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Asian Cinema Scene: 'Ip Man' Awarded, Indian Fest Opens in LA
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This week's Asian Cinema Scene travels to Hong Kong and Los Angeles, showcasing recent and upcoming films.
Hong Kong Film Awards. Wilson Yip's galvanizing martial arts biopic Ip Man won the Best Film award at the annual ceremony held on Sunday, according to China Daily. Donnie Yen stars as a respected Wing Chun master who ultimately is forced to use his martial arts skills to defend his country's honor against the invading Japanese in the late 1930s. Sammo Hung and Tony Leung Siu-Hung deservedly won the Best Action Design award for their work on the film. (My capsule review and the trailer.)
The other big winner doesn't feature any martial arts or big battle scenes. Low-budget drama The Way We Are won for Best Director (Ann Hui), Best Actress (Bau Hei-Jing), Supporting Actress (Chan Lai-Wun), and Best Screenplay (Lui Yau-Wah). Edmund Lee in Time Out Hong Kong sniffed that it's a "crowd-pleasing film that, lamentably, is a contrived attempt at social commentary," while Lunapark6 was more impressed: "Ann Hui ... creates a quietly moving arthouse film ... to show life as it is for at least some of the Hong Kong regular folks." The trailer is embedded below.
Nick Cheung was honored as Best Actor for his haunting portrayal of a murderous child stealer with his own emotionally-wrenching back story in Dante Lam's Beast Stalker. Liu Kai-Chi took Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the same film. (My capsule review.) John Woo's big budget Red Cliff received five awards in the technical categories. The complete list of winners and nominees can be found at LoveHKFilm.com.
After the jump: Highlights of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, which starts tomorrow.
Hong Kong Film Awards Winners
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The big winner at last night's Hong Kong Film
Awards was Johnnie To's widely-praised gangster film Election,
which garnered four major awards including best picture, a category in which it defeated the night's other big winner,
Perhaps
Love. To took home the trophy for best director, while star Tony
Leung Ka Fai (not the one in all the Wong Kar-Wai movies) was named best actor. Despite losing out to
Election in most of the major categories, Perhaps Love, the big budget, star-filled musical, actually
won the most awards on the night with six, including the one for best actress (Zhou Xun). The film was also recognized
for its cinematography, score, and original song.In addition, the fantastic Anthony Wong was named best supporting actor for his work in Initial D, a film whose star, Jay Chou, took home the award for best new performer. Finally, Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, a film to which National Geographic has acquired the North American distribution rights, was named best Asian film, defeating Oscar nominee Howl's Moving Castle, among others.
Edit: A full list of nominees can be found here.
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