Golden Horse Award Nominations: Hong Kong’s ‘Limbo’ Leads

Soi Cheang Pou-soi’s crime thriller “Limbo” is the front-runner within the Golden Horse Movie Awards, with 14 nominations. It’s narrowly forward of Taiwan-produced “Coo-Coo 043” and “Incantation,” which each have 13 nominations.

All three movies compete for the perfect function award, greatest director, supporting actor, artwork route, make-up and costume design, unique movie rating, movie enhancing and sound results.

The Taiwan-based Golden Horse Awards have lengthy been thought of as essentially the most prestigious prize race for Chinese language language movies, however they’ve been boycotted by mainland Chinese language movies and filmmakers for the previous three years on the order of mainland Chinese language authorities. This adopted a pro-Taiwan independence speech given from the stage in 2018 by a neighborhood prize winner.

The Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Peoples’ Republic of China (mainland China) had been fashioned in 1949 on the finish of a civil warfare. The PRC claims democratically-run Taiwan as its personal and says that it is going to be reunited – by pressure if obligatory.

Hong Kong filmmakers have been pressured to comply with the mainland considering and never to participate within the awards race. For the previous three years, the Hong Kong commerce physique, the Movement Image Trade Affiliation has written warning letters to its members. It urged them to “significantly think about their very own curiosity” and “keep away from pointless loss” that may happen from attending and being punished. Most Hong Kong filmmakers have stayed away.

In its newest letter the MPIA added political context to its warning. “As everyone knows, the geopolitical state of affairs has intensified, dealing a severe blow to the cross-strait exchanges of 4 locations [Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and the PRC] and inevitably casting a shadow on the movie awards throughout this time period,” it mentioned.

The letters seem to not have labored. Limbo just isn’t the one Hong Kong movie to participate within the Golden Horse Awards this 12 months.

Lau Kok-rui’s “The Sunny Aspect of the Avenue,” has six nominations, together with one for Anthony Wong Chau-sang, as greatest actor. Wong, a personality actor with an extended pedigree in Hong Kong motion pictures, has recognized himself with Hong Kong’s personal pro-democracy motion and is believed to have left town.

“The Slender Highway” is nominated in 4 classes. It’s directed by Lam Sum, who co-directed Hong Kong protest drama “Could You Keep Ceaselessly Younger.”

The CEO of the Taipei Golden Horse Movie Competition Government Committee Wen Tiang-hsien additionally introduced that the Excellent Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Yr Award goes to particular results specialist Chen Ming-ze, in honor of his contribution to the trade. “Chen was devoted to the most recent particular results information, particularly in explosions. He additionally established his personal firm to nurture new skills, delivering dazzling motion scenes with utmost security for execution,” organizers mentioned. His enter may be seen on this 12 months’s “The Deserted,” “Melody-Go-Spherical” and “Untouchable.”

All nominated movies will likely be screened on the Golden Horse Movie Competition, ranging from Nov. 2, 2022. The 59th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony will likely be held on Nov. 19, 2022, on the Nationwide Dr. Solar Yat-sen Memorial Corridor in Taipei.