[2010.03.04] HONG KONG FILM CRITIC SOCIETY AWARDS

The 16th Annual Hong Kong Film Critic Society award ceremony yesterday took place at the Sai Wan Ho Film Archive. BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (SUP YUET WAI SING)'s Wang Xueqi and AT THE END OF DAYBREAK (SUM MOR)'s Wai Yin Hung won Best Actor and Best Actress. The event also announced seven recommended films and other awards. Fresh out of the oven Best Actor and Best Actress were very nervous. Wai Yin Hung was named Best Actress again 30 years later, she was so nervous that her arm suffered a break out.

Yesterday's ceremony invited Eric Tsang Chi Wai and John Chong Ching to present. Wai Yin Hung earlier with the film won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress. This time she won Best Actor. She would like to thank Tsang Chi Wai the most. He enlightened her when he asked her to make JIANG HU, in which she played a mother for the first time and widen her film range. This was Siu Hung's first Film Critic Society Best Actress award. When she learned the good news she was still asleep. Was she confident about the Hong Kong Film Award? She expressed that earlier she was already very nervous after learning that she won this award. Yesterday when she personally accepted it she was so nervous that her arm suffered a break out. She knew that many people thought she was the Hong Kong Film Award Best Actress favorite. She too would like to win this award in order to thank everyone for their support. Siu Hung has been in the business for 31 years. She already won Best Actress at the 1st Hong Kong Film Award, but now at her age she would not have more chances to win. Instead she would have better chances with Best Supporting Actress nominations. If she would truly win this year, she would have to properly celebrate.

Wang Xueqi made the trip to Hong Kong to attend. He expressed that at first when he received Peter Chan Ho Sun's call he was told that this was a very important award, but yesterday he found how curiously few people were present. He thanked BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS' actors, like Leon Lai Ming who despite not being in the shoot stayed to rehearse with him. This time also changed his view on Nicholas Tse Ting Fung. He felt that he was not only handsome but also a kid with potential. Wang Xueqi said that although he was older than Ting Fung and his elder in the business, he still respected him very much. Was his confidence of winning the Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor strengthened? Wang Xueqi said that he still has not seen his fellow nominees' work. He would like to win because the award was a recognition of an actor.

The seven recommended films were WRITTEN BY (JOI SUN HO), PRINCE OF TEARS, TACTICAL UNIT - COMRADES IN ARMS (GAING DUT BO DUI -- TUNG BAU), OVERHEARD (SIT TING FUNG WON), SHINJUKU INCIDENT (SUN SHOOK SI GEIN), GLAMOROUS MOMENT (MEI MEI SI GUONG), and BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (SUP YUET WAI SING). Other awards included Best Screenplay for WRITTEN BY's Wai Ka Fai and Au Kin Yi, Best Director for OVERHEARD's Alan Mak Siu Fai and Felix Chong Man Keung, and Best Picture KJ.