by Nathaniel R
The 54th Annual Golden Horse Awards were held today in Taipei. That's the Taiwanese Oscars if you will. Though a female-led comedy called The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful took the top prizes, the film with the most wins was The Great Buddha+ which took home five. A romantic comedy called See You Tomorrow (the all-star cast includes TFE favorites Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Angelababy) took home most of the 'eye candy' prizes. The family tragedy Old Beast, about a father in court and at war with his kids, also did well.
Curiously Taiwan's Oscar submission Small Talk was eligible last year at this ceremony but wasn't a major player. You can see the whole 2017 ceremony online here but it's not subtitled so good luck! Toward the end of the ceremony Jessica Chastain even shows up to help Ang Lee present Best Actress (which went to Kara Wai) so we've included gifs of that and the list of winners after the jump...
FEATURE FILM The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful
DIRECTOR Vivian Qu, Angels Wear White
ACTOR Tu Men, Old Beast
ACTRESS Kara Hui, The Bold, The Corrupt, and the Beautiful
SUPPORTING ACTOR Bamboo Chen, Alifu, The Prince/ss
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Vicky Chen, The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
NEW DIRECTOR Huang Hsin-Yao, The Great Buddha
NEW PERFORMER Rima Zeidan, Missing Johnny
SCREENPLAY Zhou Ziyang, Old Beast
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Huang Hsin-Yao, The Great Buddha
CINEMATOGRAPHY Nagao Nakashima, The Great Buddha
The "See You Tomorrow" trailer is trying to bait me, specifically, with this Tony/Takeshi pairing
VISUAL EFFECTS See You Tomorrow
ART DIRECTION See You Tomorrow
MAKEUP AND COSTUME DESIGN See You Tomorrow
ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY Sang Lin, Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield
ORIGINAL SCORE The Great Buddha
ORIGINAL SONG "To Have, and Not to Have" from The Great Buddha
EDITING Plastic China
SOUND EFFECTS Mon Mon Mon Monsters!
OUTSTANDING TAIWANESE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR Hu Ding-yi
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful
FIPRESCI PRIZE Old Beast
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Hsu Feng
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Inmates
ANIMATED FEATURE Have a Nice Day
LIVE ACTION SHORT Babes' Not Alone
ANIMATED SHORT Losing Sight of the Longed Place
Vicky Chen is apparently the new teen sensation in Taiwanese cinema. She made her film debut last year and this year she stars in two of the Best Picture nominees and wins supporting actress