56th Golden Horse Awards explained

Number:	56
Award:	Golden Horse Awards
Date:	November 23, 2019
Site:	Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Preshow:	Pink Yang, Liu Kuan-ting
Organizer:	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
Best Feature Film:	A Sun
Best Direction:	Chung Mong-hong
Best Direction Film:	A Sun
Best Actor:	Chen Yi-wen
Best Actor Film:	A Sun
Best Actress:	Yeo Yann Yann
Best Actress Film:	Wet Season
Most Wins:	A Sun (6)
Most Nominations:	Detention (12)
Network:	TTV
Last:	55th
Next:	57th

56th Golden Horse Awards took place on November 23, 2019 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 2018 and 2019.^[1] The ceremony was televised by TTV.^{[2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

A Sun Suk Suk The Garden of Evening Mists Wet Season Detention	Your Face The Tree Remembers Bamboo Theatre Last Year When the Train Passed By
	3 Generations 3 Days Old Man and A Dog Liu A, Sing A, and Bi Hong Rebel Boy Langit Budak Biru
Gold Fish Hidden Zone My Father at Grandma's Funeral Adorable The Lighthouse	Chung Mong-hong — A Sun Tom Lin Shu-yu — The Garden of Evening Mists Anthony Chen — Wet Season Chang Tso-chi — Synapses Midi Z — Nina Wu
Chen Yi-wen — A Sun Wu Chien-ho — A Sun Tai Bo — Suk Suk Ben Yuen — Suk Suk Chu Pak Hong — My Prince Edward	Yeo Yann Yann — Wet Season Samantha Ko — A Sun Angelica Lee — The Garden of Evening Mists Lü Hsueh-feng — Synapses Gingle Wang — Detention
Liu Kuan-ting — A Sun Duan Chun-hao — We Are Champions Koh Jia Ler — Wet Season Yang Shi Bin — Wet Season Li Ying-chuan — Synapses	Winnie Chang — The Teacher Eleven Yao — The Gangs, The Oscars, and The Walking Dead Wen Chen-ling — A Sun Patra Au — Suk Suk Lu Yi-ching — 3 Days 2 Nights
John Hsu — Detention Lau Kek-huat and Vera Chen — Boluomi Hung Tzu-hsuan — The Scoundrels Hsu Chia-kai — The Last Thieves Wong Yee-lam — My Prince Edward	Fandy Fan — We Are Champions Yuan Teng — The Paradise Tsai Jia-yin — Heavy Craving Oscar Chiu — The Teacher Tseng Ching-hua — Detention
Yeo Siew Hua — A Land Imagined Chung Mong-hong and Chang Yao-sheng — A Sun Ray Yeung — Suk Suk Anthony Chen — Wet Season Wu Ke-xi and Midi Z — Nina Wu	John Hsu, Fu Kai-ling, Chien Shih-keng — Detention Lai Meng-jie, Neverland Entertainment Limited, Liu Hsueh-jung — Stand by Me Richard Smith — The Garden of Evening Mists
Chen Ko-chin and Chen Chih-hsuan — The Scoundrels Nagao Nakashima — A Sun Chen Tapu — We Are Champions Kartik Vijay — The Garden of Evening Mists Florian Zinke — Nina Wu	Renovatio Pictures and Tomi Kuo — Detention Charles Lee and Yeh Jen-hao — The Devil Fish Wells Tu — We Are Champions Simple View Production Company — Synapses Grass Jelly Studio, MoonShine VFX and The White Rabbit Entertainment, Inc. — Mayday Life
Wang Chih-cheng — Detention Hsiao Jen-chieh — Paradise Next Lai Yung-kun — The Magnificent Bobita Penny Tsai, Lum Heng-soon and Chen Hsuan-shao — The Garden of Evening Mists Kuo Chih-da — Nina Wu	Nikki Gooley, Biby Chow, Penny Tsai and Nina Edwards — The Garden of Evening Mists Kao Chia-lin — The Magnificent Bobita Lore Shih — The Gangs, The Oscars, and The Walking Dead Hsu Li-wen and Lo Wan-yi — The Scoundrels Jelly Chung and Chan Cheuk-ming — Nina Wu
Hung Shih-hao — The Scoundrels Hung Shih-hao and Chia Fan — We Are Champions Jimmy Hung — Detention Gino Yang — Mayday Life	Teo Wei Yong — A Land Imagined Ryuichi Sakamoto — Your Face Onn San — The Garden of Evening Mists Luming Lu — Detention Lim Giong — Nina Wu
"The Day After Rain" — Detention Composer： Luming Lu and Summer Lei Lyrics： Summer Lei Performer： Summer Lei "A Kind of Sorrow" — More than Blue Composer： Alex Chang-Chien Lyrics： Gavin Lin Performer： A-Lin "Distant Journey" — A Sun Composer： Lin Sheng Xiang Lyrics： Chung Mong-hong Performer： Lin Sheng-xiang "Nina Wu" — Nina Wu Composer： Sandee Chan Lyrics： Sandee Chan Performer： Sandee Chan "My Prince Edward" — My Prince Edward Composer： Eman Lam Lyrics： Wong Yee-lam Performer： Stephy Tang	Lai Hsiu-hsiung — A Sun Wenders Li, Kao Ming-sheng, Li Bin and Barfuss Hui — The Scoundrels Daniel Hui — A Land Imagined Soo Mun-thye — The Garden of Evening Mists Shieh Meng Ju — Detention
Li Danfeng, Chou Cheng and Morgan Yen — Nina Wu Narubett Peamyai and Sidney Hu — The Scoundrels R.T Kao, Aki Chen — We Are Champions Damien Guillaume and Gilles Benardeau — A Land Imagined Dennis Tsao and Book Chien — Detention	A Sun
Heavy Craving	Tang Shiang-chu
Wang Toon Jimmy Wang

In the news

Following a boycott by China's national film governing board National Radio and Television Administration due to political tensions between Taiwan and China,^{[4] [5]} films from Mainland China were completely absent from the list of nominees.^[6] Hong Kong director Johnnie To, who was announced as the jury president for the 56th Golden Horse Awards in June 2019, resigned his position in late September after Hong Kong film studios were reportedly pressured to withdraw from the awards ceremony; To cited his reason as having "previously signed film production contractual obligations".^{[7] [8]} Following the announcement of the Chinese boycott, some production companies in Hong Kong also pulled films from consideration at the award ceremony.^[9] Despite this, there were a number of Hong Kong titles in the awards running which include Suk Suk, My Prince Edward and documentary Bamboo Theatre.^[10] Maserati announced on Sina Weibo in October 2019 that it had ended sponsorship of the Golden Horse Awards, stating in part, "Maserati always respects China's territorial integrity, history and culture, and firmly upholds the one-China principle."^{[11] [12] [13]}

External links

• Official website of the Golden Horse Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: 第56屆金馬獎《大餓》獲頒費比西獎 《陽光普照》奪觀眾票選獎 - 自由娛樂 . ent.ltn.com.tw . 23 November 2019.
2. Web site: 金獎導演王童 武打巨星王羽 雙獲第56屆金馬獎終身成就獎 . www.goldenhorse.org.tw . 1 October 2019 . zh-TW.
3. News: 'A Sun', 'Detention' Top Winners At Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards. Tom. Grater. November 23, 2019. November 23, 2019. Deadline.
4. News: Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards Unveils Nominations Amid China Tensions . 4 October 2019 . Deadline . 1 October 2019.
5. News: Golden Horse Awards Almost Completely Devoid of China and Hong Kong Nominees . 4 October 2019 . Variety . 1 October 2019.
6. Web site: No Chinese movies nominated for Golden Horses... . Taiwan News . 1 October 2019.
7. Web site: Hong Kong Director Johnnie To Resigns as Golden Horse Awards Jury President Amid Beijing Boycott . The Hollywood Reporter . 1 October 2019.
8. News: Hung . Chien-lun . Miao . Zong-han . Kao . Evelyn . HK director quits Taiwan film awards jury in apparent China boycott . 28 October 2019 . Central News Agency . 18 September 2019. Republished as: News: HK's Johnnie To quits as Golden Horse jury chair . 28 October 2019 . Taipei Times . 21 September 2019.
9. News: Chang . Shu-ling . Hou . Elaine . Emerson . Lim . HK film companies to boycott Taipei Golden Horse Awards . 28 October 2019 . Central News Agency . 9 August 2019. Republished as: News: HK film companies withdraw entries to Golden Horse event . 28 October 2019 . Taipei Times . 10 August 2019.
10. Web site: Frater . Patrick . Golden Horse Awards Almost Completely Devoid of China and Hong Kong Nominees . Variety . 1 October 2019 . 1 October 2019.
11. News: Hung . Chien-lun . Hsu . Elizabeth . Maserati suspends Golden Horse Awards sponsorship . 28 October 2019 . Central News Agency . 25 October 2019.
12. News: Maserati dumps Golden Horse Awards support . 28 October 2019 . Taipei Times . Agence France Presse . 26 October 2019.
13. News: Griffiths . James . Maserati distances itself from Asian 'Oscars' in Taiwan under pressure from China . 28 October 2019 . CNN . 25 October 2019.