The Way We Are Articles

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]