26th HK Film Awards - Winners

I have posted the nomination list previously here.

The major award winners are:

• Best Picture: After This, Our Exile
• Best Director: Patrick Tam for After This, Our Exile
• Best Actor: Lau Cheng-Wan for My Name is Fame (!!!!)
• Best Actress: Gong Li for Curse of the Golden Flower
• Best Supporting Actor: Ng King-To for After This, Our Exile
• Best Supporting Actress: Zhou Xun for The Banquet
• Best Newcomer: Ng King-To for After This, Our Exile
• Best New Director: Daniel Wu for The Four Heavenly Kings
• Best Asian Film: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (China)

Technical award winners:

• Best Screenplay: After This, Our Exile
• Best Cinematography: Confession of Pain
• Best Editing: Battle of Wits
• Best Art Direction: Curse of the Golden Flower
• Best Costume: Curse of the Golden Flower
• Best Action Choregraphy: Fearless
• Best Sound Effects: Re-cycle
• Best Special Effects: Re-cycle
• Best Original Music: Isabella
• Best Original Song: Chrysanthemum Flower Bed by Jay Chou for Curse of the Golden Flower

Honorary Awards:

• Sir Run Run Shaw for his contribution to films - the Achievement in Film of the Century
• Man Yuen-Ling (makeup artist) - Professional Spirit

Total Wins against total nominations:

• After This, Our Exile - 5 wins/10 noms
• Curse of the Golden Flower - 4/14
• Re-cycle - 2/3
• Confession of Pain - 1/7
• Fearless - 1/7
• The Banquet - 1/7
• Battle of Wits - 1/6
• Isabella - 1/5
• My Name is Fame - 1/4
• The Four Heavenly Kings - 1/2

Comments

The hosts (Lam Tze-Chung, Tsang Bao-Yi, Cheung Kar-Fai):

Quite good actually considering that they are first-timers. The veteran among the trio should be Tsang Bao-Yi who is Eric Tsang’s daughter. This is the first time that I saw her host a show in Cantonese because all of the shows that I saw her were in Mandarin. The funniest host, however, should be Cheung Kar-Fai. His deadpan expressions and line delivery were so ROTFL. I also liked the banter between the trio, especially the funny criticisms by Tze-Chung and Bao-Yi of Kar-Fai.

The performances:

They were 3, if I remembered correctly. All of them were good. The best one should be the first performance by ALIVE (the project band formed by Daniel Wu, Terence Yin, Andrew Lin and Lam Chi-Chung aka The Four Heavenly Kings) with some of the HK musicians/bands like Audiophile, Beyond, etc. There were four singers from those bands and each member of ALIVE accompanied each singer holding a stack of cards that described the state of HK music and film industry (criticism actually). It’s kind of refreshing to watch it at a Film awards show.

The other 2 were Zhang Liang Ying (theme song of The Banquet) and Jay Chou (theme song for Curse of the Golden Flower).

The presenters:

Ehm…some of them were so boring and lack of chemistry. What about the Korean presenters (Kwon Sang-Woo and Song Hye-Gyo)? ehm. Standard stuff. Didn’t actually crack a joke or anything duh! They should ditch the Chinese presenters. I know HK is under China but this is HK awards, they should find more HK actors/actresses. They have more chemistry and less serious in delivering their banters. The Chinese presenters were so lack of chemistry that it seems they took it too seriously to present the awards. Good presenters should lighten up the atmosphere before presenting. To be fair, some of the HK presenters were lacking too but at least they know how to say a joke or two to draw some laughter from the audience.

The award winners:

Most of them were saying standard things. The most memorable should be when Lau Cheng-Wan won his award. Everyone was so genuinely happy for him - even the hosts and Wong Chau-Sang who was backstage actually came back onstage to give him a hug! His wife, Amy Kwok Oi-Ming was in teary eyes. Even though I initially thought Aaron Kwok would take the award, I was also very happy that Cheng-Wan took it. He has been turning solid works in each of his films - well, the ones that I’ve watched and he has waited 11 years for this award.

Some 26th HK Film Awards news

Since it is going to be held this week (15th April), here are a collection of HKFA-related news.

The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony Booklet

^ click on the picture for larger version

Hong Kong Film Awards Association Limited is pleased to announce the official release of [The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony Booklet] to be published on 05th April 2007.

Publication Date: 05th April 2007
Retail price: HK$68

Core Content Segments:

The fabulous photos of The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards Nominees
Chow Yun Fat、Tony Leung Chiu Wai、Jet Li、Lau Ching Wan、Teresa Mo Shun Kwan、 Lee Sin Je、Rene Liu、Isabella Leong 、Huo Si Yan、Sun Li、Pei Pei 、Gouw Ian Iskandar、Matthew Medvedev

Interview with new talents of the local film industry
Daniel Wu、Ronald Cheng、Jim Chim、Shawn Yue、Edison Chan、Isabella Leong、Fiona Sit、Kate Yeung

Executive Producer’s interviews:
Eric Tsang、John Chong、Dennis Law Sau Yiu

1981-2005 Hong Kong Box Office Top 30

The 1st -25th Hong Kong Film Awards Awardees list and Nominations list

Source: HKFAA website

The picture above is the book cover. The people in the picture are all this year’s nominees with the exception of Gong Li.

Who’s who (from left): Chow Yun-Fatt, Isabella Leung, Aaron Kwok, Angelica Lee Sin-Je, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Rene Liu, Lau Cheng-Wan, Jet Li, Teresa Mo.

Sir Run Run Shaw to be Honoured in his Centennial Year

The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards will be taking place on 15th April with many guests such as Korean stars Kwon Sang Woo and Song Hye Kyo who will be presenting the awards for the Best Asian Film. Reports also suggest that a special award for ‘Achievement in Film of the Century’ will be presented to Sir Run Run Shaw.

The HKFA president Manfred Wong indicated that in addition to the 19 regular awards, there will be two special awards this year. The award for ‘Professional Spirit’ will be presented to long-serving and well known make-up artist ‘Sis Chun’, who has given countless artistes a special confidence in front of the camera with her work. The second special award is for Achievement in Film over the century and this will be presented to Sir Run Run, who turns 100 years old this year. Sir Run Run’s life has been like a living history of the Chinese film industry and HKFA is honoured to present him with this award, which will be collected by Sir Run Run’s son on the night.

Wong also indicates that Quentin Tarantino has announced a re-make of Shaw Brothers classic “One Armed Swordsman” and this has raised focus. People from the industry indicate that since the activities held to mark the first anniversary of the Shaw Bros Fan Club at the beginning of the year, the media has started a series of activities to mark their respect for Sir Run Run.

Guest performers have been confirmed for the awards show that include Jay Chow, Eason Chan and Daniel Wu. The show will be hosted by Nick Cheung, Lam Tze-Chung and Bowie Tsang. Mainland stars Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei are also planned to present an award, but Liu is yet to confirm.

Translation/Source: tvbspace.blogspot.com
Original source: TakungPao

Ah…they have invited KSW and SHG. Maybe Bi is too busy to pair up with SHG . I have booked my time to watch this show.

Previous News - clickie here.

Still Life out of running for the 26th HK Film Awards

Golden Lion-winning film “Still Life” saw its bid for the Hong Kong Film Awards run out of steam two months before the unveiling of the result.

The Hong Kong Film Awards Association announced on Wednesday that the film has been removed from the list of nominees, due to technical problems.

Its place will be taken by Singaporean film “I Not Stupid 2″.

Shot using Hi-vision Digital Vidicon and DV, the film was digitally copied on 35-mm reels. However, such media could not reach the standards of the Hong Kong Film Awards body.

Directed by Chinese young director Jia Zhangke, “Still Life” was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 63rd Venice Film Festival.

The upcoming Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony, the 26th of its kind, will be held on April 15th.

Source: CRIEnglish.com

IMO, it is unfair to the people behind Still Life because in another news report that I read, the director, Jia Zhang-Ke, was not informed that his movie was being submitted for nominations. Worse still, he was not informed that his film was removed from the nominees list! Jeez…if he was informed of the submission in the first place, he would have changed it to the correct viewing format.

The 26th HK Film Awards Full Nominations List

12th Feb: Updated the Best Asian Film nominees list.

The 26th Film HK Film Awards will be held on 15th April 2007. Below is the nominations list, which I have tried my best to translate to English XD.

Nominees for Best Picture:

• 父子 / After This, Our Exile
• 放逐 / Exiled
• 黑社會：以和為貴 / Election 2
• 滿城盡帶黃金甲 / Curse of the Golden Flower
• 霍元甲 / Fearless

Nominees for Best Director:

• 譚家明（父子） / Patrick Tam for After This, Our Exile
• 杜琪峰（放逐） / Johnnie To for Exiled
• 杜琪峰（黑社會：以和為貴） / Johnnie To for Election 2
• 張藝謀（滿城盡帶黃金甲） / Zhang Yi-Mou for Curse of the Golden Flower
• 張之亮（墨攻） / Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung for Battle of Wits

Nominees for Best Actor:

• 郭富城（父子） / Aaron Kwok Fu-Sing for After This, Our Exile
• 劉青雲（我要成名） / Lau Cheng-Wan for My Name is Fame
• 梁朝偉（傷城） / Tony Leung Chiu-Wai for Confession of Pain
• 周潤發（滿城盡帶黃金甲） / Chow Yun-Fatt for Curse of the Golden Flower
• 李連杰（霍元甲） / Jet Li for Fearless

Nominees for Best Actress

• 毛舜筠（大丈夫２） / Teresa Mo for Men Suddenly in Black
• 劉若英（生日快樂） / Rene Liu for Happy Birthday
• 梁洛施（伊莎貝拉） / Isabella Leung for Isabella
• 李心潔（鬼域） / Angelica Lee Sin-Je for Re-cycle
• 鞏俐（滿城盡帶黃金甲） / Gong Li for Curse of the Golden Flower

Nominees for Best Supporting Actor:

• 吳景滔（父子） / Ng King-To for After This, Our Exile
• 任達華（黑社會：以和為貴） / Simon Yam for Election 2
• 張家輝（黑社會：以和為貴） / Nick Cheung Kar-Fai for Election 2
• 周杰倫（滿城盡帶黃金甲） / Jay Chou for Curse of the Golden Flower
• 劉燁（滿城盡帶黃金甲） / Liu Ye for Curse of the Golden Flower

Nominees for Best Supporting Actress:

• 林熙蕾（父子） / Kelly Lin for After This, Our Exile
• 梁洛施（妄想） / Isabella Leung for Diary
• 余安安（我要成名） / Yu On-On for My Name is Fame
• 周迅（夜宴） / Zhou Xun for The Banquet
• 田蕊妮（師奶唔易做） / Crystal Tin for My Mother is a Belly Dancer

Nominees for Best Newcomer:

• 吳景滔（父子） / Ng King-To for After This, Our Exile
• 霍思燕（我要成名） / Huo Si-Yan for My Name is Fame
• 裴唯瑩（狗咬狗） / Pei Wei-Ying for Dog Bite Dog
• 孫儷（霍元甲） / Betty Sun for Fearless
• MatthewMedvedev（寶貝計畫） / MatthewMedvedev for Rob-B-Hood

The nominees for the other technical awards - since I don’t really know half of who’s who - I’ll just list the name of the films that were nominated until I have find out all the names.

Nominees for Best Screenplay:

• After This, Our Exile
• Happy Birthday
• My Name is Fame
• Election 2
• Confession of Pain

Nominees for Best Cinematography:

• After This, Our Exile
• Isabella
• Exiled
• Confession of Pain
• Curse of the Golden Flower

Nominees for Best Editing

• After This, Our Exile
• Exiled
• Confession of Pain
• Battle of Wits
• Fearless

Nominees for Best Art Direction:

• After This, Our Exile
• Isabella
• The Banquet
• Confession of Pain
• Curse of the Golden Flower

Nominees for Best Costume:

• Isabella
• The Banquet
• Confession of Pain
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Battle of Wits

Nominees for Best Action Choreography:

• Ching Siu-Tung for Curse of the Golden Flower
• Tung Wai for Battle of Wits
• Yuen Wo-Ping for Fearless
• Donnie Yen for Dragon Tiger Gate
• Jackie Chan, Lee Chung-Chi & Jackie Chan Stunts Family (Cheng Jia-Ban) for Rob-B-Hood

Nominees for Best Sound Effects:

• The Banquet
• Re-cycle
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Battle of Wits
• Fearless

Nominees for Best Special Effects:

• The Banquet
• Re-cycle
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Battle of Wits
• Dragon Tiger Gate

Nominees for Best Original Music:

• Isabella
• The Banquet
• Confession of Pain
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Battle of Wits

Nominees for Best Original Song:

• The Choice of Ah Dong by Alive for The Four Heavenly Kings
• Happy Birthday by Rene Liu for Happy Birthday
• 我用所有报答爱 by Jane Zhang for The Banquet
• Chrysanthemum Flower Bed by Jay Chou for Curse of the Golden Flower
• Fearless by Jay Chou for Fearless

Nominees for Best New Director:

• Law Wing-Cheong for 2 Become 1
• Daniel Wu for The Four Heavenly Kings
• Yip Lim-Sum for Marriage With A Fool

Nominees for Best Asian Film:

• Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (China)
• Death Note (Japan)
• Crazy Stone (China)
• The Host (S. Korea)
• I Not Stupid 2 (Singapore) * replaced Still Life

Note: Still Life (China) was removed from the nominee list due to incorrect viewing format. I Not Stupid 2 replaced Still Life.Nominations tally:

• Curse of the Golden Flower - 14
• After This, Our Exile - 10
• Confession of Pain - 7
• Fearless - 7
• The Banquet - 7
• Battle of Wits - 6
• Election 2 - 5
• Isabella - 5
• Exiled - 4
• My Name is Fame - 4
• Happy Birthday - 3
• Re-cycle - 3
• Rob-B-Hood - 2
• The Four Heavenly Kings - 2
• Dragon Tiger Gate - 2
• Men Suddenly In Black - 1
• Diary - 1
• My Mother is a Belly Dancer - 1
• Dog Bite Dog - 1
• Marriage With a Fool - 1
• 2 Become 1 - 1

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My Comments:

I guess it is the battle between Curse of the Golden Flower and After This Our Exile. I’m more in favor of the latter.

Patrick Tam actually were nominated in many categories - Director, Screenplay (joint nomination), Editing and Art Direction (joint nomination)!

I couldn’t understand why Jay Chou can be nominated for Supporting Actor ?! O_O.

Why are the judges nominating a baby in Rob-B-Hood? Goodness gracious.

Why is Edison Chen not nominated for Dog Bite Dog ? I thought he’s pretty good (and violent) in that film.

Curse of the Golden Flower is missing on Editing and Screenplay - may be important, especially Screenplay.

I think HKFAA should just ditch the idea of nominated the same person for 2 different films. They should take after the Academy Awards whereby only 1 person can be nominated in one category. I’m referring to the Best Director nominees - Johnnie To for 2 films. Yes, I know sometimes a director can have 2 outstanding films but they have to choose the best one. It is the same situation as this year’s Oscars for Clint Eastwood. Both Flags of the Father and Letters from Iwo Jima were outstanding films but he was nominated for Letters.