Tuesday, October 1, 2019

[2019.10.02] GOLDEN HORSE AWARD ANNOUNCES NOMINATION DESPITE MAINLAND BOYCOTT



courtesy of singtao.com

Lee Sinjie wants to do something for Malaysian movies.  She is nominated with THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS
Stephy Tang not only stars in MY PRINCE EDWARD but also sings the nominated film song
SUK SUK's Ben Yuen and Cheung Ka Nin (Tai Po) are both nominated for Best Actor

MY PRINCE EDWARD's Chu Pak Hong is also nominated for Best Actor
DETENTION receives 12 nominations, including Best Actress for Gingle Wang
courtesy of mingpao.com

The 56th Golden Horse Award will take place on November 23rd. Yesterday the nominations were announced; this year the Golden Horse Awards was swept into a political storm. Mainland stated a suspension of film applications and many Hong Kong films also retreated from applying. Director Johnnie To Kei Fung also resigned from the Golden Horse jury president post due to "production contractual restriction with film investors", but two Hong Kong films SUK SUK and MY PRINCE EDWARD (GUM DOH) were still nominated. SUK SUK's leads Ben Yuen Fu Wa and Cheung Ka Nin (Tai Po) were nominated with MY PRINCE EDWARD's Chu Pak Hong for Best Actor. SUK SUK's other actor Patra Au Ga Man was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. The film was also nominated for Best Narrative Feature. Lee Sinjie with THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS and DETENTION's Gingle Wong would compete for Best Actress. DETENTION, which made NT$ 180 million in Taiwan received the most nominations this year with 12.



Known as the "Ghost Queen" Lee Sinjie with THE EYE (GEIN GWAI) in 2002 won her first Golden Horse Best Actress. This year with THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS she was nominated with DETENTION's Gingle Wang, A SUN's Samantha Ko, SYNAPSES' Lu Hsueh-feng and WET SEASON's Yeo Yann-yann. Lee Sinjie said, "As an actor I have always hoped to be able to have more opportunities to go home and participate in Malaysia's movies. THE GARDEN OF EVENING MIST is my first Malaysian movie. Today I am very happy and moved." Lee Sinjie was touched because MISTS received 9 nominated and gave the team a huge boost. They were also recognition for Malaysian movies. DETENTION's Gingle Wang was yesterday's Golden Horse Award nomination press conference's host. When she heard that she was nominated, she truly wanted to cry.



Last year's Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor Yuen Fu Wa this year with SUK SUK was nominated for Best Actor; he thanked the Golden Horse Award. "This morning I started work at 4AM until now, I still haven't digested this news. After calming down a little bit, it is something to be happy about. At least I have done all I could on my job, I also have no regret of choosing this road of an actor. This is the greatest feeling. I want to thank SUK SUK's director the most. He said that he auditioned many actors before choosing me for this role. He also chose a good co-star in Tai Po. I am already very happy with the nomination."



Competing with Yuen Fu Wa would be MY PRINCE EDWARD's Chu Pak Hong, who was in a band with Michael Ning (Bak Ji). He was both surprised and pleased. "I have never thought about being nominated, I didn't know that today the nominations were announced. Although I am in this business, I never thought that I would have anything to do with it. When I was younger I would dream a little; so when I just went to the audition and found out that I was nominated, my first reaction was to scream. So far I still haven't completely accepted the fact. I would have to settle down a little first!"

MY PRINCE EDWARD aside from Chu Pak Hong's Best Actor nomination, Wong Yee Lam was also nominated for Best New Director. The lead actress Stephy Tang Lai Yan performed song of the same title was also nominated for Best Original Film Song. She said, "This song is the first song that I have the impulse and passion to step into a recording studio since my single 4 years old. The feeling already mixed song and emotion into one, which is very special. To be recognized of course I am very happy."

The Che Po Law starred OLD MAN AND A DOG was nominated for Best Live Action Short Fil. He was very happy about OLD's nomination. "The nomination is already a win for me. (Will you attend the Golden Horse Award?) If the director asks I will." Sammo Hung Kam Bo's son Jimmy Hung Tin Cheung with DETENTION was nominated for Best Action Choreography; in addition, the Hong Kong Chinese Opera Center and the West Kowloon Cultural District invested BAMBOO THEATRE was nominated for Best Documentary.

THE 56TH GOLDEN HORSE AWARD NOMINATIONS http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/awards/nw/?r=en&serach_type=award&sc=8&search_regist_year=2019&ins=48

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
A SUN
SUK SUK
THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS
WET SEASON
DETENTION

BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE TREE REMEMBERS
YOUR FACE
THE GOOD DAUGHTER
BAMBOO THEATRE
LAST YEAR WHEN THE TRAIN PASSED BY

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
OLD MAN AND A DOG
LIU A, SING A, AND BI HONG
REBEL BOY
3 GENERATIONS 3 DAYS
LANGIT BUDAK BIRU

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
HIDDEN ZONE
MY FATHER AT GRANDMA'S FUNERAL
GOLD FISH
ADORABLE
THE LIGHTHOUSE

BEST DIRECTOR
CHUNG Mong-hong (A SUN)
Tom LIN Shu-yu (THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS)
Anthony CHEN (WET SEASON)
CHANG Tso-chi (SYNAPSES)
Midi Z (NINA WU)

BEST LEADING ACTOR
WU Chien-ho (A SUN)
CHEN Yi-wen (A SUN)
CHEUNG Ka-nin (SUK SUK)
Ben YUEN (SUK SUK)
CHU Pak-hong (MY PRINCE EDWARD)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS Samantha KO (A SUN)
LEE Sinje (THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS)
YEO Yann-yann (WET SEASON)
LU Hsueh-feng (SYNAPSES)
Gingle WANG (DETENTION)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
LIU Kuan-ting (A SUN)
DUAN Chun-hao (WE ARE CHAMPIONS)
KOH Jia-ler (WET SEASON)
YANG Shi-bin (WET SEASON)
LI Ying-chuan (SYNAPSES)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
YAO Yi-ti (THE GANGS, THE OSCARS, AND THE WALKING DEAD)
WEN Chen-ling (A SUN)
Patra AU Ga-man (SUK SUK)
LU Yi-ching (3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS)
Winnie CHANG (THE TEACHER)

BEST NEW DIRECTOR
LAU Kek-huat, Vera CHEN (BOLUOMI)
HUNG Tzu-hsuan (THE SCOUNDRELS)
HSU Chia-kai (THE LAST THIEVES)
John HSU (DETENTION)
WONG Yee-lam (MY PRINCE EDWARD)

BEST NEW PERFORMER YUAN Teng (THE PARADISE)
TSAI Jia-yin (HEAVY CRAVING)
Fandy FAN (WE ARE CHAMPIONS)
Oscar CHIU (THE TEACHER)
TSENG Jing-hua (DETENTION)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CHUNG Mong-hong, CHANG Yao-sheng (A SUN)
Ray YEUNG (SUK SUK)
YEO Siew-hua (A LAND IMAGINED)
Anthony CHEN (WET SEASON)
WU Ke-xi, Midi Z (NINA WU)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
LAI Meng-jie, Neverland Entertainment Limited, LIU Hsueh-jung
(STAND BY ME)
Richard SMITH (THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS)
John HSU, FU Kai-ling, CHIEN Shih-keng (DETENTION)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NAKASHIMA Nagao (A SUN)
CHEN Ko-chin, CHEN Chih-hsuan (THE SCOUNDRELS)
CHEN Tapu (WE ARE CHAMPIONS)
Kartik VIJAY (THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS)
Florian J.E. ZINKE (NINA WU)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Charles LEE, YEH Jen-hao (THE DEVIL FISH)
Wells TU (WE ARE CHAMPIONS)
Simple View Production Company (SYNAPSES)
Renovatio Pictures, Tomi KUO (DETENTION)
Grass Jelly Studio, MoonShine VFX, The White Rabbit Entertainment, Inc.
(MAYDAY LIFE)

BEST ART DIRECTION HSIAO Jen-chieh (PARADISE NEXT)
LAI Yung-kun (THE MAGNIFICENT BOBITA)
Penny TSAI Pei-ling, LUM Heng-soon, CHEN Hsuan-shao
(THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS)
WANG Chih-cheng (DETENTION)
KUO Chih-da (NINA WU)

BEST MAKEUP AND COSTUME DESIGN
KAO Chia-lin (THE MAGNIFICENT BOBITA)
Lore SHIH (THE GANGS, THE OSCARS, AND THE WALKING DEAD)
HSU Li-wen, LO Wan-yi (THE SCOUNDRELS)
Nikki GOOLEY, Biby CHOW, Penny TSAI Pei-ling, Nina EDWARDS
(THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS)
Jelly CHUNG, CHAN Cheuk-ming (NINA WU)

BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY
HUNG Shih-hao (THE SCOUNDRELS)
HUNG Shih-hao, CHIA Fan (WE ARE CHAMPIONS)
Jimmy HUNG (DETENTION)
Gino YANG (MAYDAY LIFE)

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
SAKAMOTO Ryuichi (YOUR FACE)
TEO Wei-yong (A LAND IMAGINED)
Onn SAN (THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS)
LU Luming (DETENTION)
LIM Giong (NINA WU)

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SONG
A KIND OF SORROW (MORE THAN BLUE)
Lyricist : Gavin LIN
Composer : Alex CHANG-CHIEN
Performer : Lisang Pacidal Koyouan

DISTANT JOURNEY (A SUN)
Lyricist : CHUNG Mong-hong
Composer : LIN Sheng-xiang
Performer : LIN Sheng-xiang

THE DAY AFTER RAIN (DETENTION)
Lyricist : Summer LEI
Composer : LU Luming, Summer LEI
Performer : Summer LEI

NINA WU (NINA WU)
Lyricist : Sandee CHAN
Composer : Sandee CHAN
Performer : Sandee CHAN

MY PRINCE EDWARD (MY PRINCE EDWARD)
Lyricist : WONG Yee-lam
Composer : Eman LAM
Performer : Stephy TANG

BEST FILM EDITING
LAI Hsiu-hsiung (A SUN)
Wenders LI, KAO Ming-sheng, LI Bin, Barfuss HUI (THE SCOUNDRELS)
Daniel HUI (A LAND IMAGINED)
SOO Mun-thye (THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS)
SHIEH Meng-ju (DETENTION)

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
Narubett PEAMYAI, Sidney HU (THE SCOUNDRELS)
R.T KAO, Aki CHEN (WE ARE CHAMPIONS)
Damien GUILLAUME, Gilles BENARDEAU (A LAND IMAGINED)
Dennis TSAO, Book CHIEN (DETENTION)
LI Danfeng, CHOU Cheng, Morgan YEN (NINA WU)

OUTSTANDING TAIWANESE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
TANG Shiang-chu

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WANG Toon
Jimmy WANG Yu

No comments:

Post a Comment