Hong Kong’s Dante Lam with his Golden Rooster Award for best director for Operation Red Sea, presented at a ceremony in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua Hong Kong’s Dante Lam with his Golden Rooster Award for best director for Operation Red Sea, presented at a ceremony in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong’s Dante Lam with his Golden Rooster Award for best director for Operation Red Sea, presented at a ceremony in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua
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Hong Kong film stars choose Golden Roosters over Golden Horse Awards on a night when who was where mattered nearly as much as who won what

  • Andy Lau, Chow Yun-fat and both Tony Leungs among the Hong Kong stars who, forced to choose between awards in mainland China and Taiwan, picked the former
  • Hong Kong’s Dante Lam wins best director in Xiamen, while at awards in Taipei, Japan’s Hirokazu Koreeda says filmmakers should quit flag waving at festivals

Topic |   Chinese language cinema
Elaine Yau
Elaine Yau

Updated: 6:48pm, 24 Nov, 2019

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Hong Kong’s Dante Lam with his Golden Rooster Award for best director for Operation Red Sea, presented at a ceremony in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua Hong Kong’s Dante Lam with his Golden Rooster Award for best director for Operation Red Sea, presented at a ceremony in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong’s Dante Lam with his Golden Rooster Award for best director for Operation Red Sea, presented at a ceremony in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua
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