Golden Horse Awards 2009 – Winners

Screenwriter-director Leon Dai’s Taiwanese black-and-white social-cum-family drama No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (above), Taiwan’s submission for the 2010 best foreign language film Academy Award, was the top winner at the 2009 Golden Horse Awards ceremony held Saturday evening in Taipei.
The real-life inspired tale of a poor single father who fights Taiwanese bureaucracy so as to retain custody of his daughter, No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti bagged trophies for best picture, best director, best original screenplay (Dai and best actor nominee Chen Wen-pin), and outstanding Taiwanese film of the year. (Curiously, the Taiwanese filmmaker of the year wasn’t Dai, but veteran lighting designer Lee Lung-Yue.)
"I especially want to thank this piece of land, Taiwan," Dai [...]

by Irene Young | November 28, 2009   
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Golden Horse Awards 2009

2009 Golden Horse Awards
2009 Golden Horse nominations: Oct. 07, 2009
2009 Golden Horse winners: Nov. 28, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti directed by Leon Dai
 

Best Film
* No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
Luminoso Film Co., Ltd., Partyzoo Film Co., Ltd.
Cow
United Star
Crazy Racer
Beijing Film Studio, Warner China Film HG Corporation, Beijing Guoli Changsheng Movies & TV Productions Co., Ltd
Face
Homegreen Films
Like a Dream
Beijing PolyBona Film Distribution Co., Ltd., Arc Light Film Company Limited, Bona Entertainment Company Limited, Lunar Films Company Limited
The Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year
Let The Wind Carry Me – The Fleeting Moments of Mark Lee
Chiang Hsiu Chiung. Kwan Pun Leung. Tony Luo
* No [...]

by Irene Young | November 28, 2009   
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Golden Horse Awards 2009 Nominations

Face by Tsai Ming-liang

With nine nominations, including best film and best director, Hong Kong filmmaker Clara Law’s romantic fantasy Like a Dream (right) leads the 2009 Golden Horse Awards.
Starring Daniel Wu and Yolanda Yuan (aka Quan Yuan), both of whom are up for acting awards, Like a Dream chronicles a man’s search for a woman who keeps popping up in his dreams.
Two films received seven Golden Horse nods: Taiwanese filmmaker Leon Dai’s No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti and Chinese filmmaker Guan Hu’s Cow.
No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti is based on the true story of a poor waterfront worker who fought Taiwan’s heartless bureaucrats for custody of his daughter. Among its Golden Horse nominations [...]

by Irene Young | October 7, 2009   
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