Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962, by Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan). The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, though the venue has been shifted around the island in recent times.

The festival and awards are organised by Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee and is Taiwan's equivalent to the Academy Awards. The awards are contested by Chinese-language submissions from Taiwan, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC) and elsewhere. It is one of the four major Chinese-language film awards, along with Hong Kong Film Award, Golden Rooster Awards and Hundred Flowers Awards. It is also one of major annual awards presented in Taiwan along with Golden Bell Awards for television production and Golden Melody Awards for music.

Submission period are usually around July to August each year and nominations are announced around October with the ceremony held in November or December. Winners are selected by a jury of judges and awarded a Golden Horse statuette during the broadcast ceremony.

Overview

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.

In May 1962, the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) enacted the “Mandarin Film Award Regulation of Year 1962” to officially found the Golden Horse Awards. The name "Golden Horse" (金馬) comes from the islands of Kinmen (金門) and Matsu (馬祖), which are under ROC control. ^[1]

Under current regulations, any film made primarily in a Chinese language is eligible for competition. Since 1996, a liberalization act allows for films from mainland China to enter the Awards. Mainland artists or films have won several times, such as Jiang Wen's In the Heat of the Sun in 1996, Best Actor for Xia Yu (夏雨) in 1996, Joan Chen's Xiu Xiu: the Sent down Girl in 1999, Best Actress for Qin Hailu (秦海璐) in 2001 and Lu Chuan's Kekexili: Mountain Patrol in 2004.

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

Past Golden Horse Award Best Film winners

Best Film^[2]

2011: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 賽德克‧巴萊  Taiwan - director Wei Te-Sheng

2010: When Love Comes (當愛來的時候) (2010)  Taiwan - director Tso-chi Chang

2009: No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (不能没有你) (2009)  Taiwan - director Leon Dai

2008: The Warlords (投名状) (2008)  China/ Hong Kong - director Peter Chan

2007: Lust, Caution (色，戒) (2007)  China/ Taiwan - director Ang Lee

2006: After This Our Exile (父子) (2006)  Hong Kong - director Patrick Tam

2005: Kung Fu Hustle (功夫) (2004)  China/ Hong Kong - director Stephen Chow

2004: Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (可可西里) (2004)  China - director Lu Chuan

2003: Infernal Affairs (無間道) (2002)  Hong Kong - directors Andrew Lau and Alan Mak

2002: The Best of Times (美麗時光) (2001)  Taiwan - director Tso-chi Chang

2001: Durian Durian (榴槤飄飄) (2000)  Hong Kong - director Fruit Chan

2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (臥虎藏龍) (2000)  China/ Taiwan/ Hong Kong/ United States - director Ang Lee

1999: Ordinary Heroes (千言萬語) (1999)  Hong Kong - director Ann Hui

1998: Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴) (1998)  China - director Joan Chen

1997: Comrades: Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜) (1996)  Hong Kong - director Peter Chan

1996: In the Heat of the Sun (陽光燦爛的日子) (1994)  China - director Jiang Wen

1995: Summer Snow (女人四十) (1995)  Hong Kong - director Ann Hui On-Wah

1994: Vive L'Amour (愛情萬歲) (1994)  Taiwan - director Tsai Ming-liang

1993: The Wedding Banquet (喜宴) (1993)  Taiwan - director Ang Lee

1992: Hill of No Return (無言的山丘) (1992)  Taiwan - director Wang Tung

1991: A Brighter Summer Day (牯嶺街少年殺人事件) (1991)  Taiwan - director Edward Yang

1990: Red Dust (Hong Kong) (滾滾紅塵) (1990)  Hong Kong - director Yim Ho

1989: Full Moon in New York (三個女人的故事) (1990)  Hong Kong - director Stanley Kwan

1988: Painted Faces (七小福) (1988)  Hong Kong - director Alex Law

1987: Straw Man (稻草人) (1987)  Taiwan - director Wang Tung

1986: The Terrorizers (恐怖份子) (1986)  Taiwan - director Edward Yang

1985: Kuei-Mei, a Woman (我這樣過了一生) (1985)  Taiwan - director Chang Yi

1984: Old Mao's Second Spring (老莫的第二個春天) (1984)  Taiwan - director Lee You-Ning

1983: Growing Up (小畢的故事) (1983)  Taiwan - director Chen Kun-hou

1982: The Battle for the Republic of China (辛亥雙十) (1981)  Hong Kong/ Taiwan - director Ting Shan-hsi

1981: If I Were for Real (假如我是真的) (1981)  Taiwan - director Wang Tung

1980: Good Morning, Taipei (早安臺北) (1979)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1979: Story of a Small Town (小城故事) (1979)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1978: He Never Gives Up (汪洋中的一條船) (1978)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1977: Heroes of the Eastern Skies (筧橋英烈傳) (1977)  Taiwan - director Chang Tsung-che

1976: The Victory (梅花) (1976)  Taiwan - director Liu Jia-Chang

1975: Land of the Undaunted (吾土吾民) (1975)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1973: The Escape (忍) (1973)  Hong Kong - director Yu Fong-jhih

1972: Execution in Autumn (秋决) (1972)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1971: The Story of Ti-Ying (緹縈) (1970)  Hong Kong/ Taiwan - director Li Han Hsiang

1970: Home Sweet Home (家在臺北) (1970)  Taiwan - director Pai Ching-jui

1969: Spring in a Small Town (小鎮春回) (1969)  Taiwan - director Yang Wen-gan

1968: The Road (1967) (路)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1967: Orchids and My Love (我女若蘭) (1966)  Taiwan - director Lee Chia

1966: Hsi-shih, Beauty of Beauties (西施) (1965)  Hong Kong/ Taiwan - director Li Han Hsiang

1965: Beautiful Duckling (養鴨人家) (1964)  Taiwan - director Li Hsing

1963: The Love Eterne (梁山伯與祝英台) (1963)  Hong Kong - director Li Han Hsiang

1962: Sun, Moon and Star (星星月亮太陽) (1961)  Hong Kong - director Yi Wen

References

External links

• 金馬獎官方網站 Golden Horse Awards Official Website
• IMDb entry
• Taiwan Culture Portal: 47th Golden Horse Awards Herald a Renaissance in Taiwan’s Film Industry (in English)