[2025.04.26] BEST ACTRESS DARK HORSE HEDWIG TAM IS ALREADY HAPPY TO BE NOMINATED

Tam Sin Yin and Lo Chun Yip's lifelike performances have earned them both Hong Kong Film Awards nominations.
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Hedwig Tam Sin Yin and Siuyea Lo hun Yip with their film MONTAGES OF A MODERN MOTHERHOOD (FU DUK BUT) have been nominated respectively for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. Tam Sin Yin even won the 31st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Best Actress and has been seen as the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress dark horse. She jokes that she has not thought too much about it, being nominated is already happy. She admits that previously she feels that the award ceremony would have nothing to do with her.

Tam Sin Yin and Lo Chun Yip played novice parents in MONTAGES, but in reality they have not yet become parents. They did ample research before filming. Tam Sin Yin felt that the most important thing about being a mother is to have good teammates, communicate well and divide labor. Then no one would be surprised. She jokes that she has yet to find good teammates and would try trial by combat for matchmaking. The pig teammate in the film, Lo Chun Yip says that leave it to fate. The role has made him understand that becoming a father will change the focus of his entire life.

The close to life performance has made Tam Sin Yin a dark horse of the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress race. She laughed and said that she was happy to be nominated. This year's race includes THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK)'s Michelle Wai Sze Nga, THE WAY WE TALK (HONG NGOR GUM TIN JUM MOR SUET)'s Chung Suet Ying, ALL SHALL BE WELL (CHUNG GUM YI HAU)'s Patra Au Ga Man and LAST SONG FOR YOU (GAU BIT CHUNG FUNG)'s Natalie Hsu (Hui Yan Yi). Tam Sin Yin believes that this year's female characters are very three-dimensional, everyone has outstanding performance. She is very happy that many peers are nominated for each award this year, and frankly said that she used to think that the awards ceremony had nothing to do with her. Now she is very happy to participate in this year's party, winning the award or not is secondary. "To be nominated is to be seen, many very powerful actors have not have this opportunity. Being seen is already worth being happy about."

Lo Chun Yip admits that his opponents are strong this year, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (GAU LUNG SING JAI JI WAI SING)'s Louis Koo Tin Lok and Philip Ng Wan Lung and THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK)'s Paul Chun Pui and Tommy Chu Pak Hong both broke HK$ 100 million at the box office. He joked that he was fighting alone. "The audience must feel excited when they see this list, but as an actor it is not about winning or losing awards; it's how to continue to stay in this industry, encountering good works and good roles are the most enjoyable."