrow Road

Lin Min Chen, Table For Six

Jennifer Yu, Far Far Away

Best New Performer

WINNER: Sahal Zaman, The Sunny Side Of The Street

Jer Lau, Mama’s Affair

Edan Lui, Hong Kong Family

Henick Chou, A Light Never Goes Out

Edan Lui, Chilli Laugh Story

Best Cinematography

WINNER: Cheng Siu Keung, Detective VS. Sleuths

Leung Yau Cheong, The Sparring Partner

Ng King Ming, Warriors Of Future

Chin Ting Chang, Meng Qing, Tsui Siu King, Where The Wind Blows

Meteor Cheung Yu Hon, The Narrow Road

Best Film Editing

WINNER: J.Him Lee, Zhang Zhao, Jojo Shek, The Sparring Partner

Wong Hoi, Kenny Luk, Warriors Of Future

Bill Lui, Andrew Wong, Where The Wind Blows

Jean Tsoi, Detective VS. Sleuths

Irving Cheung, Leung Tsz Yin, Table For Six

Best Costume And Makeup Design

WINNER: Dora Ng, Where The Wind Blows

Cheung Siu Hong, Warriors Of Future

Man Lim Chung, Kwok In Wai Vann, Lost Love

Stanley Cheung, Pat Tang, Detective VS. Sleuths

Bonnie Ho, The Narrow Road

Best Art Direction

WINNER: Bill Lui, Andrew Wong, Where The Wind Blows

Ida Mak, The Sparring Partner

Wong Hoi, Kenny Luk, Warriors Of Future

Jean Tsoi, Detective VS. Sleuths

Irving Cheung, Leung Tsz Yin, Table For Six

Best Action Choreography

WINNER: Jack Wong Wai Leung, Warriors Of Future

Sammo Hung, Jimmy Hung, Yuen Wo Ping, Septet: The Story Of Hong Kong

Lin Feng, Stephen Tung Wai, The Battle At Lake Changjin II

Wong Chi Man, Where The Wind Blows

Wong Wai Leung, Detective VS. Sleuths

Best Original Film Score

WINNER: Wong Hin Yan, The Narrow Road

Sara Fung Chi Han, The Sparring Partner

Chan Kwong Wing, Warriors Of Future

Ding Ke, Sara Fung Chi Han, Where The Wind Blows

Alan Wong Ngai Lun, Janet Yung Wai Yung, Table For Six

Best Original Film Song

WINNER: “Live A Life”, Lost Love
Composer: Hans Wing; Lyricist: Lin Ruo Ning; Vocal Artist: Sammi Cheng

“Twisted Fate”, The Sparring Partner
Composer: Sara Fung Chi Han, Kenny Wong; Lyricist： Morgan Cheung; Vocal Artist： Hung Ka Ho

“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”, Warriors Of Future
Composer: Chan Kwong Wing; Lyricist: Oscar; Vocal Artist: Ansonbean, Winka@Collar

“Forever”, Mama’s Affair
Composer: Alan Wong Ngai Lun, Janet Yung Wai Ying; Lyricist: Chan Wing Him; Vocal Artist: Keung To

“狠愛狠愛你”, Table for Six
Composer & Vocal Artist: Ivana Wong; Lyricist: Sunny Chan

Best Sound Design

WINNER: Nopawat Likitwong, Stan Yau Kwok Leung, Sarunyu Nurnsai, Dhanarat Dhitirojana, Warriors Of Future

Tu Duu Cnih, Chiang Yi Chen, The Sparring Partner

Steve Burgess, Wang Danrong, Yin Jie, The Battle At Lake Changjin II

Tuu Duu Cnih, Wu Shu Yao, Where The Wind Blows

Thomas Cheng, Vincent Tam, Chill Yang, Detective VS. Sleuths

Best Visual Effects

WINNER: Chas Chau Chi Shing, Leung Wai Kit, Kwok Tai, Law May, Warriors Of Future

Shigeharu Tomotoshi, The Sparring Partner

Tsui Hark, Dennis Yeung, Wang Lei, The Battle At Lake Changjin II

Shigeharu Tomotoshi, Where The Wind Blows

Don Ma, Chan Wah, Specta Wong, Jacky Chung, Detective VS. Sleuths

Best New Director

WINNER: Ho Cheuk Tin, The Sparring Partner

Lau Kok Rui, The Sunny Side Of the Street

Ng Yuen Fai, Warriors Of Future

Lam Sum, The Narrow Road

Sunny Chan, Table for Six

Best Asian Chinese Language Film

WINNER: In Search Of Lost Time

God****ed Asura

Moon Man

Professional Achievement Award

WINNER: Law Kar, Sek Kei

Lifetime Achievement Award

WINNER: Bowie Wu

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