The 57th Golden Horse Awards was held on November 21, 2020 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honored the best in Chinese-language films of 2019 and 2020. The ceremony was televised by TTV.
Malaysia's Chong Keat Aun wins Best New Director at Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan
Malaysian director Chong Keat-aun of 'The Story of Southern Islet' poses with his Best New Director award at the 57th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei. Photo: Reuters
Malaysian filmmaking talent did the country proud at the 57th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan last night.
Malaysian director Chong Keat Aun bagged the Best New Director award for his film The Story of Southern Islet, a film inspired by a true incident that happened in the 1980s at Kedah's Gunung Keriang.
The film, which was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay, is about a desperate wife who goes on a journey to find a remedy for her husband, who fell sick after a row with a neighbour. Along the way, she endures strange encounters and unearthly experiences.
The film stars Season Chee, Pearlly Chua, Jojo Goh, Mei-Sim Hoon and Ling Tang among others, and had previously won the Best Film award at the Istanbul Film Awards in September.
Malaysian stylist Raymond Kuek was also honoured for his makeup work on Singaporean film Number 1, which won the Best Makeup and Costume Design award.
When accepting the award together with the film's Singaporean director Ong Kuo Sin, Kuek thanked the cast and crew of Number 1 and his parents for giving birth to a "short but talented man", The Straits Times reported. The film stars Mark Lee as a retrenched man who decides to work as a drag queen to make ends meet.
Malaysian songwriters Keon Chia and Hooi Yuan Teng also had cause for celebration, as the song they wrote together with Singaporean Tan Boon Wah, Your Name Engraved Herein, won the Best Original Film Song award. It is the theme song for the movie of the same name, and is performed by Crowd Lu and the film's actor Edward Chen.
Veteran Taiwanese actress Chen Shu-fang was the biggest individual winner of the night, bagging both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards. Photo: Reuters
The big winner at last night's awards was Taiwanese romantic comedy My Missing Valentine, which won Best Film, Best Director for Chen Yu-hsun, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay.
Veteran Taiwanese actress Chen Shu-fang was the biggest individual winner of the night, bagging both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards for her performances in Little Big Women and Dear Tenant respectively. Her Dear Tenant co-star Mo Tzu-yi won the Best Actor award.
- Best film: My Missing Valentine
- Best director: Chen Yu-hsun (My Missing Valentine)
- Best actor: Mo Tzu-yi (Dear Tenant)
- Best actress: Chen Shu-fang (Little Big Women)
- Best supporting actor: Nadow Lin (Classmates Minus)
- Best supporting actress: Chen Shu-fang (Dear Tenant)
- Best new performer: Chen Yan-fei (The Silent Forest)
- Best original screenplay: My Missing Valentine
- Best adapted screenplay: Beyond the Dream
- Best new director: Chong Keat-aun (The Story of Southern Islet)
- Best documentary: Lost Course
- Best animated feature: City of Lost Things
- Best live action short: Night is Young
- Best animated short: Night Bus
- Best cinematography: Your Name Engraved Herein
- Best editing: My Missing Valentine
- Best visual effects: My Missing Valentine
- Best art direction: Classmates Minus
- Best makeup and costume design: Number 1
- Best action choreography: Get The Hell Out
- Best original film score: Dear Tenant
- Best original film song: Your Name Engraved Herein
- Best sound effects: The Silent Forest
- Lifetime achievement award: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Winners:
Best Narrative Feature
Hsiao-chi does everything so quickly that she’s always one step ahead of others. She works in the post office and a bus driver comes to post a letter every day. Hsiao-chi is turning thirty soon and longs for love. Finally, on the eve of Valentine’s Day, a hot guy asks her out. But to her astonishment, she wakes up the next morning and finds that the Valentine’s Day has mysteriously passed….
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Best Documentary
Lost Course chronicles a grassroots democratic movement in the southern Chinese village of Wukan. The villagers protest against the corrupt local officials before ousting them and organising elections of their own. However, after taking control of their destiny, the villagers find themselves beset by the same corruption and cynicism endemic. Following three main characters, Li reveals the complexities of their struggles, triumphs and setbacks from the inside.
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Best Animated Feature
16-year-old teenager Leaf runs away from home, skipping classes and ending up in a peculiar place called City of Lost Things. There he meets Baggy, a 30-year-old plastic bag. Baggy never sees himself as just another piece of junk. He has a purpose in his life – to lead his tribe to flee City of Lost Things. But he needs the help from Leaf to fight the dreadful army of the Armors.
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Best Live Action Short Film
Since June 2019, Hong Kong has turned a new page. Political violence, protest and police brutality filled the city. This film is about what a taxi driver has experienced in a night amid the social unrest.
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Best Animated Short Film
Under a moonlit sky, a bus speeds along the coast when a panicky scream shatters the silence – a necklace is stolen. Then it is followed by a fatal accident as the plot unfolds with love, hatred and vengeance.
Trailer:
Best Director
Best Leading Actress
On Shoying’s 70th birthday, she learns that her long-lost husband Bochang has died. The worse is that there is another woman Tsai, who stayed by Bochang till his last breath. A merry reunion turns into a wake, an unfortunately perfect time for the family to face their complicated mother-daughter relationships. Shoying decides to find out who Tsai is. Will Shoying get the closure she has longed for all her life?
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Best Leading Actor
For the past five years, Lin has been looking after his elderly landlady, Mrs. Chou and her grandson since it’s his way of remembering someone. When Mrs. Chou passes away, her son Li-gang returns from overseas and discovers that Mrs. Chou’s property is passed on to her grandson, who has been adopted by Lin. Li-gang accuses Lin of killing his mother. As the investigation continues, more and more evidence mounts against Lin….
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Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
This is a story about four high school classmates. The storylines are intertwined with one another. Here are a middle-aged director who is frustrated with his undiscovered talents, a hard-working white-collar worker who is depressed about his lack of achievement, an idle part-timer at the Household Registration Office who is hesitant about love and a paper offering maker who is able to communicate with the dead.
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Best New Director
Cheong, a Chinese man, falls sick after a row with his neighbour. His wife Yan is desperately looking for a remedy to cure her husband. Throughout the journey, Yan endures strange encounters and unearthly experiences. Finally, Yan is convinced that she should seek help from the village shaman. Mysteries, legends and shamanism surround Yan with unknowns yet to be solved.
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Best New Performer
Deaf teenager Chang Cheng transfers to a school for children with special needs. However, the world of the hearing-impaired doesn’t seem quiet at all. When Chang witnesses the “game” taking place on the school bus, his excitement about blending into a new environment turns into fear. Chang debates with himself on whether he should reveal the cruel truth about the game or join in.
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Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Lok is a recovering schizophrenic who yearns for love. One day, he encounters the young and beautiful Yan-yan and quickly falls in love with her. Just when he hesitates over whether he should tell her about his illness, he has a relapse and becomes delusional. Little does he know that she is a counselling psychologist who has a hidden agenda. The pair develop a relationship beyond their wildest dreams.
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Best Cinematography
In 1987, Taiwan is liberated from martial law. Two students, Jia-han and Birdy, meet each other in a woodwind instrument club at a Catholic high school. They share many secrets and develop a relationship beyond friendship. This is a story about the first love of two boys in a conservative era; a burgeoning romance that could only be concealed, never to be shared or accepted.
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Best Visual Effects
Best Art Director
Best Makeup & Costume Design
Number 1 is a music comedy that follows the story of a redundant white-collar worker. After many failed interviews, Chee-beng finally manages to secure a job as an assistant general manager at Number 1, a drag club. Chee-beng is forced to stand in as a cross dresser and surprisingly, he turns out to be so good that he eventually becomes the biggest star on the drag scene.
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Best Action Choreography
Wang You-wei works as a substitute civilian serviceman at the Legislative Yuan. By social standards, he is a total loser. One day, he gets involved in an incident, which costs Legislator Hsiung Ying-ying her job. Hsiung then asks Wang to replace her in the next legislative session, and she will be his assistant. Therefore, a loser becomes a new member of the Legislative Yuan.
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Best Original Film Score
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Effects
Audience Choice Award
FIPRESCI Prize
Best Original Film Song
Your Name Engraved Herein
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
Pen Ren-meng
Lifetime Achievement Award
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Source
https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2020/11/21/golden-horse-awards-winners-2020/
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