61st Golden Horse Awards: ‘An Unfinished Film’ Triumphs with Best Film and Director

61st Golden Horse Awards Overview

Main Highlights:

• Best Film and Best Director: Lou Ye’s An Unfinished Film
• Best Actor: Zhang Zhiyong for Bel Ami
• Most Awards: Dead Talents Society with five wins

Event Details:

• The awards ceremony took place on November 23 at the Taipei Music Center.
• Lou Ye’s producer wife, Ma Yingli, accepted the award for An Unfinished Film as he was attending a festival in Tokyo.

Notable Wins:

• Best Actress: Chung Suet-Ying for The Way We Talk, portraying a hearing-impaired character.
• Best Supporting Actor: Shih Ming-Shuai for Gatao: Like Father Like Son.
• Best Supporting Actress: Yang Kuei-Mei for Yen And Ai-Lee.

Additional Awards:

• Best New Director: Chiang Wei-Liang and Yin You-Qiao for Mongrel.
• Best New Performer: Feifei Cheng for Big.
• Best Cinematography: Wang Weihua for Bel Ami.
• Best Original Screenplay: Huang Xi for Daughter’s Daughter.
• Best Documentary Feature: From Island To Island by Lau Kek-Huat.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Cheng Pei-Pei and Lin Wen-Chin received honors for their contributions to film.

Summary of Winners:

1. Best Narrative Feature: An Unfinished Film
2. Best Director: Lou Ye, An Unfinished Film
3. Best New Director: Chiang Wei-Liang, Yin You-Qiao, Mongrel
4. Best Leading Actor: Zhang Zhiyong, Bel Ami
5. Best Leading Actress: Chung Suet-Ying, The Way We Talk
6. Best Supporting Actor: Shih Ming-Shuai, Gatao: Like Father Like Son
7. Best Supporting Actress: Yang Kuei-Mei, Yen And Ai-Lee
8. Best New Performer: Feifei Cheng, Big
9. Best Original Screenplay: Huang Xi, Daughter’s Daughter
10. Best Adapted Screenplay: Wang Xiaoshuai, Above The Dust
11. Best Cinematography: Wang Weihua, Bel Ami
12. Best Visual Effects: Tomi Kuo, Chiu Chun-Yi, Dead Talents Society
13. Best Art Direction: Wang Chih-Cheng, Liang Shuo-Lin, Dead Talents Society
14. Best Makeup & Costume Design: Lore Shih, Dead Talents Society
15. Best Film Editing: Chen Ho-ping, Bel Ami
16. Best Sound Effects: Chen Yi-Ling, Eddie Huang, Yannick Dauby, From Island To Island
17. Best Original Film Score: Thomas Foguenne, Stranger Eyes
18. Best Original Film Song: “Dead Talents Society,” Dead Talents Society
19. Best Live Action Short Film: Side A: A Summer Day, Wan Kin-Fai
20. Best Documentary Short Film: Colour Ideology Sampling.Mov, Chan Cheuk-Sze, Kathy Wong
21. Best Animated Short Film: Father Figure, Shek Ka-Chun
22. Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker Of The Year: Li Si-Jian
23. Lifetime Achievement Award: Cheng Pei-Pei, Lin Wen-Chin

This year’s Golden Horse Awards highlighted diverse storytelling and talent within the film industry.