The 26th HK Film Awards

First off, ta to Man Utd and Wayne Rooney fer getting ‘Doctor bloody Who’ to me on time, and me cheque’s int post.

Long story ~ no tickets fert film awards this year. However, not crying about it too much, as it means I don’t have to suffer any Jay Chau fans screaming like murder every time his name is vaguely hinted at.

Anyway, it all took place just a few hours ago at the Cultural Centre (a little different from last year’s Coliseum arrangement, eh?). So here we are: a quick squiz at some o the bigger categories. For the complete list, take a look at the homepage.

Winners appear in yellow.

Best Film ~ 最佳電影

After This Our Exile 父子
Exiled 放‧逐
Election 2 黑社會以和為貴
Curse Of The Golden Flower 滿城盡帶黃金甲
Fearless 霍元甲

Best Director ~ 最佳導演

譚家明（父子） Patrick Tam Ka Ming (After This Our Exile)
杜琪（放．逐） Johnnie To Kei Fung (Exiled)
杜琪峯（黑社會以和為貴） Johnnie To Kei Fung (Election 2)
張藝謀（滿城盡帶黃金甲） Zhang Yimou (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
張之亮（墨攻） Jacob Cheung Chi Leung (A Battle Of Wits)

Best Screenplay ~ 最佳編劇

譚家明、田開良（父子） Patrick Tam Ka Ming & Tian Koi Leong (After This Our Exile)
張艾嘉、胡恩威、鄧潔明（生日快樂） Sylvia Chang, Mathias Woo & Theresa Tang (Happy Birthday)
阮世生、方晴、羅耀輝（我要成名） James Yuen Sai Sang, Jessica Fong & Lo Yiu Fai (My Name Is Fame)
游乃海、葉天成（黑社會以和為貴） Yau Nai Hoi & Yip Tin Shing (Election 2)
莊文強、麥兆輝（傷城） Felix Chong & Alan Mak (Confession Of Pain)

Best Actor ~ 最佳男主角

郭富城（父子） Aaron Kwok (After This Our Exile)
劉青雲（我要成名） Lau Ching Wan (My Name Is Fame)
梁朝偉（傷城） Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Confession Of Pain)
周潤發（滿城盡帶黃金甲） Chow Yun Fat (Curse Of The Golden Flower, Election)
李連杰（霍元甲） Jet Li (Fearless)

Best Actress ~ 最佳女主角

毛舜筠（大丈夫2） Teresa Mo Shun Kwan (Men Suddenly In Black 2)
劉若英（生日快樂） Rene Liu (Happy Birthday)
梁洛施（伊莎貝拉） Isabella Leong (Isabella)
李心潔（鬼域） Lee Sin Je (Re-Cycle)
鞏俐（滿城盡帶黃金甲） Gong Li (Curse Of The Golden Flower)

Best Supporting Actor ~ 最佳男配角

吳澋滔（父子） Goum Ian Iskandar (After This Our Exile)
任達華（黑社會以和為貴） Simon Yam (Election 2)
張家輝（黑社會以和為貴） Nick Cheung Ka Fai (Election 2)
周杰倫（滿城盡帶黃金甲） Jay Chou (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
劉燁（滿城盡帶黃金甲） Liu Ye (Curse Of The Golden Flower)

Best Supporting Actress ~ 最佳女配角

林熙蕾（父子）Kelly Lin (After This Our Exile)
梁洛施（妄想） Isabella Leong (Diary)
余安安（我要成名）Candice Yu (My Name Is Fame)
周迅（夜宴）Zhou Xun (The Banquet)
田蕊妮（師奶唔易做） Kristal Tin Yui Lee (The Mother Is A Belly Dancer)

Best New Performer ~ 最佳新演員

吳澋滔（父子） Goum Ian Iskandar (After This Our Exile)
霍思燕（我要成名） Huo Si Yan (My Name Is Fame)
裴唯瑩（狗咬狗） Pei Pei (Dog Bite Dog)
孫儷（霍元甲） Sun Li (Fearless)
Matthew Medvedev（寶貝計劃） (Rob. B. Hood)

Best Cinematography ~ 最佳攝影

李屏賓（父子） Mark Lee Ping Bing (After This Our Exile)
林志堅（伊莎貝拉） Charlie Lam (Isabella)
鄭兆強（放 . 逐） Cheng Siu Keung (Exiled)
劉偉強、黎耀輝（傷城） Andrew Lau Wai Keung & Lai Yiu Fai (Confession Of Pain)
趙小丁（滿城盡帶黃金甲） Zhao Xiaoding (Curse Of The Golden Flower)

Best Original Film Score ~ 最佳原創電影音樂

金培達（伊莎貝拉） Peter Kam Pui Tat (Isabella)
譚盾（夜宴） Tan Dun (The Banquet)
陳光榮（傷城） Chan Kwong Wing (Confession Of Pain)
梅林茂（滿城盡帶黃金甲）Shigeru Umebayashi (Curse Of The Golden Flower)
川井憲次（墨攻） Kenji Kawai (A Battle of Wits)

Best New Director ~ 新晉導演

羅永昌（天生一對） Law Wing Cheong (2 Become 1)
吳彥祖（四大天王） Daniel Wu (The Heavenly Kings)
葉念琛（獨家試愛） Patrick Kong (Marriage With A Fool)

Best Asian Film ~ 最佳亞洲電影

小孩不笨２ ( I Not Stupid Too) ~ 新加坡 Singapore
千里走單騎 (Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles) ~ 中國 China
死亡筆記 (Death Note) ~ 日本 Japan
瘋狂的石頭 (Crazy Stone) ~ 中國 China
韓流怪嚇 (The Host) ~ 韓國 Korea


So Mr K (Aaron Kwok / 郭富城 / Gwok Fu-Sihng / Sihng-Sihng / God of Dance / Ah Wong, etc.)’s film 'After This Our Exile (父子)' garnered no less than ten nominations ~ as if we were counting. We just wanted him to actually win in Hong Kong fer a change. Two Taiwanese Golden Horse awards are lovely, an’ all that, but there’s nowt like winning at home, now is there? Come on folks, what the bloody hell does he have to do fer HK audiences and judging panels to appreciate him? Fucking ‘ell, what do you want, blood? Just not right. To be honest, I haven’t seen all the other performances, but I’m still mightily miffed our Aaron didn’t win. Well, kind of thinking its monumentally unjust, actually. That was a towering, bloody magnificent performance. And if that dunt deserve to win, I honestly don’t know what does.

At least we got Best Film, and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai gave out the award, and was wee and lovely. But small consolation ~ we wanted Aaron fer Best Actor! Just not right, I tell you, just not right…

But I have to say, I love Chow Yun-Fat fer his little presentation-speech-ont-sofa piece. Aw, lovely ~ “just want to bite him all over”, as Kaylee would say. And wee Ian won Best Supporting Actor and Best New Performer – not bad fer ten years old, I think. A bit disappointed that ‘Deathnote’ didn’t win, cos it were a bloody cracking piece of film. But never mind, eh? Praps it were a bit fast-moving fer HK audiences. I bloody loved it, though.

So a little bit of a roller-coaster then. At times fun, at times plain funny (Cheung Ga-Fai is a riot as a presenter), but ultimately disappointing ~ again. When will they finally give Aaron the award?

I’ll call England and have a rant. No peach and lube tonight, no smiles and nods. Just plain time fer bed, said Zebedee.


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