The long-delayed 40th Hong Kong Film Awards has finally announced its winners and some of the results are… unexpected.
This is especially true for Raging Fire <怒火>, which surprisingly took home Best Film (!) and Best Director. The latter feels more like a sympathy win for the late Benny Chan, who died two years ago. Patrick Tse, in the meantime, became the oldest Hong Kong actor to win Hong Kong Film Awards’ Best Actor for Time <殺出個黃昏>. The Anita Mui biopic, Anita <梅艷芳> dominated the most awards with five wins including Best Supporting Actress for Fish Liew and Best New Performer for Louise Wong. Coming in a close second is Raging Fire <怒火> and Limbo <智齒>, both of which won four awards each. The latter included notable wins for Best Actress for Cya Liu and Best Screenplay.
And despite Drifting <濁水漂流> scoring a whopping 11 nominations, the acclaimed social drama surprisingly went home empty-headed, with Francis Ng’s best chance to finally win Best Actor remains elusive.
Here is the full list of winners below:
Best Film
Raging Fire <怒火>
Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>
Limbo <智齒>
Anita <梅艷芳>
Drifting <濁水漂流>
Best Director
Benny Chan (Raging Fire <怒火>)
Man Lim-Chung (Keep Rolling <好好拍電影>)
Longman Leung (Anita <梅艷芳>)
Soi Cheang (Limbo <智齒>)
Peter Chan (Leap <奪冠>)
Best Actor
Patrick Tse (Time <殺出個黃昏>)
Lam Ka-Tung (Hand Rolled Cigarette <手捲煙>)
Lam Ka-Tung (Limbo <智齒>)
Leung Chun-Hang (Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>)
Francis Ng (Drifting <濁水漂流>)
Best Actress
Cya Liu (Limbo <智齒>)
Chrissie Chau (Madalena <馬達·蓮娜>)
Louise Wong (Anita <梅艷芳>)
Sandra Ng (Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>)
Gong Li (Leap <奪冠>)
Best Supporting Actor
Fung Ho-Yeung (Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>)
Louis Koo (Anita <梅艷芳>)
Lam Suet (Time <殺出個黃昏>)
Will Or (Drifting <濁水漂流>)
Tse Kwan-Ho (Drifting <濁水漂流>)
Best Supporting Actress
Fish Liew (Anita <梅艷芳>)
Paw Hee-Ching (Caught In Time <除暴>)
Fish Liew (Limbo <智齒>)
Chung Suet-Ying (Time <殺出個黃昏>)
Bai Lang (Leap <奪冠>)
Loletta Lee (Drifting <濁水漂流>)
Best Screenplay
Au Kin-Yee, Shum Kwan-Sin (Limbo <智齒>)
Ashley Cheung Yin-Kei, Ho Siu-Hong, Lee Ho-Tin, Ling Wan-Chun (One Second Champion <一秒拳王>)
Ho Ching-Yi, Lam Ka-Tung (Time <殺出個黃昏>)
Jimmy Wan Chi-Man, Lo Man-Tsun (Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>)
Jun Li (Drifting <濁水漂流>)
Best Cinematography
Cheng Siu-Keung (Limbo <智齒>)
Hand Rolled Cigarette <手捲煙>
Raging Fire <怒火>
Anita <梅艷芳>
Love After Love <第一爐香>
Best Film Editing
Curran Pang (Raging Fire <怒火>)
Hand Rolled Cigarette <手捲煙>
Shock Wave 2 <拆彈專家2>
The Battle At Lake Changjin <長津湖>
Limbo <智齒>
Best Art Direction
Kenneth Mak, Renee Wong (Limbo <智齒>)
Hand Rolled Cigarette <手捲煙>
Anita <梅艷芳>
Love After Love <第一爐香>
Drifting <濁水漂流>
Best Costume & Makeup Design
Dora Ng, Karen Yip (Anita <梅艷芳>)
Hand Rolled Cigarette <手捲煙>
Dynasty Warriors <真‧三國無雙>
Love After Love <第一爐香>
Limbo <智齒>
Best Action Choreography
Donnie Yen, Ku Huen-Chiu and Kenji Tanigaki (Raging Fire <怒火>)
Tommy Leung Pok-Yan (One Second Champion <一秒拳王>)
Johnny Tang Shui-Wa (Hand Rolled Cigarette <手捲煙>)
Nicky Li Chung-Chi (Shock Wave 2 <拆彈專家>)
Jack Wong Wai-Leung (Limbo <智齒>)
Best Original Film Score
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Love After Love <第一爐香>)
Anita <梅艷芳>
Limbo <智齒>
Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>
Drifting <濁水漂流>
Best Original Film Song
“Origin of Time” by ToNick (One Second Champion <一秒拳王>)
The Way We Dance 3 <狂舞派3>
Raging Fire <怒火>
Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>
Drifting <濁水漂流>
Best Sound Design
Anita <梅艷芳>
Shock Wave 2 <拆彈專家2>
The Battle At Lake Changjin <長津湖>
Raging Fire <怒火>
Limbo <智齒>
Best Visual Effects
Anita <梅艷芳>
Shock Wave 2 <拆彈專家2>
The Battle At Lake Changjin <長津湖>
Raging Fire <怒火>
Limbo <智齒>
Best New Director
Chan Kin-Long (Hand Rolled Cigarette <手捲煙>)
Chin Siu-Hang (One Second Champion <一秒拳王>)
Man Lim-Chung (Keep Rolling <好好拍電影>)
Lau Ho-Leung (Caught In Time <除暴>)
Jun Li (Drifting <濁水漂流>)
Best New Performer
Louise Wong (Anita <梅艷芳>)
Chung Suet-Ying (Time <殺出個黃昏>)
Leung Chun-Hang (Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>)
Fung Ho-Yeung (Zero To Hero <媽媽的神奇小子>)
Will Or (Drifting <濁水漂流>)
Best Asian Chinese Language Film
American Girl <美國女孩>
Till We Meet Again <月老>
My Missing Valentine <消失的情人節>
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