The 38th Hong Kong Film Awards, which was held on Sunday night, has revealed its winners. As expected, Felix Chong’s twisty action thriller Project Gutenberg <無雙>, which led an astonishing 17 nominations, has bagged seven wins in total including Best Film, Best Director, Best Art Direction, Best Costume & Makeup Design, Best Film Editing, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
In the acting categories, Anthony Wong took home the Best Actor award for his sympathetic portrayal as the middle-aged paralysed man in Still Human <淪落人>, which also marks his third win in the same category since The Untold Story <八仙飯店之人肉叉燒包> (1993) and Beast Cops <野獸刑警> (1998). Newcomer Chloe Maayan won Best Actress for Three Husbands <三夫>, while Kara Hui and Ben Yuen Foo-Wa scored Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively for Tracey <翠絲>.
Here is the full list of winners below:
Best Film
Project Gutenberg <無雙>
Three Husbands <三夫>
Operation Red Sea <紅海行動>
Still Human <淪落人>
Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>
Best Director
Felix Chong (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Fruit Chan (Three Husbands <三夫>)
Dante Lam (Operation Red Sea <紅海行動>)
Sunny Chan (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Oliver Chan Siu-Kuen (Still Human <淪落人>)
Best Actor
Anthony Wong (Still Human <淪落人>)
Francis Ng (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Chow Yun-Fat (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Aaron Kwok (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Phillip Keung (Tracey <翠絲>)
Best Actress
Chloe Maayan (Three Husbands <三夫>)
Charlene Choi (The Lady Improper <非分熟女>)
Jennifer Yu (Distinction <非同凡響>)
Crisel Consunji (Still Human <淪落人>)
Zhang Jingchu (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Yuen Foo-Wa (Tracey <翠絲>)
Kenny Wong (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Poon Chan-Leung (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Sam Lee (Still Human <淪落人>)
Liu Kai Chi (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Best Supporting Actress
Kara Wai (Tracey <翠絲>)
Huang Lu (G Affairs <G殺>)
Jiang Luxia (Operation Red Sea <<紅海行動>)
Jennifer Yu (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Catherine Chau (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Best Screenplay
Felix Chong (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Chan Wai, 33, Ying Liang (A Family Tour <自由行>)
Sunny Chan (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Oliver Chan Siu-Kuen (Still Human <淪落人>)
Shu Kei, Erica Li, Jun Li (Tracey <翠絲>)
Best Cinematography
Jason Kwan (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Karl Tam (G Affairs <G殺>)
Choi Sung-Fai (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings <狄仁傑之四大天王>)
Fung Yuen-Man, Horace Wong (Operation Red Sea <紅海行動>)
Anthony Pun (Monster Hunt 2 <捉妖記2)
Best Film Editing
Curran Pang (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Barfuss Hui (G Affairs <G殺>)
Tsui Hark, Li Lin (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings <狄仁傑之四大天王>)
Choi Chi-Hung, Lam Chi-Hang (Operation Red Sea <紅海行動>)
Stanley Tam, Mary Stephen (Napping Kid <逆向誘拐>)
Best Art Direction
Eric Lam (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Cho Hwa-Sung (The Monkey King 3 <西遊記女兒國>)
Yoshihito Akatsuka, Raymond Li (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings <狄仁傑之四大天王>)
Guillaume Aretos, Lee Kin-Wai, Yohei Taneda (Monster Hunt 2 <捉妖記2>)
Irving Cheung (Tracey <翠絲>)
Best Costume & Makeup Design
Man Lim-Chung (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Bruce Yu, Lee Pik-Kwan (The Monkey King 3 <西遊記女兒國>)
Bruce Yu, Lee Pik-Kwan (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings <狄仁傑之四大天王>)
Yee Chung-Man (Monster Hunt 2 <捉妖記2>)
Irving Cheung (Tracey <翠絲>)
Best Action Choreography
Dante Lam (Operation Red Sea <紅海行動>)
Yuen Shun-Yi (Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy <葉問外傳：張天志>)
Lin Feng (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings <狄仁傑之四大天王>)
Li Chung-Chi (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Chin Ka-Lok, Alan Ng, Tang Sui-Wah (Golden Job <黃金兄弟>)
Best Original Film Score
RubberBand (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Teddy Robin Kwan, Eddie Tang (Lucid Dreams <八部半喜怒哀樂>)
Day Tai (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Chan Kwong-Wing (Golden Job <黃金兄弟>)
Otomo Yoshihide (Tracey <翠絲>)
Best Original Film Song
“逆流之歌” (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Composer, Lyric & Performer: RubberBand
“Sun Shines Bright” (Distinction <非同凡響>)
Composer: Charles Lau
Lyric: Saville Chan
Performer: Jennifer Yu
“Let Us Be The One” (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Composer: Day Tai
Lyric: Saville Chan
Performer: Jan Curious
“Together We Charge, Together We March On” (Golden Job <黃金兄弟>)
Composer: Chan Kwong-Wing
Lyric: Fiona Fung, Chan Kwong-Wing, Jeffrey Chu
Performer: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Michael Tse, Chin Ka-Lok, Jerry Lamb
“Tracey” (Tracey <翠絲>)
Composer, Lyric & Performer: Panther Chan
Best Sound Design
Nopawat Likitwong, Sarunyu Nurnsai (Operation Red Sea <紅海行動>)
Tu Duu-Chih, Wu Shu-Yao (G Affairs <G殺>)
Steve Burgess (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings <狄仁傑之四大天王>)
George Lee Yiu-Keung, Yiu Chun-Hin (Monster Hunt 2 <捉妖記2>)
Dhanarat Dhitirojana, Kaikangwol Rungsakorn, Sarunyu Nurnsai (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Best Visual Effects
Inho Lee, Taegyun Kang (Operation Red Sea <紅海行動>)
Jay Seung Jaegal, SungJin Jung, Juwon Lee (The Monkey King 3 <西遊記女兒國>)
Chuck Chae, Park Young-Soo, Maegawa Hideaki, Ji Myung-Goo (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings <狄仁傑之四大天王>)
Ellen Poon (Monster Hunt 2 <捉妖記2>)
Alex Lim Hung-Fung (Project Gutenberg <無雙>)
Best New Director
Chan Siu-Kuen (Still Human <淪落人>)
Lee Cheuk-Pan (G Affairs <G殺>)
Sunny Chan (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Jeff Cheung Ka-Kit (Agent Mr Chan <棟篤特工>)
Jun Li (Tracey <翠絲>)
Best New Performer
Crisel Consunji (Still Human <淪落人>)
Lam Sen (G Affairs <G殺>)
Adam Pak (L Storm <L風暴>)
Chan Charm-Man (Three Husbands <三夫>)
Nancy Wu (Men On The Dragon <逆流大叔>)
Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan
Dying To Survive <我不是藥神>
Ash Is Purest White <江湖兒女>
Last Letter <你好，之華>
Hidden Man <邪不壓正>
Angels Wear White <嘉年華>