Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 台北金馬影展
48th Golden Horse Awards
Awarded for	Best in Chinese Language movies and films
Presented by	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
Date	26 November 2011 (2011-11-26)
Location	Taiwan
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
First awarded	1962
Official website	Taipei Golden Horse Awards

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962, by Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan). The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, though the venue has been shifted around the island in recent times.

The festival and awards are organised by Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee and is Taiwan's equivalent to the Academy Awards. The awards are contested by Chinese-language submissions from Taiwan, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC) and elsewhere. It is one of the four major Chinese-language film awards, along with Hong Kong Film Award, Golden Rooster Awards and Hundred Flowers Awards. It is also one of major annual awards presented in Taiwan along with Golden Bell Awards for television production and Golden Melody Awards for music.

Submission period are usually around July to August each year and nominations are announced around October with the ceremony held in November or December. Winners are selected by a jury of judges and awarded a Golden Horse statuette during the broadcast ceremony.

Overview[link]

The Golden Horse awards ceremony is held after a month-long festival showcasing some of the nominated feature films for the awards. A majority of the film winners in the history of the awards have been Hong Kong productions.

In May 1962, the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) enacted the “Mandarin Film Award Regulation of Year 1962” to officially found the Golden Horse Awards. The name "Golden Horse" (金馬) comes from the islands of Kinmen (金門) and Matsu (馬祖), which are under ROC control.^[1]

Under current regulations, any film made primarily in a Chinese language is eligible for competition. Since 1996, a liberalization act allows for films from mainland China to enter the Awards. Mainland artists or films have won several times, such as Jiang Wen's In the Heat of the Sun in 1996, Best Actor for Xia Yu (夏雨) in 1996, Joan Chen's Xiu Xiu: the Sent down Girl in 1999, Best Actress for Qin Hailu (秦海璐) in 2001 and Lu Chuan's Kekexili: Mountain Patrol in 2004.

Recent winners can be found at the official site of the Golden Horse Film Awards: [1]

Past Golden Horse Award Best Film winners[link]

Best Film^[2]

2011: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 賽德克‧巴萊  Taiwan - director Wei Te-Sheng

2010: When Love Comes (當愛來的時候) (2010)  Taiwan - director Tso-chi Chang

2009: No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (不能没有你) (2009)  Taiwan - director Leon Dai

2008: The Warlords (投名状) (2008)  China/ Hong Kong - director Peter Chan

2007: Lust, Caution (色，戒) (2007)  China/ Taiwan - director Ang Lee

2006: After This Our Exile (父子) (2006)  Hong Kong - director Patrick Tam

2005: Kung Fu Hustle (功夫) (2004)  China/ Hong Kong - director Stephen Chow

2004: Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (可可西里) (2004)  China - director Lu Chuan

2003: Infernal Affairs (無間道) (2002)  Hong Kong - directors Andrew Lau and Alan Mak

2002: The Best of Times (美麗時光) (2001)  Taiwan - director Tso-chi Chang

2001: Durian Durian (榴槤飄飄) (2000)  Hong Kong - director Fruit Chan

2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (臥虎藏龍) (2000)  China/ Taiwan/ Hong Kong/ United States - director Ang Lee

1999: Ordinary Heroes (千言萬語) (1999)  Hong Kong - director Ann Hui

1998: Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴) (1998)  China - director Joan Chen

1997: Comrades: Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜) (1996)  Hong Kong - director Peter Chan

1996: In the Heat of the Sun (陽光燦爛的日子) (1994)  China - director Jiang Wen

1995: Summer Snow (女人四十) (1995)  Hong Kong - director Ann Hui On-Wah

1994: Vive L'Amour (愛情萬歲) (1994)  Taiwan - director Tsai Ming-liang

1993: The Wedding Banquet (喜宴) (1993)  Taiwan - director Ang Lee

1992: Hill of No Return (無言的山丘) (1992)  Taiwan - director Wang Tung

1991: A Brighter Summer Day (牯嶺街少年殺人事件) (1991)  Taiwan - director Edward Yang

1990: Red Dust (Hong Kong) (滾滾紅塵) (1990)  Hong Kong - director Yim Ho

1989: Full Moon in New York (三個女人的故事) (1990)  Hong Kong - director Stanley Kwan

1988: Painted Faces (七小福) (1988)  Hong Kong - director Alex Law

1987: Straw Man (稻草人) (1987)  Taiwan - director Wang Tung

1986: The Terrorizers (恐怖份子) (1986)  Taiwan - director Edward Yang

1985: Kuei-Mei, a Woman (我這樣過了一生) (1985)  Taiwan - director Chang Yi

1984: Old Mao's Second Spring (老莫的第二個春天) (1984)  Taiwan - director Lee You-Ning

1983: Growing Up (小畢的故事) (1983)  Taiwan - director Chen Kun-hou

1982: The Battle for the Republic of China (辛亥雙十) (1981)  Hong Kong/ Taiwan - director Ting Shan-hsi

1981: If I Were for Real (假如我是真的) (1981)  Taiwan - director Wang Tung

1980: Good Morning, Taipei (早安臺北) (1979)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1979: Story of a Small Town (小城故事) (1979)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1978: He Never Gives Up (汪洋中的一條船) (1978)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1977: Heroes of the Eastern Skies (筧橋英烈傳) (1977)  Taiwan - director Chang Tsung-che

1976: The Victory (梅花) (1976)  Taiwan - director Liu Jia-Chang

1975: Land of the Undaunted (吾土吾民) (1975)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1973: The Escape (忍) (1973)  Hong Kong - director Yu Fong-jhih

1972: Execution in Autumn (秋决) (1972)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1971: The Story of Ti-Ying (緹縈) (1970)  Hong Kong/ Taiwan - director Li Han Hsiang

1970: Home Sweet Home (家在臺北) (1970)  Taiwan - director Pai Ching-jui

1969: Spring in a Small Town (小鎮春回) (1969)  Taiwan - director Yang Wen-gan

1968: The Road (1967) (路)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1967: Orchids and My Love (我女若蘭) (1966)  Taiwan - director Lee Chia

1966: Hsi-shih, Beauty of Beauties (西施) (1965)  Hong Kong/ Taiwan - director Li Han Hsiang

1965: Beautiful Duckling (養鴨人家) (1964)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1963: The Love Eterne (梁山伯與祝英台) (1963)  Hong Kong - director Li Han Hsiang

1962: Sun, Moon and Star (星星月亮太陽) (1961)  Hong Kong - director Yi Wen

References[link]

External links[link]

• 金馬獎官方網站 Golden Horse Awards Official Website
• IMDb entry
• Taiwan Culture Portal: 47th Golden Horse Awards Herald a Renaissance in Taiwan’s Film Industry (in English)

Johnnie To
Chinese name	杜琪峯
Chinese name	杜琪峯 (Traditional)
Chinese name	杜琪峰 (Simplified)
Pinyin	dù qífēng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	dou6 kei4 fung1 (Cantonese)
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	(1955-04-22) 22 April 1955 (age 57) Hong Kong
Other name(s)	Johnny To
Occupation	film director, producer
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director 2000 The Mission 2004 PTU 2006 Election Best Film 2004 Running on Karma 2006 Election Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Director 2000 The Mission 2004 PTU 2007 Exiled Best Film 2000 The Mission 2004 PTU 2006 Election 2007 Exiled Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Director 1998 A Hero Never Dies 1999 The Mission 2003 PTU 2005 Election 2006 Exiled Best Film 1999 The Mission 2005 Election 2006 Election 2 Golden Horse Awards Best Director 1999 The Mission 2004 Breaking News

Johnnie To Kei-Fung, born 22 April 1955, is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong,^[1] To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in the West he is best known for his action and crime movies, which have earned him critical respect^[2][3] and a cult following.

His films, often made in collaboration with the same group of actors, screenwriters and cinematographers, frequently explore themes of friendship, fate and the changing face of Hong Kong society.^[4][5] Sometimes described as "multifaceted and chameleonic"^[3] due to his ability to switch tones and genres between movies, To is nonetheless seen as having a consistent style, which involves mixing subdued realism and social observation with highly stylized visual and acting elements.^[4]

To heads the Hong Kong-based production company Milkyway Image with his frequent co-director Wai Ka-Fai.

Career[link]

Johnnie To began his career at age 17^[1] as a messenger for the Hong Kong television studio TVB. From there To moved up the ladder, working as an executive producer and director on TV shows starting in 1973. In 1978, he shot his first theatrical feature, but continued working in television.

An assistant TV director in the Shaw Studios era, To became famous when his 1989 film All About Ah-Long, starring Chow Yun-fat, became one of the biggest box office hits in that year. In 1988, he co-directed The Big Heat, his first action movie. The film was produced by Tsui Hark. The end of the 1980s also saw some of To's biggest commercial successes, the vast majority of which were comedies. His 1988 film The Eighth Happiness was that year's highest grossing movie.^[6]

In 1996, To and frequent collaborator Wai Ka-Fai formed Milkyway Image, a production house that specializes in cost-efficient independent films made by To and Wai, as well their frequent collaborators from Law Wing-Cheong to scriptwriter Yau Nai-Hoi.

In April 2011, it was announced that he would be a member of the jury for the main competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.^[7]

Critical reputation[link]

A genre filmmaker who produces work for a mainstream audience, To has developed a very strong reputation in English-language film criticism. In his review of To's 2008 film Sparrow for the website of Tisch Film Review, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky writes: "To has directed some of the best movies of the last two decades; he is more astounding than almost any other director working today. His cinema is exciting (but never tiring), intelligent (but never distanced), and, above all, emotional."^[8] Reviewing To's Exiled for the Chicago Reader in 2007, critic Fred Camper writes: "...like many great filmmakers — Howard Hawks, John Ford, Raoul Walsh — Hong Kong-based To makes movies that are both commercially viable and animated by a powerful artistic vision."^[5] Defining To's vision, Camper adds that "To’s worldview can take precedence over the narrative"^[5] and praises the director for his "subtle visual poetry."^[5]

To has also earned the admiration of foreign filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, who called To's 2005 film Election "the best film of the year".^[9]

Hong Kong film critic Perry Lam of Muse Magazine sees To as 'a gifted storyteller and dramatist who has made up his mind to be a stylist and visual poet,' but also observes that 'his insistence on elegance and control limits his work. He perfects his images until you begin to feel like a clumsy intruder for even looking at them. Rarely do you get beneath the decorous surface and feel a character's lifeblood.'^[10]

Festivals and awards[link]

Commercially successful in his native Hong Kong, To's films have regularly appeared at international festivals, most notably in Europe and North America. At the Venice International Film Festival, Throw Down was screened Out-of-Competition in 2004; Exiled was shown in Competition at the festival in 2006; Mad Detective was shown in Competition in 2007.

Five of To's films have been featured at the Cannes Film Festival: Breaking News premiered as an Out-of-Competition midnight screening in 2004;^[11] Election was shown in Competition in 2005;^[12] its sequel, Election 2 (aka Triad Election), was screened in Out-of-Competition midnight screenings in 2006, and Triangle was screened in Out-of-Competition midnight screenings in 2007; Vengeance competed for the prestigious Palme D'Or in 2009. At the Berlin International Film Festival, Sparrow was shown in Competition in 2008.

In North America, To's films have been consistently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Mission, Fulltime Killer, PTU, Breaking News, Throw Down and Mad Detective all screened between 1999 and 2007. In 2006, Election, Election 2, and Exiled were screened.

In 2005, To received the "Time Machine Career Achievement Award" at the Festival de Cine de Sitges, Europe's most prestigious film festival specializing in genre films. To was also honoured as a "Filmmaker in Focus" of 2007 International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2009, while Vengeance competed at Cannes, To was made an officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture in recognition for his films.^[13]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Johnnie To at the Internet Movie Database
• Johnnie To at LoveHKFilm.com
• Interview with Johnnie To at IFC.com

Sean Lau Ching-Wan (simplified Chinese: 刘青云; traditional Chinese: 劉青雲; pinyin: Liú Qīngyún; born February 16, 1964) is a Hong Kong Film Award–winning and Golden Bauhinia Award–winning film and former television actor based in Hong Kong.

Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1964. He joined the TVB acting classes in 1983 and made his first appearance on TV the following year with TV drama Draw Out the Rainbow. Dark-skinned with no matinee-idol look, he struggled to be cast until in the immensely popular stock market drama The Greed of Man (1992), when he acted opposite Adam Cheng. His wife, former (1991) Miss Hong Kong Amy Kwok, is a well-known former television actress.

Lau is one of a handful of Hong Kong actors who has made the successful transition from TV to film; he is now exclusively a film actor.

Career[link]

He made his film debut in 1986 and since then has been cast in an increasing number of roles. Amongst his more memorable roles include acting opposite Anita Yuen as a down-and-out musician in C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993) and in a number of cop thrillers, such as Big Bullet (1996), Full Alert (1997), The Longest Nite (1998), Running out of Time (1999), Running Out of Time 2 (2001) and Mad Detective (2007). He has proven himself to be one of Hong Kong's most versatile actors, handling comedy roles with aplomb, as in La Brassiere (2001) and Three of a Kind (2003).

Filmography[link]

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TV series[link]

• Police Cadet '84 (1984)
• The Duke of Mount Deer (1984)
• The Battle Among the Clans (1985)
• Ngan sik lui to (1985)
• Genghis Khan (1987)
• Twilight of a Nation (1988)
• The Greed of Man (1992)
• The Challenge of Life (1990)
• The Seasons II (1990)
• The Dragon Sword
• The Grand Canal (1987)
• Divine Retribution (2000)

Films[link]

• The Happy Massage Girls – (????)
• Silent Love (1986) – Kelly Mak
• Police Story 2 (1988) – CID Man 1
• Live Hard (1989) – Fai/Chief
• My Dear Son (1989)
• Angel Hunter (1991) – Jack Chow Man-Kit
• The Roar of the Vietnamese (1991) – Fan Wan-Tin
• Water Margin: True Colors of Heroes (1992) – Tso Wu
• The Shootout (1992) – Liu
• The Gods Must Be Crazy IV (1993) – John
• Thou Shalt Not Swear (1993) – Chow's Partner
• Pink Bomb (1993) – Daniel
• Executioners (1993) – Tak
• Beginner's Luck (1994) – Mark
• C'est la vie, mon chéri (1994) – Kit
• Bloody Hand Goddess (1994)
• I've Got You, Babe (1994) – Charcoal
• Bomb Disposal Officer: Baby Bomb (1994) – Peter Chan
• It's a Wonderful Life (1994) – Cousin
• Shanghai Fever (1994)
• Over the Rainbow Under the Skirt (1994) – Narrator
• The Most Wanted (1994) – Ho Chi-Yung/Cat
• Don't Shoot Me, I'm Just a Violinist (1994) – Mozart
• Oh! My Three Guys (1994) – Hoi
• I Wanna Be Your Man (1994) – Lu Che-Mo
• Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994) – Big Lobster
• Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai (1994) – Dee
• The Third Full Moon (1994) – Chow's Partner
• Tears and Triumph (1994) – Xie Shi-Wen
• Loving You (1995) – Lau
• Once in a Lifetime (1995) – Kei-on
• Mother of a Different Kind (1995) – Supt Cheung Hung
• Only Fools Fall in Love (1995) – Chiu Ford
• Wealthy Human Realm (1995) (uncredited) – Cameo
• Sea Root (1995) – Sea Root
• Happy Hour (1995) – Chong Tsang
• Doctor Mack (1995) – Chiu
• The Golden Girls (1995) – Chun Wei
• New Tenant (1995) – Joe
• Tricky Business (1995) – Ko Hing
• Romantic Dream (1995) – Hung Chi-Lung
• Black Mask (1996) – Inspector 'Rock' Shek
• Beyond Hypothermia (1996) – Long Shek
• Big Bullet (1996) – Bill Zhu
• Tristar (1996) – Fa
• Muto Bontie (1996) – Lam Chak-Chi/Chi
• Viva Erotica (1996) – Yee Tung-Sing
• Final Justice (1996) – Father Lee (Ho)
• My Dad Is a Jerk (1997) – Li Lap-Cheong
• Full Alert (1997) – Inspector Pao
• Lifeline (1997) – Yau Sui
• The Longest Nite (1997) – Tony
• Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) – Kau
• Expect the Unexpected (1998) – Sam
• Step Into the Dark (1998) – Dr. Care Quan
• The Victim (1999) – Manson Ma
• Running Out of Time (1999) – Inspector Ho Sheung-Sang
• Where a Good Man Goes (1999) – Michael
• The H.K. Triad (1999) – Ho
• A Hero Never Dies (1998) – Martin
• Running Out of Time 2 (2001) – Inspector Ho Sheung-Sang
• La Brassiere (2001) – Johnny
• Lunch with Charles (2001) (as Sean Lau) – Tong
• Mighty Baby (2002) – Johnny Hung
• My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) – Ken Wong
• Fat Choi Spirit (2002) – Ching Wan
• Lost in Time (2003) – Dai Fai
• Good Times, Bed Times (2003) – Raymond
• Colour of the Truth (2003) – Seven Up
• The Attractive One (2004) – Hugo
• Three of a Kind (2004) – Frankie
• Driving Miss Wealthy (2004) – Mario/Kit
• Itchy Heart (2004) – Poon Chi-Man
• Fantasia (2004) – Michael
• Himalaya Singh (2005) – Uncle Panic
• My Name is Fame (2006) – Poon Kar-Fai
• The Shopaholics (2006) – Choosey Lee
• Mad Detective (2007) – Chan Kwai-Bun
• Poker King (2009) – Uno
• Written By (2009) – Tony
• Overheard (2009)
• Overheard 2 (2011)
• Life Without Principle (2011) – Wen
• The Great Magician (2012)
• Fairy Tale Killer (2012)

Awards[link]

He has won Best Actor Awards at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards in 1997 and 2001) and the Golden Bauhinia Awards in 1999. He also won his first Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2007. He won this award acting in the movie My Name is Fame.

External links[link]

• Lau Ching-Wan at the Internet Movie Database
• HK cinemagic entry

Fan Bingbing
Fan Bingbing at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Chinese name	范冰冰
Pinyin	Fàn Bīngbīng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Faan6 Bing1 Bing1 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Yantai, Shandong, China
Born	(1981-09-16) September 16, 1981 (age 30) Qingdao, Shandong, China
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1996 - present
Awards Golden Rooster Awards Best Supporting Actress 2007 The Matrimony

Fan Bingbing (born 16 September 1981) is a Chinese actress and singer.

Biography[link]

Fan was born in Qingdao, Shandong, and raised in Yantai, Shandong. She graduated from Shanghai Xie Jin's Star School and Shanghai Theatre Academy.

In 1997, Fan rose to stardom for her supporting role as Jin Suo in the Taiwanese television drama Princess Pearl and its sequel in 1998, which starred Zhao Wei and Ruby Lin in the leading roles.^[1] Over the next few years, through appearances in many films and television dramas, she became one of the more well-known actresses in mainland China. After achieving success in her acting career, Fan also released albums, posed for magazine covers and became a spokesperson for several commercial brands.

In 2007, Fan started her own studio, Fan Bingbing Studio (范冰冰工作室). The studio's first television production was Rouge Snow, followed by Jin Da Ban De Zuihou Yiye in 2008. Fan started an arts school in Huairou, Beijing, and served as its principal, but the school was actually run by her parents. She also became the leader of the acting team of West Movie Group (西影集团)'s arts center, and was popularly referred to as "China's Monica Bellucci".

In 2010, she also appeared in Wang Xiaoshuai's Chongqing Blues, which premiered at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. She also made appearance at the Shanghai International Film Festival that year.^[2]

In 2011, Fan appeared in the film Shaolin and Buddha Mountain, the later in which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival's Best Actress award.^[3]. She also appeared on the 64th Cannes Film Festival's red carpet and promoted her new film My Way together with the director and other main cast members.

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

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Discography[link]