The major honors handed out by the 59th Golden Horse Awards were divided between films made in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with a Hong Kong-based Malaysian director winning big at the awards ceremony held in Taipei on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
For the second year in a row, a Hong Kong film — “Limbo” (\u667a\u9f52) — earned the most nominations (14) among the 182 films that submitted entries for the awards targeting works from the Chinese speaking world.<\/p>\n
“Limbo” took home four of the 23 awards handed out Saturday evening, including the best adapted screenplay award for Au Kin-yee (\u6b50\u5065\u5152) and Shum Kwan-sin (\u5c91\u541b\u831c).<\/p>\n
The three other awards won by the film, which follows a seasoned cop and his rookie partner (Mason Lee) as they track down an elusive serial killer, were best cinematography, best art direction and best visual effects.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the night’s first winner, Hong Kong-based Malaysian director Lau Kok-rui (\u5289\u570b\u745e), who won the best original screenplay award, saw his film “The Sunny Side of the Street” (\u767d\u65e5\u9752\u6625) also bag the best new director and the best leading actor awards.<\/p>\n
When receiving his award for best actor, Anthony Wong (\u9ec3\u79cb\u751f), a three-time Golden Horse best supporting actor award winner, said the win made him think he should work with new directors more in the future.<\/p>\n
In the movie, Wong played a taxi driver, who fled China in the 1970s and met a Hong Kong-born Pakistani child waiting for refugee status to Canada.<\/p>\n
Taiwanese film “Coo-Coo 043” (\u4e00\u5bb6\u5b50\u5152\u5495\u5495\u53eb) won the best narrative feature film award, along with the best new performer award for 24-year-old Hu Jhih-ciang (\u80e1\u667a\u5f37).<\/p>\n
Wen Tien-hsiang (\u805e\u5929\u7965), who headed the Golden Horse Awards’ executive committee, said there was no single overpowering film among this year’s best narrative feature film nominees, but the judges eventually narrowed the winner down to a choice between “Coo-Coo 043” and “Limbo.”<\/p>\n
“Coo-Coo 043,” about a struggling family that depends on pigeon racing for a living, had very realistic characters and did not try to go out of its way to please audiences with a flood of positive energy, which was why it was able to stand out, Wen said.<\/p>\n
Another Taiwanese movie, family drama “GAGA” (\u54c8\u52c7\u5bb6), won the best director and best supporting actress awards. The honors went to GAGA director Laha Mebow (\u9673\u6f54\u7464) of the Indigenous Atayal tribe, and 74-year-old Kagaw Piling (\u6797\u8a79\u73cd\u59b9), who was making her film debut.<\/p>\n
Veteran actress Sylvia Chang (\u5f35\u827e\u5609), who starred in Hong Kong director Anastasia Tsang’s (\u66fe\u61b2\u5be7) first feature film “A Light Never Goes Out” (\u71c8\u706b\u95cc\u73ca), took the best actress award, her third in the category but her first since 1986.<\/p>\n
Supernatural horror film “Incantation” (\u5492) from Taiwan, which received 13 nominations, went home with two awards — one for director Kevin Ko (\u67ef\u5b5f\u878d) in the best film editing category and one in the best sound effects category.<\/p>\n
Berant Zhu (\u6731\u8ed2\u6d0b) was named the best supporting actor for his performance in “Bad Education” (\u9ed1\u7684\u6559\u80b2), which was nominated in four categories, including one in the best new director category for Kai Ko (\u67ef\u9707\u6771).<\/p>\n
For the third time in five years, no films were nominated in the best animated film category.<\/p>\n
Taiwanese director Tsai Tsung-lung’s (\u8521\u5d07\u9686) “And Miles to Go Before I Sleep” (\u4e5d\u69cd, meaning nine gunshots in Chinese) won the best documentary feature award.<\/p>\n
Tsai’s film looked into the challenges facing migrant workers in Taiwan, following the death of undocumented Vietnamese migrant worker Nguyen Quoc Phi, who died on the way to the hospital after being shot by police nine times in August 2017.<\/p>\n
The worker’s sister Ruan Jin Hoang, who appeared on stage to receive the award with the production team, said she hoped the documentary could help stop the tragedy that struck her family from happening to others.<\/p>\n
For the first time, the best makeup & costume design award was given to designers of glove puppets — Ken Fan (\u6a0a\u4ed5\u6e05) and Chen You-feng (\u9673\u6709\u8c50) — for “DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins” (\u7d20\u9084\u771f), which was produced by Taiwan’s most prominent glove puppetry studio, Pili, the organizers said.<\/p>\n
Other notable winners included dancer-choreographer Sheu Fang-yi (\u8a31\u82b3\u5b9c), who won the best action choreograph award for her semi-autobiographical film “Salute” (\u6211\u5fc3\u6211\u884c), and singer-songwriter Eric Chou (\u5468\u8208\u54f2), who co-wrote “”What’s on Your Mind” (\u60f3\u77e5\u9053\u4f60\u5728\u60f3\u4ec0\u9ebc) for the film “My Best Friend’s Breakfast”(\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u90a3\u7537\u5b69\u4e00\u6574\u5e74\u7684\u65e9\u9910) and won the best original film song award.<\/p>\n
The organizers also handed out the “Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year” award to explosion specialist Chen Ming-ze (\u9673\u9298\u6fa4), who passed away in the summer because of complications from cancer.<\/p>\n
Chen’s wife Yen Tung-wei (\u984f\u5f64\u744b) said she did not see the award as late recognition, but an honor her late husband deserved.<\/p>\n
Director Chang Chao-tang (\u5f35\u7167\u5802) and cinematographer Lai Cheng-ying (\u8cf4\u6210\u82f1) each received a Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award for their contribution to the early development of the film industry during the awards ceremony on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Full list of the 2022 Golden Horse Award winners:<\/p>\n
\u2605 Best narrative feature: “Coo-Coo 043” (\u4e00\u5bb6\u5b50\u5152\u5495\u5495\u53eb) by Chan Ching-lin (\u8a79\u4eac\u9716)<\/p>\n
\u2605 Best documentary feature: And Miles to Go Before I Sleep (\u4e5d\u69cd) by Tsai Tsung-lung (\u8521\u5d07\u9686)<\/p>\n
\u2605 Best live action short film: “Can You Hear Me?” (\u8b1b\u8a71\u6c92\u6709\u5728\u807d) by Li Nien-hsiu (\u674e\u5ff5\u4fee)<\/p>\n
\u2605 Best documentary short film: “Will You Look at Me” (\u7576\u6211\u671b\u5411\u4f60\u7684\u6642\u5019) by Huang Shuli (\u9ec3\u6a39\u7acb)<\/p>\n
\u2605 Best animated short film: “Compound Eyes of Tropical” (\u71b1\u5e36\u8907\u773c) by Zhang Xu Zhan (\u5f35\u5f90\u5c55)<\/p>\n
\u2605 Best director: Laha Mebow (\u9673\u6f54\u7464) \/ “GAGA” (\u54c8\u52c7\u5bb6)<\/a><\/p>\n \u2605 Best new director: Lau Kok-rui (\u5289\u570b\u745e) \/ “The Sunny Side of the Street” (\u767d\u65e5\u9752\u6625)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best leading actress: Sylvia Chang (\u5f35\u827e\u5609) \/ “A Light Never Goes Out” (\u71c8\u706b\u95cc\u73ca)<\/a><\/p>\n \u2605 Best leading actor: Anthony Wong (\u9ec3\u79cb\u751f) \/ “The Sunny Side of the Street” (\u767d\u65e5\u9752\u6625)<\/a><\/p>\n \u2605 Best supporting actress: Kagaw Piling (\u6797\u8a79\u73cd\u59b9) \/ “GAGA” (\u54c8\u52c7\u5bb6)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best supporting actor: Berant Zhu (\u6731\u8ed2\u6d0b) \/ “Bad Education” (\u9ed1\u7684\u6559\u80b2)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best new performer: Hu Jhih-ciang (\u80e1\u667a\u5f37) \/ “Coo-Coo 043” (\u4e00\u5bb6\u5b50\u5152\u5495\u5495\u53eb)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best original screenplay: Lau Kok-rui (\u5289\u570b\u745e) \/ “The Sunny Side of the Street” (\u767d\u65e5\u9752\u6625)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best adapted screenplay: Au Kin-yee (\u6b50\u5065\u5152) Shum Kwan-sin (\u5c91\u541b\u831c) \/ “Limbo” (\u667a\u9f52)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best cinematography: Cheng Siu-keung (\u912d\u5146\u5f37) \/ “Limbo” (\u667a\u9f52)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best visual effects: Garrett Lam (\u6797\u5609\u6a02), Ho Man-lok (\u4f55\u6587\u6d1b) and Diu King-wai (\u5201\u749f\u744b) \/ “Limbo” (\u667a\u9f52)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best film editing: Kevin Ko (\u67ef\u5b5f\u878d) \/ “Incantation” (\u5492)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best art direction: Mak Kwok-keung (\u9ea5\u570b\u5f37) and Renee Wong (\u738b\u6167\u8335) \/ “Limbo” (\u667a\u9f52)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best makeup & costume design: Ken Fan (\u6a0a\u4ed5\u6e05) and Chen You-feng (\u9673\u6709\u8c50) \/ “DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins” (\u7d20\u9084\u771f)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best sound effects: R.T KAO (\u9ad8\u5049\u664f), Rockid LEE (\u674e\u9298\u6770), Richard Hocks and Nusorn Thongkhum \/ “Incantation” (\u5492)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best action choreograph: Sheu Fang-yi (\u8a31\u82b3\u5b9c) \/ “Salute” (\u6211\u5fc3\u6211\u884c)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best original film score: Wong Hin-yan (\u9ec3\u884d\u4ec1) \/ “The Narrow Road” (\u7a84\u8def\u5fae\u5875)<\/p>\n \u2605 Best original film song: “What’s on Your Mind” (\u60f3\u77e5\u9053\u4f60\u5728\u60f3\u4ec0\u9ebc) from “My Best Friend’s Breakfast”(\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u90a3\u7537\u5b69\u4e00\u6574\u5e74\u7684\u65e9\u9910) \/ Lyricist : Eric Chou (\u5468\u8208\u54f2) and Wu I-wei (\u5433\u6613\u7def); Composer and performer: Eric Chou<\/p>\n \u2605 Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year: Chen Ming-ze (\u9673\u9298\u6fa4)<\/p>\n