The 41st Hong Kong Film Awards have revealed its winners as Wai Ka-Fai’s Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰> brought home four awards including Best Director, Best Actor (Lau Ching-Wan), Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>, the Category III courtroom-drama sensation that scored a whopping 16 nominations, could only muster two wins including Best New Director for Ho Cheuk-Tin and Best Film Editing. Warriors of Future <明日戰記> and Where the Wind Blows <風再起時> were the second biggest winners of the night with three awards each. The former won Best Action Choreography, Best Sound Design and Best Visual Effects while the latter secured Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Hui.
As for the Best Actress category, Sammi Cheng finally won her long-overdue award for Lost Love <流水落花> while Mabel Cheung and William Kwok (Wai-Lun)’s controversial documentary To: My Nineteen-Year-Old Self <給十九歲的我> scored the top prize for Best Film.
Here is the full list of winners below:
Best Film
To: My Nineteen-Year-Old Self <給十九歲的我>
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>
The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>
Best Director
Wai Ka-Fai (Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>)
Ho Cheuk-Tin (The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>)
Lam Sum (The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>)
Mabel Cheung, William Kwok Wai-Lun (To: My Nineteen-Year-Old Self <給十九歲的我>)
Sunny Chan (Table for Six <飯戲攻心>)
Best Actor
Lau Ching-Wan (Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>)
Mak Pui-Tung (The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>)
Yeung Wai-Lun (The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>)
Anthony Wong (The Sunny Side of the Street <白日青春>)
Louis Cheung Kai-Chung (The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>)
Best Actress
Sammi Cheng (Lost Love <流水落花>)
Louisa So (The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>)
Teresa Mo (Mama’s Affair <阿媽有咗第二個>)
Angela Yuen (The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>)
Sylvia Chang (A Light Never Goes Out <燈火闌珊>)
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Hui (Where the Wind Blows <風再起時>)
Jan Lamb (The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>)
Law Wing-Cheong (Mama’s Affair <阿媽有咗第二個>)
Louis Cheung Kai-Chung (Table for Six <飯戲攻心>)
Peter Chan Charm-Man (Table for Six <飯戲攻心>)
Best Supporting Actress
Ivana Wong (Table for Six <飯戲攻心>)
Harriet Yeung (The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>)
Patra Au (The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>)
Lin Min-Chen (Table for Six <飯戲攻心>)
Jennifer Yu (Far Far Away <緣路山旮旯>)
Best Screenplay
Wai Ka-Fai, Ryker Chan, Mak Tin-Shu (Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>)
Frankie Tam, Oliver Yip, Thomas Leung (The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>)
Lau Kok-Rui (The Sunny Side of the Street <白日青春>)
Fean Cheung Chu-Fung (The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>)
Sunny Chan (Table for Six <飯戲攻心>)
Best Cinematography
Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
Where the Wind Blows <風再起時>
The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>
Best Film Editing
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>
To: My Nineteen-Year-Old-Self <給十九歳的我>
Table for Six <飯戲攻心>
Best Art Direction
Where the Wind Blows <風再起時>
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>
Table for Six <飯戲攻心>
Best Costume & Makeup Design
Where the Wind Blows <風再起時>
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
Lost Love <流水落花>
Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>
The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>
Best Action Choreography
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong <七人樂隊>
The Battle at Lake Changjin II <長津湖之水門橋>
Where the Wind Blows <風再起時>
Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>
Best Original Film Score
The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
Where the Wind Blows <風再起時>
Table for Six <飯戲攻心>
Best Original Film Song
Lost Love <流水落花>
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
Mama’s Affair <阿媽有咗第二個>
Table for Six <飯戲攻心>
Best Sound Design
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>
The Battle at Lake Changjin II <長津湖之水門橋>
Where the Wind Blows <風再起時>
Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>
Best Visual Effects
Warriors of Future <明日戰記>
The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>
The Battle at Lake Changjin II <長津湖之水門橋>
Where the Wind Blows <風再起時>
Detective vs Sleuths <神探大戰>
Best New Director
Ho Cheuk-Tin (The Sparring Partner <正義迴廊>)
Lau Kok-Rui (The Sunny Side of the Street <白日青春>)
Ng Yuen-Fai (Warriors of Future <明日戰記>)
Lam Sum (The Narrow Road <窄路微塵>)
Sunny Chan (Table for Six <飯戲攻心>)
Best New Performer
Sahal Zaman (The Sunny Side of the Street <白日青春>)
Jer Lau (Mama’s Affair <阿媽有咗第二個>)
Edan Lui (Hong Kong Family <過時‧過節>)
Henick Chou (A Light Never Goes Out <燈火闌珊>)
Edan Lui (Chilli Laugh Story <闔家辣>)
Best Asian Chinese Language Film
In Search of Lost Time <海的盡頭是草原>
Goddamned Asura <獨行月球>
Moon Man <該死的阿修羅>