A MOVIE that was based on a true story at Gunung Keriang, Kedah in the 1980s won the Malaysia director the Best New Director award at the 57th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan on Saturday.
'The Story of Southern Islet' by Malaysian Chong Keat Aun was also in the running for Best Original Screenplay, reported The Star. Starring Season Chee, Pearlly Chua, Jojo Goh, Mei-Sim Hoon and Ling Tang, it tells the story of a wife’s search for a cure to her husband’s ailment. Her journey is riddled with strange encounters and otherworldly experiences.
In September, it won the Best Film award at the Istanbul Film Awards.
Other Malaysians honoured at the Golden Horse Awards was stylist Raymond Kuek, for Best Makeup and Costume Design in the Singaporean film ‘Number 1’. In receiving the award with film’s Singaporean director Ong Kuo Sin, he thanked his parents for giving birth to a “short but talented man”. ‘Number 1’ stars Mark Lee as a retrenched man who, in hard times, takes up work as a drag queen.
The Best Original Film Song award went to Malaysian songwriters Keon Chia and Hooi Yuan Teng for ‘Your Name Engraved Herein’, which they wrote with Singaporean Tan Boon Wah, for the film of the same title. The theme song is sang by Crowd Lu and actor Edward Chen.
Taiwanese romantic comedy ‘My Missing Valentine’ swept the awards with Best Film, Best Director for Chen Yu-hsun, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay.
The biggest individual winner was veteran Taiwanese actress Chen Shu-Fang, with Best Actress award in ‘Little Big Women’ and Best Supporting Actress award for ‘Dear Tenant’. – The Vibes, November 23, 2020
Taipei Golden Horse Awards 2020 Winners
Best film: 'My Missing Valentine
Best director: Chen Yu-hsun (My Missing Valentine)
Best actor: Mo Tzu-yi (Dear Tenant)
Best actress: Chen Shu-fang (Little Big Women)
Best supporting actor: Nadow Lin (Classmates Minus)
Best supporting actress: Chen Shu-fang (Dear Tenant)
Best new performer: Chen Yan-fei (The Silent Forest)
Best original screenplay: 'My Missing Valentine'
Best adapted screenplay: 'Beyond the Dream'
Best new director: Chong Keat-aun (The Story of Southern Islet)
Best documentary: 'Lost Course'
Best animated feature: 'City of Lost Things'
Best live action short: 'Night is Young'
Best animated short: 'Night Bus'
Best cinematography: 'Your Name Engraved Herein'
Best editing: 'My Missing Valentine'
Best visual effects: 'My Missing Valentine'
Best art direction: 'Classmates Minus
Best makeup and costume design: 'Number 1'
Best action choreography: 'Get The Hell Out'
Best original film score: 'Dear Tenant'
Best original film song: 'Your Name Engraved Herein'
Best sound effects: 'The Silent Forest'
Lifetime achievement award: Hou Hsiao-hsien
