55th Golden Horse Awards

55th Golden Horse Awards
55th Golden Horse Awards
	Poster
Date	November 17, 2018; 17:00 NST (red carpet); 19:00 NST (awards ceremony)
Site	Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Hosted by	Matilda Tao
Organized by	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
Highlights
Best Feature Film	An Elephant Sitting Still
Best Director	Zhang Yimou; Shadow
Best Actor	Xu Zheng; Dying to Survive
Best Actress	Hsieh Ying-hsuan; Dear Ex
Most awards	Shadow (4)
Most nominations	Shadow (12)
Television in Taiwan
Network	TTV
	← 54th; Golden Horse Awards; 56th →;

The 55th Golden Horse Awards (Chinese: 第55屆金馬獎) took place on November 17, 2018 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honored the best in Chinese-language films of 2017 and 2018.^[2] The ceremony was hosted by Matilda Tao and televised by TTV.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature Film An Elephant Sitting Still Dear Ex Shadow Dying to Survive Long Day's Journey into Night	Best Documentary Our Youth in Taiwan Four Springs Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story 24th Street Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella
Best Animation Feature On Happiness Road Cats and Peachtopia A Dog's Life	Best Live Action Short Film A Final Reunion 02-06 Temporary Brotherhood My World
Best Animated Short Film Where Am I Going? Si So Mi Infidelity Muteum Kin's Hair	Best Director Zhang Yimou — Shadow Bi Gan — Long Day's Journey into Night Jiang Wen — Hidden Man Pema Tseden — Jinpa Lou Ye — The Shadow Play
Best Leading Actor Xu Zheng — Dying to Survive Duan Yihong — The Looming Storm Roy Chiu — Dear Ex Deng Chao — Shadow Peng Yuchang — An Elephant Sitting Still	Best Leading Actress Hsieh Ying-hsuan — Dear Ex Sun Li — Shadow Zhao Tao — Ash Is Purest White Zeng Meihuizi — Three Husbands Zhou Xun — Last Letter
Best Supporting Actor Ben Yuen — Tracey Lee Hong-chi — Cities of Last Things Cheng Jen-shuo — Gatao 2: Rise of the King Zhang Yu — Dying to Survive Tian Zhuangzhuang — Us and Them	Best Supporting Actress Ding Ning — Cities of Last Things Kara Hui — Tracey Xu Qing — Hidden Man Phoebe Huang — Dad's Suit Zhang Zifeng — Last Letter
Best New Director Wen Muye — Dying to Survive Dong Yue — The Looming Storm Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen — Dear Ex Rene Liu — Us and Them Hu Bo — An Elephant Sitting Still	Best New Performer Si Pangoyod — Long Time No Sea Joseph Huang — Dear Ex Hsieh Chang-ying — Cities of Last Things Zhang Zaixing — Gatao 2: Rise of the King Fu Meng-po — Father to Son
Best Original Screenplay Han Jianü, Zhong Wei and Wen Muye — Dying to Survive Dong Yue — The Looming Storm Lu Shih-yuan and Mag Hsu — Dear Ex Ho Wi Ding — Cities of Last Things Shunji Iwai — Last Letter	Best Adapted Screenplay Hu Bo — An Elephant Sitting Still Sung Hsin-yin — On Happiness Road Li Wei and Zhang Yimou — Shadow Yuan Yuan, Ho Shing-ming, Pan Yu, An Wei and Rene Liu — Us and Them Pema Tseden — Jinpa
Best Cinematography Yao Hung-i, Dong Jinsong and David Chizallet — Long Day's Journey into Night Zhao Xiaoding — Shadow Nagao Nakashima — Xiao Mei Fan Chao — An Elephant Sitting Still Jake Pollock — The Shadow Play	Best Visual Effects Samson Wong — Shadow Ellen Poon — Monster Hunt 2 Wang Shaoshuai and Yang Yuejuan — Hidden Man Norio Ishii — Legend of the Demon Cat Chuck Chae, Park Young-soo, Hideaki Maegawa and Ji Myung-goo — Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Best Art Direction Ma Kwong-wing — Shadow Liu Qiang — The Looming Storm Liu Qing — Hidden Man Tu Nan and Lu Wei — Legend of the Demon Cat Hwarng Wern-ying and Wang Chih-cheng — Father to Son	Best Makeup & Costume Design Chen Minzheng — Shadow Liu Qiang and Li Hua — The Looming Storm Li Miao — Dying to Survive Dong Zhongmin, Uma Wang and Zhang Shuping — Hidden Man Chen Tongxun — Legend of the Demon Cat
Best Action Choreography He Jun, Kenji Tanigaki and Yan Hua — Hidden Man Dee Dee — Shadow Kenji Tanigaki — Monster Hunt 2 Yuen Shun-yi — Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy Bruce Law and Norman Law — The Shadow Play	Best Original Film Score Lim Giong and Point Hsu — Long Day's Journey into Night Loudboy — Shadow Luming Lu — Xiao Mei Summer Lei and Chris Hou — Father to Son Hua Lun — An Elephant Sitting Still
Best Original Film Song "Bali Song" — Dear Ex Composer： Lee Ying-hung Lyrics： Lee Ying-hung Performer： Lee Ying-hung "Excuse You, Boss" — Gatao 2: Rise of the King Composer： Edsion JV Lyrics： Edsion JV Performer： Edsion JV "Light Echo" — Xiao Mei Composer： Lu Luming Lyrics： Lu Luming Performer： Sam Yang "Us" — Us and Them Composer： Chen Chien-chi Lyrics： David Ke Performer： Eason Chan "Keep the Heart Out of It" — Father to Son Composer： Summer Lei Lyrics： Summer Lei Performer： Summer Lei	Best Film Editing Lei Cheng-ching — Dear Ex Lu Qingyi, Zhou Xiaolin, Gao Ziyu and Jiang Yijun — Four Springs Fu Yue — Our Youth in Taiwan Jolin Zhu — Dying to Survive Liao Ching-sung and Kong Jinglei — Us and Them
Best Sound Effects Li Danfeng and Si Zhonglin — Long Day's Journey into Night Emma Long and Rocky Zhang — The Looming Storm Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan — Shadow Kuo Li-chi — Father to Son Fu Kang — The Shadow Play	Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Saburo Liu
Special Contribution Award Liao Ching-sung

References

^ "金馬獎介紹". 台北金馬影展執行委員會. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ "金馬獎第55屆完整入圍名單中央社 CNA" (in Chinese). October 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
^ "Golden Horse awards hit by controversy over Taiwan". BBC News. 18 November 2018.

External links

Official website of the Golden Horse Awards

[GoldenHorse2018-1] "金馬獎介紹". 台北金馬影展執行委員會. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

[2] "金馬獎第55屆完整入圍名單中央社 CNA" (in Chinese). October 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

[3] "Golden Horse awards hit by controversy over Taiwan". BBC News. 18 November 2018.

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