2009 Hong Kong Film Award Winners
As Hong Kong celebrates 100 years of filmmaking, Wilson Yip’s biopic Ip Man (above, top image), starring Donnie Yen as Bruce Lee’s kung fu master, was chosen best picture of the year at the 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards.
However, the small-scale docudrama The Way We Are (above, bottom image), set in the working-class town of Tin Shui Wai near the border with China, took home most of the top awards, including best director (Ann Hui), actress (Paw Hee-ching), supporting actress (Chan Lai Wun) and screenplay (Lou Shiu Wa).
The best actor winner was Nick Cheung, who plays a kidnapper in the action thriller The Beast Stalker, while Liu Kai Chi received [...]
by Andre Soares | April 19, 2009
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Tags: Ann Hui, Assembly, Bruce Lee, CJ 7, Donnie Yen, Film Awards, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Awards 2009, Ip Man, John Woo, Josephine Siao, Nick Cheung, Paw Hee-ching, Red Cliff, The Beast Stalker, The Way We Are, Wilson Yip, Xu Jiao
Hong Kong Film Awards 2009
2009 Hong Kong Film Awards
2009 Hong Kong Film Award nominations: Feb. 12
2009 Hong Kong Film Award winners: Apr. 19
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Donnie Yen in Wilson Yip’s Ip Man, a biopic of Bruce Lee’s kung fu master.
Best Film
The Way We Are (prods: Ann Hui & Wong Yat Ping)
Red Cliff (prods: Terence Chang & John Woo)
CJ 7 (prods: Stephen Chow, Chui Po Chu, Han San Ping, Vincent Kok, Shi Dong Ming, Connie Wong)
Painted Skin (prod: Gordon Chan Ka Seung)
* Ip Man (prod: Raymond Wong Pak Ming)
Best Asian Film
If You Are The One (China)
Cape No. 7 (Taiwan)
Suspect X (Japan)
Forever Enthralled (China)
* Assembly (China)
Best Director
* Ann Hui On Wah [...]
by Irene Young | April 19, 2009
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Tags: Ann Hui, Assembly, Cape No. 7, CJ 7, Film Awards, Forever Enthralled, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Awards 2009, If You Are the One, Ip Man, John Woo, Josephine Siao, Painted Skin, Red Cliff, The Way We Are, Wilson Yip
Hong Kong Film Critics Awards 2009
2009 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Ann Hui’s The Way We Are shows life in a working-class Hong Kong suburb. This is Hui’s second consecutive Hong Kong Film Critics win. Last year she won for The Postmodern Life of My Aunt.
Best Film: The Way We Are
Best Director: Ann Hui, The Way We Are
Best Actor: Nick Cheung, The Beast Stalker
Best Actress: Hee Ching Paw, The Way We Are
Best Screenwriter: Ivy Ho, Claustrophobia
Films of Merit: The Beast Stalker, City Without Baseball, Claustrophobia, High Noon, Run Papa Run, Sparrow, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Site
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
by Irene Young | March 3, 2009
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Tags: Ann Hui, City Without Baseball, Claustrophobia, Film Awards, Hee Ching Paw, High Noon, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Film Critics Awards 2009, Ivy Ho, Nick Cheung, Run Papa Run, Sparrow, The Beast Stalker, The Way We Are, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
Hong Kong Film Critics Awards 2008
2008 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award winners: January 24, 2008
Ann Hui’s The Postmodern Life of My Aunt tells the story of a woman (Siqin Gaowa) whose happily solitary life is changed after she meets a young man
Best Film: The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Best Director: Ann Hui, The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Best Actor: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Eye in the Sky
Best Actress: Siqin Gaowa, The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Best Screenwriters: Wai Ka Fai, Au Kin-Yee, Mad Detective
Films of Merit: Eye in the Sky, Protégé, The Warlords
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Site
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [...]
by Andre Soares | January 31, 2008
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Tags: Ann Hui, Film Awards, Gaowa Siqin, Hong Kong Film Critics Awards, The Postmodern Life of My Aunt, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Wai Ka Fai