[2010.10.02] BODYGUARDS RECEIVES NINE GOLDEN HORSE NOMINATIONS

The 47th Annual Taiwan Golden Horse Award ceremony will take place on November 20. The event yesterday announced its nominations. The local director Chang Tso-chi directed WHEN LOVE COMES received 14 nominations, the Teddy Chan Tak Sum directed BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS tightly followed with 9 nominations. Ethan Ruan (Yuen King Tin) starred

MONGA also received six nominations. Siu Tin also received his first Best Actor nomination. He felt very happy that his acting was recognized and only regretted that the film did not receive a Best Director nomination. Taiwan director Chang Tso-chi directed WHEN LOVE COMES has been nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best New Performer and other awards and tied the HOLLYWOOD HONG KONG nomination record. The Chan Tak Sum directed BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS also performed outstandingly with Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor and other nominations. Nicholas Tse Ting Fung even received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. He won in the same category at the Hong Kong Film Award, but he remained calm, cool and

collected. Emperor stated that it would try to make time for him to attend.

The Taiwan director Doze Niu Chen-Zer's MONGA did not received Best Feature Film or Best Director nominations. However he and producer Lee Lieh both have been nominated for Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year along with one of SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN director Essay Liu. As for Best Actor nominee Siu Tin felt very happy and only regretted that

director Niu Chen-Zer was not nominated for Best Director. However he has talked with the director over the phone and felt that everyone have worked hard for the film. One of Siu Tin's opponents would be BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS' Wang Xueqi, who Siu Tin honestly said he liked. Thus he was very happy to be nominated with him. If he truly won he won it for the

film. However he did not feel any pressure because he understood that it was beyond his control. He also said that at first when he switched from modeling to acting he thought about quitting, he never expected to be finally recognized now.

AFTERSHOCK received three nominations. Aside from Best Visual Effects, actresses Xu Fan and Zhang Jingchu received Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nomination respectively. Investor Media Asia was very happy and thought that Xu Fan and Zhang Jingchu deserved the

nominations. Less than perfect was the lack of Best Director and Best Feature Film nominations.

THE GOLDEN HORSE AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE FILM

* SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN

* BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS

* WHEN LOVE COMES

* JUDGE

* THE FOURTH PORTRAIT

BEST DOCUMENTARY

* E.SHA AGE

* CREATE SOMETHING

* HIP-HOP STORM

BEST SHORT FILM

* A PIECE OF CAKE

* MAGABAHAI

* CRIME JADE

* A SUSPENDED MOMENT

BEST DIRECTOR

* Teddy CHAN (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS)

* CHANG Tso-chi (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* LIU Jie (JUDGE)

* Mong-Hong CHUNG (THE FOURTH PORTRAIT)

BEST LEADING ACTOR

* Ethan JUAN (Yuen King Tin, MONGA)

* Xueqi WANG (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS)

* NI Dahong (JUDGE)

* Hao QIN (SPRING FEVER)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

* LU Li-Ping (CITY MONKEY)

* Wei TANG (CROSSING HENNESSY)

* Fan XU (AFTERSHOCK)

* Sylvia CHANG (Cheung Ngai Ga, BUDDHA MOUNTAIN)

BEST NEW DIRECTOR

* Wi Ding HO (PINOY SUNDAY)

* LI Weiran (WELCOME TO SHAMA TOWN)

* HOU Chi-Jan (ONE DAY)

* Jimmy WAN, Derek TSANG (LOVER'S DISCOURSE)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

* Peng-Fon WU (SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN)

* XU Cai Gen (APART TOGETHER)

* Nicholas TSE (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS)

* GAO Mengjie (WHEN LOVE COMES)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

* Si-Yin CHEUNG (SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN)

* LU Xuefeng (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* Lei HAO (THE FOURTH PORTRAIT)

* Jing Chu ZHANG (AFTERSHOCK)

BEST NEW PERFORMER

* Si-Yin CHEUNG (SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN)

* LI Yijie (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* Chien-Na LEE (JULIETS)

* Xiao-Hai BI (THE FOURTH PORTRAIT)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

* CHANG Tso-chi (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* HOU Chi-Jan (ONE DAY)

* GAO Shan, LIU Jie (JUDGE)

* Mong-Hong CHUNG, Hsiang-Wen TU (THE FOURTH PORTRAIT)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

* Essay LIU (SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN)

* Ling-Chen KONG, TAN Chen (CITY MONKEY)

* CUN Wenxue, LIU Jie (DEEP IN THE CLOUDS)

* Heiward MAK (EX)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

* Dan SHAO (MY MONGOLIAN MOTHER)

* Arthur WONG (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS)

* CHANG Chan (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* Nagao NAKASHIMA (THE FOURTH PORTRAIT)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

* Pui Kin HO, Wai Kit LEUNG, Bart WONG, Andrew LIN, Yuen Fai NG (DREAM HOME)

* Kwok Yin Yung, Yuen Fai NG, Chi Shing Chau, Chi Wai Tam (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS)

* Phil JONES (AFTERSHOCK)

* Xiang Yu Nan (DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME)

BEST ART DIRECTION

* HUANG Mei-Ching, CHEN Po-Jen (MONGA)

* PENG Weimin (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* Tung Kang Lee (TAIPEI EXCHANGES)

* James CHOO (DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME)

BEST MAKEUP & COSTUME DESIGN

* Dora NG (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS)

* Pan Lun Lin (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* LIM CHUNG MAN, CHO TING CHUNG (LOVE IN A PUFF)

* Bruce YU (DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME)

BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY

* Tat Chiu LEE, Wai TUNG (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS)

* Sammo HUNG (IP MAN 2)

* Tak YUEN (GALLANTS)

* Sammo HUNG (DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME)

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE

* CHAN Sandee (MONGA)

* WU Rueiran (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* LIM GIONG (DEEP IN THE CLOUDS)

* Peyman YAZDANIAN (SPRING FEVER)

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SONG

* PINOY SUNDAY (PINOY SUNDAY)

Lyric : EPY QUIZON, BAYANI AGBAYANI, Nor Domingo

Composer : Yao Jen TSAI

Performer : EPY QUIZON, BAYANI AGBAYANI

* THE OTHER SIDE (WHEN LOVE COMES)

Lyric : Lin Shangde

Composer : Lin Shangde

Performer : Li Yijie

* TAIPEI EXCHANGES (TAIPEI EXCHANGES)

Lyric : Summer Lei

Composer : Summer Lei

Performer : Summer Lei

* ALL THE THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW (LOVE IN DISGUISE)

Lyric : Wang Leehom, Ruiye

Composer : Wang Leehom

Performer : Wang Leehom

BEST FILM EDITING

* Nyssa LEE (HIP-HOP STORM)

* Derek HUI, Hoi WONG (BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS)

* CHANG Tso-chi (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* Jian ZENG, Florence BRESSON, Robin WENG (SPRING FEVER)

BEST SOUND EFFECTS

* Duu-Chih TU (MONGA)

* CHANG Chaoming, GAO Mengjie (WHEN LOVE COMES)

* Kang FU (SPRING FEVER)

* Dan Rong WANG (DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME)

THE OUTSTANDING TAIWANESE FILM OF THE YEAR

* SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN

* WHEN LOVE COMES

* THE FOURTH PORTRAIT

THE OUTSTANDING TAIWANESE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR

* Essay LIU (SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN)

* LEE Lieh (MONGA)

* NIU Chen-Zer (MONGA)

Lifetime Achievement Award

* HSU Li-Kong

Special Contribution Award

* SUN Yueh