Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards winners 2009
Leon Dai was the big winner at this year’s prestigious Golden Horse Awards. No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti, the black-and-white film about a working-class single father who struggles to retain custody of his daughter won best picture, best director, best original screenplay and outstanding Taiwanese film. Leon Dai not only directed No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti, he also produced, edited and wrote the screenplay.
Leon Dai said afterwards, “I especially want to thank this piece of land, Taiwan. It’s this land that nurtured this movie. And we have been working hard to use the nutrition we received to develop this land.”
For the first time in the Golden Horse Awards’ 46-year history, there was a tie as the jurors awarded the best leading actor award to both Nick Cheung of Hong Kong and Huang Bo of Mainland China.
China’s Li Bingbing won the best leading actress award for her part in the thriller, The Message.
Listing of the 46th Annual Golden Horse Awards winners:
Best feature film: No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
Best short film: Sleeping With Her
Best director: Leon Dai for No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
Best leading actor: Nick Cheung for The Beast Stalker, and Huang Bo for Cow
Best leading actress: Li Bingbing for The Message
Best supporting actor: Wang Xueqi for Forever Enthralled
Best supporting actress: Wai Ying-hung for At the End of Daybreak
Best new performer: Yu Shao Qun for Forever Enthralled
Best original screenplay: Leon Dai, Chen Wen-pin for No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
Best screenplay adaptation: Guan Hu for Cow
Best cinematography: Cao Yu for City of Life and Death
Best visual effects: Wang Jianxiong, Jimmy Chen, Li Liping for Crazy Racer
Best art direction: Lee Tian-jue, Patrick Dechesne, Alain-Pascal Housiaux for Face
Best makeup and costume design: Christian Lacroix, Wang Chia-hui, Anne Dunsford for Face
Best action choreography: Sammo Hungi, Leung Siu-Hung for Ip Man
Best film editing: Cheung King-wai for KJ: Music and Life
Best sound effects: Cheung King-wai for KJ: Music and Life
Best original film score: Dou Wei, Bi Xiaodi for The Equation of Love and Death
Best original film song: Zeng Yan, Tao Hong, Tan Weiwei for For My Heart
Best documentary: KJ: Music and Life
Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year: No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year: Lee Lung-Yue
Lifetime achievement award: Ming Ji
Special contribution award: George Wang
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