A SIMPLE LIFE has won 5 major awards at the 31st Annual Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong's most prestigious film awards. The film won Best Picture, director Ann Hui won Best Director and scriptwriter Susan Chan won Best Screenplay, while Andy Lau and Deannie Yip took home the Best Actor and Best Actress awards respectively. Deannie Yip has already won more than 5 Best Actress awards for her performance as a servant in the touching drama, including at Venice Film Festival last year.
The full listing of the 31st Hong Kong Film Award winners:
Best Picture
A Simple Life
Best Director
Ann Hui On-Wah (A Simple Life) (pictured on left)
Best Actor
Andy Lau Tak-Wah (A Simple Life) (top picture)
Best Actress
Deannie Yip Tak-Han (A Simple Life) (top picture)
Best Supporting Actor
Lo Hoi-Pang (Life Without Principle)
Best Supporting Actress
So Hang-Suen (Life Without Principle)
Best Screenplay
Susan Chan Suk-Yin (A Simple Life)
Best New Actor
Jam Hsiao (The Killer Who Never Kills)
Best Cinematography
Jake Pollack, Lai Yiu-Fai (Wu Xia)
Best Editing
Yau Chi-Wai (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
Best Art Direction
Yee Chung-Man, Ben Lau (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
Best Costume Design and Make-Up
William Cheung Suk-Ping (Let The Bullets Fly)
Yuen Bun, Sun Jian-Kui, Allen Lan Hai-Han (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
Best Original Film Score
Chan Kwong-Wing, Peter Kam Pui-Tat, Chatchai Pongprapaphan (Wu Xia)
Best Original Song
兩生花 (Hi, Fidelity), Composer: Jun Kung, Lyrics: Calvin Poon Yuen-Leung, Performer: Sandy Lam
Best Sound Design
Kim Seok-Won (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
Best Visual Effects
Kim Wook, Josh Cole, Frankie Chung (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate)
Best Chinese-language Film from the Two Coasts
You Are The Apple Of My Eye (Taiwan)
Best New Director
Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan (Big Blue Lake)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ni Kuang
Professional Achievement Award
Fong Ho Yuen