Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards

The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (traditional Chinese: 臺北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan since 1962. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, though the venue has been shifted around the island in recent times.

It is modeled after the Academy Awards and major film festivals worldwide. The awards, contested by submissions from Taiwan, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC) and elsewhere, are generally thought to be the most prestigious for Chinese-language films.

Winners are selected by a jury of judges in the week leading up to the ceremony. Winners are awarded with a Golden Horse statuette during a broadcast ceremony.

Overview

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 (Taiwan) enacted the “Mandarin Film Award Regulation of Year 1962” to officially found the Golden Horse Awards. The name 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 an artiste or film from mainland China to enter the Awards. Mainland artists or films has won several times, such as Jiang Wen's In the Heat of the Sun, Best Actor award won by 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 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 winners

Best Film

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 (阳光灿烂的日子) (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

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 (Alex Law, 1988)

1987: Straw Man (Wang Toon, 1987)

1986: The Terrorizers (Edward Yang, 1986)

1985: Kuei-Mei, a Woman (Chang Yi, 1985)

1984: Old Mao's Second Spring (Lee You-Ning, 1984)

1983: Growing Up (Chen Kun-hou, 1983)

1982: The Battle for the Republic of China (Ting Shan-his, 1981)

1981: If I Were for Real (Wang Toon, 1981)

1980: Good Morning, Taipei (Li Hsing, 1979)

1979: Story of a Small Town (Li Hsing, 1979)

1978: He Never Gives Up (Li Hsing, 1978)

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

1976: The Victory (Liu Jia-Chang, 1976)

1975: Land of the Undaunted (Li Hsing, 1975)

1973: The Escape (Yu Fong-jhih, 1973)

1972: Execution in Autumn (Li Hsing, 1972)

1971: The Story of Tin-Ying (Li Han-hsiang, 1970)

1970: Home Sweet Home (Pai Ching-jui, 1970)

1969: Spring in a Small Town (Yang Wen-gan, 1969)

1968: The Road (Li Hsing, 1967)

1967: Orchids and My Love (Lee Chia, 1966)

1966: His-shih, Beauty of Beauties (Li Han-hsiang, 1965)

1965: Beautiful Duckling (Li Hsing, 1964)

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

1962: Sun, Moon and Star (Yi Wen, 1961)

Source: The People Are Missing

References

External links

• 金馬獎官方網站 Golden Horse Awards Official Website
• IMDb entry