blazing fireDonnie Yen’s actor-producer won Best Picture and Best Director for action master Benny Chan at the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) on Sunday night. The ceremony was held at the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Center, the first time held as an in-person event since 2019.
Produced by Emperor Motion Pictures, blazing fire Last year was a rare hit in the pandemic era in Hong Kong and China and was hailed as a welcome return to old-school Hong Kong-style action movies. The film won four awards in total, including Best Editing (Curran Pang) and Best Action Choreography (Donnie Yen, Ku Huen Chiu, Tanigaki Kenji, Li Chung Chi).
Benny Chan, one of Hong Kong’s most famous action directors, was diagnosed with cancer while filming the film, which got hold of Yen during post-production. In a heartwarming moment during the HKFA ceremony, Hong Kong star Andy Lau read an acceptance speech from Chan’s widow.
but blazing fire won two major awards, AnitaEdko Films’ biopic about pop song diva Anita Mui was the biggest winner overall, with five awards, including Best Newcomer Actress for Model Actress Louise Wong, who played Mui, and Best Actress for the cast of Fish Liew, who played her. sister
The film, which recreated Hong Kong from the 1980s until Mui’s death in 2003, also won three technical awards, including Best Visual Effects (Yee Kwok Leung, Garrett K Lam, Raymond Leung Wai Man, Hung Man Shi Candy), best wardrobe and brand. – top design (Dora Ng, Karen Yip) and best sound design (Tu Duu-Chih, Wu Shu-Yao).
Best Actress went to Kia Liu for her role in Soi Cheang’s limbo, which won a total of four awards, including Best Screenplay (Au Kin Yee, Shum Kwan Sin), Best Cinematography (Cheng Siu Keung) and Best Production Design (Kenneth Mak, Renee Wong). The dark action film, produced by Sun Entertainment Culture, premiered at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival.
Best Actor Patrick Tse won for his role as a retired assassin in Tsz Pun Ko’s. weather. The Best Supporting Actor award went to 17-year-old Fung Ho Jung. zero to the herowhich was Hong Kong’s entry for Best International Film at this year’s Academy Awards.
Kin Long Chan won the Best New Director Award for a Neo-Noir Drama hand rolled cigaretteswhich was supported by the Hong Kong government’s First Feature Initiative.
Nominated for Best Original Song in a Movie The origin of timeof the film a second sampleAnd Ryuichi Sakamoto won Best Original Film for Ann Hui love after love.
The Best Asian Film in Chinese Award went to a Taiwanese production American GirlAfter undergoing the infamous week-long hotel quarantine in Hong Kong to receive a starring award, director Fiona Ruan Fengyi.
Michael Hui, an actor, comedian, screenwriter and director who, along with his brothers, dominated the Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s and 1980s, received a Lifetime Achievement Award. The Professional Achievement Award went to veteran editor Tony Chow, who headed the editing department of the Cinema City production center in the 1980s and won numerous editing awards throughout his career.
It was an unusual edition of the awards as the nominees were shortlisted for two years of release, largely due to the pandemic, which has drastically reduced the number of Hong Kong films hitting theaters in recent years. The awards are usually held in April, but with this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival it has been postponed.
Hong Kong theaters experienced several waves of closures during the pandemic, the most recent of which lasted from January to April 2022 due to the worst outbreak of the virus. Local industry also had problems with the new censorship regime, with some filmmakers leaving the city after Beijing imposed a national security law.
However, there are signs of a resurgence in Hong Kong cinema with long overdue comedy. Chili’s Laughing Story The high-budget sci-fi film crossed the $ 1.3 million (HK $ 10 million) mark at the national box office this week. future warriors The release is scheduled for August.
Source: Deadline
