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
Asian Film Awards 2007
2007 Asian Film Awards
2007 Asian Film Award nominations: January 29, 2007
2007 Asian Film Award winners: Grand Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, March 20, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Best Film
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia / Curse of the Golden Flower, Hong Kong / China
Fong juk / Exiled, Hong Kong
* Gwoemul / The Host, South Korea
Bushi no ichibun / Love and Honor, Japan
Opera Jawa, Indonesia / Austria
Sanxia Haoren / Still Life, China
Best Director
HONG Sang-soo, Haebyonui yoin / Woman on the Beach, South Korea
* JIA Zhangke, Sanxia Haoren / Still Life, China
Jafar PANAHI, Offside, Iran
Johnnie TO, Exiled, Hong Kong
TSAI Ming-liang, I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone, Taiwan / France / Austria
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, Sang sattawat / Syndromes and [...]
by Andre Soares | January 29, 2007
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Tags: Asian Film Awards, Film Awards, Jia Zhangke, Josephine Siao, Memories of Matsuko, Men at Work, Miki Nakatani, Song Kang-Ho, Still Life, The Host
