Hong Kong Film Awards

The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; zh-t|香港電影金像獎), founded in 1982, are the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong and among the most respected in China and Taiwan. Award ceremonies are held annually, typically in April. The Awards recognize achievement in all aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, acting and cinematography.

The HKFA, incorporated into Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd since December 1993, are currently managed by a board of directors, which consists of representatives from thirteen professional film bodies in Hong Kong. Voting on eligible films for the HKFA is conducted January through March every year and is open to all registered voters, which include local film workers as well as critics, and a selected group of abjudicators.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of representatives from thirteen professional film bodies in Hong Kong, listed below.
*"City Entertainment"
*Hong Kong Kowloon and New Territories Motion Picture Industry Association
*Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild
*Hong Kong Theatres Association
*Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers
*Hong Kong Stuntman Association
*Hong Kong Screen Writer's Guild
*Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild
*Hong Kong Film Arts Association
*Hong Kong Society of Film Editors
*Hong Kong Movie Production Executives Association
*Hong Kong Cinematography Lighting Association
*Hong Kong Chamber of Films

Winners, Best Movie Award

* 1982 - "Father and Son" (1981)
* 1983 - "Boat People" (1982)
* 1984 - "Banbianren" (1983)
* 1985 - "Homecoming" (1984)
* 1986 - "Police Story" (1985)
* 1987 - "A Better Tomorrow" (1986)
* 1988 - "An Autumn's Tale" (1987)
* 1989 - "Rouge" (1987)
* 1990 - "Beyond the Sunset" (1989)
* 1991 - "Days of Being Wild" (1991)
* 1992 - "To Be Number One" (1991)
* 1993 - "Cageman" (1992)
* 1994 - "C'est la vie, mon chéri" (1994)
* 1995 - "Chungking Express" (1994)
* 1996 - "Summer Snow" (1994)
* 1997 - "" (1996)
* 1998 - "Made in Hong Kong" (1997)
* 1999 - "Beast Cops" (1998)
* 2000 - "Ordinary Heroes" (1998)
* 2001 - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000)
* 2002 - "Shaolin Soccer" (2001)
* 2003 - "Infernal Affairs" (2002)
* 2004 - "Running on Karma" (2003)
* 2005 - "Kung Fu Hustle" (2004)
* 2006 - "Election" (2005)
* 2007 - "After This Our Exile" (2006)
* 2008 - "The Warlords" (2007)

General rules

The Hong Kong Film Awards are open to all Hong Kong films which are not shorter than an hour and commercially released in Hong Kong within the previous calendar year. A film qualifies as a Hong Kong film if it satisfies two of the three criteria, namely: the film director is a Hong Kong resident, at least one film company is registered in Hong Kong, and at least six persons of the production crew are Hong Kong residents. Since 2002, the HKFA also feature a Best Asian Film category, which accepts non-Hong Kong films which are commercially released in Hong Kong.

In January each year, a first round of election, open to all registered voters and a selected group of 100 professional abjudicators, is held to determine the five nominees for each award category. In the rare case where there is a tie between two nominees within the top five slots, six nominees will be allowed. Nominations are usually announced in February, after which a second round of election is held to determine the winner. Voting in the second round is open to a group of 50 professional abjudicators, Executive Committee members of the HKFA, as well as members of the thirteen professional film bodies. Each voting group holds a percentage of the ultimate score for each nominee, and each film body holds a higher share in the categories associated with it.

Categories of Awards

The Hong Kong Film Awards currently feature nineteen regular categories, listed below.
*Best Film
*Best Director
*Best Screenplay
*Best Actor
*Best Actress
*Best Supporting Actor
*Best Supporting Actress
*Best New Performer
*Best Cinematography
*Best Film Editing
*Best Art Direction
*Best Costume Make Up Design
*Best Action Choreography
*Best Original Film Score
*Best Original Film Song
*Best Sound Design
*Best Visual Effects
*Best Asian Film
*Best New Director

Records

Mosts

* Most wins for a film: "" — won 9 awards in 1997, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Make Up Design and Best Original Film Score. It is seconded by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "The Warlords", which won 8 awards in 2001 and 2008 respectively.
* Most nominations for Best Director: Johnnie To — nominated 13 times between his first nomination in 1990 and his latest in 2007.
* Most nominations for Best Actor: Chow Yun-Fat — nominated 13 times between his first nomination in 1985 and his latest in 2007.
* Most nominations for Best Actress: Maggie Cheung — nominated 9 times between her first nomination in 1989 and her latest in 2003.
* Most wins for Best Director: Johnnie To and Allen Fong — each was awarded 3 times, To in 2000, 2004 and 2006, and Fong in 1982, 1984 and 1987.
* Most wins for Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu Wai — awarded 5 times in 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2005.
* Most wins for Best Actress: Maggie Cheung — awarded 5 times in 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2001.
* Most nominations without win: Jackie Chan — nominated for Best Actor for 10 times between 1985 and 2005, and not a single win.
* Most consecutive wins in the same category: Arthur Wong, awarded Best Cinematography in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Firsts

* First winner: Kara Hui — awarded Best Actress in the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards, making her the first recipient of the Hong Kong Film Awards.
* First non-Hong Kong resident winner: Song Hongrong — born in Mainland China, awarded Best Art Direction in 1984.
* First non-Hong Kong resident winner for Best Actor: None — the Hong Kong Film Awards have so far not awarded the Best Actor title to any non-Hong Kong resident.
* First non-Hong Kong resident winner for Best Actress: Siqin Gaowa — born in Mainland China, awarded Best Actress in 1985 for her role in film "Homecoming".

Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures

To celebrate a century of Chinese cinema, the Hong Kong Film Awards unveiled a list of Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures (which in fact includes 103 films) during the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony on 27 March, 2005. [cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/22/content_402387.htm|title=Hong Kong Film Awards to celebrate Chinese cinema|author = Unknown|publisher=China Daily|date=2004-12-12|accessdate= 2007-04-22] The list, selected by a panel of 101 filmmakers, critics and scholars, includes 24 films from Mainland China (11 from pre-1949 and 13 from post-1949), 61 from Hong Kong, 16 from Taiwan, 1 Hong Kong and Mainland co-production, and 1 Hong Kong and Taiwan co-production.

ee also

* Hong Kong International Film Festival

Notes

References

* [http://www.hkfaa.com/nominee/regulation_e.html "The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards - Rules of Election"] . Retrieved on 2007-04-21.

External links

* [http://www.hkfaa.com/ Hong Kong Film Awards Official Site]