Taiwanese filmmaker Chan Ching-lin’s Coo-Coo 043 was awarded best narrative feature at this year’s Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan (November 19), while Hong Kong drama Limbo, directed by Soi Cheang, won the biggest number of awards with four prizes.
Coo-Coo 043 also picked up the best new performer award for Hu Jhih-ciang. Also starring Yu An-shun and Yang Li-yin, the film revolves around a Taiwanese family that makes a living through racing pigeons, but is badly affected by economic pressures and the disappearance of a son. It premiered as the opening film of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (TGHFF), where it won the FIPRESCI prize on the same night as the Golden Horse ceremony.
While Coo-Coo 043 won the top honour at the awards, crime thriller Limbo, directed by Hong Kong’s Soi Cheang, took home the biggest haul of prizes with best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best visual effects and best art direction (see full list below). It also won TGHFF’s audience choice award.
Golden Horse Awards 2022 Full List Of Winners:
Best narrative feature: Coo-Coo 043, dir: Chan Ching-lin
Best documentary feature: And Miles To Go Before I Sleep, dir: Tsai Tsung-lung
Best live action short: Can You Hear Me?, dir: Li Nien-hsu
Best documentary short: Will You Look At Me, dir: Huang Shuli
Best animated short: Compound Eyes Of Tropical, dir: Zhang Xu Zhan
Best director: Laha Mebow, Gaga
Best actor: Anthony Wong, The Sunny Side Of The Street
Best actress: Sylvia Chang, A Light Never Goes Out
Best supporting actor: Berant Zhu, Bad Education
Best supporting actress: Kagaw Piling, Gaga
Best new director: Lau Kok-rui, The Sunny Side Of The Street
Best new performer: Hu Jhih-ciang, Coo-Coo 043
Best original screenplay: Lau Kok-rui, The Sunny Side Of The Street
Best adapted screenplay: Au Kin-yee & Shum Kwan-sin, Limbo
Best cinematography: Cheng Siu-keung, Limbo
Best visual effects: Garrett Lam, Ho Man-lok, Diu King-wai, Limbo
Best art direction: Mak Kwok-keung, Renee Wong, Limbo
Best makeup & costume design: Ken Fan, Chen You-feng, Demigod: The Legend Begins
Best action choreography: Sheu Fang-yi, Salute
Best original score: Wong Hin-yang, The Narrow Road
Best original song: Eric Chou for My Best Friend’s Breakfast in What’s On Your Mind
Best film editing: Kevin Ko, Incantation
Best sound effects: R.T Kao, Rockid Lee, Richard Hocks, Nusorn Thongkhum, Incantation
Outstanding Taiwanese filmmaker of the year: Chen Ming-ze
Lifetime achievement awards: Lai Cheng-ying, Chang Chao-tang