Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In was the big winner at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards, taking nine prizes including best film and best director.
The martial arts action thriller, set in the infamous Kowloon Walled City in 1980s Hong Kong, also scored in the technical categories, winning best editing, best cinematography, best art direction, best costume & make-up design, best sound design, best visual effects and best action choreography. Soi Cheang also won best director at last year’s Hong Kong Film Awards for mystery thriller Mad Fate.
The Last Dance, written and directed by Anselm Chan, also triumphed at this year’s awards, taking five prizes including best screenplay, best actress for Michelle Wai’s performance, best supporting actor for Chu Pak-hong, best original film score and best original film song.
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The drama about a Taoist priest and a wedding planner who team up to run a funerals business is currently the highest-grossing Hong Kong film of all time in its home territory, grossing more than $20m. Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In was also a hit in Hong Kong last year, taking $14m.
Sean Lau Ching-wan was awarded best actor for Philip Yung’s Papa, in which he plays the father of a teenaged boy who murders his mother and sister. Papa also took best supporting actress for Jo Koo Cho-lam’s performance as the slain mother and best newcomer for Dylan So who plays the son.
The award for best new director went to Robin Lee for documentary Four Trails, about the gruelling ultra marathon that involves running the four major hiking trails in Hong Kong.
Best Asian Chinese-language film went to Old Fox, directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan, a coming-of-age story set in 1980s Taiwan.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to director Tsui Hark and producer Nansun Shi, co-founders of Hong Kong production house Film Workshop, which has produced hit films for more than four decades from Shanghai Blues in 1984 to this year’s Lunar New Year release Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants.
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