Hong Kong Film Awards nominees channel magician spirit in photo shoot

Apr 6 , 2017

Shawn Yue nominated for Best Actor for his performance in Mad World

Zhou Dongyu, Ma Sichun and Tony Leung Ka-fai display their other side, and ‘Soul Mate’ garners 12 nominations

The much-anticipated Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday night at Tsim Sha Tsui’s Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Leading up to the event, we followed the Best Actor and Best Actress Awards nominees to an exclusive photo shoot which unveiled the other side of the brilliant stars.

Richie Jen wearing Tiffany watch at the photoshoot

Best actress nominees Zhou Dongyu and Ma Sichun of Soul Mate fame channelled magician chic for the photo shoot, while Best Actor nominee Tony Leung Ka-fai also showed off his magical moments in front of the camera.

Zhou Dongyu wearing Tiffany jewellery at the photoshoot

With 12 nominations under its belt, romantic drama Soul Mate , which follows two childhood nemeses, is a front-runner at this year’s Awards. Nominees Zhou and Ma have previously bagged Best Actress Awards at the prestigious Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards.

See the full nominees list for the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Best Film

Soul Mate, Trivisa, Mermaid, Weeds on Fire, Cold War 2

Best Director

Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong (Trivisa), Stephen Chow (Mermaid), Derek Tsang (Soul Mate),Johnnie To (Three), Wong Chun (Mad World)

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Hong Kong Film Awards nominees channel magician spirit in photo shoot

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Zhou Dongyu, Ma Sichun and Tony Leung Ka-fai display their other side, and ‘Soul Mate’ garners 12 nominations

Zhou Dongyu, Ma Sichun and Tony Leung Ka-fai display their other side, and ‘Soul Mate’ garners 12 nominations