THE GRANDMASTER, DRUG WAR Top HK Film Critics Awards

James Marsh, Editor, Asia; Hong Kong, China (@Marshy00)

Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster has been named Best Film by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society, while its female star Zhang Ziyi was voted Best Actress. Johnnie To's Drug War won the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards, and Nick Cheung was named Best Actor for Dante Lam's Unbeatable.

Here's the full list of winners:

Best Film - The Grandmaster (dir. Wong Kar Wai)

Best Director - Johnnie To - Drug War

Best Actor - Nick Cheung - Unbeatable

Best Actress - Zhang Ziyi - The Grandmaster

Best Screenplay - Wai Ka Fai , Yau Nai Hoi , Chen Weibin , Yu Xi - Drug War

In addition to Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster, the HKFCS presented a short list of 6 Hong Kong films from the 49 released last year, to which they give their recommendation. They are:

Drug War (dir. Johnnie To)

Unbeatable (dir. Dante Lam)

Ip Man - The Final Fight (dir. Herman Yau)

The Way We Dance (dir. Adam Wong)

Blind Detective (dir. Johnnie To)

Rigor Mortis (dir. Juno Mak)

Check out the links below to read ScreenAnarchy's reviews of each film.

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