Last night (14th April, Sunday), hundreds and thousands of people tuned into the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards, held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The ceremony, dubbed Hong Kong’s Academy Award, recognised achievements in the Hong Kong film industry and awards the best movies and actors in the past year.
A total of 23 films received nominations at the ceremony’s 42nd edition – with crime drama “The Goldfinger” taking 12 nominations. The film won a total of six awards during the night but unfortunately, it didn’t win the coveted Best Film award. However, the movie’s main man Tony Leung (梁朝偉) did win the award for Best Actor, making the win his sixth Best Actor win from the Hong Kong Film Awards.
In his acceptance speech, the 62-year-old expressed his joy for winning the award, thanking the ceremony and his acquaintances in the industry. Tony also thanked his wife, Carina Lau (劉嘉玲), who accepted the trophy on his behalf as the actor did not appear at the ceremony in person. The actress also took the opportunity to praise her husband and his achievements.
In her speech, the actress called Tony “a very great actor”, adding that he’s very dedicated to his work. She said, “I think most actors would put in 100% or 200% effort (into their acting) but Tony puts in 500%, 1000% of effort”. She also said Hong Kong should be proud to have an amazing actor like Tony. The star got embarrassed by the sudden praise from his wife and shouted back, “I’m not that great!”.
Meanwhile, the Best Film award went to the mystery crime film, “A Guilty Conscience”. Besides the Best Actor category, “The Goldfinger” also won awards for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Here is the full list of winners from the night:
- Best Film: A Guilty Conscience
- Best Director: Soi Cheang – Mad Fate
- Best Screenplay: Yau Nai Hoi, Melvin Li – Mad Fate
- Best Actor: Tony Leung – The Goldfinger
- Best Actress: Jennifer Yu – In Broad Daylight
- Best Supporting Actor: David Chiang – In Broad Daylight
- Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Leung – In Broad Daylight
- Best New Performer: Yoyo Tse – Fly Me to the Moon
- Best New Director: Nick Cheuk – Time Still Turns the Pages
- Best Cinematography: Anthony Pun – The Goldfinger
- Best Film Editing: Allen Leung, David Richardson – Mad Fate
- Best Art Direction: Eric Lam – The Goldfinger
- Best Costume and Makeup Design: Man Lim Chung – The Goldfinger
- Best Action Choreography: Tung Wai – Bursting Point
- Best Original Film Score: Teddy Robin, Day Tai – Band Four
- Best Original Film Song: A Lyricist Wannabe – The Lyricist Wannabe (Composer and vocal artist: Tse Nga Yi, Lyricist: Wong Yee Lam)
- Best Sound Design: Nopawat Likitwong – The Goldfinger
- Best Visual Effects: Lik Wong, Benson Poon – The Goldfinger
- Best Asian Chinese Language Film: The Pig, the Snake, and the Pigeon
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Sammo Hung
- Professional Achievement Award: Tong Ping
Congratulations to all the winners of the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards!
Watch Tony Leung’s speech with Carina accepting the award on his behalf:
