Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In was the massive winner at this yr’s Hong Kong Movie Awards, taking 9 prizes together with finest movie and finest director.
The martial arts motion thriller, set within the notorious Kowloon Walled Metropolis in Eighties Hong Kong, additionally scored within the technical classes, successful finest enhancing, finest cinematography, finest artwork path, finest costume & make-up design, finest sound design, finest visible results and finest motion choreography. Soi Cheang additionally gained finest director eventually yr’s Hong Kong Movie Awards for thriller thriller Mad Destiny.
The Final Dance, written and directed by Anselm Chan, additionally triumphed at this yr’s awards, taking 5 prizes together with finest screenplay, finest actress for Michelle Wai’s efficiency, finest supporting actor for Chu Pak-hong, finest unique movie rating and finest unique movie music.
The drama a couple of Taoist priest and a marriage planner who staff as much as run a funerals enterprise is at the moment the highest-grossing Hong Kong movie of all time in its house territory, grossing greater than $20m. Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In was additionally a success in Hong Kong final yr, taking $14m.
Sean Lau Ching-wan was awarded finest actor for Philip Yung’s Papa, during which he performs the daddy of a teenaged boy who murders his mom and sister. Papa additionally took finest supporting actress for Jo Koo Cho-lam’s efficiency because the slain mom and finest newcomer for Dylan So who performs the son.
The award for finest new director went to Robin Lee for documentary 4 Trails, in regards to the gruelling extremely marathon that entails operating the 4 main mountain climbing trails in Hong Kong.
Finest Asian Chinese language-language movie went to Previous Fox, directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan, a coming-of-age story set in Eighties Taiwan.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was introduced to director Tsui Hark and producer Nansun Shi, co-founders of Hong Kong manufacturing home Movie Workshop, which has produced hit movies for greater than 4 many years from Shanghai Blues in 1984 to this yr’s Lunar New Yr launch Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants.
