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
 
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by Irene Young | March 3, 2009   
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Fred Zinnemann began his career during the studio era, but kept on going, however sporadically, long after most of his contemporaries had retired. Even so, today his name means little for most audiences and critics alike. Why?
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