Film Awards in Chinese Cinema

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12th Golden Bauhinia Awards
(HK Film Critics Association Awards)
(Announced on Sep 1, 2007, HK time)

Pictures: (tie) AFTER THIS OUR EXILE / A BATTLE OF WITS / EXILED
Director: Johnnie To, EXILED
Actor: Lau Ching-wan, MY NAME IS FAME
Actresses: (tie) Charlene Choi, SIMPLY ACTORS / Gong Li, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
Supporting Actor: Ng Kam-to, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Supporting Actress: Zhou Xun, THE BANQUET
Screenplay: AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Action Choreography: DRAGON TIGER GATE
Creativity: EXODUS
Film Editing: AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Cinematography: CONFESSION OF PAIN
Art Direction: THE BANQUET
Score: THE PROTEGE
Sound: CONFESSION OF PAIN
New Performer: Ng Kam-to, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Most Popular Films: (tie) A BATTLE OF WITS / AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Most Popular Songs: (tie) THE BANQUET / CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
Most Popular Actor: Andy Lau, A BATTLE OF WITS
Most Popular Actress: Charlene Choi, SIMPLY ACTORS
Oustanding Achievement Award: Ti Lung (actor)

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7th Chinese Media Film Awards


Picture: CRAZY STONE (Mainland China/HK)
Jury Prize: Johnnie To
Director: Ning Hao, CRAZY STONE
Screenplay: CRAZY STONE
Actor: Fu Dalong, THE FOREST RANGER (Mainland China)
Actress: Jin Yaqin, YOU AND ME (Mainland China)
Supp Actor: Huang Bo, CRAZY STONE
Supp Actress: Lu Yi-Ching, BLUE CHA-CHA (Taiwan)
New Director: Daniel Wu, THE HEAVENLY KINGS (HK)
New Actor: Gong Zhe, YOU AND ME
Hundred-Media Honorary Award (Film of the Year): STILL LIFE (Mainland China)
Hundred-Media Honorary Award (Filmmaker of the Year): Andy Lau

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7th Chinese Media Film Awards - nominees

(Nominees and winners picked by jury panels comprising of film critics and film writers from Mainland China, HK and Taiwan)

Actor:
- Fu Dalong, THE FOREST RANGER
- Guo Tao, CRAZY STONE
- Han Sanming, STILL LIFE
- Jet Li, FEARLESS
- Anthony Wong, EXILED
- Kaneshiro Takeshi, CONFESSION OF PAIN
- Chapman To, ISABELLA

Actress:
- Jin Yaqin, YOU AND ME
- Gong Li, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
- Zhao Tao, STILL LIFE
- Vivien Hsu, THE SHOE FAIRY
- Isabella Leung, ISABELLA

Supp Actor:
- The entire supporting cast of CRAZY STONE
- Lu Yulai, COURTHOUSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Liao Fan, CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT
- You Yong, ELECTION 2
- Wang Zhiwen, A BATTLE OF WITS
- Chu Yueh-hsin, THE SHOE FAIRY

Supp Actress:
- Song Jia, CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT
- Yang Yaning, COURTHOUSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Joan Chen, THE JASMINE WOMEN
- Lu Yi-Ching, BLUE CHA CHA
- Josie Ho, EXILED
- Yang Kuei-mei, MOONLIGHT IN TOKYO

New Performer:
- Gong Zhe, YOU AND ME
- Yang Yaning, COURTHOSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Huo Siyan, MY NAME IS FAME
- Bryant Chang, ETERNAL SUMMER
- Chang Hsiao-Chuan, ETERNAL SUMMER

Picture:
- CRAZY STONE
- STILL LIFE
- YOU AND ME
- HEAVENLY KINGS
- EXILED
- ELECTION 2
- ISABELLA

Screenplay:
- CRAZY STONE
- DREAMS MAY COME
- STILL LIFE
- HEAVENLY KINGS
- ELECTION 2
- SILK

Director:
- Jia Zhengke, STILL LIFE
- Ning Hao, CRAZY STONE
- Ma Liwen, YOU AND ME
- Johnnie To, EXILED
- Johnnie To, ELECTION 2
- Patrick Tam, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
- Pang Ho-chueng, ISABELLA

New Director:
- Ning Hao, CRAZY STONE
- Wanma Caidan, Lhing vjags kyi ma ni rdo vbum ("Jing jing de ma ni shi" or literally, "The Quiet Mani Stone")
- Liu Jie, COURTHOUSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Daniel Wu, HEAVENLY KINGS
- Robin Lee, THE SHOE FAIRY
- Cheng Yu-Chieh, DO OVER

The previous list actually comprised finalists. After the narrowing down process, the organizer has just announced the nomination list,

Best Picture:
- CRAZY STONE (mainland China)
- YOU AND ME (mainland)
- ELECTION 2 (HK)

Best Director:
- Jia Zhangke, STILL LIFE (mainland)
- Ning Hao, CRAZY STONE
- Johnnie To, ELECTION 2

Best Screenplay:
- CRAZY STONE
- HEAVENLY KINGS (HK)
- ELECTION 2

Best New Director:
- Ning Hao, CRAZY STONE
- Wanma Caidan, SILENT HOLY STONE (mainland)
- Daniel Wu, HEAVENLY KINGS

Best Actor:
- Fu Dalong, THE FOREST RANGER (mainland)
- Guo Tao, CRAZY STONE
- Jet Li, FEARLESS (mainland/HK)

Best Actress:
- Jin Yaqin, YOU AND ME
- Gong Li, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (mainland/HK)
- Vivien Hsu, THE SHOE FAIRY (Taiwan)

Best Supporting Actor:
- Huang Bo, CRAZY STONE
- Lui Yulai, COURTHOUSE ON THE HORSEBACK (mainland)
- Liao Fan, CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT (mainland)

Best Supporting Actress:
- Yang Yaning, COURTHOUSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Joan Chen, JASMINE WOMEN (mainland)
- Lu Yi-Ching, BLUE CHA-CHA (Taiwan)

Best New Actor:
- Gong Zhe, YOU AND ME
- Joseph Chang, ETERNAL SUMMER (Taiwan)
- Huo Siyan, MY NAME IS FAME (HK)

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Inky, have you seen AFTER THIS OUR EXILE yet? It's coming to the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival, and I'm trying to decide whether or not to arrange my work schedule so I can attend a press screening next week.

Other Chinese-language films at the festival this year:
AMOUR-LEGENDE (Taiwan/Japan)
THE HEAVENLY KINGS (Hong Kong)
HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY? (China/UK)
THE OTHER HALF (China)
SINGAPORE DREAMING (Singapore)

rainBard, my apology if this reply comes in late ...

Yes, I've seen AFTER THIS OUR EXILE. Just look at how it faired at Golden Horse Awards (Best Pic) & HK Film Awards (see below) and you can decide yourself ...

I haven't seen AMOUR-LEGENDE and HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY? THE OTHER HALF is my second favorite film at this year's Singapore Int'l Film Fest (opening coming Wednesday but I've been watching screeners in the capacity of film critic), after Apitchatpong's SYNDROMES AND THE CENTURY. T.O.H. is one of the most intricately scripted Chinese films I've ever seen.


HK Film Awards

Picture: AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Director: Patrick Tam, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Actor: Lau Ching-wan, MY NAME IS FAME
Actress: Gong Li, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
Supp. Actor: Gouw Ian Iskandar, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Supp. Actress: Zhou Xun, THE BANQUET
Screenplay: AFTER THS OUR EXILE
Cinematography: CONFESSION OF PAIN
Film Editing: A BATTLE OF WITS
Art Direction: CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
Costume & Make-up Design: CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
Visual Effects: RE-CYCLE
Sound Effects: RE-CYCLE
Action Choreography: FEARLESS
Original Score: ISABELLA
Original Song: CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
New Director: Daniel Wu, HEAVENLY KINGS
New Performer: Gouw Ian Iskandar, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Asian Film: RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES
Century Achievement Award: Run Run Shaw


Golden Plum Awards

Worst Picture: WE ARE FAMILY
RU: LOVE UNDERCOVER 3

Worst Director: WE ARE FAMILY (Clifton Ko & Lo Kim Wah)
RU: Wong Jing, MY KUNG FU SWEETHEART

Worst Actress: Fiona Sit, LOVE UNDERCOVER 3
RU: Rain Li, BET TO BASIC

Worst Actor: Alan Tam, WE ARE FAMILY
RU: Jay Chou, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER

Worst Scene: DRAGON TIGER GATE (Wong Yuk Long, the creator of the comics that the movie is based on, has a cameo role as a martial arts master in the film. In this particular scene, Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue could just master Wong's formiddable skills after Wong says a few words.)
RU: LOVE AT THE FIRST NOTE (Featuring the TV commercial of another upcoming film FATAL CONTACT in a Karaoke; and the two characters in the scene express how much they are looking forward to the film.)

Worst Screen Couple: Alan Tam & Hacken Lee, WE ARE FAMILY
RU: The 3 male leads and their wigs, DRAGON TIGER GATE

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Inky, have you seen AFTER THIS OUR EXILE yet? It's coming to the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival, and I'm trying to decide whether or not to arrange my work schedule so I can attend a press screening next week.

Other Chinese-language films at the festival this year:
AMOUR-LEGENDE (Taiwan/Japan)
THE HEAVENLY KINGS (Hong Kong)
HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY? (China/UK)
THE OTHER HALF (China)
SINGAPORE DREAMING (Singapore)

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10th Anniversary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Film Awards - nominees

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of HK handover


Picture:
- SHAOLIN SOCCER
- IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
- MADE IN HONG KONG
- INFERNAL AFFAIRS
- THE MISSION

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(See the relevant posting below for the full list of nominees)


Winners:

Picture: INFERNAL AFFAIRS

Director: Johnnie To, THE MISSION

Screenplay: INFERNAL AFFAIRS

Actor: Anthony Wong, ORDINARY HEROES

Actress: Maggie Cheung, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

Most Promising Actor: Daniel Wu

Most Promising Actress: Charlene Choi

First Film: Pang Ho-Cheung, YOU SHOOT, I SHOOT

Film with stongest local flavour: MADE IN HONG KONG

Most Creative Film: SHAOLIN SOCCER

Outstanding Achievement Awards: Kong Chi-Keung & Andy Lau

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HK Film Directors Guild Awards

Recommended Films of 2006 (in no particular order):
- AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
- EXILED
- FEARLESS
- A BATTLE OF WITS

Oustanding Directors of 2006 (in no particular order):
- Patrick Tam, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
- Johnnie To, EXILED
- Andrew Lau & Johnny Mak, CONFESSION OF PAIN

Best New Performers of 2006:
Gold: Ng King-To, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
Silver: Huo Siyan, I WANT TO BE FAMOUS
Bronze: Sun Li, FEARLESS

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Taiwan-based Golden Horse Awards, the most historical film awards in Chinese Cinema among those which still exist today, is planning for a new round of revamp after they did so 11 years back.

Prior to 1996, the awards were restricted to Taiwan- and HK-made films for obvious political reasons. The nationalities of the nominees were also controlled (i.e., must be ROC [Taiwan] or HK citizens!) prior to 1991 (therefore, American-born Hayley Man in the HK-made film FAREWELL CHINA was first announced as a Best Supp Actress nominee and then disqualified - the restriction was lifted in the next year because of her).

From 1996 onwards, the awards have been opened up to any predominantly Chinese-speaking film under the sun. Therefore, mainland Chinese and Singapore films, and even American indie SAVING FACE (about 50% of Chinese dialogues) have been qualified (and SAVING FACE's female lead, American-born Michelle Krusiec was nominated for Best Actress, although I thought her co-star Joan Chen deserved it more).

Now they are thinking of extend the awards qualification rule to cover any film directed by ethnic Chinese to be qualified (and no restriction in the individual nominees' nationalities). That is, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN could be qualified if it were released this year (hmmmm ... Does that mean Ledger, Gyllenhaal, Williams and even Hathaway could be nominated for Golden Horse?). For this year's case, Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first French film THE RED BALLOON and Pang Brothers' THE MESSENGERS may be qualified.

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10th Anniversary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Film Awards - nominees

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of HK handover


Picture:
- SHAOLIN SOCCER
- IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
- MADE IN HONG KONG
- INFERNAL AFFAIRS
- THE MISSION

Director:
- Wong Kar-wai, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
- Lee Ang, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
- Johnnie To, THE MISSION
- Fruit Chan, MADE IN HK
- Andrew Lau & Alex Mak, INFERNAL AFFAIRS

Screenplay:
- THE LEGEND OF THE MAD PHOENIX
- JULY RHAPSODY
- RUNNING ON KARMA
- JIANG HU: THE TRIAD
- INFERNAL AFFAIRS
- ELECTION

Actor:
- Stephen Chow, SHAOLIN SOCCER
- Tony Leung Ka-fai, ELECTION / EVERLASTING REGRET
- Anthony Wong, ORDINARY HEROES
- Andy Lau, RUNNING ON KARMA
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai, INFERNAL AFFAIRS

Actress:
- Zhou Xun, PERHAPS, LOVE
- Qin Hailu, DURIAN, DURIAN
- Cecilia Cheung, LOST IN TIME
- Maggie Cheung, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
- Zhang Ziyi, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

Actor with Potential:
- Tony Ho
- Shawn Yue
- Daniel Wu
- Jaycee Chan
- Edison Chen
- Eason Chan
- Jim Chim
- Ronald Cheng

Actress with Potential:
- Krystal Tin
- Jo Kuk
- Isabella Leung
- Kate Yeung
- Charlene Choi
- Candy Lo
- Fiona Sit

First Film:
- Nelson Yu, LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
- Daniel Wu, HEAVENLY KINGS
- Aubrey Lam, TWELVE NIGHTS
- Toe Yuen, MY LIFE AS McDULL
- Pang Ho-Cheung, YOU SHOOT, I SHOOT

Film with stongest local flavour:
- GOLDEN CHICKEN
- MADE IN HONG KONG
- MY LIFE AS McDULL
- INFERNAL AFFAIRS
- ELECTION

Most Creative Film:
- RUNNING ON KARMA
- SHAOLIN SOCCER
- KUNG FU HUSTLE
- HEAVENLY KINGS
- MADE IN HONG KONG
- MY LIFE AS McDULL
- INFERNAL AFFAIRS

Outstanding Achievement Award: (to be announced)

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Picked by online poll:

My Favourite Actor of the New Generation: Alex Fung

My Favourite Actress of the New Generation: Charlene Choi

Most Memorable Film: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

Most Memorable Theme Song: INFERNAL AFFAIRS (performers: Andy Lau & Tony Leung Chiu-wai)

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7th Chinese Media Film Awards - nominees

(Nominees and winners picked by jury panels comprising of film critics and film writers from Mainland China, HK and Taiwan)

Actor:
- Fu Dalong, THE FOREST RANGER
- Guo Tao, CRAZY STONE
- Han Sanming, STILL LIFE
- Jet Li, FEARLESS
- Anthony Wong, EXILED
- Kaneshiro Takeshi, CONFESSION OF PAIN
- Chapman To, ISABELLA

Actress:
- Jin Yaqin, YOU AND ME
- Gong Li, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
- Zhao Tao, STILL LIFE
- Vivien Hsu, THE SHOE FAIRY
- Isabella Leung, ISABELLA

Supp Actor:
- The entire supporting cast of CRAZY STONE
- Lu Yulai, COURTHOUSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Liao Fan, CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT
- You Yong, ELECTION 2
- Wang Zhiwen, A BATTLE OF WITS
- Chu Yueh-hsin, THE SHOE FAIRY

Supp Actress:
- Song Jia, CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT
- Yang Yaning, COURTHOUSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Joan Chen, THE JASMINE WOMEN
- Lu Yi-Ching, BLUE CHA CHA
- Josie Ho, EXILED
- Yang Kuei-mei, MOONLIGHT IN TOKYO

New Performer:
- Gong Zhe, YOU AND ME
- Yang Yaning, COURTHOSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Huo Siyan, MY NAME IS FAME
- Bryant Chang, ETERNAL SUMMER
- Chang Hsiao-Chuan, ETERNAL SUMMER

Picture:
- CRAZY STONE
- STILL LIFE
- YOU AND ME
- HEAVENLY KINGS
- EXILED
- ELECTION 2
- ISABELLA

Screenplay:
- CRAZY STONE
- DREAMS MAY COME
- STILL LIFE
- HEAVENLY KINGS
- ELECTION 2
- SILK

Director:
- Jia Zhengke, STILL LIFE
- Ning Hao, CRAZY STONE
- Ma Liwen, YOU AND ME
- Johnnie To, EXILED
- Johnnie To, ELECTION 2
- Patrick Tam, AFTER THIS OUR EXILE
- Pang Ho-chueng, ISABELLA

New Director:
- Ning Hao, CRAZY STONE
- Wanma Caidan, Lhing vjags kyi ma ni rdo vbum ("Jing jing de ma ni shi" or literally, "The Quiet Mani Stone")
- Liu Jie, COURTHOUSE ON THE HORSEBACK
- Daniel Wu, HEAVENLY KINGS
- Robin Lee, THE SHOE FAIRY
- Cheng Yu-Chieh, DO OVER

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Maybe the film is not stupid, but that rule is.

Yes, the rule is outdated. STILL LIFE was showcased at Venice Film Fest in HD format and it went on to win Golden Lion. The win was suspicious as the Jury chair is a shareholder of the film, but at least no rule has stopped the film from the competition.

Anyway, rumor says that the disqualification has something to do with an ugly word fight (on arthouse vs. commercial films) between Jia Zhangke and Zhang Weiping, the producer of CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER, in the final quarter of last year. CURSE's unexpected 14-nod achievement show that he might have some influence in the HKFA, and therefore ... I don't totally believe with the rumor or speculation because Zhang is afterall not a Hong Konger and he has always been based in Beijing. He isn't like Sir Run Run Shaw who often intervened in the results of Asia-Pacific Film Festival and made his films or actors win awards back in 1960s.

[Sonic Youth]

Maybe the film is not stupid, but that rule is.

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HK Film Award nominations ... update

Jia Zhangke's STILL LIFE has been disqualified from the Best Asian Film competition for technical reason - the award regulations require nominated films to be showcased on 35mm print but the film used HD.

The nomination slot has been replaced by Singapore film I NOT STUPID TOO.

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26th Hong Kong Film Awards - nominees

*** CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER leads the nomination list with 14 nods????!!!!
*** Johnnie To set another record - 2 films nominated for Best Pic & Best Dir in the same year
*** Youngest acting nod in the history of cinema???? - Best New Performer nominee, ROB-B-HOOD's Matthew Medvedev (A Chinese-Colombian) was 8 months old when the film was shot! He is 2 years old now ... and probably couldn't even recall his involvement in the film.
**** Former Golden Horse & HKFA Best Actress winner Sylvia Chang's two "disciples" Rene Liu and Angelica Lee are nominated for Best Actress. This is not the first time both younger actresses receive HKFA nods ... but the first time that they achieve this in the same year. Several years ago, Sylvia Chang produced a feminist omnibus film called "20:30:40" (referring to the characters' ages) where the three actresses playing the lead roles in the three segments.
**** Who would have imagined that singer/composer-turned-actor Jay Chow become the most nominated individual? He received a Best Supp Actor (for CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER) and two Best Song (for CURSE ... and FEARLESS) nods. Ironically, he is also nominated for Worst Actor Golden Plum (for CURSE ... again!).




Best Film
After This Our Exile
Exiled
Election 2
Curse of the Golden Flower
Fearless

Best Director
Patrick Tam (After This Our Exile)
Johnnie To (Exiled)
Johnnie To (Election 2)
Zhang Yimou (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
Jacob Cheung (A Battle Of Wits)

Best Screenplay
Patrick Tam, Tian K1oi Leong (After This Our Exile)
Sylvia Chang, Mathias Woo, Theresa Tang (Happy Birthday)
James Yuen, Jessica Fong, Lo Yiu Fai (My Name Is Fame)
Yau Nai Hoi, Yip Tin Shing (Election 2)
Felix Chong, Alan Mak (Confession Of Pain)

Best Actor
Aaron Kwok (After This Our Exile)
Lau Ching Wan (My Name Is Fame)
Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Confession Of Pain)
Chow Yun Fat (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
Jet Li (Fearless)

Best Actress
Teresa Mo (Men Suddenly In Black 2)
Rene Liu (Happy Birthday)
Isabella Leong (Isabella)
Lee Sin Je (Re-Cycle)
Gong Li (Curse Of The Golden Flower)

Best Supporting Actor
Gouw Ian Iskandar (After This Our Exile)
Simon Yam (Election 2)
Nick Cheung Siu Fai (Election 2)
Jay Chou (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
Liu Ye (Curse Of The Golden Flower)


Best Supporting Actress
Kelly Lin (After This Our Exile)
Isabella Leong (Diary)
Candice Yu (My Name Is Fame)
Zhou Xun (The Banquet)
Kristal Tin (The Mother Is A Belly Dancer)

Best New Performer
Gouw Ian Iskandar (After This Our Exile)
Huo Si Yan (My Name Is Fame)
Pei Pei (Dog Bite Dog)
Sun Li (Fearless)
Matthew Medvedev (Rob-B-Hood)

Best Cinematography
Mark Lee (After This Our Exile)
Charlie Lam (Isabella)
Cheng Siu Keung (Exiled)
Andrew Lau, Lai Yiu Fai (Confession Of Pain)
Zhao Xiaoding (Curse Of The Golden Flower)

Best Editing
Patrick Tam (After This Our Exile)
David Richardson (Exiled)
Azrael Chung (Confession Of Pain)
Eric Kong (A Battle Of Wits)
Virginia Katz, Richard Learoyd (Fearless)

Best Art Direction
Patrick Tam, Cyrus Ho (After This Our Exile)
Man Lim Chung (Isabella)
Tim Yip (The Banquet)
Man Lim Chung (Confession Of Pain)
Huo Tingxiao (Curse Of The Golden Flower)

Best Costume & Make Up Design
Stephanie Wong (Isabella)
Tim Yip (The Banquet)
Man Lim Chung (Confession Of Pain)
Yee Chung Man (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
Tong Huamiao (A Battle Of Wits)

Best Action Choreography
Tony Ching (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
Stephen Tung (A Battle Of Wits)
Yuen Wo Ping (Fearless)
Donnie Yen (Dragon Tiger Gate)
Jackie Chan, Li Chung Chi, JC Stunt Team (Rob-B-Hood)

Best Sound Design
Wang Danrong (The Banquet)
Nakom Kositpaisal (Re-Cycle)
Tao Jing, Roger Savage (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
Steve Burgess, He Wei (A Battle of Wits)
Richard E. Yawn (Fearless)

Best Visual Effects
Jiang Yanming (The Banquet)
Wu Xuan Hui (Re-Cycle)
Angela Barson, Frankie Chung, John Leonti, Sze Cheuk Wah (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
Clement Cheng, Victor Wong, Eddy Wong (A Battle of Wits)
Koan Hui (Dragon Tiger Gate)

Best Original Film Score
Peter Kam (Isabella)
Tan Dun (The Banquet)
Chan Kwong Wing (Confession Of Pain)
Shigeru Umebayashi (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
Kenji Kawai (A Battle of Wits)

Best Original Film Song
The Heavenly Kings
Happy Birthday
The Banquet
Curse Of The Golden Flower
Fearless

Best New Director
Law Wing Cheong (2 Become 1)
Daniel Wu (The Heavenly Kings)
Patrick Kong (Marriage With A Fool)

Best Asian Film
Still Life, China
Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles, China
Death Note, Japan
Crazy Stone, China
The Host, Korea

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2nd Golden Plum Awards (HK's Razzie) - nominees

Nominees ...

Worst Picture & Director:
- LOVE UNDERCOVER 3 (Joe Ma)
- WE ARE FAMILY (Clifton Ko & Lo Kim Wah)
- McDULL, THE ALUMNI (Samson Chiu)
- UNDERCOVER HIDDEN DRAGON (Gordon Chan & Dante Lam)
- MY KUNG FU SWEETHEART (Wong Jing)

Worst Actress:
- Fiona Sit, LOVE UNDERCOVER 3
- Cecilia Cheung, MY KUNG FU SWEETHEART
- Rain Lee, BET TO BASIC
- Sonja Kwok, OPERATION UNDERCOVER
- Shu Qi, CONFESSION OF PAIN

Worst Actor:
- Dayo Wong, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
- Jay Chou, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
- Stephen Fung, 49 DAYS
- Alan Tam, WE ARE FAMILY
- Leo Ku, MY KUNG FU SWEETHEART

Worst Scene:
- LOVE AT THE FIRST NOTE (Featuring the TV commercial of another upcoming film FATAL CONTACT in a Karaoke; and the two characters in the scene express how much they are looking forward to the film.)
- MY KUNG FU SWEETHEART (The Condor who is supposed to fly Leo Ku and Cecilia Cheung to Hua Shan to treat Leo's injury has instead brought them to Japan as it follows a beautiful female Condor ...)
- AFTER THIS OUR EXILE (The "bed scene" of Aaron Kwok & Charlie Yeung - Aaron takes three minutes to caress Charlie from her waist to her breasts ... and yet he fondles her over her clothes.)
- DRAGON TIGER GATE (Wong Yuk Long, the creator of the comics that the movie is based on, has a cameo role as a martial arts master in the film. In this particular scene, Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue could just master Wong's formiddable skills after Wong says a few words.)
- WISE GUYS NEVER DIE (The main selling point of the film is this particular scene and yet audience felt cheated - the sexy Alice Chan seduces Wong Jing who is lying in a bathtub, and ... nothing happens.)

Worst Screen Couple:
- Fiona Sit & Suzuki Takuya, LOVER UNDERCOVER 3
- Alan Tam & Hacken Lee, WE ARE FAMILY
- The entire cast of McDULL, THE ALUMNI
- Leo Ku & Cecilia Cheung, MY KUNG FU SWEETHEART
- The 3 male leads and their wigs, DRAGON TIGER GATE



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Last year's nominees & winners

Worst Picture & Director: WHERE'S MAMA'S BOY? (Cheng Wai-man)
- MOB SISTERS (Wong Ching-po)
- HIMALAYA SINGH (Wai Ka-fai)
- DRAGON RELOADED (Vincent Kok)
- THE PROMISE (Chen Kaige)

Worst Actress: Isabella Leung, BUG ME NOT!
- Sammi Cheng, EVERLASTING REGRET
- Cecilia Cheung, THE PROMISE
- Suzuki Anne, INITIAL D
- Annie Liu, MOB SISTERS

Worst Actor: William Hung, WHERE'S MAMA'S BOY?
- Leon Lai, SEVEN SWORDS
- Vanness Wu, DRAGON SQUAD
- Lau Ching-wan, HIMALAYA SINGH
- Deep Ng, MOMENTS OF LOVE

Worst Scene: WHERE'S MAMA'S BOY? (mother kissing son in the water)
- MOB SISTERS (the car crash scene)
- THE MYTH (sewing up the wound with hair)
- MOMENTS OF LOVE (stupid imitation of a scene in INFERNAL AFFAIRS)
- THE PROMISE (human body as kite)

Worst Screen Couple: Cecilia Cheung & Sanada Hiroyuki, THE PROMISE
- Yuen Wah & Yuen Qiu, KUNG FU MAHJONG 2
- Andy Lau & Charlene Choi, ALL ABOUT LOVE
- Sammi Cheng & Daniel Wu, EVERLASTING REGRET
- Annie Liu & Lo Zhongxian, MOB SISTERS