Competition is fierce! The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards announced the shortlist, and about 70 films competed for 19 awards in two years
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards, which was postponed due to the epidemic, announced the shortlist on the 16th. A total of about 70 films competed for 19 awards in two years. The competition is very fierce.
5 films were shortlisted for "Best Film", of which "Wisdom Tooth" directed by Zheng Baorui was the biggest winner, winning a total of 14 awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting Actress Nominated, followed by "Anita Mui", which won 12 nominations including best film and best actress.
The other three nominees for "Best Movie" are "Rage," "Mama's Wonder Boy," and "Drifting."
The 31-year-old actress Danni Wang, who made her big-screen debut for the role in "Anita Mui", competes with the well-known actress Gong Li, who was nominated for "Win the Championship."
The biggest hits of the actor are Lin Jiadong, who was shortlisted for "Wisdom Tooth" and "Rolling Tobacco" at the same time, as well as Wu Zhenyu of "Drifting in Turbid Water" and Liang Zhongheng of "Mama's Wonder Boy".
Koo Tianle was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Anita Mui". He said on the 16th that "Anita Mui" is of great significance, and "I feel very happy and honored to be able to participate and be nominated."
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress are veteran actor Bao Qijing and Li Lizhen from "Drifting on Turbid Water".
Hong Kong Oriental Daily said on the 16th that due to the impact of the epidemic, the 39th Film Awards in 2020 cancelled the physical award ceremony for the first time, and announced the results live online instead.
The conference announced that the 40th Academy Awards will be postponed for one year, and the eligible films in 2020 and 2021 will be combined for selection.
Er Dongsheng, chairman of the board of directors of the Film Awards Association, said that this year's award ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Center on April 17, but given the uncertainty of the epidemic, it is not ruled out that an online award ceremony will be held.
Hong Kong, once known as the "Hollywood of the East", is a movie paradise for Chinese people all over the world.
Founded in 1982, the Film Awards is an important award in the Chinese-speaking circle, witnessing the development of Hong Kong and Chinese-language films.
In recent years, the Academy Awards have been questioned for awarding awards to films involving politics, and have sparked a lot of controversy in Hong Kong society.
Lin Jianyue, chairman of Media Asia Films, said that the controversial films were not the best-grossing films, nor did they show the quality of the best films. "The award is unfair to the filmmakers. It is politics that kidnapped the profession and politicized the film awarding activities."
The five films shortlisted for Best Picture this year are considered to have a wide range of subject matter, such as "Wisdom Tooth" and "Rage" are crime genre films, "Anita Mui" is a biography, "Mama's Wonder Boy" is an inspirational story, "Drifting" It reflects the life of street sleepers in Hong Kong.
The Academy Awards mainly focus on Hong Kong films.
The "Hong Kong Film" referred to in the eligibility criteria must meet two of the following three conditions: the director must be a Hong Kong resident holding a Hong Kong permanent identity card; the production company must have a company legally registered in Hong Kong; There are at least six staff members who are Hong Kong residents.
This has also raised questions about the too localization of the Academy Awards.
In this regard, Chen Jiashang, former chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, once said: "Because of the relationship between co-productions, we have also opened up a lot." Since the 31st Film Awards in 2012, the conference has added "Best Cross-Strait Chinese Film "Award, in recognition of cross-strait Chinese-language films that have been screened in Hong Kong in the past year.
Some commentators believe that co-productions such as "Famous", "October Siege", "Ip Man" and "Cold War" have expanded the Hong Kong film market and broadened the genre space.
Today's Hong Kong films are facing the dilemma of shrinking markets and rising costs. Co-production with the mainland is an important way for Hong Kong films to gain a new lease of life.
(Yang Weimin)