It's your annual report of the Oscars of the Chinese world, the 51st annual Golden Horse Awards. Unfortunately this year had little crossover in terms of what made it into US theaters. There's generally at least a few winners/nominees that opened in the US. This year only one as far as I can tell - the Oscar submission The Golden Era though the Gong Li vehicle Coming Home will be distributed by Sony Pictures Classics supposedly at some point.
It was a big night for Lou Ye's Blind Massage, a rough night for acclaimed festival hit Black Coal Thin Ice and just your regular Saturday night for Ann Hui who took home her third (third!) Best Director prize for the Oscar submission The Golden Era. It wasn't a good year for the internationally recognizable acting contenders: Tang Wei (The Golden Era) and Gong Li (Coming Home) lost to the woman with the lowest profile and Chang Chen (Brotherhood of Blades) lost Best Actor. As far am I'm aware
Full list of winners is after the jump...
Best Picture Blind Massage
Best Director Ann Hui, The Golden Era
Best New Director Chen Jian-bin, A Fool
Best Actress Chen Shiang-Chyi, Exit
Best Actor Chen Jian-bin, A Fool
Best Supporting Actress Wan qian, Paradise in Service
Best Supporting Actor Chen Jian-bin, Paradise in Service
Best New Performer Zhang Lei Blind Massage
Incredibly Chen JIan-bin won BOTH male acting prizes + New Director. What a year for him! Zhang Ziyi & Aaron Kwok, behind him, presented
Best Documentary Cotton
Best Short The Hammer and the Sickle Are Sleeping (Geng Jun)
Best Original Screenplay Meeting Dr. Sun by Yee Chih-Yen
Best Adapted Screenplay Blind Massage by Ma Yingli
Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Jimmy Huang
Audience Choice Kano
Fipresci Prize Kano
Lifetime Achievement Tian Feng
Best Cinematography Blind Massage, Zeng Jian
Best Visual Effects The Midnight After
Best Art Direction Black Coal Thin Ice, Liu Qiang
Best Makeup & Costume Design Brotherhood of Blades, Liang Tingting
Best Action Choreography As the Lights Go Out, Jack Wong
Best Original Music Coming Home Qigang Chen
Best Original Song The Road We Pass from The Continent
Best Film Editing Blind Massage Kong Jinlei & Jolin Zhu
And check out Ann Hui's BEAUTIFUL CORSAGE
