The 48th Annual Golden Horse Awards which will takes place on 26th November 2011 will see a fierce competition in its Best Picture category. The official nominees for the annual awards was announced by The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival earlier this month. The Golden Horse Awards are given to Chinese-language films from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia.
Taiwanese Film Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale which sparks a controversy at the recent 2011 Venice Film Festival will competes against China’s blockbuster Let the Bullets Fly, Hong Kong’s Best Foreign Language Film submission’s A Simple Life, The Piano in a Factory and Return Ticket for the top honor.
This year award was dominated by Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale with 11 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best New Performer, Best Supporting Actor, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Film Score, Best Original Film Song, Best Action Choreography, Best Makeup & Costume Design, and Best Sound Effects. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale was Taiwan’s submission to the Academy for Best Foreign Language Film.
Best Documentary Awards will go between The Man Behind the Book, Hometown Boy or Young at Heart: Grandma Cheerleaders
Complete list of nominations for the 48th Golden Horse Awards
BEST PICTURE
Let The Bullets Fly, Jiang Wen (China / Hong Kong)
The Piano In A Factory, Zhang Meng and Jae-young Kwak (China)
Return Ticket, Yung-Shing Teng (China Taiwan)
A Simple Life, Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale, Wei Te-Sheng (Taiwan)
BEST DIRECTOR
Wei Te-sheng,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Jiang Wen,
Let The Bullets Fly
Ann Hui,
A Simple Life
Zhang Meng,
The Piano In A Factory
BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Wuershan,
The Butcher The Chef And The Swordsman
Giddens,
You Are The Apple Of My Eye
Xu Haofeng,
The Sword Identity
Du Jia-Yi,
Kora
BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Chen,
You Are The Apple Of My Eye
Deanie Ip,
A Simple Life
Qin Hailu,
The Piano In The Factory
Shu Qi,
A Beautiful Life
BEST ACTOR
Eddie Peng,
Jump Ashin!
Ge You,
Let The Bullets Fly
Andy Lau,
A Simple Life
Wang Qian-Yuan,
The Piano In The Factory
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Lawrence Ko,
Jump Ashin!
Lau Wing,
Revenge A Love Story
Bokeh Kosang,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Jimmy Wang You,
Wu Xia
BEST NEW PERFORMER
Chen-Tung Ko,
You Are The Apple Of My Eye
Lin Ching-Tai,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Bokeh Kosang,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Lin Yuan-Jie,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kara Hui,
A Chinese Ghost Story
Jiang Wenli,
Love For Life
Carina Lau,
Let The Bullets Fly
Tang Qun,
Return Ticket
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Jump Ashin!
A Simple Life
Return Ticket
The Piano In A Factory
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Butcher, The Thief And The Swordsman
Let The Bullets Fly
The Sword Identity
Kora
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yao Hung,
Hometown Boy
Chin Ting-Chang,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Zhao Fei,
Let The Bullets Fly
Shu Chou,
The Piano In A Factory
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
A Chinese Ghost Story
Let The Bullets Fly
The Sorcerer And The White Snake
Wu Xia
BEST ART DIRECTION
Hao Yi,
The Butcher The Chef And The Swordsman
Silver Cheung,
Bruce Lee My Brother
Taneda Yohei,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Yee Chung Man,
Wu Xia
BEST MAKEUP & CUSTOME DESIGN
Haoy Yi,
The Butcher The Chef And The Swordsman
Mutiple People,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
William Chang,
Let The Bullets Fly
Dora Ng,
Wu Xia
BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY
Chin Ka Lok,
Bruce Lee My Brother
Shim Jae Won and Yang Kil Yong,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Dion Lam,
Overheard 2
Donnie Yen,
Wu Xia
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Baby-C & Kay Huang,
The Long Goodbye
Owen Wang,
Jump Ashin!
Ricky Ho,
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Oh Young-mook,
The Piano In A Factory
BEST ORIGINAL FILM SONG
A Ba (performed by Jay Chou and Hung Jung-hung) from
Abba
完美落地 (performed by Luantan-Ascent) from
Jump Ashin!
Na Xie Nian (performed by Hu Xia) from
You Are The Apple Of My Eye
We See the Rainbow (performed by 演員合唱 ) from
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
BEST FILM EDITING
Hsiao-tung Chen,
The Man Behind The Book
Shirley Yip and Azrael Chung,
Bruce Lee My Brother
Kong Chi Leung and Manda Wai,
A Simple Life
Curran Pang,
Overheard 2
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Let The Bullets Fly
Overheard 2
Wu Xia
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Man Behind The Book
Hometown Boy
Young At Heart: Grandma Cheerleaders
BEST SHORT FILM
Thief (Jay Chen)
The Outsider (Youth Film Studio)
Meeting Of The Half Moons (Hong Kong Arts Development Council)
Horse With No Name (Chen Nien Ko)
OUTSTANDING TAIWANESE FILMAKER OF THE YEAR
Hsiao-Tung Chen
Yang Li-chou
Wong Wei-liu
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ting Shan-Si
none
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