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Lam Ka-tung (left) has been nominated for best actor at the 2022 Golden Horse Awards for his role in Limbo. It is one of 14 nominations that the film has received.
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Golden Horse Awards 2022 nominations: Limbo leads Hong Kong contingent at Taiwan film event despite warning from the city’s industry body

  • Crime thriller Limbo leads the field at the 59th Golden Horse Awards, with 14 nominations including best film, best director, best actor and best actress
  • Earlier this month, the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association asked local producers to think twice before attending the event in Taiwan
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Edmund Lee
Edmund Lee
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After dominating the Hong Kong Film Awards race with 14 nominations – and winning in four categories – earlier this year, Hong Kong crime thriller Limbo leads the field at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan with 14 nominations, including best film, best director, best actor (for Lam Ka-tung) and best actress (Cya Liu Ya-se).

Soi Cheang Pou-soi’s acclaimed feature is followed by a pair of Taiwanese films – found-footage horror Incantation and family drama Coo-Coo 043 – both nominated in 13 categories that also include best film and best director.
Beijing’s continued boycott of the event that had been known as the most prestigious awards for Chinese-language cinema had left the participation of Hong Kong films in some doubt, which was further exacerbated after the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association issued a letter to the city’s producers earlier this month, asking them to think twice before attending.

Despite the warning, Hong Kong cinema is ably represented. Hong Kong-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lau Kok-rui’s feature debut, The Sunny Side of the Street, has six nominations, including a best actor nod for Anthony Wong Chau-sang, who plays a taxi driver helping a Pakistani refugee boy flee the city.

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Another Hong Kong film, The Narrow Road, is nominated in four categories that include best actor (Louis Cheung Kai-chung) and best actress (Angela Yuen Lai-lam). The human drama set during the Covid-19 pandemic marks the solo directing debut of Lam Sum, who was one of two co-directors of protest drama May You Stay Forever Young (2021).

Other Hong Kong productions with nominations are: Sylvia Chang Ai-chia (A Light Never Goes Out) for best actress; Jennifer Yu Heung-ying ( Far Far Away) for best supporting actress; Blue Island, the latest feature by Yellowing director Chan Tze-woon, for best documentary feature; and The Black Wall for best documentary short film.
Louis Cheung (left) and Angela Yuen in a still from The Narrow Road.

The winners of the 2022 Golden Horse Awards will be announced at a ceremony in Taipei on November 19.

The full list of nominations is as follows:

Best narrative feature

Incantation, Gaga, Limbo, The Sunny Side of the Street, Coo-Coo 043

Best documentary feature

Silence in the Dust, A Holy Family, The King of Wuxia, Blue Island, And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

A still from Blue Island.

Best animated feature

None

Best live action short film

To the Sea, Can You Hear Me?, Big Day, Frontier, The Thing with Feathers

Best documentary short film

Will You Look at Me; The Lighting; Between the Stars and Waves; Kaohsiung City, Yancheng District, Fubei Rd., No. 31; The Black Wall

A still from The Black Wall.

Best animated short film

The Loach, A Dog Under Bridge, The Island of Us, Compound Eyes of Tropical, A Night with Moosina

Best director

Kevin Ko (Incantation), Laha Mebow (Gaga), Chang Tso-chi (Flotsam and Jetsam), Soi Cheang (Limbo), Chan Ching-lin (Coo-Coo 043)

Best leading actor

Louis Cheung (The Narrow Road), Lam Ka-tung (Limbo), Anthony Wong (The Sunny Side of the Street), Chang Hsiao-chuan (The Post-Truth World), Yu An-shun (Coo-Coo 043)

Sylvia Chang in a still from A Light Never Goes Out.

Best leading actress

Tsai Hsuan-yen (Incantation), Angela Yuen (The Narrow Road), Cya Liu (Limbo), Sylvia Chang (A Light Never Goes Out), Hong Hui-fang (Ajoomma)

Best supporting actor

Kao Ying-hsuan (Incantation), Mason Lee (Limbo), Berant Zhu (Bad Education), Jung Dong-hwan (Ajoomma), Hu Jhih-ciang (Coo-Coo 043)

Best supporting actress

Kagaw Piling (Gaga), Jennifer Yu (Far Far Away), Caitlin Fang (The Post-Truth World), Yang Li-ying (Coo-Coo 043), Rimong Ihwar (Coo-Coo 043)

Anthony Wong (left) and Sahal Zaman in a still from The Sunny Side of the Street.

Best new director

Kai Ko (Bad Education), Lau Kok-rui (The Sunny Side of the Street), He Shu-ming (Ajoomma), Tseng Ying-ting (The Abandoned), Hong Heng-fai (Kissing the Ground You Walked On)

Best new performer

Huang Sin-ting (Incantation), Yukan Losing (Gaga), Eric Chou (My Best Friend’s Breakfast), Sahal Zaman (The Sunny Side of the Street), Hu Jhih-ciang (Coo-Coo 043)

Best original screenplay

Incantation, Gaga, The Sunny Side of the Street, Ajoomma, Coo-Coo 043

A still from Incantation.

Best adapted screenplay

My Best Friend’s Breakfast, Limbo

Best cinematography

Incantation, Limbo, The Sunny Side of the Street, Salute, Kissing the Ground You Walked On

Best visual effects

Incantation, Limbo, Bad Education, A Light Never Goes Out

A still from Coo-Coo 043.

Best art direction

Incantation, Demigod: The Legend Begins, Limbo, The Abandoned, Coo-Coo 043

Best make-up & costume design

Incantation, Demigod: The Legend Begins, Limbo, The Abandoned, Coo-Coo 043

Best action choreography

Demigod: The Legend Begins, Limbo, The Abandoned, Geylang, Salute

Best original film score

Incantation, The Narrow Road, Limbo, Salute, Coo-Coo 043

A still from GAGA.

Best original film song

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep, Gaga, My Best Friend’s Breakfast, The Narrow Road, Untold Herstory

Best film editing

A Holy Family, Incantation, Limbo, Bad Education, Coo-Coo 043

Best sound effects

Incantation, Limbo, The Abandoned, Kissing the Ground You Walked On, Coo-Coo 043

Outstanding Taiwanese filmmaker of the year

Chen Ming-ze

Lifetime achievement award

Lai Cheng-ying, Chang Chao-tang

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