Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards

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The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (traditional Chinese: 臺北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan (the Republic of China) since 1962. The awards ceremony is usually held in November/December in Taipei, though the venue has been shifted around the island in recent times.

The Golden Horse Film Awards (traditional Chinese: 金馬獎; pinyin: Jīnmǎ Jiǎng) are modelled after the Academy Awards and major film festivals worldwide. The awards, contested by submitted Taiwan, Hong Kong, PRC films and from elsewhere, are generally thought to be the most prestigious for Chinese-language films outside the People's Republic of China.

Winners are selected by a jury of judges in the week leading up to the ceremony. Winners are awarded with a Golden Horse statuette during a broadcast ceremony.

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The Golden Horse awards ceremony is held after a month-long festival showcasing some of the nominated feature films for the awards. A majority of the film winners in the history of the awards have been Hong Kong productions.

Under current regulations, any film made primarily in a Chinese language is eligible for competition. Since 1996, a liberalization act allows for an artist or film from the mainland to enter the Awards, mainland artists or films has won several time, such as Jiang Wen's In the Heat of the Sun, Best Actor award was won by Xia Yu (夏雨) in 1996, Joan Chen in 1999, Best Actress for Qin Hailu (秦海璐) in 2001 and Kekexili: Mountain Patrol in 2004.

The name 金馬 comes from the islands of Quemoy (金門) and Matsu (馬祖). [1]

Recent winners can be found at the official site of the Golden Horse Film Awards: [1]

[edit] Recent Golden Horse Award winners

2007: Lust, Caution (2007)
2006: After This Our Exile (2006)
2005: Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
2004: Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004)
2003: Infernal Affairs (2002)
2002: The Best of Times (2001)
2001: Durian Durian (2000)
2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
1999: Ordinary Heroes (1999)
1998: Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998)
1997: Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
1996: In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
1995: Summer Snow (1995)
1994: Vive L'Amour (1994)
1993: The Wedding Banquet (1993)
1992: Hill of No Return (1992)
1990: Red Dust (1990)
1989: Full Moon in New York (1990)

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ 台北金馬影展:::金馬大事紀

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