Golden Horse Awards!
December 12th 2009 02:40
Taiwanese Director Leon Dai’s No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (pictured) took four of the top prizes after the film was earlier voted as the audience favourite taking out the awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year. It had also scored four prizes at the Taipei Film Festival in July.
The Golden Horse Awards are generally seen as the most prestigious film honours in the Chinese-speaking world.
Despite the success, mainland Chinese films and co-productions took the largest number of awards – winning ten of the 20 award categories and for the first time, the three-hour show was broadcast on mainland China’s state-owned CCTV6 Movie Channel, reaching over 1 billion people.
For the first time the Best Actor prize was split - between Nick Cheung for Hong Kong action thriller The Beast Stalker and Huang Bo for Cow.
Cheung’s portrayal of a ruthless killer has previously won at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards and Puchon FF. Huang Bo plays a strong-willed peasant during the second world war who develops a co-dependent relationship with a milk cow in order to survive.
The Best Actress title went to Li Bingbing for playing an elegant telegram decoder in suspense thriller The Message.
Best Supporting Actress title went to Wai Ying-hung in At The End Of Daybreak, directed by Malaysia’ Ho Yuhang and Best Supporting Actor went to Wang Xueqi for Chen’s Forever Enthralled.
This year the festival showcased 200 films with a record box office result, a 15% increase from the ticket sales in 2008.
The FIPRESCI Award went to Taiwanese director Cheng Yu-chieh’s Yang Yang, while the NETPAC award went to Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly from Indonesian filmmaker Edwin.
Full list of winners:
Best Feature Film: No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti – Luminoso Film, Partyzoo Film
Best Director: Leon Dai – No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti
Best Leading Actor: Nick Cheung – The Beast Stalker / Huang Bo – Cow
Best Leading Actress: Li Bingbing – The Message
Best Supporting Actor: Wang Xueqi – Forever Enthralled
Best Supporting Actress: Wai Ying Hung – At The End Of Daybreak
Best New Performer: Yu Shaoqun – Forever Enthralled
Best Original Screenplay: Leon Dai, Chen Wen-Pin – No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
Best Screenplay Adaptation: Guan Hu – Cow
Best Cinematography: Cao Yu – City Of Life And Death
Best Visual Effects: Wang Jianxiong, Jimmy Chen, Li Liping – Crazy Racer
Best Art Direction: Lee Tian Jue, Patrick Dechesne, Alain-Pascal Housiaux – Face
Best Makeup & Costume Design: Christian Lacroix, Wang Chia Hui, Anne Dunsford – Face
Best Action Choreography: Sammo Hung, Leung Siu-hung – Ip Man
Best Film Editing: Cheung King Wai – KJ: Music And Life
Best Sound Effects: Cheung King Wai – KJ: Music And Life
Best Original Film Score: Dou Wei, Bi Xiao Di – The Equation Of Love and Death
Best Original Film Song: Death Dowry
Best Documentary: KJ: Music And Life – CNEX Foundation Limited
Best Short Film: Sleeping With Her – Chih Yi Wen
Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year: No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year: Lee Lung-Yue
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