[2016.10.02] GOLDEN HORSE ANNOUNCES ITS NOMINATIONS

TRIVISA

THE TAG-ALONG: Tiffany Hsu

MAD WORLD: Eric Tsang, SOUL MATE: Derek Tsang
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COLD WAR 2: Tony Leung Ka Fai

THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: Kai Ko

SOUL MATE: Zhou Dongyu

I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY: Fan Bingbing

GODSPEED: Michael Hui

HEAVEN IN THE DARK: Jacky Cheung

THREE: Vicki Zhao, Louis Koo
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The 53rd Golden Horse Award will take place on November 26th at the National Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall. The nominations were announced yesterday. Best Actor nominees included Tony Leung Ka Fai, Michael Hui Koon Man, Jacky Cheung Hok Yau, Fan Wei, Kai Ko Chen-Tung whose career has sunken due to drugs. Ko Chen-Tung with THE ROAD TO MANDALAY was completely transformed to play a Thai Burmese laborer and successfully made a comeback to compete for Best Actor. Many Hong Kong films were nominated. TRIVISA (SHU DAI JIU FUNG) received five, including Best Feature Film and Best New Director. Taiwan film GODSPEED received eight nominations.

The nomination announcement press conference took place last night in Taipei. Leung Ka Fai with COLD WAR 2 (HONG JIN 2) will compete for his second Golden Horse Best Actor, but his opponents include GODSPEED's taxi driver Hui Koon Man, HEAVEN IN THE DARK's sexual harassment scandal pastor Cheung Hok Yau, MR. NO PROBLEM's Fan Wei; Ko Chen-Tung also finally with his THE ROAD TO MANDALAY's total transformation performance joined the fray.

Cheung Hok Yau said, "I am very honored to be nominated for a Golden Horse Award. I am very happy to see my hard work being recognized. Thank you Golden Horse award jury." Another Best Actor nominee Leung Ka Fai said, "Very happy, but the Golden Horse Award will take place on the night when I am the busiest, so if I can fight for the time to attend I will be even happier!"

Best Actress nominees included I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY's Fan Bingbing, THE TAG-ALONG's Tiffany Hsu Wei-Ning, THE ROAD TO MANDALAY's Wu Ke-Xi, and SOUL MATE's stars Zhou Dongyu and Sandra Ma Sichun. All were first time Golden Horse Best Actress nominees. In her film Fan Bingbing had a heavy Shanxi accent, like the DEAREST' Best Actress Vicki Zhao Wei she shook off her glamor to play a country village woman. In addition she just won the 64th San Sebastian International Film Festival Best Actress.

Hong Kong film MAD WORLD (YUT LIM MO MING)'s Eric Tsang Chi Wai and Elaine Jin (Kam Yin Ling) both were nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, along with Wong Chun for Best New Director. Chi Wai's son Derek Tsang Kwok Cheung directed SOUL MATE received 7 nominations. Kwok Cheung was nominated for Best Director. Chi Wai said, "I of course am happy, happier than my own nomination because I learned about my son's nomination then my own. It's very rare for a film festival to nominate father and son together. So I urged my daughter (Bowie Tsang) to take the hosting gig. Then the three of us would have a chance to share the stage and I would be the happiest. No matter what, I have to thank (Peter) Chan Ho Sun and Jo Jo, they helped my son a lot on the film. I am very happy, very happy, very happy, I can only describe it with happy!"

In addition, Faye Wong's daughter Leah Dou Ching Tung with SOUL MATE'S (IT'S NOT A CRIME) IT'S JUST WHAT WE DO was nominated for Best Original Film Song. Tung Tung even wrote this song's lyric. Tung Tung happily replied to the media, "I just got the news, it's not important whether I win or not. I am already very, very happy to be nominated!" Tung Tung's manager Chan Ka Ying also said, "Very happy! I hope she will keep working hard!"

IP MAN 3 aside from the Best Action Choreography nomination was also nominated for Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction and Best Editing. The release company and film owner Pegasus' boss Raymond Wong Pak Ming said, "Lord Eight Yuen Woo Ping in 2000 already with CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON already won the Golden Horse Best Action Choreography award. This time he is nominated again with IP MAN 3, I was very happy and contacted him right away." Will a fourth film be made? Wong Pak Ming said with certainty, "Yes! We have always had plans to make IP MAN 4. We have communicated with (Wilson) Yip Wai Shun long ago. He won't have time until the middle of next year. We hope the original team will participate, so we are waiting for everyone's schedules."

TRIVISA received 5 nominations. This film used new directors and screen writers. Three new directors Frankie Hui Hok Man, Jevons Au Man Kit, and Vicky Wong Wai Kit said that the Golden Horse nominations were already unexpected. To Kei Fung aside from being nominated as the TRIVISA producer for Best Feature Film but also was nominated for Best Director with THREE (SAM YUN HUNG). "Thank you Golden Horse Film Festival, I also thank everyone for liking this film. Aside from my own nomination, I also feel very happy to see my production TRIVISA receiving nominations."

53RD GOLDEN HORSE FILM AWARDS
http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/awards/nw/?serach_type=award&sc=8&search_regist_year=2016&ins=45

BEST FEATURE FILM
GODSPEED
TRIVISA
I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY
THE ROAD TO MANDALAY
THE SUMMER IS GONE

BEST DOCUMENTARY
YELLOWING
SMALL TALK
THE ROAD
LE MOULIN
CITY OF JADE

BEST ANIMATION FEATURE (NONE)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
FU AND LI
A SUNNY DAY
CRASH
ARNIE
ISLAND

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
WANDER IN THE DARK
BAUMU
WHITE TUNNEL
LOSS
BART

BEST DIRECTOR
Chung Mong-Hong (GODSPEED)
Johnnie To Kei Fung (THREE)
Feng Xiaogang (I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY)
Derek Tsang Kwok Cheung (SOUL MATE)
Midi Z (THE ROAD TO MANDALAY)

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Tony Leung Ka Fai (COLD WAR 2)
Michael Hui Koon Man (GODSPEED)
Jacky Cheung Hok Yau (HEAVEN IN THE DARK)
Fan Wei (MR. NO PROBLEM)
Kai Ko Chen-Tung (THE ROAD TO MANDALAY)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Tiffany Hsu Wei-Ning (THE TAG-ALONG)
Fan Bingbing (I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY)
Zhou Dongyu (SOUL MATE)
Sandra Ma Sichun (SOUL MATE)
Wu Ke-Xi (THE ROAD TO MANDALAY)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Chun Pui (BOOK OF LOVE)
Lin Yu-Chih (GODSPEED)
Austin Lin (AT CAFE 6)
Eric Tsang Chi Wai (MAD WORLD)
Lam Suet (ROBBERY)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Wu Yanshu (BOOK OF LOVE)
Liu Pei (SOMEONE TO TALK TO)
Li Xing (THE TENANTS DOWNSTAIRS)
Elaine Jin (MAD WORLD)
Lu Yi-Ching (FORET DEBUSSY)

BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Cheng Wei-Hao (THE TAG-ALONG)
Wong Chun (MAD WORLD)
Frank Hui, Jevons Au, Vicky Wong (TRIVISA)
Chu Hsien-Che (WHITE ANT)
Zhang Dalei (THE SUMMER IS GONE)

BEST NEW PERFORMER
Tony Wu Tsz Tung (WEEDS ON FIRE)
Buya Watan (LOKAH LAQI!)
Annie Chen (WHITE LIES, BLACK LIES)
Kong Weiyi (THE SUMMER IS GONE)
Kimba (SOUL ON A STRING)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Laha Mebow (LOKAH LAQI!)
Xue Xiaolu, Jiao Huajing (BOOK OF LOVE)
Loong Man Hong , Thomas Ng, Mak Tin-Shu (TRIVISA)
Midi Z (THE ROAD TO MANDALAY)
Zhang Dalei (THE SUMMER IS GONE)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLY
Fire Lee, He Xin, Frankie Tam (ROBBERY)
Liu Zhenyun (I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY)
Mei Feng, Huang Shi (MR. NO PROBLEM)
Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan, Xu Yi-Meng, Wu Nan (SOUL MATE)
Tashi Dawa, Zhang Yang (SOUL ON A STRING)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Du Jie (DETECTIVE CHINATOWN)
Nagao Nakashima (GODSPEED)
Lu Songye (THE SUMMER IS GONE)
Guo Daming (SOUL ON A STRING)
Mark Lee Ping-Bing (CROSSCURRENT)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Douglas Hans Smith, Sam Khorshid, Strilen Liu (MOJIN THE LOST LEGEND)
Charles Lee, Chishan Liu (THE TAG-ALONG)
Yee Kwok Leung, Raymond Leung (COLD WAR 2)
Zuo Zhi Zhong, Han Ho, Aeolian Yang, Jack Yu (THE TENANTS DOWNSTAIRS)
Raymond Leung Wai Man, Yee Kwok Leung, Garrett K Lam (IP MAN 3)

BEST ART DIRECTION
Li Miao (DETECTIVE CHINATOWN)
Mak Kwok Keung (IP MAN 3)
Chao Shih Hao (GODSPEED)
Lo Shun Fu, Premo Fang (ONE NIGHT ONLY)
Akekarat Homlaor (THE ROAD OT MANDALAY)

BEST MAKEUP AND COSTUME DESIGN
Stanley Cheung (DETECTIVE CHINATOWN)
Hsu Li-Wen (GODSPEED)
Sukie Yip (TRIVISA)
Dora Ng (SOUL MATE)
Lei Jing (SOUL ON A STRING)

BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY
Shim Jae Won, Yang Kil Yong (MOJIN THE LOST LEGEND)
Wu Gang (DETECTIVE CHINATOWN) Chin Ka Lok (COLD WAR 2)
Yuen Woo PIng (IP MAN 3)
Adam Chan (MRS. K)

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
Lim Giong (CITY OF JADE)
Tseng Si-Ming (GODSPEED)
Xavier Jamaux (THREE)
Du Wei (I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY)
Zhang Jian (SOUL ON A STRING)

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SONG
IT'S COLD WITHOUT YOUR LOVE (BIG FISH AND BEGONIA)
SAWADIKA (DETECTIVE CHINATOWN)
LOVE WITHOUT WORDS (LOKAH LAQI!)
(IT'S NOT A CRIME) IT'S JUST WHAT WE DO (SOUL MATE)
ARENA CAHAYA (OLA BOLA)

BEST FILM EDITING
Lin Wan-Yu (SMALL TALK)
Kao Ming-Sheng, Wang Ching-Chiao (THE TAG-ALONG)
Cheung Ka Fai (IP MAN 3)
Allen Leung Chin-Lun, David Richard (TRIVISA)
Derek Hui, Li Dianshi, Zhou Xiaolin, Tan Xiang-Yuan (SOUL MATE)

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
Huang Ya Li, Yannick Dauby (LE MOULIN)
Joe Huang (MOUNTAIN CRY)
Xu Chen, Li Xiaodan, Gao Qiuhui, Ren Dong (THE SUMMER IS GONE)
Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan (SOUL ON A STRING)
Fang Tao, Hao Zhiyu (CROSSCURRENT)

OUTSTANDING TAIWANESE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
Midi Z

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Zhang Yong Xiang