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Golden Horse Film Festival

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    Golden Horse Award

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    Best Action Choreography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ip Man

      8.0 (240K)
      Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
      Siu-Hung Leung
    • [object Object]

      Cow

      7.2 (987)
      Guanlong Chen
      Haiqiang Qin
    • [object Object]

      Beast Stalker

      6.8 (2.5K)
      Wei Tung
      Bruce Law
    • [object Object]

      Cow

      7.2 (987)
    • [object Object]

      Face

      6.0 (1K)
      Philippe Decouflé

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cow

      7.2 (987)
      Guan Hu
    • [object Object]

      The Message

      7.4 (4.4K)
      Kuo-Fu Chen
      Chia-Lu Chang
    • [object Object]

      Mi Xiang

      6.1 (23)
      Xiaoni Gu

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Face

      6.0 (1K)
      Patrick Dechesne
      Alain-Pascal Housiaux
      Tien-chueh Lee
    • [object Object]

      Cannot Live Without You

      7.4 (627)
      Tat-Wah Fok
    • [object Object]

      The Message

      7.4 (4.4K)
      Haihang Xiao
      Haoyu Yang
    • [object Object]

      Like a Dream

      5.5 (135)
      Chung-Man Yee
      Penny Tsai

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      City of Life and Death

      7.7 (12K)
      Yu Cao
    • [object Object]

      Cow

      7.2 (987)
      Xiaofei Song
    • [object Object]

      Like a Dream

      5.5 (135)
      Sion Michel
    • [object Object]

      Wheat

      5.8 (366)
      Xiaoshi Zhao

    Best Director

    • Leon Dai
      Winner
      • Leon Dai
      • Cannot Live Without You
    • Guan Hu
      • Guan Hu
      • Cow
    • Clara Law
      • Clara Law
      • Like a Dream
    • Tsai Ming-liang
      • Tsai Ming-liang
      • Face

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      KJ: Music and Life

      7.8 (176)
    • [object Object]

      Baseball Boys

      7.1 (9)
      Ko-shang Shen
      Ching-Yao Liao
    • [object Object]

      Let the Wind Carry Me

      7.7 (208)
      Hsiu-Chiung Chiang
      Pun Leung Kwan

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cannot Live Without You

      7.4 (627)
    • [object Object]

      Cow

      7.2 (987)
    • [object Object]

      Crazy Racer

      7.4 (2.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Like a Dream

      5.5 (135)
    • [object Object]

      Face

      6.0 (1K)

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      KJ: Music and Life

      7.8 (176)
      King-Wai Cheung
    • [object Object]

      Cow

      7.2 (987)
      Jinlei Kong
    • [object Object]

      Crazy Racer

      7.4 (2.7K)
      Yifan Zhang
      Yuan Du
      Hua Tang
    • [object Object]

      Cannot Live Without You

      7.4 (627)
      Leon Dai

    Best Leading Actor

    • Nick Cheung in That Demon Within (2014)
      Winner
      • Nick Cheung
      • Beast Stalker
      Tied with Huang Bo for Cow (2009).
    • Huang Bo
      Winner
      • Huang Bo
      • Cow
      Tied with Nick Cheung for Beast Stalker (2008).
    • Akira Chen
      • Akira Chen
      • Cannot Live Without You
    • Daniel Wu at an event for The Banquet (2006)
      • Daniel Wu
      • Like a Dream

    Best Leading Actress

    • Bingbing Li
      Winner
      • Bingbing Li
      • The Message
    • Xun Zhou
      • Xun Zhou
      • The Message
    • Quan Yuan
      • Quan Yuan
      • Like a Dream
    • Sandrine Pinna
      • Sandrine Pinna
      • Yang Yang

    Best Makeup & Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Face

      6.0 (1K)
      Christian Lacroix
      Chia Hui Wang
      Ann Dunsford
    • [object Object]

      The Message

      7.4 (4.4K)
      Tim Yip
    • [object Object]

      Forever Enthralled

      6.7 (1.7K)
      Tongxun Chen
    • [object Object]

      The Warrior and the Wolf

      3.9 (542)
      Emi Wada

    Best New Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Forever Enthralled

      6.7 (1.7K)
      Shaoqun Yu
    • [object Object]

      Cannot Live Without You

      7.4 (627)
      Akira Chen
    • [object Object]

      Hear Me

      7.4 (3.5K)
      Michelle Chen
    • [object Object]

      Yang Yang

      6.6 (293)
      Sy-huoy Her

    Best Original Film Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Equation of Love and Death

      6.9 (1.6K)
      Wei Dou
      Xiao Di Bi
    • [object Object]

      Like a Dream

      5.5 (135)
      Paul Grabowsky
    • [object Object]

      Wheat

      5.8 (366)
      Xing Liu
    • [object Object]

      Yang Yang

      6.6 (293)
      Giong Lim

    Best Original Film Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mi Xiang

      6.1 (23)
      Höng Tao(performer)
      Weiwei Tan(performer)
      For the song "For My Heart".
    • [object Object]

      Tears

      6.9 (136)
      Sam Ta-cheng Yang(lyricist)
      Enno Cheng(lyricist/composer/performer)
      For the song "Sayonala".
    • [object Object]

      Young Spirit of a Taiwanese Opera Singer

      3.8 (10)
      Chia-Chia Peng(lyricist/composer)
      For the song "The Flow of Clouds".

    Best Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cannot Live Without You

      7.4 (627)
      Leon Dai
      Akira Chen
    • [object Object]

      Tears

      6.9 (136)
      Wen-tang Cheng
      Ching-Feng Cheng
      Yi-Feng Chang
    • [object Object]

      Crazy Racer

      7.4 (2.7K)
      Siwei Cui
      Aina Xing
      Hongwei Wang
      Yao Wang
      Zhiyong Zhou
      Xiaojun Yue
      Cheng Zhang
    • [object Object]

      Like a Dream

      5.5 (135)
      Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
      Clara Law

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sleeping with Her

      Chih-yi Wen
    • [object Object]

      Ending Cut

    • [object Object]

      Invisible Loneliness

      5.7 (15)
      Jung-hsien Lin

    Best Sound Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      KJ: Music and Life

      7.8 (176)
      King-Wai Cheung
    • [object Object]

      Like a Dream

      5.5 (135)
      Duu-Chih Tu
    • [object Object]

      Wheat

      5.8 (366)
      Changrui Wang
    • [object Object]

      Yang Yang

      6.6 (293)
      Duu-Chih Tu

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Xueqi Wang in Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)
      Winner
      • Xueqi Wang
      • Forever Enthralled
    • Chen-Nan Tsai
      • Chen-Nan Tsai
      • Ending Cut
    • Hanyu Zhang in Back to 1942 (2012)
      • Hanyu Zhang
      • The Equation of Love and Death
    • Jag Huang
      • Jag Huang
      • Yang Yang

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Kara Ying Hung Wai
      Winner
      • Kara Ying Hung Wai
      • Sham moh
    • Yi-ching Lu
      • Yi-ching Lu
      • A Place of One's Own
    • Ziyi Zhang
      • Ziyi Zhang
      • Forever Enthralled
    • Yin-Shang Liu
      • Yin-Shang Liu
      • Sleeping with Her

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Crazy Racer

      7.4 (2.7K)
      Jianxiong Wang
      Jimmy Chen
      Liping Li
    • [object Object]

      The Message

      7.4 (4.4K)
      Xuan Hu
      Yang Xiao
    • [object Object]

      Da Ming Gong

      8.1 (43)
      Wei-bin Jiang
      Zai-xing Lei
    • [object Object]

      City of Life and Death

      7.7 (12K)
      Don Ma

    Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cannot Live Without You

      7.4 (627)
    • [object Object]

      Let the Wind Carry Me

      7.7 (208)
    • [object Object]

      Yang Yang

      6.6 (293)

    Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year

    • Lung-Yu Li
      Winner
      • Lung-Yu Li
    • Jack Kao
      • Jack Kao
    • Leon Dai
      • Leon Dai

    Special Award

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    • Vincent Price, Moa Tahi, and George Wang in Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966)
      Winner
      • George Wang

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Winner
      • Ming Ji

    NETPAC Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly

      5.9 (322)
      Edwin
      For its brave and original tone and structure, confronting ethnic violence with an absurdly surreal style that simultaneously entertains and deeply unsettles the viewer.

    Audience Choice Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cannot Live Without You

      7.4 (627)

    FIPRESCI Prize

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yang Yang

      6.6 (293)

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    • Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

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    Event date

    November 6, 2009 - November 26, 2009

    Event location

    Taipei, Taiwan

    Event links

    • http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/

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