Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award

The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (Traditional Chinese: 香港電影評論學會大獎) are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong, China since 1995. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society. The transcript of such discussion can be found in the annual journal of Hong Kong film reviews which is published by the society every year.

The society presented the awards in a casual but star-studded ceremony. Over the years, several venues have been used for the award presentation, including Planet Hollywood Restaurant (closed), Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, and Hong Kong Film Archive.

Note: These awards are not to be confused with the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Bauhinia Awards organised by the Hong Kong Film Critics Association.

2011 awards (18th)

• Best Film: A Simple Life
• Best Director: Jiang Wen for Let the Bullets Fly
• Best Screenplay: Yau Nai-Hoi, Yip Tin-Shing, Ben Wong, Jeff Cheung for Life Without Principle
• Best Actor: Lau Ching-Wan for Life Without Principle
• Best Actress: Deanie Ip for A Simple Life

• Films of Merit: Life Without Principle, Overheard 2, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Let the Bullets Fly, White Vengeance, Big Blue Lake

2010 awards (17th)

• Best Film: Gallants
• Best Director: Su Chao-pin for Reign of Assassins
• Best Screenplay: Ivy Ho for Crossing Hennessy
• Best Actor: Teddy Robin for Gallants
• Best Actress: Miriam Yeung for Perfect Wedding

• Films of Merit: Reign of Assassins, Crossing Hennessy, The Stool Pigeon, Breaking the Willow, La Comédie humaine, Like a Dream, Love in a Puff

• Presenter: Johnnie To

2009 awards (16th)

• Best Film: KJ: Music and Life
• Best Director: Alan Mak, Felix Chong for Overheard
• Best Screenplay: Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee for Written By
• Best Actor: Wang Xueqi for Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Actress: Kara Hui for At the End of Daybreak

• Films of Merit: Written By, Prince of Tears, Overheard, Tactical Unit – Comrades in Arms, Shinjuku Incident, Glamorous Youth, Bodyguards and Assassins

• Presenter: Eric Tsang

2008 awards (15th)

• Best Film: The Way We Are
• Best Director: Ann Hui for The Way We Are
• Best Screenplay: Ivy Ho for Claustrophobia
• Best Actor: Nick Cheung for Beast Stalker
• Best Actress: Paw Hee-Ching for The Way We Are

• Films of Merit: High Noon, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, Sparrow, Run Papa Run, Beast Stalker, Claustrophobia, City Without Baseball

• Presenter: Derek Yee

2007 awards (14th)

• Best Film: The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
• Best Director: Ann Hui for The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
• Best Screenplay: Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee for Mad Detective
• Best Actor: Tony Leung Ka-Fai for Eye in the Sky
• Best Actress: Siqin Gaowa for The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

• Films of Merit: Eye in the Sky, The Warlords, Whispers and Moans, Hooked On You, Mad Detective, Triangle, Protege, The Detective

• Presenter: Stanley Kwan

2006 awards (13th)

• Best Film: Election 2
• Best Director: Johnnie To for Exiled
• Best Screenplay: Wong Jing, Tang Tut-hei for Wo Hu
• Best Actor: Jet Li for Fearless
• Best Actress: Gong Li for Curse of the Golden Flower

• Films of Merit: Wo Hu, The Heavenly Kings, Confession of Pain, Exiled, On the Edge, Fearless, Heavenly Mission, After This Our Exile

• Presenter: Joe Cheung

2005 awards (12th)

• Best Film: Election
• Best Director: Johnnie To for Election
• Best Screenplay: Wong Jing for Colour of the Loyalty
• Best Actor: Tony Leung Ka-Fai for Everlasting Regret
• Best Actress: Zhou Xun for Perhaps Love

• Films of Merit: Seven Swords, Colour of the Loyalty, Crazy N' The City, Initial D, SPL, Home Sweet Home, Perhaps Love, Everlasting Regret

• Presenter: Wong Tin-Lam

2004 awards (11th)

• Best Film: McDull, Prince de la Bun
• Best Director: Derek Yee for One Nite in Mongkok
• Best Screenplay: Gordon Chan, Chung Kai-Cheung for A-1 Headline
• Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai for 2046
• Best Actress: Zhang Ziyi for 2046

• Films of Merit: Dumplings: Three... Extremes, One Nite in Mongkok, Throwdown, Kung Fu Hustle, Love Battlefield, A-1 Headline, Colour Blossoms, 2046, Breaking News

• Presenter: Ann Hui

2003 awards (10th)

• Best Film: Infernal Affairs II
• Best Director: Johnnie To for PTU
• Best Screenplay: Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Au Kin-Yee, Yip Tin-Shing for Running on Karma
• Best Actor: Andy Lau for Running on Karma
• Best Actress: Cecilia Cheung for Running on Karma

• Films of Merit: PTU, Running on Karma, Lost in Time, Public Toilet, Infernal Affairs III, Men Suddenly in Black, Golden Chicken 2, Colour of the Truth, The Death Curse

• Presenter: Michael Hui

2002 awards (9th)

• Best Film: Chinese Odyssey 2002
• Best Director: Peter Chan for Three
• Best Screenplay: Fruit Chan for Hollywood Hong-Kong
• Best Actor: Anthony Wong Chau Sang for Infernal Affairs
• Best Actress: Faye Wong for Chinese Odyssey 2002

• Films of Merit: Hollywood Hong Kong, Infernal Affairs, Fat Choi Spirit, Runaway Pistol, Shark Busters, Three, Inner Senses, The Mummy, Aged 19, The Eye, Second Time Around, New Blood

• Presenter: Gordon Chan

2001 awards (8th)

• Best Film: Shaolin Soccer
• Best Director: Ann Hui for Visible Secret
• Best Screenplay: Vincci Cheuk for Merry-Go-Round
• Best Actor: Lau Ching-Wan for La Brassiere
• Best Actress: Sammi Cheng for Wu yen

• Films of Merit: Visible Secret, July Rhapsody, From the Queen to the Chief Executive, The Legend of Zu, Lan Yu, My Life as McDull, Running Out of Time 2, Merry Go Round

• Presenter: Connie Chan Po-chu

2000 awards (7th)

• Best Film: Durian Durian
• Best Director: Wong Kar-wai for In the Mood for Love
• Best Screenplay: Chan Hing-Ka, Amy Chin for Jiang hu: The Triad Zone
• Best Actor: Francis Ng for 2000 AD
• Best Actress: Qin Hailu for Durian Durian

• Special Achievement Award: Yuen Woo-Ping for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

• Films of Merit: Spacked Out, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, In the Mood for Love, Jiang Hu - The Triad Zone, Juliet in Love, Needing You

• Presenter: Chow Yun-fat

1999 awards (6th)

• Best Film: The Mission
• Best Director: Johnnie To for The Mission
• Best Screenplay: Matt Chow, Wilson Yip, Ben Cheung for Bullets Over Summer
• Best Actor: Francis Ng for Bullets Over Summer
• Best Actress: Law Lan for Bullets Over Summer

• Films of Merit: Bullets Over Summer, Little Cheung, Ordinary Heroes, Victim, Love will Tear Us Apart, Running Out of Time, Tempting Heart

• Presenter: Peter Chan

1998 awards (5th)

• Best Film: Beast Cops
• Best Director: Johnnie To for A Hero Never Dies
• Best Screenplay: Yau Nai-Hoi, Szeto Kam-Yuen, Chow Hin-Yan for Expect the Unexpected & Jeff Lau for Timeless Romance
• Best Actor: Anthony Wong Chau Sang for Beast Cops
• Best Actress: Sandra Ng for Portland Street Blues

• Films of Merit: Troublesome Night 3, Expect the Unexpected, The Longest Nite, Hold You Tight, The Longest Summer, The Storm Riders, A Little Life-Opera, Anna Magdalena, Timeless Romance

• Presenter: Leslie Cheung

1997 awards (4th)

• Best Film: Full Alert
• Best Director: Fruit Chan for Made in Hong Kong
• Best Screenplay: Chan Hing-Ka for Task Force
• Best Actor: Lau Ching-Wan for Full Alert
• Best Actress: Jacklyn Wu for Eighteen Springs

• Films of Merit: Made in Hong Kong, Happy Together, Lifeline, Task Force, Eighteen Springs, Walk In, A Chinese Ghost Story - The Animation, Too Many Ways to Be No.1, Armageddon

• Presenter: Edward Yang

1996 awards (3rd)

• Best Film: Comrades: Almost a Love Story
• Best Director: Peter Chan for Comrades: Almost a Love Story & Gordon Chan for First Option
• Best Screenplay: Kwok Wai-Chung for Mongkok Story
• Best Actor: Francis Ng for Once Upon a Time in Triad Society
• Best Actress: Maggie Cheung for Comrades: Almost a Love Story

• Films of Merit: Forbidden City Cop, Mongkok Story, First Option, Once Upon a Time in Triad Society, Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2, Young and Dangerous 3, Lost and Found, Hu-Du-Men

• Presenter: Yim Ho

1995 awards (2nd)

• Best Film: Summer Snow
• Best Director: Derek Yee for Full Throttle
• Best Screenplay: Jeff Lau for A Chinese Odyssey
• Best Actor: Stephen Chow for A Chinese Odyssey
• Best Actress: Siqin Gaowa for The Day the Sun Turned Cold & Josephine Siao for Summer Snow

• Films of Merit: A Chinese Odyssey, The Day the Sun Turned Cold, Full Throttle, Fallen Angels, The Day that Doesn't Exist, The Case of the Cold Fish, The Blade, Once in a Lifetime

• Presenter: Hou Hsiao-Hsien

1994 awards (1st)

• Best Film: Ashes of Time
• Best Director: Wong Kar-wai for Ashes of Time
• Best Screenplay: Wong Kar-wai for Ashes of Time
• Best Actor: Leslie Cheung for Ashes of Time
• Best Actress: Joan Chen for Red Rose, White Rose

• Films of Merit: Chungking Express, The Private Eye Blues, Beginner's Luck, Love and the City, Long And Winding Road, The Third Full Moon

• Presenters: David Bordwell, Ulrich Gregor, Ann Hui

External links

• Official site
• Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards at Internet Movie Database