Gallants and Dee split HK Film Awards

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Awards News

The 30th Hong Kong Film Awards (香港電影金像獎) split their honours on Sunday night between fantasy actioner Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (狄仁杰之通天帝國) and retro martial arts picture Gallants (打擂台).

While Detective Dee collected six awards including best director for Tsui Hark (徐克) and best actress for Carina Lau (劉嘉玲), the more Hong Kong-focussed Gallants claimed the final prize for best picture. Earlier in the evening it had collected three others including both supporting actor and actress.

Detective Dee also collected awards for best costume, best art direction, visual effects and best sound.

Other winners included Stool Pigeon (線人, Nicholas Tse 謝霆鋒 as best actor) and Ip Man 2 (葉問2, Sammo Hung 洪金寶 for best action direction) and Love In A Puff (志明與春嬌, Pang Ho-cheung 彭浩翔 and Heiward Mak 麥曦茵 for best screenplay).

Japan's Confessions (告白) collected the award for best Asian film, beating favourites Aftershock (唐山大地震) and Under The Hawthorn Tree (山楂樹之戀).

Guest presenters in the nearly four hours included Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢), Chow Yun-fat (周潤發), Vicki Zhao (趙薇), Eric Tsang (曾志偉), Michael Hui (許冠文), Kara Hui (惠英紅), Jackie Chan (成龍) and Zhou Xun (周迅).

Spotted in the audience were Gordon Chan (陳嘉上), Peter Lam (林建岳), Nansun Shi (施南生), Jack So (蘇澤光), John Chong (莊澄), James Wang Zhonglei (王中磊), Raymond Wong (黃浩然) and a tearful Cecilia Cheung (張柏芝).

Earlier this year Gallants was named as the best picture of 2010 in the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (香港電影評論學會大獎).

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