[2025.01.19] LOSING TO SEAN LAU BY ONE VOTE, NEO YAU: IT'S ALREADY QUITE A FEAT

Neo Yau performs in a play and is satisfied with the performance
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Neo Yau and Gabriella So speak to the press after performing in the play VENUS IN FUR

Sean Lau with PAPA wins the Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor

Gabriella So performs provocatively in VENUS IN FUR
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The Chu Pak Him directed, Neo Yau Hawk Sau and Gabriella So Tsz Ching starred play VENUS IN FUR (SI GAN) would perform a 10 show run at the Wan Chai Arts Centre. The first performance took place the night before, with Emotion Cheung Kam Ching, Chung Suet Ying, Rachel Leung Yung Ting and Jason Wu Cheuk Hei in attendance. The whole play had no set change. Yau Hawk Sau and So Tsz Ching performed from beginning to end. Some of the dialogues were humorous, explicit and mixed with Chinese and English foul language, which made the audience laugh.

Speaking of the results of the 31st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Yau Hawk Sau competed for the Best Actor with THE WAY WE TALK (HONG NGOR GUM TIN JUM MOR SUET) and lost to PAPA's Sean Lau Ching Wan by only one vote. Yau Hawk Sau said, "I'm so happy to be the runner-up! Because I only lost by one vote to Lau Ching Wan, it is already quite a feat!" The highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong, THE LAST DANCE unexpectedly "lay a goose egg", and the founding member of the Film Critics Society and veteran filmmaker Manfred Wong (Man Jun) publicly criticized the Society for giving the cold shoulder to THE LAST DANCE. He felt that Michelle Wai Sze Nga and director Anselm Chan Mou Yin deserved to win awards and felt bad for them. "There is nothing to fight about competitions that are voted for, and all competitions are cliques, because they are not voted by people from all over the world. I really support Man Jun's opinion. He is bold enough to speak up, and be even more supportive to THE LAST DANCE than me." Regarding the competition for this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, Yau Hawk Sau described that last year was a harvest year, because there were too many good works. Even if they did not get into the competition, there would be good reasons. If there would be an award, of course he would be happy.

Stephen Shiu Jr. (Shiu Ting Yat) recently publicly criticized the Trial and Error documentary featuring DSE candidate Tung Yik Hong on the Internet, saying that the filming technique was insincere and not serious, not entertaining, and the casting was also problematic. He described it as rubbish, and even comparing it with Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting's Zhang Wanting's TO MY NINETEEN YEAR OLD SELF. As the person in charge of Trail and Error, Yau Hawk Sau said, "I would humbly listen to the opinions of the elders and learn lessons with an open mind. There would certainly be room for improvement. Ultimately it was a learning stage, but we would make up for it with sincerity. The box office results of this film were satisfactory, and the word of mouth was good; but we have to listen to any criticism as well. As for Tung Yik Hong's issues, we have already responded to it. We no longer want to talk about it anymore, so as not to add to the pressure on him and his family. We have nothing to add."